So yesterdays race did not go well. 15:35 is not at all the performance I was looking for, but I guess everyone needs to start somewhere. Results posted here -->http://az.milesplit.com/meets/116609/results/216061
I've been doing well with my diet, but had a very bad stomach day yesterday, resulting in some tossing of the cookies prior to hitting the sack that night. So obviously I need to sort out some race day diet issues. Good thing I live with a nutritionist, so hopefully we can get these things hammered out. Besides the stomach, my legs felt pretty good, as did my breathing.
Definitely weird to be at sea level again, and able to take a deep breaths. The next race isn't for a month, so with some workouts and some diet experimentation, there will be improvements, and I will run better. Obviously I'm a bit disappointed, but I know that good things will come and that I need to be patient and trust my training.
My teammate Julian ran awesome, crushing the field in 14:40, in his final tune up for the Ekiden race in Japan, so thats a positive for sure.
So for now, its back to the mountain and back to the trails to get fit. Breaking 30:30 will happen in a month. Of that much I'm sure.
Club XC is in 10 weeks.
Nick Hilton: The Moderately Talented Distance Runner
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