I am in love with Marianas Trench's song, All To Myself. It's on repeat on my iPod.
Such a good song!
Last Saturday was pretty fun! The Cross Country team drove for about 3 and half to 4 hours (that's one way) to get to a race. This course had a lot more hills than the last. A lot more. The pace of the whole race was so fast, I felt wicked afterward. My calf muscles were really tight so my coach has told me not to run for about 3 days. I am hoping I can run today though, I miss it. Running is my addiction. But at the race I placed 9th out of 58 girls. It was surprising, I had no idea I had made top ten! I received a ribbon and my coach told me he was impressed with my run. I am now the 4th fastest girl on our team (the three other girls are from Africa and can run like crazy! They're so awesome.). I felt good after the race though, even though I had to take a IBU400 for my legs and developing headache.
Once I got back to my place, I showered and then got picked up by a friend. We went to a little house party and I met up with some people in the same program as me. I didn't drink at all as I had taken the pain medication but had a blast talking to all the other people who said they had been drinking since around 10AM that day. By the end of the night, I was so tired though. So tired. Sunday was spent doing nothing but sitting around all day.
Yesterday I had lunch with some classmates. They're so funny. There was only me and another girl and then four guys. In my program, the guys definitely out-number the girls, but it makes it more fun that way. I'm a little shy compared to everyone though, but it's nice because I can see they've noticed and they are getting me to join their conversations and getting me to hang out with them. Everyone is really awesome. I hope I will become more outgoing and friendly towards everybody.
I felt I should post something. There are things I would love to talk about, but everyone has their secrets.. Melissa, I hope this eats away at you. Take it as punishment for not blogging anymore.
School blows. I don't want to go to class.. I already know it's going to be a boring one, thanks to one of my friends.
garblegarblegarble.
We'll see.
Rachel
16.9.09
I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
This is definitely not high school anymore. My head is starting to hurt and my body feels like it's been plowed over by a truck.
My coach had the team run for an hour (about 8-10km) in the heat (32 degrees Celsius). Most of the run is in direct sunlight, there are some trees along the paths but they didn't seem to help too much. It was brutal, especially when it came to the mental part. To keep myself running was so hard, by the end I was talking to myself constantly in order to keep myself going. I had never ran for that period of time (or distance!) before. At least I can say I feel accomplished having run it! I never had to run like this in high school, that's for sure.
School is okay so far. Well, the fact that I have no regular classes until October due to field trips is awesome; it leaves plenty of time to procrastinate the one writing assignment and multiple reading assignments I have!
Yeah, procrastination is going to be a pain in the rear. A big one.
So I just felt like telling everyone that I feel like I was run over by a truck and I physically feel like crap but mentally feel accomplished.
Just to let you know.
Rachel
My coach had the team run for an hour (about 8-10km) in the heat (32 degrees Celsius). Most of the run is in direct sunlight, there are some trees along the paths but they didn't seem to help too much. It was brutal, especially when it came to the mental part. To keep myself running was so hard, by the end I was talking to myself constantly in order to keep myself going. I had never ran for that period of time (or distance!) before. At least I can say I feel accomplished having run it! I never had to run like this in high school, that's for sure.
School is okay so far. Well, the fact that I have no regular classes until October due to field trips is awesome; it leaves plenty of time to procrastinate the one writing assignment and multiple reading assignments I have!
Yeah, procrastination is going to be a pain in the rear. A big one.
So I just felt like telling everyone that I feel like I was run over by a truck and I physically feel like crap but mentally feel accomplished.
Just to let you know.
Rachel
13.9.09
Eat, run, eat, sleep.
Yesterday was my first race of the Cross Country season and as a college runner.
It felt pretty good! I definitely can preform a lot better when I run during a race then in practice. The motivation to keep going and adrenaline helps a bit. I did better than I thought I would and I guess I did better than what other people were expecting as well! So that was really good. It was my kick at the end that surprised my assistant coach. He told me I was awesome and the kick was one of the best. It felt good to hear that! My time for the 5km course the girls had to run was 23:04. Not the fastest, but I think it's decent for the first race of the season. This was also my first 5km race ever and so it's my first timed 5km ever.
I can only get better though, right?
When we got off the bus, I walked a block or two with some of the Kenyans on the team who live 3 blocks away from me. They are so freakin' awesome! Sometimes it's hard to understand what they say, but they are very cool. And can they ever run! Holy, the two guys who placed 1st and 2nd in the guys race yesterday, they were insane. I couldn't believe the pace they were running and they even picked up the pace by the end! Yeah, it's really neat to be on the same team as them, it feels like a privilege to run with such amazing runners!
Last night I wasn't feeling too well. I don't know if it was something I ate or what, but my stomach was feeling queasy. I ended up going to bed at around 6:30-7:00PM! I slept until 7:45AM! (I woke up a bit in the night, but was able to fall back asleep easily enough.) Roughly 13.5 hours of recharging. It felt good, mentally and physically. I need to work on going to bed at a decent time while I can. I need the sleep for school and running!
