This Wednesday I had a mid week race; the King Henry VIII relays. It is a relay taking place in Coventry, with girls teams of 4 and boys teams of 6. To start off with Coventry is about 2.5 hours away from my school, so I was not looking forward to the travelling, but it is always a fun and exciting race. My journey up consisted of a bit of chatting but also a lot of latin revising for my test the following day (and I am pleased to say that the test went well)! After having driven for a good 2.5 hours we were able to get off the coach and stretch our legs. We quickly registered at the school and then made our way over to the park. The course is an odd one because you spend about 80% on a path but then the other 20% is in a muddy woods... not really ideal when it comes to choosing footwear. I eventually went for my cushioned trainers as I am dealing with a bit of a shin splint problem at the moment, so I wanted something which would cause the least bit of aggravation. I was the third leg which I actually quite liked in the end. When I was handed over the baton we had a big lead, so I set out to keep this gap as big as possible. The course isn't hilly at all, just the odd slight slope, so I was thrilled with this. I felt strong over the first 800m and then I was off into the woods... thankfully because it was pretty chilly the mud was slightly frozen, however there were too patches which were so so muddy. When I got to these points I was so concentrated I just ran straight through the horrible mud. I was very relieved when I finally got out of the woods back onto the path. The boys set off 5 minutes before the girls so by the time my leg came around we had just caught up some of the slower boys and I found this really helpful because it meant I could use someone as a target to chase down. I found the last 200m the hardest as my legs were tired and my shins were sore but I was pleased to hand the baton over, still with a big lead. We finished in 1st place at the end with over a one minute lead, which I was thrilled about and so was the rest of the team! It was a great day out and coming home with the win made it even better. However my shins have been getting sore over the last week so I've decided to just give cross training a go until next week to help this problem settle, I can already feel that they have recovered and I know I'll be back running very shortly.
Grace :)
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