As I am writing this title, the idea that I have just written 2018 does scare me a little... anyway on to the more important aspect of this blog post, the actual race. Firstly if you want to check out my blog post from this same race last year - Kent Champs 2017 you can read it here. I had been excited and nervous for Kent champs for a long time now, however I have never felt the way I did on Friday night... I was nervous. First of all, this is a very new experience for me, but I tried switching this anxious energy into something more positive. So, as I settle down for the night on Friday I decide to start reading Kelly Holmes autobiography and this worked a treat, as soon as I stopped reading I was off asleep. In the morning, I was struggling through my porridge I just felt a bit sick eating it... again I think a bit nervous. Soon enough we were in the car and on our way to Brands Hatch. On arrival all my nerves disappeared and I felt actually full of energy and excited to race. After a quick walk of the course which was quick because it was the same course as the year before. The temperatures were pretty low as I was warming up, honestly I could not move my toes... I am not joking!!! Putting my spikes on was quite the mission but once they were on I was ready for business. The gun went and I was off. The course was two small laps and one large lap. The first two laps went by quickly and I was glad to get them over with. The last lap was more challenging, my legs started to hurt but I felt concentrated and was happy with my position in the field currently so didn't want to let it drop. When I got to the bottom of the final hill, I knew I just had to get up this hill quick enough not to get caught up... this was tough (shown by my expression in the photos below). I crossed the line as 4th u20 and I was thrilled, this is possibly my best race to date. I was chuffed to also have got automatic selection for the inter-counties in March, which last year I had missed out on and this was a big goal for me in 2018. I hope everyone who had county champs or any other races or training, that it went well! This is only the first race of the New Year so it has been a nice confidence to get a good start to it, but there is still a lot of work to be done and many more races to come.
Love G x
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