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Wow, where do I begin with this absolute disaster of a run. There were so many red flags, and I'm surprised I didn't even think about what was going on before we were actually on the trail. First off, we left campus at 8:15, so it was already kind of late in the day when we started the run. I was a little bit upset about that, but what are you gonna do? Secondly, I asked Weston how far the run was going to be, and he said it was around 14 miles. Because he had run here before, I figured it was all good. I think he did 14.2 here last week, so I was ready for that. It might take a little longer than 90 minutes, but what's an extra five minutes or so? Anyway, the third red flag was that Nolan just went to the wrong place, so we ended up starting the run at like 9:40 instead of 9. It was a whole big mess from the getgo, and I should have seen this coming! Additionally, there were some questions about how we were going to get back considering it was a point-to-point and most of the cars were at the start. It was just ridiculously not planned at all, and I now know not to listen to any of the Council of Trailrunners. 
Anyway, the run was great. The views were awesome. I got a decent amount of sleep last night, and I felt pretty good. The uphill during the first three miles was pretty brutal, but we actually got moving pretty quickly. I was pretty surprised, but I wasn't complaining. The GAP on this run is pretty dope! Anyway, the first four miles or so felt pretty long just because we were climbing, but then the next 4 flew by. I was counting each mile at the beginning, but I lost track and just went with it. Soon, we were at mile 8, and then mile 9, and mile 10. It was pretty wild though because we basically climbed for 10 miles except the one downhill mile 6. I was thinking that the last 4 miles of the run were going to be a pretty intense downhill, and boy was I right, and also very wrong. After we crested the peak at mile 10 (hitting 2k ft), we started our descent. Weston took us through this path that was closed, so we had to do a little walking during that part. When it evened out a bit/got a little wider, we started running again. It was a pretty intense downhill though, so I made it clear that I wasn't just going to destroy my knees and fly. Weston, Joe, Roberto, Zach, and Nolan went ahead. I was basically solo for the next 2 miles or so. I passed Nolan back up at one point, and then I also caught Zach too. But there were definitely some points where nobody was close enough in front where I could see them or behind, so I felt completely alone in the woods. After I passed Nolan, around mile 12, I actually rolled my ankle kind of badly. I kept going, and I think it'll just take a couple of days to feel great. It was my other ankle than the one that was hurting last week, so that was good at least. There was a fork in the trail, so we had to stop and wait for everyone. Jacob and Monarski were super far behind because they were taking it super easy on the downhill so they wouldn't hurt themselves. We all geared up for the last mile (or so we thought), and got back to it. Soon into the 13th mile, Nolan, Zach, and I realized we had a long way to go. We could see other parts of the trail further down, and there was still basically no sign of civilization. We started passing other hikers after the 14th mile, and that was another red flag. Nolan was hurting/didn't want to run significantly more than he had to, so he stopped at 15, while I did the last mile by myself. I guess I finished up with 16 miles, which is pretty good, but I was also very pissed. Today was like a combination of the LR we did in Pasadena freshmen year and the first time we ran through El Seg last year. It was pretty technical of a run and everyone ran more than we wanted to. So it was kind of the worst of both worlds, and the only thing that made it okay was the fact that the views were awesome. During the first half of the run, I was actually very content. I was thinking about how the day was going to make me better. After I rolled my ankle though, I started to get kind of pissed. We were running more than we should have considering the time trial is this week, and the run was way harder on my legs than I wanted. Had I known this is what I was getting into, I would not have signed up. We could have done this over winter break maybe, but now that the time trial is this week and we're starting to race soon, it was very irresponsible. 
My legs felt really good though, and I actually had a really good run. If everything hadn't gone so horribly wrong (AKA people getting lost/running late/it been planned better with the cars) it would have been a great time. I may have had a good run, but it definitely wasn't the run I should have had. Seeing Patrick and Koby on Strava in PV made me very jealous that I didn't just join them. Now I know. 

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