Today was the meet at the oval. We did 2 laps warmup, stretching, drills, then we did 4 laps warmup, 3? laps speed changes. Then we went over by the start line ish. Bill told me to go in the first heat. It was 5:30 and under, I was a little nervous but I thought I could get around a 5:30, and I was right. They false started us, and so we did a lot of strides. I didn't really know how fast I should go out, I just decided to go with the group and not go crazy. I think I like consistency much better then going fast and crashing. It felt good. I liked the race as a whole. I feel like I should've started kicking a LOT sooner. I picked it up a bit with 100 left, then really started with 50. Abigail out-kicked me at the last second and finished .14 of a second in front of me, but now I know what I need to work on. I PR'd so at least one good thing came out of it. Then I did 1.5 cool down with Megan, Sarah, and Emmaline. Warmed up for the 800 with Emmaline, probably about a mile, then went over to the line, I was late so I just went in heat 3. I did a few strides while I waited for it to start. I got the best spot on the line!!! :) Some girl started out way fast, I went through a process of thinking where I couldn't decide if I should go with her, then I thought what the heck, so I went with her. It felt fast, but I felt like I could do it, and just told myself she was going to crash eventually. She did around the 400. Then I was a little iffy about passing her remembering what happened last time at the oval when I moved into first, but I still did. Then I just focused on trying not to crash, and then kicking. Once again had a hard time getting myself moving, but I won my heat! And I PR'd!!! 2:34ish is what my watch said. I experienced my first ever runner's high on the cool down with Megan and Sarah, and I liked it :) | 