The First Run I Actually "Enjoyed"

I just got back from my best cross-country meet ever! It was at Ceder Crest golf course, which is like an hour and a half away. It was a really fun bus ride. Usually, I get really nervous before a race, and don't really run that well. Today, my main goal was to totally forget about the race and have a ton of fun... until just before my race. Today we raced in a different style. Normally we race just boys and girls separate, or maybe JV/Varsity. But today we ran by grade, so I ran with the Seniors, last. I had a long time to wait, which made it hard to not get nervous, but I did fine. It was a beautiful race, and for some reason, I felt amazing! The norm for me in a race is to feel TOTALLY dead, but today I felt great. The whole race I was like, "Wow, this is so fun. I feel so fit and healthy. Look how beautiful God's creation is. Look at all these people. Wow, I love my uniform!" (that one was a joke!) I had a lot of energy, and on the last stretch, there was a girl about 150 meters in front of me. One of my team-mates was like "pass her" so I just literally tore my heart out, and flew by her. It took every single ounce of what I had in me, but I did it! After our cool-down, I completely collapsed and just laid on the grass, and my legs hurt BAD! I was definitely on a major "runners high" for a few hours. That is always fun. We went out to pizza after, and had a ton of fun on the ride. It was full of lots of guitar and singing, games, lots of talking, and tons of silliness. It was a very fun day, and it made all of the really hard training, totally worth it!

By the way, I also ran my best 5k time too!