XC Meet- It was a long ride there, but it was fun. When we got there the JV girls ran 30 min. later. Then the JV guys ran, then the Varsity girls, and then the varsity guys. We ran at 5:30, which kinda sucked because it was still burning outside-100 degrees! It was so hot that we were sweating before we were running. I tried to drink a ton before the race because I'm not used to running in the heat.
At the start I didn't want to get trapped so I sprinted at the first, and went way too fast. After about the first half mile or a bit more I was already way dehydrated. We went down a hill and a few people passed me, I tried to pace myself for the that part. I ran with them for a bit and then went up a hill and was behind them a bit. I was too dehydrated, I didn't want to keep running. At that part I hated running a ton. There was a group ahead of me with about 3 or 4 people, and one guy pretty far ahead of them. We kept running the rest of the race, which I was hoping would be over soon, but we still had 2 miles left. We ran around the pond once, and a while after that someone passed me, and I passed someone else a little after the 2nd mile. I kept running, and the people that were ahead of me I knew I couldn't beat at the last second. We didn't really have a big fast sprint at the end. The people that were ahead of me were only ahead by a few seconds, but the whole race I knew I woudn't catch them at the end, even though I tried to think it at some times. I crossed at 16:01 for the 3 miles course. I almost fell over at the end. Some guy made sure I was okay, then went and helped a guy that was behind me a bit.
I saw my grandma and grandpa after, which was cool I thought. Dylan came in 30 seconds after me, and talked to me a bit. After I drank probably a full gallon of water. Our team took 2nd out of a lot of the teams that were there, which was way cool. I did a cool down with a few of the other guys on the team after, then we drove home. XC is a ton of fun! | 