This week was the finals of the Dirt Dog Cross Country Series! The race was at Mission Bay on a grassy, rolling four-loop course and field was fired up. A lot of the guys I have been running with turned it up a notch for the finals so I quickly found myself picking along at my own pace. I went a little outside my limit at the last race, so this time I forced myself to stay within the heart rate zone I set out before hand. The last couple of months I have not been getting in much real training, and the race definitely felt more sluggish than even a couple of weeks ago. Nonetheless, the overall time was not bad, and I am really happy just to have completed the series while school has been going on. Time for a bit of a break from racing while I focus on finals. There is a spring road series that we are looking at, so hopefully there will be more to come in the new year!
