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West PARK

October 14, 2009 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: Cloudy

Comments:
EDIT: I just realized that I got 22:30!!!! It's a PR!!!

I have been saying for a while now that I don't even wake up for school in the morning, I wake up for cross country. School is a breeze to me, but cross country always changes my day. Sometimes it's for the best, and most of the time it's for the worst. I love running so much, but some days I just don't feel like running. This meet really changed my feelings about running though. During the race I passed two people on our team, and I almost passed two more, but towards the finish they sprinted ahead of me. It would have been so great to pass four people on our team, just because, before today, the most people I have passed has been one. Throughout the race I felt really great, which really helped me get through it. At one part of the race, some of our team members were cheering me on, so I smiled a great big smile. Then another group was cheering me on and the smile just got bigger. After the second group I was still smiling, and I was literally trying to make myself stop. I was actually pushing my face down. But it didn't work. I have never smiled like that in a race before, and it just felt great to smile like I did. People cheering you on can really help sometimes. Other times, though, you just want to tell them to shut up :).