ugh! I'm so mad at myself. I ran the first lap with Sally, then somehow she got in front of me, and some other girls passed me up and I felt tired and discouraged and I just basically gave up the race. Then Micah and Taelor came up behind me and got about a step ahead of me. They haven't beaten me at all this year, and I wasn't about to let one of my goals go down the drain. So I pushed it, much. As I was running in view of the people cheering at the finish line they started cheering for me, then I heard one of them say "you can break 30!" I ran hard, too hard for how far away I was, as I got around to that loop around the trees I started heaving a lot, and I ended up throwing up a little bit. charming. but I didn't want to stop and break my goal of not stopping during a race, so I kept pushing, but I wasn't able to go quite as fast as I know I can go, because I was feeling a touch ill. on the plus side, I think this is a PR, overnight trips are so so much fun, and I get to join the ranks of those who vomit during races. |