Recovery

Today was the UHSTCA Outdoor Championships at Taylorsville High School. When we got there, they were already calling for the girls 1600, so Natalie, Sarah, and I went and checked in. I was hip 8 in the 1st heat. After check in, Nat and I put on our spikes, then warmed up. It was the weirdest thing ever, warming up in my spikes. I did half mile warm up and half mile speed changes plus strides. At the start, I got cut off immediately, and I worked with the group for the first lap or so. Near the end of the 2nd lap and beginning of the 3rd lap, I wasn't able to push myself, I don't really know why, I didn't hurt, but I did. I was dead last in my heat with a final time of 5:50, which is really bad for me considering how well I've been doing. I did a 2 mile cool down with Natalie and Sarah, and we took pictures by the Taylorsville sign to send to Taylor and Taylor. I pitched my tent back at the spot and napped pretty much all day, having a hamburger for lunch. I kept napping until it was time to go warm up. I did a mile and a half with Natalie, then we did strides and such until the start. There was 1 heat of 28 girls, which was a little crowded, but I'm glad I was seed 3 and on the front line, which motivated me to get out fast. At the gunfire, hip 4 grabbed my arm but I elbowed her. Then a Davis girl shoved me, but I shoved back and passed her to get out hard with Nat. Yeah, I'm vicious. After a little bit, Alyssa passed me and went up with Nat. I worked with 2 other girls, and we randomly traded off who got to draft. The same girl who grabbed my arm at the start kept trying to trip me, so I abandoned her and had to fight the 21mph wind by myself. Alyssa fell off Nat, and in the last 300 is where I passed her. She passed me back in the last 200, and the last 100 was a neck and neck battle. I didn't even know who won our battle, I still don't know my time (Because whoever posts the times is really slow!) but the official at the finish said I got it, so I walked away with silver, Nat gold :) I did a mile and a half cool down while cheering on Tomy and Chris in their 3200, and cheering on our 4x4 teams. I was actually pretty happy I didn't do so well in the 1600, I believe it helped me save it for the 3200.