All day I was pretty pumped for region. When we got there, the nerves finally kicked in. We jogged around the course adding up to about two miles and I was really ready. I feel like I warmed up early, but it helped me mentally quite a bit. I really wanted to get over with it. When we did a couple striders I wasn't going as fast as I'd liked, but it turned out okay.
When we started I kept my eye on the hill that we were going to run past which really helped me have a good start. Once we reached a street I noticed Vickie and I hoped to stay with her, but I slowly got further behind her. I then kept up with Jessie, a Logan girl, and my teammate Lauren. I was feeling really good, but when we passed the one mile mark I got nervous, because our first mile was a little slower than 6 which I thought was way too fast. We completed the first loop and continued to stick together. After the second mile I was still feeling good. We got toward the last 800m and there were these two bumps that took lots of my energy out of me and I slowed a bit. I caught back up with the two and then Jessie sprinted off. I tried to sprint, but I couldn't stay with her. The last 200 meteres was hard because you thought the finish was right there, but it seemed so far away. I tried to sprint from Lauren knowing there was also a MC girl behind us, but the last 50m they both sprinted past me. Our times are so close. I'm really mad about it, but I learned that you don't pull back until the very end.
I felt tired afterwards, but when I saw my time I got super happy and pumped because my goal was sub-twenty and I got sub-nineteen! We cooled down about a mile while watching the boys race. I had a really good day.
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