My First Track Race!

I ran at the Track meet yesterday, and my mile time was 8 minutes!!! I am so excited. I just started running in November, so if I can run a mile in eight minutes, that means by the time I am a junior/senior at my school, I'll be able to run it a lot faster.

I had soooooo much fun at the meet yesterday! When I was running, everyone was cheering for me, my team, my coaches, my teachers... It felt great having so many people around cheering me on, and wanting me to do my best. Even the opposing teams were cheering for me, and that really made me feel good. I ran my best, and my hardest, and let me tell you, I felt like I was going to die out there. I sprained my ankle after the race, so now it really, really hurts. I tried to run today at practice, but it hurt too much, so I only ran half a mile. Somehow, it had better get a lot better before Monday, because that is when our next meet is, and I really want to run in it again.

My coach told me that I can meet her at the Track tomorrow and she'll run with me again, so hopefully my ankle won't be so swollen then. Even if it is, I am going to attempt running anyway. It'll heal eventually anyway.