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Obviously I'm ecstatic about the win despite running 48 seconds slower than last year. But this is my space to be be critical and break down the differences. First off, there were 50% more runners to pass than last year, which was especially apparent on the stairs going up right after the start and then the singletrack portions of the first downhill. The difference is especially obvious in the times on the first downhill, which I ran 15 seconds slower than last year, despite clocking the same time on the road portion. Combined with a slower start, I was 32 seconds off last year's pace at the creek. I continued to be a little slower on dynamite, but I think my legs were a little fresher and I started to turn the tide. I ran Hogsback 21 seconds faster than last year and reached the top of Cardiac 16 seconds off last year's pace. I was in 13th at this point and I knew I had run a strong creek to cardiac, so I felt confident I would catch whoever was left in front of me. I didn't quite match last year's pace on the downhill, and also got caught up on swoop a little more. In general, I was a little less fearless and urgent on the steep downhills, but it didn't matter. I passed Joannie Siegler at the bottom of insult to move into first and cruised it in from there. Last year I took a different route to the finish because I was confused. I hit the White gate junction in 41:03 last year vs. 41:33 this year, a 30 second gap. This is the point where the current course diverges from the "old course" that went directly to Panoramic highway and used a couple extra shortcuts. For reference, Varner hit this junction in about 41:45 in his legendary 2013 run where he finished in 48:01 (he ran an exceptional downhill). Now I did not run an exceptional downhill to the finish and eased up some in the home straight, but by my reckoning the Moors route is an additional 12ish seconds slower than my route last year, which I estimated was 25 seconds slower than the traditional route. Anyway, all this is to say, I finished 48 seconds slower than last year, but between a longer route and the additional crowds, I probably lost at least 30 seconds compared to last year, but on the other hand, there were some muddy sections last year that cost me some time, so maybe about 25 seconds slower is the proper comparison to last year. Given how my training has been this year, I am pretty happy with that. 

Also shoutout to the MCTC black shirts Pat Wachter Matt Seidel and Tom Rosencrantz! Let's get us one more next year and take the team title!

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