This is part 2 of Worlds Review. Missed Part 1? Read it here. Feel free to share your experiences and thoughts at the end.

This is my favorite photo of the race, taken by Phil Johnson. Thanks Phil! Click the photo to read the post-race write up they did on Track Focus, which is a great site, by the way.

Right before the first time I ever won a major championship, I was sitting in the stands before my warm-up in Eugene for the NCAA 5k my sophomore year next to senior Brent Hauser.  He asked me what I wanted to do in the race (Kara Goucher was back as defending champion) and I said I wanted to win. He raised his brow at me and thought for a moment before he spoke.  Brent was a legend on the team and so I took it to heart when he finally said, “Just don’t try so hard to get first that you end up finishing 12th.”