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Bishop McNamara Meet

April 19, 2014 (Night)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
Wow I don't think I'd been that nervous for a race since freshman/ sophomore year. The meet was a little crazy in how many schools were there so I didn't get to the meet until 5pm and I think I was psyching myself up until that time. Gillian and I did a nice warmup and as the race drew closer, I felt myself getting more and more excited. Unlike a lot of the other meets, I wasn't nervous that I'd do badly or run slowly or anything, I was just getting mentally prepared to run hard and focus.

The race itself felt so awesome. The conditions were perfect--around 65 and not too sunny, and a little breezy. There were originally 30 girls signed up for the race but only 7 or 8 actually raced. The first mile felt strong but controlled (I think I'll try picking up the first mile a bit more in the future). Gillian ran right behind me for the majority of the lap, which was so lovely because I knew she was right there backing me up a lot of the first mile. Plus, I knew she ran somewhere around 615 last week so when she came by in around 606, I knew she was having an awesome race and that was pretty inspiring.

At the halfway point, I focused more on trying to accelerate and streamline my form. Somewhere around the 3 laps mark, I noticed that I still had a ton of energy, felt a click, and just went for it. I set my sights on a girl that had been way ahead and focused on closing the distance, managing to catch her on the back straightaway of the last lap. I finished right at 12:10.

My pr is 12:05 from draper last year so it wasn't quite a PR, but still, I am super happy. This 3200 was 30 seconds faster than my last two mile a couple weeks ago! Anyways, I left the meet feeling pumped up and full of energy and so happy. I feel like I've turned a new leaf! I was still pretty excited when I got home but it's not great to run after meets so I did around half an hour of some good strength work--75 pushups, crunch progression (45 sec), plank progression (1min each, 20 leg lifts each side), 6 inches (flutters, back and forth, standard, in and outs, etc) for 6 min straight, squats (25), then 25 burpees.