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Groggy and with heavy legs, I arrived in Hasselt, Belgium for the start of my European tour. A 5k in the neighboring town of Heusden was on the docket, and after three rather sleepless nights attempting to adjust to the time change, I toed the line. After about 600 meters, my body was not responding well and I knew it would be a long night. Finding myself in the front of a train of runners, I desperately tried to keep the pace honest, hoping that I would start feeling better and blow the cobwebs out of the system. "Relax the shoulders, find a rhythm, relax the shoulders, find a rhythm" chanted throughout my head. But the body was anything but relaxed. The rest of the race did not fair any better, but somehow, the body kept moving. With a lap to go, I was able to muster enough strength to close hard and finish third in a new personal best of 13:11. Shocked that I was able to run that time based on how I felt, I know that there is a lot more to take off this year. I just hope to be able to find the right race to run it in. Looks like I have only one possible race before the break for World Championships- a 5k in Monaco- that promises to be fast enough, but getting my name on the starting list is proving to be a difficult task. If no Monaco, my European tour will take a hiatus and I will return to New Hampshire for a few weeks before a second trek across the pond to race a few more late summer meets. So for the moment, I am in another waiting period, waiting for the green light to race the race I want. So here is to the future of waiting, and hopefully getting another chance at running the times I know I can.
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My "graduating" class of Dartmouth '08 with our coach, Barry Harwick |
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Elizabeth leading the charge in today's race |
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The new threads |
Two runners excited to first pull on their singlets! |
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