Today was the Murray Invitational. So when I woke up I knew I wasn't going to do my best because I woke up with MAJOR bad allergies. But I wasn't going to let that get to my head. So when we got to the race it starts poring!! for like 20 minutes, then it stops and as a team we start our warm up. All day I was planning on running the JV race so when I heard I was running the Varsity race I really tried to clear my throat and my nose from allergies. So as a warm up we run a bit of the course, I only ran 1.5 miles because I had over an hour till my race. So when it was closer to my race Caden and I do 6 strides, drills and stretched to stay warmed up while cheering for other members of our team, with the strides and everything we did about a 2 mile warm up. So we changed shoes and get to the line. No sooner does the gun go off it starts poring rain again, of course its my race. So since the ground is so slippery I sort of tripped but I caught myself and had to sprint to catch back up to Dylan and Dakota. So I eventually catch back to them but after we did our first lap and were going up the second hill that is when they started to get ahead of me. I didn't care at this point, I was just working of passing people whenever I could. So as I am passing people and we get onto the dirt I notice my shoes are filling up with mud. So our first mile was something like 6:20 or around there. Thats exactly what I wanted and I was feeling really good so I decide to pick up the pace. But when I get to the snake thingy thats a trail and is covered in mud. I ran up it hard to pass a ton of people but when I did I slipped down the hill so I had to run up it again then I slipped down it again so I had to run up it for a third TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is when Caden passed me. But when we got to the dry dirt I faced planted in that dirt also so in this race I fell 3 times this race. So when I get to the indian head I just start really to pick up the pace because in the second mile is when I really fell. So I just picked up the pace until I got to the water park, thats when I started to kick it in. Natalie yelled at my to use my arms because they are crossing so I did and I really picked up the pace from that. Then I saw the finish line and I sprinted with everything I had left because it was a lot because I just didn't go fast today. Then we stood at the finish line for like 20 minutes. Then Jesse's, Annie's and Olivia's moms brought us PIZZA!!! THANK YOU!! Then when I got home, after unthawing from freezing to death at the race I did 1.5 mile cooldown. Here is my Garmin Race: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/115003145 | 