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I Went Out in the Field and Frolicked!

October 27, 2018 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

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I had one of the worst races of my life today, but it was also one of the best days I've had in xc in all of high school. I could psychoanalyze every bad decision I made in the race, every reason why I made those decisions, and all of the factors that I couldn't control, but I don't feel like it. It would take away from the beauty of the day, and I truly, on this day, don't feel like the poor race made me any less joyful. Basically, for a short synopsis, I went out way too fast for the first mile, had horrible cramps/nausea for the next 1.5 miles and just couldn't push harder to make myself feel sicker so got passed by many people, and then recovered slightly for the last half mile and had a really good kick because I wasn't worn out enough because I couldn't push as hard as I wanted to.

Now for the good part! I couldn't stop grinning all day today. Everywhere I looked there were things that made me happy: muddy puddles, cornfields, 80+ runners and 11 coaches who love this sport as much as I do. I loved the rain. I loved being disgusting and cold and not understanding why it made me so happy. Even though Nomi made fun of me for saying that these were bad running conditions, I loved feeling hardcore. I loved watching hopper after hopper refocus after sliding through mud. I loved seeing them work with teammates. I loved petting Polly's dogs and eating Sophia's cookies. I loved spending my day with the group of humans I love most in the world and hugging so many people. I love this team. I love this sport. I love today.

As Ana has been saying all week, I could not ask for a better team to share my senior year season with. When we were freshmen, we won ISLs, and while it was incredibly exciting to come onto a team that was so strong, I would never trade today for a banner if it meant I wasn't surrounded daily with all of the beautiful people that make up this team. Every one of you inspires me, and I'm so grateful to have such wonderful teammates and friends to support me through every aspect of my life. I love y'all a whole lot. I'm trying not to think about having only a week left of xc. I just know I'm gonna savor every last second of this week.