Recovery

Today I ran to practice because I didn't have a ride. About halfway there Sarah drove by and kidnapped me. Okay not really kidnapped but she gave me a ride. For practice we ran up to Sunnyside park, ran a lap, and met at the white tree, where Tomy and I led the stretches. Then we played red light green light, doing smaller laps around the field. We would run for a certain amount of time (longest was 45 seconds) then when Bill said "Red light!" We stopped. Everyone was quiet, it was weird. Afterwards we ran another lap around the park then back down to the stadium.

STATE TOMORROW

Today was state. For a warmup we went up along the hill by the 2 mile mark then ran along and around the pond and through the field. Very descriptive, right? We changed our shoes then did some strides before entering the starting area, where the officials went through all the usual shenanigans with us. Honestly I think we know those rules better than they do. Anyway, at the start I got out hard and thought to myself, "What a great start!" because it was my best start ever. Then a second gun was fired. So my amazing start wasn't so amazing, but I planned to do it again. My next start was pretty good, not as amazing though. I kept getting cut off and I had to fight back. Once up the first hill I worked around the pack and put myself into a good position. Throughout the whole race I had positive thoughts, picking and passing people. At the last 800 mark, Candace and I passed each other back and forth, and after I passed her again she had a longer surge as we passed another girl together, but then the other girl went with her and it made me fall off a few steps. Just a few steps! I started having a mental battle with myself, but I kept pushing all the way to the finish. I didn't have a bad race, but I didn't exactly have a good race either. For a cooldown I ran around with my friend Katie and I talked to some college coaches. Then I enjoyed some oreos.

This morning I ran from my house along 14th east to 17th south to 16th east down Harrison to 15th east to 13th south to 14th east to Harrison back to 13th south and up and over to my house. It was a nonstop run, so I had to type it in one sentence. It was also really cold.