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The main way I would describe it is it's definitely a championship style course 

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because you can fit  up to 250-450 people on the course and it's really 

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not gonna make much of a difference.  We're 10 meters wide everywhere.

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We have races everywhere from 10K to 2K. We have middle school races that are 3K.

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Collegiate races, usually GNAC meets are important meets, 5K & 8K.

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And regionals obviously regionals run around 6K & 10K.

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These berms right here are the Taruscio Berms and so after Randi Lydum.

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She's our compliance director and really follows and supports

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cross country and track n field here and works with us.

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And then Brady Beagley, the assistant coach here for 3-4 years.

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And so the Beagley Bumps are on the back of the course.

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And some of the newer bumps were added in the last couple years. 

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What I like about this course is that we are able to do the berms more than once

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because it makes the course like fun and different.

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I've race this I think about 5 times so I'm really familiar with the course. 

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So that's good.  And, yeah, I like the course so I'm excitied

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to keep racing on it my last year.

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Today I just wanna go out relaxed and confident and just be able to

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push towards the end and have a good last mile.

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My favorite part about this course is how easy it is for spectators 

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as well as the bumps. They're kind of deceiving.

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It looks like a pretty flat course but after a couple times of getting around

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you have to really know what's coming up or it will surprise you.

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Just like it's my favorite part, it's also my least favorite part.

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The bumps and berms can get pretty hard as you go through the race

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But it shows whose tough and whose not.

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Oh man, on the back side of the course it's usually really quiet.

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Like you guys don't see much going on.

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There's really not much going on other than us running.

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Sometimes there's one or two people back there cheering.

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It's easy to get kinda worried

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or start to question yourself back there.

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My plan for today is to go out, stay relaxed, be smooth and confident 

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and finish really strong through the last 2K of the race.

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So having competed here on Ash Creek some of the things I talk about 

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with some of the athletes is that it's deceivingly a pretty tough course.

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The bumps are a little more aggressive especially when you're doing em 

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a couple times, in a couple loops.

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The grass can still be pretty fatiguing.  It's not like quite like fairway grass 

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on a golf course. It is a traditional cross country course.

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And so definitely kinda saving some for a good finish. 

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And so having really good rhythm especially with a lot of different changes on the course.

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