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McQuaid Invitational

October 1, 2016 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: I broke my umbrella :(

Comments:
I wasn't tired when I woke up, so that was great. I wandered around the tent when we got there and watched the girls JV race, it was crazy watching all 680 of them run past in the beginning of the race. Scooter came to the meet; she was wearing a little raincoat which made me think about how much my family spoils her. We started our warmup about an hour before the race. I was pretty optimistic because the temperature was perfect and I was feeling good. About 5 minutes before the race, I was more nervous then usual and I was breathing really heavily. I tried calming myself down and I did, but maybe too much because I didn't go out fast enough and I think that kinda messed up my race. Right from the start I got boxed in. I wasn't to concerned because I generally start slower and I've been boxed in many times before but it has never been this bad. When we got closer to our tent, the girls around me started becoming even more tightly packed and when I realized what was happening I tried to move out and catch up to Grace but I ran into a tree instead. It wasn't full on, I just stumbled, but it was still kinda surprising. I never made it out the pack until we got near the end of the road and by then Grace and Zoe were pretty far ahead of me. I decided it would be better to gradually make my way back up rather then sprinting ~50 meters. I honestly think I made the right call in that situation and in a few others during the race. The worst thing I did in the race was just not running fast enough. I never realized this until I got home because I really pushed the last 300 meters, so I was tired when I crossed the line and I didn't think about the rest of my race until later. At first I was satisfied, but now I'm more disappointed because I didn't push myself as much as I could've last week too. Hopefully I'll turn things around at Manhattan. Last year I had a really bad race so I'm excited to see how much faster my time will be this year.
Girls got 5th in the merge and we beat West Genesee and Elmira! If we beat West Genesee again at Manhattan that should put us in a good position for Feds.