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BEND!

October 8, 2010 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
I love Bend. LOVE. this race was great! I absolutely love running with sarah too. the park was so beautiful and GAH! just everything about it was lovely.
i have to say that even though i didnt PR or reach my time goal, this was the best race i had ever run. the whole time, i kept my eyes up, looking foward, and that helped immensely. i remember when i was going around that metal thing for the second time, i saw a really blonde girl quite a ways ahead of me, and by the time i was leaving the baseball field i passed her! i was competing the whole way and at mile two, i was surprised that i was that far in the race! i thought to myself, "i'm not feeling dead yet, so now's the time to step it up til i feel like i'm going to die". and i really think i did. At some point, rusty told sarah and i that he needed us to pass this pack of girls, and sarah and i jumped ahead of about 3 girls in a pack, and then i eventually ended up passing the big pack also! at the finish, liz was there and told me "NOW RACHAEL! AT THIS MUD PUDDLE!" and right when i hit that thing, my knees when up, and my arms started swinging and i passed three people up the hill! i was a bit discouraged though when i reached the top and realized i had to do another loop so i slowed down a bit from my sprint, but once i reached the straightaway to the finish i kicked it back in and passed a capital girl RIGHT AT THE FINISH LINE! i swear i was like 2 inches ahead of her and she yelled "NOOO!" when i beat her, and i was so happy that i got her thaat i yelled "YEEESSSS!" i was so estatic. unfortunately i didnt break 22, but the only thing i couldve done better i think was to keep up my speed on that last little loop.