Wow, finally I have found the time to get back to what I love... blogging. Ever since starting school on the 1st September, I have been overwhelmed by work. I currently have about five course works on the go and it has just been a little bit stressful these last few weeks. So with the finish line in sight with all my course work and having raced on Sunday, I have at last made it to my laptop to get a blog post out. Last Sunday, I had southern road relays. This was my first experience of road relays and also racing as a senior so there were lots of new things for me to experience this weekend. But I have to admit my lead up to this race was far from ideal, after getting a pretty rough cold on Wednesday, I spent the rest of the week desperately trying to get rid of it and drinking my own body weight in lemon and honey tea, to try and help with the recovery. It came to Sunday and the cold was on its way out but I still wasn't feeling quite 100%. This really annoyed me because I haven't raced in over two months and so I was pretty keen to get racing again after such a long break and especially because I knew I couldn't let my team down. I was the second leg of the relay, which I was happy with because I just needed to go out there and give it my best shot. As Phoebe was running in, to finish the first leg of the relay, the excitement started to kick in and I was eager and ready to go off and race. The course was said to be 4.5k so I knew it would be essential not to go off too quickly, especially because I knew I was around some strong senior women, compared to me as a first year u20. The race started off fast, and the first km was all uphill. Struggling to hang onto the person in front, I settled into racing my own race. The pace stayed fast and I was worrying perhaps I had gone off too quickly but at about halfway I formed a small group of three, and this dragged me around for about a km. When the finish line was insight, with about 500m to go, by legs started to go and so did my breathing. It felt like my wind pipe was really tight. I was determined just to push it and give it my all and get to the line. The last 300m was around the track and this was my hardest part of the race and I really really struggled. I crossed the line and was happy with how I had done, but I was not feeling good. The course turned out to in fact be only 3.6km though. After sitting on the floor for quite a while, I finally got myself up and felt pretty dizzy. I think this was down to a mixture of my cold and just giving it my all. I had such a fun day and our seriously young senior women team came away with 11th. It was a great day out and a great way to kick off my racing for the season. I hope to be a bit more active on my blog in the coming months, especially as I have half term coming up in two weeks. Even though I will have lots of work, I should have some free time too.
Have a good weekend, G x
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11/10/2017 02:23:08 am
I also love to blog! Blogging has become a habit of mine because I really like to tell stories. I always find myself talking in front of the mirror as if I am in front of an audience. I do not know why, but it really makes me happy whenever I am telling stories about myself or the things I love. That is the reason why I always enjoy watching videos of YouTubers because I like the way they do their jobs.
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