Ok so I thought I would wait to do one post after provincials were done, but I'm giving in and posting about my first event already. I like to reflect on races anyways by writing about it, so I might as well share it. Since I always over-analyze things, I went through the entries online and figured out who my competition would be. I know, such a geek when it comes to this stuff! Based on knowing people by now and the qualifying times, I was going into provincials seeded fifth. My goal was to hold onto that placing. It can be hard to tell because sometimes people don't need to go as fast to qualify and it can be a surprise at provincials. But anyways, my goal was top 5. I knew the top three would be way ahead and there would be no point killing myself at the start to stay with them. But the fourth place girl would be within reach, so the plan was to stick with her for as long as possible and see what I could do from there.
When I showed up at the track in Selkirk, it was probably hotter outside than any meet I've done and there wasn't much shade. I'm so grateful Westgate decided to buy a tent this year! There also wasn't a lot of space to warm up, and with the heat my warm-up routine had to be changed a bit. But I told myself I love racing in heat, and everyone would be suffering through it just as much if not more than me. Besides, I love heat, it's like Arizona. Or so I kept telling myself. And getting all the excuses out yesterday actually helped! Mariette and I prepared together, and ran into a few other friends along the way. We were both placed in the third and fastest heat. There were 31 girls total in the race.
I really wanted to just get it over with and was happy when the gun went off. I started out exactly where I wanted to be. Within half a lap there was no one close behind me, and the front girls started to take off on us. I struggled to hold onto the fourth place girl, but about halfway through the race she started to fade. I took the opportunity and caught up again, passed, and made up ground on her. I just needed to finish the race holding my position, which I did. Everyone was so dead at the end because it was so hot! But I'm really happy with my 4th place finish. I think I ran the best race possible for me. Fourth always sounds disappointing because you think the person is so close to getting a medal but I know that really wasn't realistic. It was crazy how spread out every person was, the race really isn't that long. I was also very happy to get another Westgate record to go up on the gym wall (that makes 9 now!). Because of it being so hot I wasn't sure if I could do it, not a great day for PB's, but I did it. By only two seconds. My finishing time was 5:22. I think that's exactly what I ran last year at provincials actually. Anyways, that's all for now.
Oh I almsot forgot, here's the results for all the events:
http://mhsaa.e-crew.ca/time-results/results/
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