This week and preparing for this race was hard for me. It was a stressful week with family and I felt very overwhelmed, tired and worried. It was hard to prepare to focus and race and I am really happy I was able to pull it together. I was in the first heat of the 5K and there were 45 girls in our heat. Starting was chaos. I was able to get to the rail pretty quick and then had to work on moving through the masses to where I needed to be. My goal was 80-81 and I ended up being closer to 81's. My legs were dead pretty early on and it was hard to keep pushing but I did. I stuck with girls who were moving and passed those who slowed. I am happy with my performance overall. I felt really sick to my stomach the rest of the night and next morning. I only had time for 2 mile cool down before the car I was in left.
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