BOULDER — It’s crunch time for the Colorado cross country teams.
When the gun goes off Friday for the Pac-12 Championships in Colfax, Wash., the Buffs will begin a 22-day stretch that will see them compete in their conference championships, the Nov. 13 NCAA Mountain Regionals in Albuquerque, N.M., and the Nov. 21 NCAA Championships in Louisville, Ky.
That’s three high-level competitions in three weeks. It means the Buffs must race, recover, race, recover — and then race one more time, a stretch that requires a delicate balance of going all out and still having enough left to be at their peak in the final race.