Word: 10k
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Whatever confidence my shooting brought on quickly faded once I got back out on the course for lap four. Feeling my energy reserves dropping by the minute, I downshifted to "survival pace." Not designed to win races, or increase my self-esteem, or pass anyone or cut my 10k split, this tactic is designed to allow the completion of the race without a major physical breakdown...
...Rollerblades and running drills and special excercises - but I realized these were for people who already knew what the hell they were doing. I was bad at it, let's be honest, and I wasn't going to become a better skier if all I did was go on 10k runs, or hop around on one leg through an obstacle course all summer (one of the dry-land drills I read about). The only answer was daily practice, and the shimmering hot streets of Manhattan were mocking me in a most unyielding fashion. The answer to this problem came...
...sophomores led the women's Nordic team. Julia Silvis led the Crimson in the 10K classic at Dartmouth and Williams, best among Harvard women at each carnival. Classmate Kate Damon also came through for the Crimson in the latter half of the season, posting a 42nd-place finish in the freestyle pursuit at Williams and a 56th-place finish in the 10-kilometer classic at Middlebury...
Sophomore Julia Silvis led the Harvard women in Friday's 10K Classic with a 53rd-place finish...
Junior Brad Williams took 54th in the men's 10K classic on Friday and 49th in the men's freestyle pursuit the next day, tops among Harvard men in the two cross-country events...