Race day! I was nervous all night, so I didn't get a great night's sleep (not to mention I was sharing a rather small bed with Stoner).. but I was excited too. I managed to eat two pancakes before I felt the pre-race queasiness, so that was good, because I generally can't eat breakfast at all on race day, no matter when my race is. We got there and watched Matt race, then Stoner came and warmed up with me around the neighborhood. I got my spikes and my sticker (or just my 'er' as Byron called it, because it wasn't sticky at all). Then I went and did agilities on the field. They called us up to the line and I was in the first alley (have I ever mentioned how much I hate alley starts?) and me and the Park City girl next to me got way boxed in. I spent the first 200 letting everyone kind of shove each other around, then at the 200 I moved to the outside so I could move into a better position. But too bad for me, cause there was a girl right behind me that I didn't know about, and she was like 'oh..' then ran right into my leg. I tripped and my face came way closer to the track than I ever hoped for it to be.. but I caught myself and managed to stay on my feet. I tried to speed up to recover from it, but I just let it get to my head and everything just kind of sucked after that. Ended up with a 2:28. Bleh. That was definitely not what I wanted at all. Coach told me after to get closer to the lead pack quicker next time, so that I'm within reach at the end. I ran a lot more mileage than I usually do at meets today, cause Stoner and I did everything together, so I warmed up and cooled down with her as well. So that was good for me. All in all, it was a good experience, and one that I can learn from. I'm still going for that 2:23. I've got it in me, I know that. I just have to go out and do it. Also, I know this is spaced way weird, but I have tried and tried and I can't fix it. Sorry.
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