On Tuesday
I accomplished my number one goal for this season: qualifying for Drake relays!
I got a 23 second seasonal PR and a 10 second PR. I have been dreaming of
qualifying for Drake ever since I was a freshman and found out what the Drake
Relays were. I am so excited to go and I still can’t believe that I will
actually have the chance to go!
My
track season started out really slow. Most of our meets were canceled and a lot
of the meets that weren’t canceled, I ended up getting sick and running very
poor times. As of last week I still had to drop about 15 seconds in the 3000
and 5 seconds in the 1500 to even have a chance to qualify. I realized that
there was a good chance I wasn’t going to qualify and Tuesday would probably be
my last chance. I wanted to qualify so badly and did everything I could to make
sure I was prepared to run on Tuesday.
Tuesday
came and I was ready. I was ready to get my PR, I was ready to qualify for
Drake, and I was ready to run the 3000. When the gun went off I felt confident.
I was running with two runners, one from my school that ran about my pace. I
knew my weakness was the 3rd and 4th lap of the 3000, so I
tried to really push myself there. I ran with those two runners for the whole
race until the last 200 meters where I started to think about Drake. Every
second counts and my chances of qualifying decrease a lot if I let these two
runners pass me. I decided to go for it. I sprinted as fast as I could and
ended up winning the race with a new personal best time of 10:35, which would
make me have the 13th fastest time in the state. I would qualify for
Drake.
I
celebrated with my family and ate cake for dinner and now I can’t stop thinking
about Drake. I am so excited and a little scared. None of my really close
friends qualified so I feel really bad for them and I am hoping it will still
be fun without them. I am super excited and nervous for my race. I am just
really glad and relived that I qualified!
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