Hey, blogettes! More details came in today about our cross country meet on Tuesday, and I am even more nervous now than ever because we are against class 3A schools as noted before, and there are 21 other teams besides us. This meet seems to be a bigger meet of this season. Then again, for most schools this is the season opener. I am hoping to do better than what I have been doing in practice, and really show the world that I can do this and I am a serious runner in this sport. I want people to think of me as a threat, not a target to get. I want to show people that I am stronger, and that they will have to make changes to pass me. I am going to keep my pace throughout the race, and keep on beating my times, hopefully.
I know that every course is different, and some may have more hills, which takes me longer, as they tend to be more difficult and demanding for me. I am just going to try my hardest to get around the same time or below at each meet. I want to see how I improve over the season because I want to know that I have accomplished something great for once. I want to show the world that you can do anything if you push yourself to train and do it. I didn't want to run cross country, but after pushing myself, I am learning to love the sport, blisters, dry mouth, burning sensation in your lungs and all. I am learning to love sweat, and push through the pain. Those things are coming along slowly, but I know that they are coming because this practice was easy for me.
I think I will do fine at the meet because this practice we ran 3.4 miles, with some big hills, and I finished with a time of 40:55. I am so proud of myself, because I figured that somehow I shaved a minute off of my mile, because I must have pushed myself super hard. Believe me, I had to crawl into the shade after this run because I was so tired from pushing myself. My foot where my large blister popped yesterday hurt so bad that I wanted to cry but I held back the tears because I was busy getting stretched out and relaxed. That run was awesome. I felt like I had just won something bigger than a run for practice. I felt like I was at a meet, and I crossed that finish line to a cheering team and crowd. I am hoping that we will have a crowd there to support us. Otherwise, it is going to be really hard for me at the end, because I feed off of their cheering and energy.
Our clothes also came in, and they are kind of big, and will be too hot to wear on the day of our meet to raise awareness for our team. I know I am probably going to go with my team shirt with the sleeves rolled up when I am outside, and a pair of shorts, possibly even my uniform shorts. Sweat pants will not work in our surprisingly hot for this time of year type of weather that we are going to have on the day of the meet. The coach told us to plan on running as of right now, but if it continues to get hotter, the meet could get canceled. That would make me very sad, because I have looked forward to this meet, and pushed myself so hard these past few practices to prepare. I feel more ready for this more than I have ever felt ready for anything. I am a little nervous, but hey, aren't we all? We are going to be running on unknown turf. I have an advantage though, because I have been on part of the course I think.
I will try to film a vlog here pretty soon, but we will see how that works out because I have been so busy lately with everything. I know I promised you, but I want the vlog to be good. I don't want it to have too many interruptions because that would mean actually having to put it into a movie instead of just a clip which is quick and easy upload to this blog. Videos take forever to upload unless they are off of Youtube.
Sorry, I kind of had to cut my post in science off short. We got ready to go to lunch early because we all worked so hard in class, that he teacher decided to reward us. I know it probably left you hanging, but I was so hungry, that I cut it short to get to lunch. I always like how sometimes if he sees that we are making great efforts in our work to get it done that he lets us go early. I really like beating the rush and sorta being the first ones in line, which doesn't matter to me because I always bring my lunch to conserve money, and because I find it to be better for me, and that way the leftovers I can take for cross country.
School pictures I think went better than I thought they would, but we will see how the picture turned out when I get my ID. My outfit choice kept on slipping, and I have now officially made it my honor to say that I will no longer be wearing it thanks to my friends who had the decency to point the issue out to me. I also had some issues with my shoes, and that was also hard to work with with my large blister, and it being so sore that I had to take the elevator. It's good to know that people have my back when it comes to things like that because it is kind of hard to see if I have it fixed just right without a mirror. My sister and I are both in cross country, and we both have a meet in the same place on the same day, but at different times. I am so happy that she will hopefully be there to cheer me on, but if she isn't that is fine too. That also comes in handy because I know that I have to get a good time to impress her or I won't hear the end of it. I will just hear, you are too slow!
