Yesterday, I was sent off on my first school athletics match at Hurstpierpoint college and lets just say I wasn't expecting the track to be grass, but it was a bit of a surprise when someone told me the night before. I knew that it wouldn't exactly make much of a difference, I still had 7.5 laps to get my head around, whether I was running on grass or track. After getting off the coach with 30 mins to my race, I rushed off straight away to go and warm up. With there being not many fields near, my warm up was on the track round the outside, which isn't the most interesting, however it did the job well. Soon we were called over to register, and split into two. The juniors ran first and then the inters and seniors ran together, after. However I hadn't factored in that the juniors were going to run first, so I found myself ready, when I still had another 15 mins before my race... not ideal. I shuffled up and down and did some strides to kill the time and before I knew it I was on the start line. The gun went and off we flew, in my new spikes to be exact (only worn for a few training sessions to wear them in). The race started very quickly and I found myself at the back of the pack of about 15. At this point it worried me a little, I could see the leaders already making a lead and I felt like I was just chasing everyone down. I soon got into my stride, and began to pick people off slowly and with 3 laps to go I was with the top two and I decided to make the move and go for the lead. I knew this was a little risky as there was still a good 1km left to race, but I felt I was ready. I held this lead and it just grew as the race went on and I crossed the line in first place, I was pretty happy. Although it was a low key race, that was the first race I had won, and the feeling was great. Afterwards I got to see Emma ( fruitsandroutes.wordpress.com ) another fellow blogger, and also an old school friend, which was lovely! After a long afternoon, when I finally got home I was pretty tired and just wanted my dinner and then to go to bed. So, as I am in school this weekend, I ordered Bills on deliveroo, which was super tasty and just what I fancied. I haven't had this meal before, but I'll definitely be going for it again soon. I hope you all have a good weekend and if you are running the mini marathon, good luck! Love G x P.S. My GB trust arrived last week, already for Slovakia in May. Although I am going to take a backseat in triathlon this season and focus more on running, as managing all the training with school is becoming pretty tough. However my race in Slovakia I am still very much looking forward too!
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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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