View Workout (Nathan Philipps)
District Race
October 22, 2010 (Afternoon)
Exercise Type: Run
Weather: Too Sunny - Not Cloudy!
Comments:
It was odd for this to truly be a district race, even though the weather wasn't quite cloudy. Usually, their nice and grey, but this was very bright. It caught me completely by surprise (and was an evil omen to my demise! Fufufufufu!).
Either way, I was completely pumped and totally excited for the race to begin. I warmed up, stretched, did the proper planning, ate good stuff... It's as if I did everything right. Just before the race actually started, I said "Paro, atque tuus?" to Connorius, which is Latin for "I am ready, and also you?" It felt as though I had done everything I could do, and was thus as prepared as I would ever get.
After waiting for 13 geologic ages and the gun finally went off, I bursted out nice and strongly, just as I had planned. However, after the bottleneck, I found that AJ was right up next to me, whom I stuck next to dearly. However, he was going way faster than I ever wanted to, and it started to tire me out quickly. However, I did manage to stick with him for slightly more than the entire first mile.
Then, I started draggin' behind a little, but he was still well within my sights. I finally consumed way too much energy (and diverged from my plan <em>that</em> much), that I ended up slowing down just as I neared the loopdie-loops before the beach. Apparently, that's when Connorius got ahead of me, although I never noticed that. I do think that I would have at least been able to stick to him if I new he was there.
By now, I wasn't feeling very well. I middle digestive system started feeling a little funny, and I knew I was going way too fast. The thing I like most about distance running (compared to Track) is that I don't have to go extremely fast. Rather, I can be quick and simply have to maintain it. I was going fast, which obstructed my normal running style, so I already knew that this wouldn't be my best race. I started thinking to myself, "What am I going to say about this in the Running Log?"
Well, the race went on, and as it neared the wooded "hair-pin" turn on the second loop, I continued to follow through my plan and at least sped up. I was now entering the "speed up for the final sprint" part of the race, and so I sped up. However, I also suddenly got a side ache (albeit not too bad of one), so that slightly ruined my ability to speed up. However, at the final straight-away, I wasn't quite sprinting, but was going rather fast. I kept thinking to myself "At this point, you have nothing to lose, but everything to gain." It motivated me to move faster, but I guess it didn't do enough to make me sprint that ache into submission. I ended up beating my Silverwood time by one second, while people like Connorius beat 19. I might have done adequately well, but I feel as though I should have done better.
Afterward, I pondered "Why did I do poorly." Perhaps it was because I had eaten a bit too much of a Molasses Cake during 3rd period that day. (For the last three days, I was eating very intelligently and waking up perhaps five times every night for two glasses of water. However, the teacher made if for us, so how could I resist?) Mayhap it was that I cut myself twice that day (once on the left pointer-finger, and once on the inside of my lip). But perhaps the most logical reason of them all was that my heat was three sized too small.
One thing that I must realize is that the season has truly ended already. Last year, the season ended with me being ecstatic, because I had finally beaten both Brady and Connorius and had run the fasted I ever had in my life. However, this year, I don't feel that ecstatic, so the season doesn't seem to be over yet. However, I have to come to the truth and realize what has truly happened. I won't get another chance this season; I'll have to wait 'till next time. So, for now, I say "Goodbye."
Oh, and "...you have nothing to lose, but everything to gain." is something that I quote from Billy Mays, from when he advertised iCan.