Monday, February 2, 2009

Track Meet #4

First off - I am feeling much better. Thursday of last week was a much better day and by Friday I was eating all normal foods. Maybe tomorrow I can start having milk again!!

I competed in my Track meet and we came in second overall for the league championships. The boys team came in second too BY just ONE POINT!! I felt so bad for them because they all preformed so well and they were soo close!

I did high jump (I ran into the bar and now have a huge bruise on my back - opps!), long jump (PR-ed at 4.67m, overall 7th place), shot put (9.82m, 4th place overall), and then 4x400m relay.

By the time I got to the relay I was exhausted but I really didn't realize this until I received the baton from Abby and was running. Results:

4:12.13 (my split = 65 seconds)

I was the slowest split which really upset me after the race. We need a time of 4:10.48 to make it to this big meet in Boston at the beginning of March (and we have 4 more chances to qualify). Abby is already going with the 4x200m relay so there is no guarantee that we will be going but i wanted to at least help the girls have the possibility/opportunity. (A lot of things are still up in the air)

The girls ran such a great race I was so proud to be on the relay with them. I think that if I hadn't had to do the other three events I would have run faster - My legs were just tired from basically going non-stop from 10:30am until 2:55pm when we ran the relay. I was basically warming up for the relay while I was throwing shot! It was hard to focus.

Anyway - it was a jammed packed weekend and now I am just trying to recover and get all my work done! Happy Monday!

12 comments:

No Longer Using said...

when/where is the boston meet?! my bro will prob be there and if i'm in town i will prob go to cheer!!! he has his post-conference meets at BU, MIT, and BU again. you have 4 more chances to qualify, there's definitely time!!!!! that's awesome you did so many events,... high jump is SO SCARY to me-- i did it in 7th grade, and i remember so vividly the very first jump, i just could not make my body go backwards so what i ended up doing at the last minute was jumping forward FEET FIRST over the bar!!!! it was prolly a sheer stress reaction cuz there's no way i could jump up that high under normal circumstances. i must've been psychic too cuz i went on to break \my arm in the state championship (but still placed third even tho i went to the hospital w/o finishing, hahaha,...)... yeah 7th grade was the end of my high jump career ;) i actually never did track again til senior year of HS getting in shape for college ball. sorry for the long story!!!! :) SO GLAD you are feeling better. milk! hahaha. i can't live without it,...

tfh said...

Great job in the meet-- seriously, w/ all those events I am surprised at how well you do! It sounds to me like guys can DEFINITELY get that 4:10 time if you have 4 more chances to qualify. Glad you're feeling better!

Chic Runner said...

Wow! What a crazy weekend and great job even though you were super busy and overwhelmed! :) Glad you are feeling better and I hope you get some milk soon :)

Aron said...

another amazing meet!!!! CONGRATS!

Marlene said...

Don't be too hard on yourself about your split...you've run some strong races lately! And congrats on the other events, especially the pr!

Nicole said...

Awesome meet girl! Good job! I hope you start feeling better this week, being sick is so rough on your body!!

Unknown said...

Looks like you did great. Don't get to down on yourself.

The Laminator said...

Awesome meet! Congrats on your performance. Don't sweat the details. You did great.

Brian said...

good job! I always want to do the high jump or pole vault, but there is no way I could do it, hah. keep it up!

X-Country2 said...

Another great meet! Hopefully you start feeling better soon.

Meg said...

Congrats! You are doing so much at your meets! I bet it was hard to be so active shortly after not eating much. Great job!

N.D. said...

Glad you are feeling better!! Good job on the meet.