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It's a Beautiful Day

April 13, 2019 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
This was such a good meet and day for me, and I'm still feeling happy the next day as I log it. I was in the 4*8 which was pretty early, so I took the 7:15 bus with about 15 other people which was actually kinda nice even though it was early. Had the perfect amount of time before my race when we got there. Not so much that I could get too nervous, but just enough to jog an 800, stretch, walk the marathon to the bathroom, and fully warmup for our race. Order was Lucia to Camilla to me to Ana-Sophia. Really fun to run with a different group than usual and not have to be anchor! I got pretty nervous in the 5.5 minutes that it took Lucia and Camilla to run, but tried to keep calm and then it was suddenly my turn and I was okay. Did a pretty bad handoff from Camilla, but got the baton and just went for it. I was pretty much alone the whole race, I don't remember if anyone was in view, but I didn't pass anyone and wasn't passed by anyone (I think we were in 3rd or 4th out of 7). I tried not to overthink splits too much and just ran hard. Heard Ana, Nomi, Anthony, and Matt's cheering which was nice. Knew I was in good shape after 600 meters, Matt yelled something helpful I'm sure, and I tried my best to really open up for a good kick. I think I succeeded. Finished in 2:58.8 which is a 6 second PR and the first time I've broken 3! SOOOOO HAPPPPYYYY!! I don't remember my exact splits, but I think they were something like 1:26 and 1:32 maybe. After last week, I've been feeling a bit frustrated with my running mentality (I haven't even logged the last meet because I was too annoyed with myself, but I'll go back and log it now), but it was really nice to know that I can push myself and I didn't let my inner loser triumph today. Watched AnSo run a great 800 and we finished 3/7 when we'd been seeded 7/7. Really proud of this relay team because I think everyone surprised themselves today. Cooled down after celebrating with them for a while, and then suddenly Linnie showed up which made me very happy! Spent the rest of the day hearing good life lessons from Nomi and then cheering for races with Linnie and Matt. Lots of fun. People looked really good. Especially Ruby OMG watching her run that 1200 is literally one of the most incredible races I have ever seen anyone run. I think it was her first time running anything that long and she started out in the very back and then every time she came around she'd moved up a few more people until suddenly she was 3rd I think and then she passed this girl in the final straightaway AS A SPRINTER. I was so blown away, it was crazy incredible. So impressed! Ok that's probably a long enough log; really good day all around!!!