Ouch!

OH MY GOD!!!!!

So I've recently returned to running cross country. Today will be my 8th day of practice. I've ran in 2 school meets. One was on saturday another was yesterday. Overall I am making my way to being back in shape. At first I was terribly out of shape meaning I could barely finish a 800 m without gasping for air at the end. Now I'm able to run the full 3 mile course without stopping at race pace no less. 8 days really makes a difference don't it?

Before last wedsneday when I first joined Garfield Heights Cross Country team I hadn't ran a single lap since around January 2009 and even that was just for gym class. Running is a personal enjoyment of mine and I guess a passion in my limited life as of now. I try not to be very competitive or at least until I get back in complete shape.

My first meet on Saturday I was anxious. I didn't believe I could finish the whole course and I often stopped due to lack of air and aching muscles. The hills were killer and the hot sun was making sweat pool down to my feet. But I was able to finish the meet at 27:07, twenty seven minutes and seven seconds, which for a cross country meet was the WORST I ever did. I guess that tells you what sitting on the computer all day does to you don't it?

However, when monday came around, which was the hardest practice for us, I was doing SO much better. I was able to keep up with the team running our practice course, sprinting and all. I felt back in shape at least partially and I was not gasping for air or feeling a incredible urge saying LAY DOWN, stay down and DO NOT RUN AGAIN!!!! Lol, the voice in my head wasn't that extreme but you get the picture right? :)

So here comes wedsneday in which we ran at my old school, Maple Heights. I ran for their cross country team last year as well as Warrensville Heights who was also at the meet. This meet was pretty big and I was somewhat nervous. In the beginning my arm cramped on me and my throat was so dry. I felt I should just up and quit but during the race I didn't stop and walk once. I pushed myself to my limits and even out sprinted a kid from Heights in the 100m dash to the finish line.

My place was #69 8D, sure I didn't hit the top 30 like I wanted to but my place overall was pretty nice. I mean come on now? 69 is just epic. My time for the race was 23:31. Over all I dropped 3 mins and 24 seconds I think from my last race. That means I am really getting back in shape fast. Usually when you run you gotta condition and work yourself back inshape in order to really drop time such as 20 seconds or 40 seconds you know things like that. Maybe it was just me getting back into high gear and burning the limited amount of fat I had from laying around.

Now onto to the Ouch!, part of the blog. After running so hard after such a long break I've been getting blisters on my feet. The pain is sooooo bad but I'll deal.

Our next meet is a week away on a saturday. We won our last meet so lets hope we win this one coming up! I am dropping my time so LETS GO GARFIELD BULLDOGS!