We have campsites at the meet where we stretch, and hang out, and report to after the meet. It is also the place where all of our stuff comes with us because they do something with the bus that we need our stuff off of the bus for. My plans for the bus ride, no matter how long or short, are as follows: Listen to music, sip Gatorade, and lean against the open window of the bus and relax. I am going to save energy, and use it all at the meet. I am going to cross the finish line with nothing left, and then try to sleep on the bus ride home, and sip more Gatorade. I am going to listen to calming music instead of my pump up kind because I want my body to relax instead of the nerves go up.
Our cross country team is prepared for the most part for this meet. We have uniforms, a strong bond, great running skills, and I think we are going to have a lot of fun and success this season. I know that even though the season hasn't even started yet that I have gotten both of those down and then some. I have even been surprised by what I could do by myself. I have been shocked, and my outlook on the world has been changed. I feel like nothing is impossible now, after everything that I have been through with cross country. That is why cross country is so good. It teaches you more than pushing yourself to be a better runner, and how to get along with your team, and trust them and get close with them even if they are from a different school, it teaches you skills that you can actually take away and use in your life and do great things.
Cross country has opened my eyes. It has let me see that I can do anything if I just push myself and believe that I can. If you fill your head with negative thoughts you won't be able to do it easy. I keep telling myself that you can do it, and that I believe and then I keep on praying for God to help me through, and keep my body moving and fighting towards that line. When you are almost out of energy at the end if you did it right, it should be a fight for every last drop of energy that you have in you to get your body to that line. That is when you know that you have done everything, and that you did great. I feel like that is the time where I feel like a winner. If I don't feel like that, I make sure I push myself throughout the next day, and then at the next practice.
I like the outlook that people have. It is if you give anything less than your best then you are sacrificing the gift. We will give it our all because we are not going to give up that gift easy. We are a team that will stay together through memories forever. Practices are kind of tough to let that one shine, but when we go to meets, is when the fun stuff comes in. I know what you are thinking, couldn't you do homework on the bus, the answer to that is no. There are too many things that go on, and it is so loud you can barely hear yourself think. I like that, and I am getting all my schoolwork done on time so this isn't an issue for me. I manage my time and I plan ahead. I try to do any work that I can ahead of time so that it is done, and then I can focus on whatever cross country or the musical throws my way, like on Monday we begin dancing and blocking in musical practice. I know that is going to take some time, and I am probably going to end up practicing some on my own time as well.
My back still hurts from the muscle injury, and the coach said that the muscle may never heal. That kind of broke my heart, because I can only lean back so far before I scream in pain, which means that my dreams of being a high jumper are most likely crushed. I loved the high jump the moment that I tried it. I knew that when I got into middle school track that was what I was going to do. I also knew that of long jump but that one might be out as well. I really don't think I would do any running events, but I am not going to knock that one out. I might do sprints, or distance. It just depends.
I am not as tight with the people from my school as I am with the people from the others, which is sad, but some of them are mean to me. However I have made friends with a person from our school that is on the team. He really likes me as a friend. He is older than me and I think that he has a girl friend so that one is out of the question if you were one of those people who were going to take it that way. Oh, and in case you are wondering. I was flat out told by a guy that would not be worth wasting time dating because I wouldn't turn out anything good. I was grossed out by this one, but at that time, I did look kind of ugly.
Now, though some things have changed, and I hope that one day, there will be a guy out there who likes me for me, and I like him for him. I am only in middle school, so I know that there is no rush. Besides, I don't need boy drama in my life because I am already packed to the max, and would have no time for any of that stuff. I am not even going to talk about boys anymore because I know that there might be some of you out there that might take this the wrong way thinking that I am jealous or upset. I am not either of those. I am fine, it's just that I am planning for like my future when I get into high school because it is only a year away. I want to plan ahead s that I can try to make those things happen when I get there.
Sorry this post got kind of long. I guess I didn't realize how long it was because I had auto scroll on, so it would move down every time that the page got full, so I thought that I was fairly short. I guess I have learned my lesson not to use auto scroll on things. I guess I had a lot of random things on my mind to talk about with you. I will try harder next time to keep it my usual length because I feel like that is easier for you ladies to read because it isn't so much information all at once.
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