Today was REGIONS!!! We started off by warming up for about 15 minutes under the hard rain and then found a spot in between some trees and tried to keep our heart rates up by doing some core. Then, we quickly ran to the finish line and listened to instructions because there had been some course alterations. After that, we were instructed to take off our sweats and continue warming up. Two minutes later, we found ourselves at the start of the line, waiting for the gunshot to start off our race! I got off with a great start!! I managed to keep it until i hit the first hill since i have not done hills in a very long time. Every step of the way, i listened to Bill as best as i could. I do recall staggering on listening in two situations but then i just pushed hard and went for it and it worked! I loved every minute of this race! I managed to pass quite a few girls during my race and then i ended up behind Amanda. I tried to pass her in the last 400 meters of the race but i sadly ran out of ground and couldn't quite out kick her and definitely was not able to catch the girl in front of her. There was so much rain during the race and the grass was so slippery!! As soon as we crossed the line, we got the news. Then, Susannah and i went on our own cool down and later walked over to the Awards Ceremony. I also got a new P.R! It was 21:19.3! WE ARE THE 2010 REGION CHAMPS!!!
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