and everything starts today

Beloit

so friday we had a track meet at Beloit. I got to the school a little before 7:30. It was dreary outside and I wasn't looking forward to running. I slept the whole way there. It was so cold outside and raining, so Kendle and I went to the bathroom to put on our underarmor. Then we went to the high jump in pouring rain. We warmed up a little and waited in the rain for the guy to start. Kendle and I were 3rd and 4th, and every time we jumped, we landed unhappy on the wet mats. Both of us cleared everything until 4'8". My last jump at 4'8" was pretty good--I cleared it enough to be able to look back and watch my feet take it off.

After that, I found myself running to the start of the hurdles. It had stopped raining for the time, and I thought I was ready. Runners to you marks... Get Set... And the gun goes off. I pull out of the blocks and get almost to the first hurdle when I realize that my steps are way off. So I slow down and adjust and jump over it with horrible form. The rest were ok, but I hit my knee on about three. This is the same knee that I managed to hit in practice and bruise badly two days before. So when I finish well behind everyone else, I hop off in pain and frustration. 20.23--barely faster than my time on the grass track. So if I hadn't messed up the start and hit those hurdles, I probably would have managed to improve my PR time for this year. That just pisses me off.

The rest of the day, Brooke and I walked around the track. It rained every once in a while, but I didn't really care. As the 300 hurdles got closer, it started to pour rain again. Bailey and I were so cold and miserable. We were contemplating false starting just to get out of it. The rain was coming down so hard that it was ridiculous for the track meet to keep going. I was so cold in my race that I was shivering while I was running. I hit my knee again. 7th in my heat--no surprise--I'm slow and not too motivated for that race anway. No one is there with my time, so I wait around to see the sheet before it goes up to the announcer. I find out that no one even bothered to record my time! That is a bunch of crap. If I had known they weren't going to record the 7th place time, I wouldn't have run the stupid race to begin with! I am not very happy with the people in charge of the meet.

posted by Caity @ 8:22 AM