1st Meet

I have my first track meet of the season this Thursday. I’m running the 100m and the 200m. I’m really scared. I mean there are so many ways things could go wrong: I fall on my face, I throw up after the race, I start too early, I get DQed…

This isn’t my real 1st meet. I had some meets last season, but I was doing long distance. In long distance you just start the race, cut into the inside fast and you run. That’s it. But in short, you have the blocks, fewer people, a lane all to yourself.  What really bugs m e are the starting blocks.

Take your mark. I got that one

Get set.  Still all right

Pause in between “take your mark” and “Go!” I start twitching. I automatically expect the “go!” so I twitch and I  go a little forward. Then I have to go back and as I’m going back to the correct position, I hear the “go!”. I lose time that way.

Bacterial Pets Update

Yogi was a let down. It didn’t grow anything. I was expecting it to be a giant bacterial monster struggling to get out of the petri dish. Instead I found nothing more than what I swabbed on the dish plus a stink. All of the pets really stink. I should have something something else to test. Spoiled milk, eew!

Today was this Fun-Run for Track to raise money. It’s supposed to be fun, but it really isn’t. You’re supposed to run for an hour and get people to pay you per lap. I thought I was going to run with some of my friends, but they just walked.  I got pretty bored with that so I decided to walk the straightaway and sprint the curves to work on my form. I got 14 laps in. I really think I got a work out, but perhaps I went too hard because my shins are hurting really bad! I just hope I don’t get stress fractures [again] because I feel like I’m getting a start on a good season.

Wish I had a drawing to share today. I could make one but I have loads of homework to do.