You've got to want it to win it

Its days like meets when I wish there was a way to put all of my events in the race entry, but since I can only put one I'll just tell about each race in a different paragraph :)

 After getting off the bus I started with a 2 mile warmup with Natalie, Amanda, and Abigail.  We went out past the javelin field and along the sidewalk as it curved, and then went down a driveway that went by the north side of the track and around Davis' parking lot and then we went between the school and the auditorium, then around to the side of the school by the stadium, which got us a mile, and we did another lap to get us to 2 miles warmup.  Then we got our shoes and headed down to the field by the start to change shoes, stride, do team prayer, and get on the line.  It was around then that Amanda said the best quote of the day: "You ask me how dedicated I am.  Well, there are cookie crumbs in my spikes", totally the best quote ever hahaha!!!  There weren't seed lists so we just started wherever on the line.  I was in the 3rd or 4th lane.  Going out I took the lead within the first 100 meters and then just held onto it the whole time.  I could hear the girls behind me which always scares me to go faster because I worry about them catching me and passing me and then more girls passing me because of already being passed.  So I was able to create a little bit of lead, though I don't know how much by.  My first lap was a 1:12 or 1:13.  I kept pushing and came in at the 800 at 2:32.  The third lap was going to be tough, and Bill had told me I've got to break out of my 1:20 third laps.  I don't remember my third lap split, it might have been a 3:48, but I finished in 5:08.11, which is a new PR and qualified me for state :)  Afterwards I changed shoes and then did another 2 miles for recovery.  Then I stretched out for a bit; Natalie, Amanda, and I had fun doing alignments for down dog, we used Natalie's long sleeved shirt for a belt.  

 A while later it was time to begin warming up for the 3200.  I did a mile and then went to get my spikes and my Gu and head down to the field for strides.  I wore gloves for this one because in the 1600 my arms had gotten cold, and it was a bit colder now.  This time on the line I started in lane one, and going out I took the lead and again held on for the whole race.  My first lap was a 1:11 or 1:12, I don't remember but I know it was one second faster than my first lap for my mile was.  I don't remember my other lap splits, but at the mile I was at 5:20.  I really do need to improve on not letting my pace slip into 1:20s after the third lap of the race.  After the mile I began to pass some girls so I was able to gain steam by working towards catching and passing them.  On one of the laps on the straightaway there was a group of 4 girls that I needed to pass and I had intended to just go in between them but I accidentally ended up getting myself boxed in so I just had to go around the outside and I accidentally stepped on one of them and I felt bad :(  I said sorry and just kept going.  Going into the final lap I was at 9:37.  I could feel the tiredness in my legs by then, Bill had told me to start going at 1000 left.  I finished in 11:01.29, which is an outdoor PR and also is the meet record :)  The old record was an 11:17 from 2008.  

Next we did a 4x800 team with Amanda, Natalie, Abigail, and me.  We just stayed on the field after the 3200 because there wasn't time for anything, so we just did strides and worked on handoffs.  At the start of the relay Amanda got us into 3rd, and then Natalie and Abigail both worked on closing on the team ahead of us.  Davis had a team way up in front but we were pretty close with the second place team.  When I got the baton I went right after that second place team and passed them at about 100 meters.  Then I just worked on holding them off.  I passed a team who we were a lap ahead of, but Bill and the others didn't know that they were a lap behind so they told me that there was a girl getting close which scared me to go faster.  Afterwards they realized that that team was a lap behind but nothing wrong with getting someone to push because they thought someone was there.  The final time in the relay was 10:35.8.  Afterwards I did 6 laps cooldown on their track to get me to 10 for the day.  

After getting home I went and enjoyed some tacos with Abigail :)  and then I took a 10 minute ice bath.