How did the race unfold?
HL: Well I didn’t mean to be in the front from the start, but I just kind of found myself there. So I was like, ‘Okay, I’ll just stay here. I’m not going to drop back and then try and come back again.’ So I started in the front and then one of the girls from Adams came from behind and tried to make a break. She had done that at Regionals and I didn’t go with her then and I lost the race, so this time I went with her. We had a group of four and we basically ran together for the whole race, until about a kilometer or 1,300 meters to go. I picked a hill that I wanted to go on, and I did. I got a surprise because they didn’t. I was expecting them to come with me and they didn’t. So I was shocked. FW: Do you feel a lot of pressure going into this year? HL: I guess more so than last year because last year whatever I did was okay. I guess I just have higher expectations for myself, there’s no pressure from anyone on my team or anything. FW: How’s your team looking this year? HL: They’re actua
