Today we did the normal track warmup, then distance went down to Liberty, faster group went the long way to the fountain. We did 2 laps of fireman along the wood chips. I was in the group with the boys. I wanted to stop after a lap. There were only 6 of us so we had to stride a lot more often. On the second lap my quads were burning, the wind had picked up and I started to fall off. Of course Bill made me catch up and get to the front still. I was going against the wind with no one to draft off of, I had already been getting to the front a lot slower than every one else so it was particularly difficult for me to close the large gap and get to the front. Took me almost the whole straight to do it. I gave up with half of the shorter side left. That was stupid now that I think of it, we were almost done. I don't think we were going fast on the second lap, but my legs just felt dead. Then mentally had a hard time pushing through the wind. It was really nice to have the guys there to encourage me. That's really what got me to work up to the front, I almost gave up with half a lap to go. Thanks guys! Then we went long way back to the school. The wind was so strong by then, as I was running by the entrance on the other side of the park a huge gust of wind brought a ton of dirt and some small sticks flying towards me, the sticks hurt. And I was covered with dirt. When I got back I did a grass lap to get to 8.
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