This weekend I don't have a race which seems like the first time in a while, so it has been quite nice to get some training in. I thought I should write a little catch up at the beginning of this blog post, considering the last few weeks I have just been talking about all my races and not really whats going on. Especially if you were all up to date on my Instagram that I was injured for 2.5 weeks. After having 2.5 weeks off injured I came back to running a few days before Nationals. This week, I have got in my first few sessions for a while and can feel I've lost some fitness over the two weeks, but I guess that has to be expected. I ended up playing a netball match yesterday, which was great fun as I played a lot last year, but haven't really played for about a year. Although someone stood on my toe and now it is all bruised and swollen....oops. On Thursday we had our school XC dinner which was a great evening and I had a salad which was delicious, it had butternut squash and chicken in which was super tasty. There were also some awards and I was so please to get 'most improved,' and find myself with some new blue elastic laces, which I love. I missed club training on Thursday so instead after school my friend and I headed to the park to hit out a session, which was tough but great fun. Although my drop in fitness did really show, but it has just motivated me more to keep training hard to get it back. Anyway actually on to my XC season, I won't bore you with every single race but I would like to mention a couple: Firstly my first ever XC race for Tonbridge AC and first ever Kent XC League: Stanhill Farm. I went into this not really knowing anyone around me, or how I'll race, so I just went for it. I came in 13th which I was actually really pleased with, but to be honest I wasn't really sure how good this was. But more importantly this is where my love of XC started and why I am still loving it today. National XC Relays: Mansfield This was my first ever Nationals race, and first time that I got to go uptake night before and stay in the hotel, which is all very exciting! I remember this race well, but I didn't run very well. It was a 2.5km course, which was pretty short for me and I struggled to get the speed. I was the last runner of our relay team and took over in 5th and came back in 8th. The only bad thing about relays are that you feel bad if you don't have the best race. Mansfield was a really good experience and I can't wait to come back and do it again at the end of this year. Senior Knole Run, this was just great fun, it was our home race for school and what made it better was that it had snowed a few days before so the park had snow everywhere, which made all the photos great! The girls senior team came first, which was amazing and I was happy with an individual place of 17th. This was a seriously hilly course, and I am pleased I gave it my all and came out the other side. SE Inter-Counties was of course going to appear on my list, it wasn't just my best race of the season but it was also my first ever time representing Kent, so there were lots of positives to take away from this race! It is always nicer to go back to a familiar course, which was perfect about Brands Hatch as I had raced there just a few weeks before. This is the race which hopefully will get me into the English Schools team, but I am just going to have to wait and cross my fingers. And finally Nationals, even though I had a pretty terrible race, I had such a good weekend as a whole, and the whole experience was amazing. It was definitely my first experience of getting properly wet and muddy, helped by the fact there were 3 rivers... I didn't have the perfect build up to this race, but thats just how things work out sometimes. I am looking forward to getting back to Nationals next year and giving it a better shot. I hope you have enjoyed my round up of the season, and this also makes the end of it. I was hoping that I might get a place in the English Schools team, but I still haven't heard, but I am hoping maybe it there is a couple of withdrawals, but I currently don't know what reserve I am. I hope you have all had a good week,
G x
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HelloI'm Grace, a 18 year old runner, and fitness fanatic. Join me on my crazy journey through life, squeezing in an adventure in every second of spare time I have. Archives
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