I did a lot better today than I did yesterday. I first ran the 3200 m in the second heat. I tried to plan it out a little bit beforehand because I thought that would be a good idea after crapping the mile yesterday. I ran this race a lot smarter. I started out okay and then got into a settled (but pushed) pace pretty quickly; my thoughts were to get into a spot and work my way up from girl to girl. My plan didn't work out the way I wanted it to because I ended up running in a pretty big gap. I did work my way around one girl and then I kept my eyes on the next girl that was about 100m in front of me for the rest of the time. I ran the mile in a decent pace but I didn't push it too hard because last time thats what I did and I died on the fifth lap. The fifth lap was good to me this time and I felt like I was going at a constant pace for most of the race. I had a hard time pushing it in at the end because my legs were sore and worked and I just didn't feel like I had enough energy to sprint. Overall it was a good race, improved by 17 seconds, but I still feel kind of disappointed that I'm not faster than I am. I know it is kind of a harsh thought but I feel like I am one of the slow girls and I am very unsatisfied with myself.
The 800 was sort of an adventure... I haven't run this race since I was a freshman so it was kind of a new experience. Ruthie gave me some pointers on how to run it before the race started and let me wear her racing flats. I ran in the first heat (slow heat) and I took the lead from the start. I ran the first lap fairly fast and felt myself slowing down after I started coming around the second time. I kept telling myself to push it harder because I had less than a lap left, but I my distance-running self didn't like that idea. I kept trying to speed it up but it was hard, especially because my legs still felt a little overworked. I got passed right about at the start of the last 100 meters and ended up second in my heat. I wasn't really disappointed in this race but I sure wasn't proud. I didn't really know what to think of my time and walked off the track thinking, "hmm that was interesting". It was fun just jumping in and running it but I still feel unsatisfied with myself. | 