Today I plan on doing some shopping. I've been wanting to go all week but haven't had the time. I get out of practice too late to do anything. Yaay for weekends and off-running days!
Rachel
It felt pretty good! I definitely can preform a lot better when I run during a race then in practice. The motivation to keep going and adrenaline helps a bit. I did better than I thought I would and I guess I did better than what other people were expecting as well! So that was really good. It was my kick at the end that surprised my assistant coach. He told me I was awesome and the kick was one of the best. It felt good to hear that! My time for the 5km course the girls had to run was 23:04. Not the fastest, but I think it's decent for the first race of the season. This was also my first 5km race ever and so it's my first timed 5km ever.
I can only get better though, right?
When we got off the bus, I walked a block or two with some of the Kenyans on the team who live 3 blocks away from me. They are so freakin' awesome! Sometimes it's hard to understand what they say, but they are very cool. And can they ever run! Holy, the two guys who placed 1st and 2nd in the guys race yesterday, they were insane. I couldn't believe the pace they were running and they even picked up the pace by the end! Yeah, it's really neat to be on the same team as them, it feels like a privilege to run with such amazing runners!
Last night I wasn't feeling too well. I don't know if it was something I ate or what, but my stomach was feeling queasy. I ended up going to bed at around 6:30-7:00PM! I slept until 7:45AM! (I woke up a bit in the night, but was able to fall back asleep easily enough.) Roughly 13.5 hours of recharging. It felt good, mentally and physically. I need to work on going to bed at a decent time while I can. I need the sleep for school and running!
Today I plan on doing some shopping. I've been wanting to go all week but haven't had the time. I get out of practice too late to do anything. Yaay for weekends and off-running days!
Rachel
10.9.09
Someday I'll wish upon a star, wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Not going to lie; my brain has felt like it's been put through a blender these past few days. But these past few days have been fairly interesting and fun. Come on, it's college, right? It's supposed to be fun.
Right?
Today was my first day of classes, second day of Cross Country running practice, seventh day of living in this city and only one of the many days where I will be very confused about everything going on. College is going to be a blasty-blast. My classes are looking good, I think I will enjoy them, although some seem a bit tough. Whatever, I'll push through them.
Yeah, I joined the Cross Country team at the college and holy, the pressure is definitely on! Out coach, B.J., had told us he believes we are the best team in Canada (in our division, I'm guessing) on paper and he's for sure going to try his best to get us to Nationals and win. Really, I think I will do fairly well, so far I've been doing good (so says my other team mates). I think B.J. has commented twice or three times about my upper body strength. I am quite "buff" due to push-ups and such that I do before bed or whenever I feel like it. He can tell when I run because I am stiff in the shoulders so he's trying to get me to relax my arms. "Officer-girl" is what he has called me (I am in a program that will get me into the Conservation and Fish and Wildlife field of work as an officer). Ha. I am hoping I will do really well, I am reallyreallreally excited for this season! Today was probably the longest run I have ever ran and the whole time I was trying to keep pace with the older girls (I'm 17, the one is 22 and the other 26) and one of them was last year's National Champion. Yeah, the pressure is definitely on.
Yeah, it's going to be a stressful month or so. I've been told it will calm down in a bit by some but also have been told it's only get worse by others so we'll see how things go. Hopefully it won't become worse...
Rachel
Right?
Today was my first day of classes, second day of Cross Country running practice, seventh day of living in this city and only one of the many days where I will be very confused about everything going on. College is going to be a blasty-blast. My classes are looking good, I think I will enjoy them, although some seem a bit tough. Whatever, I'll push through them.
Yeah, I joined the Cross Country team at the college and holy, the pressure is definitely on! Out coach, B.J., had told us he believes we are the best team in Canada (in our division, I'm guessing) on paper and he's for sure going to try his best to get us to Nationals and win. Really, I think I will do fairly well, so far I've been doing good (so says my other team mates). I think B.J. has commented twice or three times about my upper body strength. I am quite "buff" due to push-ups and such that I do before bed or whenever I feel like it. He can tell when I run because I am stiff in the shoulders so he's trying to get me to relax my arms. "Officer-girl" is what he has called me (I am in a program that will get me into the Conservation and Fish and Wildlife field of work as an officer). Ha. I am hoping I will do really well, I am reallyreallreally excited for this season! Today was probably the longest run I have ever ran and the whole time I was trying to keep pace with the older girls (I'm 17, the one is 22 and the other 26) and one of them was last year's National Champion. Yeah, the pressure is definitely on.
Yeah, it's going to be a stressful month or so. I've been told it will calm down in a bit by some but also have been told it's only get worse by others so we'll see how things go. Hopefully it won't become worse...
Rachel
7.9.09
I should get some sleep because tomorrow might be good for something.
Man, where to start?
ahhhhhhhhhh.
I'm all moved in. College starts on Wednesday, orientation is tomorrow and today there is a campus tour for the new students. I know I signed up for some orientation classes, but I can't remember which ones and when.
Smooth move, Rachel. Smooth.
