Despite having a really bad day yesterday, I woke up trying to focus on staying calm and realizing that it's just a race and my outside life does not need to intrude into running. Running is just running. Was fun to have secret runner again and team bus rides with just distance crew. Somehow think I either got poop or mud on our brand new tights...great. Led most of the race with Bea. I need to work on having a better mindset with pack running in general, when Quinn and Abbey come up to me or Bea or ahead and try to push the pace I need to accept that and be excited to push. I got to comfortable and wanted to slow down and did in some spots in the race, and in others I really fought with my mind after falling off on Thursday to just hang on until the end. Almost gave up with about a k or 2 left, and Rachel and I fell off a tiny bit but then Coach yelled at me and before the home stretch I thought about how mad I was on Thursday after falling off. Quinn told me to go and I had to sprint up the homestretch. I think I could've went faster, but one can always say that, and even though I may have wished I would've ran faster or done this or that- I always improve way more by the end of the season and today was a great day of practicing mentally fighting through and a great team day. (For a comparison- sophomore year- despite being out for the week before- I ran a 20:40ish at early bird and closed at state in an 18:34). Working on trusting that I am good, and it takes time, and improvement will continue to happen until state with hard work. We haven't even done race workouts yet! Ate at Moes after with Quinn, Melissa, Avery, Iris, and Rachel, and took an hour and a half nap later.