Ran at the Mountain Dew Invitational hosted by the University of Florida today. It was my first 8k so I didn't quite know what to expect and it hurt a lot more that I thought it would. It didn't help that my calves were still super tight and it had rained a lot the night before which soaked the course. It was super tiring and I ran out of juice around the 4th mile but I still managed to finish 3rd on the team and 43 overall with a time of 27:46.25 which isn't terrible for a first time running a 8k, but I think I could have done better if I had just stuck with the lead pack for a couple miles. On the plus side I now know what to expect for the next one
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