Mile and a half warm up when we arrived at the race. Then took a potty break and put my spikes on and then we to the line. They allowed three people on the line at Cottonwood Complex, where the race was held so me, sam and anders all got on the line. We did like 8 strides, tried to stretch out my incredibly sore calves, which did not work, then lined us up shot the gun and we were off. I got out really slow for the first mile, I went through in like a 6:40 and I wanted a lot faster than that. But I felt good through this race and kept passing people which was good and I outkicked a lot of people. The last mile I really tried to pick up the pace and get going. If the race was longer I would have done better but I liked this race. It was a lot easier than Pre-Regions! So now I know I can really start pushing the races because I know I can push that course hard and not feel like I was even pushing! Then I did a 2.5 mile cooldown cheering people on throughout the course. | 