Hey,
I was really depressed when our track season ended. I was looking forward to so much during our three month season but I ended up not doing as much as I could have done. But by the end of the season, I was starting to suffer from shin splints so I guess it's a good thing we're over now. BUT....there are going to be summer workouts! Along with volleyball open gym! And volleyball camps! And volleyball scrimmages! And basketball tournaments! And basketball practices! And athletic EVERYTHING! Yay I'm so happy lol. :)
This year, I ran the 4x1 and 4x4 relays, 200m, 400m, 800m, and 1500m. So a lot of fun running, right? :[) I also partially learned the footwork for long jump (it was really complicated), and I learned how to throw the javelin, although I never could do it right. Apparently my elbow kept bending too much when it wasn't supposed to. The only reason why I had to learn to either throw or jump was because I was having an ankle problem earlier. So I had no choice but to take a little time off from running. :(
Before the state competition, we had to compete at districts which is where you compete to be able to have the opportunity to compete in STATE. For that, I ran the 200m, 400m, and 800m. The same day I ran the 200m, I had to take the AP US History test and was a little late to the meet, but I still made it for my race. I did not make it to finals on Saturday, though. I'm not too sad...it helped me out a lot with my kick in the 400m and the 800m. I can get a good kick going when I've got the adrenaline and everything. Ahhh running just gets me excited in general. I never loose that feeling. :) Once at our last track meet, it was my first time running the 1500 and a lot of the kids at my school were cheering for me and I couldn't help but smile and afterward when I checked in for the 400, the lady who was checking us in said, "You were the girl that was smiling during the 1500, right? You're crazy." :) I was thinking, well, I've got a lot of friends who were supporting me the whole way through, so why wouldn't I have a smile on my face when I run?
Now back to districts. I ran the last two of my events on Saturday. It was really hot and a lot of us were dying out there (not literally...you get what I mean). It was HOT. For the 400m, I wasn't expecting much. Sure, I ran that maybe two or three times before in the league meets. But I was still new to sprinting so I wasn't expecting to do that well. When they shot the gun, I tripped over the starting line and had to keep telling myself, don't start out too fast and loose energy too soon. I kept up with these girls. And some of them were sophomores, juniors, and seniors that've been doing this FOREVER. This one girl I talked to in the 200m had done track for six years and this was my first year. So how was I supposed to feel? The last hundred was when my adrenaline really kicked in and I really had to fight for my ranking. It was the toughest competition of my entire life. This one girl and I were side-by-side and I barely beat her by one second and ended up finishing in third place with a time of 1:11. But it's the first two to finish make it to state...I was so close this year but next year I'm gonna fight even harder. The 800m didn't go so well...I was exhausted already and had given everything I had in the 400m, and I ended up getting last place in that race, but I didn't care. Then the whole team went out to dinner afterwards which was a LOT of fun. :[) We recently had a track party and awards. During that time, our coach told my "funny" wall-sitting story (she said that was the first time she realized how competitive I was...we did wall sits and there were three of us left at almost six minutes - two guys and me. Well anyway, I was shaking so hard and I couldn't get up but I kept going, and all the adults laughed at that. I was like, "It wasn't funny...it hurt so bad but I couldn't get up.") Next year I think I will be allowed to run the 3000m, 400m (AGAIN!), I might have to learn high jump, and I don't know what else. Maybe 300m hurdles, I guess. Just 'cause my dad wants me to.
Now that track's over, the volleyball season is going to start up soon! I'm so psyched for that. It's just a bummer that we're loosing all of our seniors - we love them and they're amazing athletes. So these next few years are going to be for rebuilding. I really hope to make Varsity again and stay a front row middle hitter, along with MAYBE becoming an all-around player. :) Volleyball is my true love sport, I guess you could call it. Anyway, I'm gonna work my butt off this summer with sports and stuff. I SOMEHOW agreed to playing in a few basketball tournaments. Geez...I'm killing myself here.
Anyway, that's about all I had to say. I'm sad track's over, did I mention that yet? ;)
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