PM - 4.5 miles. Today we had our annual XC "Dream Mile". I came into this sort of still wanting to break 5 even with the shape I am in. I didn't get it which wasn't really surprising but I still ran a decent time. I started out pretty slow and I tried to stay relaxed but as almost always on these track races, my upper body started tightening up. I tried to speed up on the next three laps but I could tell that each one got slower and slower. I still struggle to find that final sprint and that is something I'm really going to try to work on heading into track. My time wasn't maybe as bad as I thought it might be and it shows that I'm not too out of shape. I think I could still put up a solid time at Nike this weekend so I'm really excited. The biggest reason why I was bummed today was because I'm still not running where I'd like to be. Andrew (who I really want to run with) threw down a 4:49 and that is where I really want to be. I'm going to do everything I can to catch back up with him by track.
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