"Character is what you stand for, reputation is what you fall for". Today my 3 mile wasn't super impressive, but I battled. I got a major lactic rush almost immediately into the race. My first mile was slow and I had to pass a large group of people. My second two miles I grinded like a "hammer". On the final downhill mile I pushed myself hard to be sub-18 because I came through two at 12:06. I kicked in hard to finish with 17:56 and 28th place. I'm definitely happy that I went to camp and it will help my season dramatically.