I'm so dead! The 5k is such a hard race, but I think I did reasonably well - I PRed by a lot and got 3rd place too. More details later, I'm exhausted and need to go to bed. So the coaches told me that the 5k is actually really nice because it starts off so slow. But the Nevada girls started it off way fast and I want to kill them. Overall, the race hurt a whole lot and killed me. The first 10 laps or so, there was a pack of 5 or 6 girls sticking on the stupid Nevada girls. I had to run in the outer lanes a bit in attempts to not get boxed in. For the most part, I tried to not look a the laps-to-go sign just so I wouldn't get depressed. It didn't work so well though. With 10 laps to go, I almost cried - realizing I'd only run 3k and I was already exhausted. For a couple laps, one Nevada girl kept stepping on my feet and kicking me and I got so sick of it that after one really hard kick, I yelled "Aarrgh, JERK!" at her and pushed to pass the next girl so I wouldn't have to put up with it anymore. I think she laughed at me... I probably would've if I hadn't been so mad at her. The last few laps were death. The Idaho girl in first was 15 seconds up on us by then, so it was a race for second with a NM girl. I gained a few seconds on her in the last two laps, but didn't quite catch her. Almost puked at the finish. Eew. So so so hard. Hopefully I have enough guts to do some damage in the 3k tomorrow! (DS 137.9) (M spike 74.2)
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