Ed Jacoby Invitational. 20 minute warm up, light drills, 4x100m strides, RACE, 15 minute cool down.
Well.. it was definitely my first race back. That's the only detail from the actual race that I think is needed. I still don't know my time because I looked it up online and they have the wrong time for me somehow. It's weird, because they have me 7 places higher up than I should be and there's no one on the list with my actual time, so I didn't get switched with anyone or anything. They just put the wrong time. But hey. I'll take it. It's a lot faster than my actual time.
This race was a huge learning experience for me-- I've never raced indoor on a track like that. It's 200m and like all wooden and on stilts or something. It's very noisy. Also, after the first 3 laps, all my pacing went out the window and I was kind of just running. I was pretty discouraged after I finished, but now I just want to get back out and try again. I want to try pacing better and sticking with girls. Our next meet is this coming Saturday and it's at the same track. I hope Coach Spence lets me run the mile again at this one, because I know I can do better. Today was rough for a variety of reasons. Mostly because just getting on the starting line was a huge accomplishment for me. My race day nerves have always been bad, but this meet was ridiculous. I was terrified the whole weekend, and after Coach gave me the option of backing out, it was especially difficult to want to get out there. But I did it and that was good. Also, my entire right leg was ouchy and I'm not sure why. And, after one of the worst night's sleeps I've ever had, I woke up sick this morning-- sore throat, bad headache, etc. I guarantee a lot of it was mental because I was so so nervous. So I want to try again in better conditions and see what I can do.
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