Well, the city life is.. different. Not too sure I like it, I'm so used to the small towns. I miss the town I was living in all summer. That was a great town. Nothing bad ever happened to me there. But here, I can't seem to go walking anywhere without being hollered and called at or whistled at while walking down the street. It makes me feel slutty and dirty or something... I don't know. I guess I'm just going to have to suck it up and get used to the busy streets and sirens.
I almost wish school started sooner. I need something to do, I find living alone makes one go crazy if there is no job or anything to do. My roommate is really nice, she is quite outgoing and friendly. And social, she loves to go out and be around people. I find she hates being in the house all day. I guess I would too if I had been here a whole week without anyone to hang out with or anything to do.
Yeah, I guess it's been okay here. I was invited to go out for dinner with my friend who is going to the university and she said there were some of her friends from residence going too. I was thinking maybe 3 or 4 other people were coming, not too many, right? Wrong. Her WHOLE RESIDENCE FLOOR came out for dinner. The bill was $475. It was nuts. But it was nice to get out of the house. It felt so weird, being a typical college kid around lots of other college kids (or university kids). I could tell though, a lot of people were very clique. Ha, I was annoyed by some just because I could already tell what kind of person they were... is that judging? I think so... oops. It was fun though.
My sister moved into her college yesterday. She seemed pretty nervous but the college sounded very welcoming. I think she'll do fine there. But she doesn't have any internet access until tomorrow. Bummer.
Mhmmmm. I am missing people.
Of course.
Rachel
3.9.09
'Aw, that's so cu- wait, what did you do?'
And when I think I am taking one step forward, I end up taking ten thousand steps backwards. Silly Rachel.
Sometimes I rethink about the things I do and I regret a lot of them. This time, I am not too sure I regret what I did.. in someways I do but mostly, I don't. Don't ask what I am talking about though, because I'm not going to tell you. Ha, that's great, I'm not going to tell you what this whole flippin' post is going to be about. Suckers.
I've been so.. blah. Down. Depressed. Angry. Sad. It's ridiculous.
I'm ridiculous.
I waited for 6 hours and the funny thing is that it seemed to pass by like nothing. For the first four hours, I just sat in my truck. I ended up laying down across the bench seat but I didn't sleep or anything. My mind was in such a numb state at that point, it didn't feel like there was any activity.
God, why does life have to be so unfair sometimes? You don't know how happy I am for being able to do what I wanted to do but it seems to just make things even worse.
Stupid oil derricks.
Stupid college. I don't want to move tomorrow. Three hours south to where it's hot and windy and bare of any mountains. I don't want to go.
Today I have to pretend I'm in a good mood for friends and family. I am going horse-back riding today with a really good friend and I'm looking forward to it, more so than the family get together we are having tonight. And all the stupid packing I have to do.
I hardly have any motivation to do anything. Eating has dropped off my list of making me feel good. Part of me is kind of happy because I had been eating a lot of junk food before leaving the fire base but now it's weird because I'm never hungry anymore. I can barely make it through a meal. Breakfast is fine, but lunch and dinner is like a chore. My lunch yesterday was a salad, of which I only ate about half of it. Supper was a hamburger and corn, which my mom made me eat all of it and told me she was going to weigh me before I leave for college and then weigh me every time I come home to see if I'm loosing any weight. I also better eat three meals a day when I'm down there as well, she said. Oh, mom.
Oh, life.
Rachel
Sometimes I rethink about the things I do and I regret a lot of them. This time, I am not too sure I regret what I did.. in someways I do but mostly, I don't. Don't ask what I am talking about though, because I'm not going to tell you. Ha, that's great, I'm not going to tell you what this whole flippin' post is going to be about. Suckers.
I've been so.. blah. Down. Depressed. Angry. Sad. It's ridiculous.
I'm ridiculous.
I waited for 6 hours and the funny thing is that it seemed to pass by like nothing. For the first four hours, I just sat in my truck. I ended up laying down across the bench seat but I didn't sleep or anything. My mind was in such a numb state at that point, it didn't feel like there was any activity.God, why does life have to be so unfair sometimes? You don't know how happy I am for being able to do what I wanted to do but it seems to just make things even worse.
Stupid oil derricks.
Stupid college. I don't want to move tomorrow. Three hours south to where it's hot and windy and bare of any mountains. I don't want to go.
Today I have to pretend I'm in a good mood for friends and family. I am going horse-back riding today with a really good friend and I'm looking forward to it, more so than the family get together we are having tonight. And all the stupid packing I have to do.
I hardly have any motivation to do anything. Eating has dropped off my list of making me feel good. Part of me is kind of happy because I had been eating a lot of junk food before leaving the fire base but now it's weird because I'm never hungry anymore. I can barely make it through a meal. Breakfast is fine, but lunch and dinner is like a chore. My lunch yesterday was a salad, of which I only ate about half of it. Supper was a hamburger and corn, which my mom made me eat all of it and told me she was going to weigh me before I leave for college and then weigh me every time I come home to see if I'm loosing any weight. I also better eat three meals a day when I'm down there as well, she said. Oh, mom.
Oh, life.
Rachel
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