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