Race Report: Eastbay Northeast Regional Open Race 2021
After a summer of mostly cross-training (almost exclusively road cycling) due to reactive Achilles tendonitis, I was cleared by my physical therapist to begin land running the first week in November. Although still on unstable footing training-wise (both literally and figuratively), I began looking for cross country meets to salvage anything resembling a competitive season this fall. There seemed to be only three reasonable options on the calendar for the immediate future: The NIRCA open/alumni race on 6 November in Shelbyville, IN The Trails of Miles race on 13 November in New York The open race at the Eastbay [Footlocker {Kinney}] Northeast Regional meet on 27 November in New York The first two options were both two soon after returning to land running, but the third option seemed reasonable and served an ulterior motive. The goal race for this season had been USATF Club Nationals in Tallahassee, and if my Achilles was able to handle a race two weeks out (and I was able to demonstrat