running race 19:44 [5] 5.0 km (3:57 / km)
shoes: Nike Zoom w 4
**DISCLAIMER ALERT-LONG ESSAY** Today wasn't a good race. I ran even 6:14s the first 2 miles and kept with my teammate that whole time, but I died at the 2 mile mark and she passed me and I couldn't hang on. The first 2 miles was a lot of passing people on the sides of the narrow trails because I deliberately avoided starting fast, but I think I should've just gone with it since it's such a huge race and hard to weave between people. It's tough not to be a little disappointed getting beat by Sophia after being our first runner all season, but I'm super happy for her for finally having a successful race after being injured last year and struggling with consistency this season. It's not like it was a completely garbage race, and realistically you don't PR every race, so I'm not mad, but just not sure why I died the last mile. Either way, didn't focus enough on mentally pushing so that'll be my main goal for the rest of the season.