this is my last report and race. It was the national championship and it was in Virginia. There were about 300 kids in the race and they are the fastest kids in america. The race was mainly on a big trail through flat grass. i was disappointed that there werent any hills as I do better on them and beat more runners. The weather was OK, my dad said in upper 30 degree temperature, I ran for my Federal Way team, but there was only 3 of us so we did not have a full team. the others were chicken to come. The start of the race is fast and crowded. I got a Ok start. During the race I felt good and pushed it as much as I could. i passed some kids and tried to gap them to break their spirit. i tried to run tangents but it was hard to do as it was crowded. Near the finish I tried to kick with all I had even though i felt some pain. I passed several kids at the end. I beat over 200 kids. This was probably a PR for me, but I had one race with faster time but my dad doesnt think that was a full 3k. I was the top runner for my team. I also beat 5 of the 6 runners from my old Utah team. However there were many fast runners. You had to be faster than 10:40 to be all american. I hope to do that next year as I will still be a midget. My dad said if i was less than 4 months younger I still would have been a bantam and would have gotten fifth or sixth place.
Next year i need to get a faster start to get out of the crowded runners and still get my finish better to catch more runners. My goals for next year are to get all american and break 11 minutes. I plan to run more this winter than I did before but i can only run a little becuase of basketball. My dad bought me a cross country sweat shirt and a steve Prefontaine tshirt. Then we went to mcdondalds we also went to a nature park and some civil war battle fields. Next year nationals will be in Reno |