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[.yuanfen]

Eighth is a great place in that kind of weather. I don't remember what I got :b But I do know that a bunch of people weren't allowed to finish for some kind of reason so only a certain number of people got to finish. I remember finishing and getting a medal but...hahaha, have no idea what I placed.

[Proud violent zealot]

My teammate wasn't allowed to finish because she was "breathing too hard" and I think if you weren't past a certain point by 30 minutes they pulled you off or something haha. It was nice when they sprayed us with the hose though!

[.yuanfen]

Yea. I think that's the only time in my life when it felt as though all of the water had been sucked out of my body. It was hard to breathe after I finished. The hose felt so great :b plus, one member of our team brought something that looked like a giant spray bottle, and we all took turns spraying each other with water.

[Proud violent zealot]

Our XC Van caught on fire today O_o

[.yuanfen]

Oh no! I hope the damage wasn't really critical, or if it was, I hope you'll be able to get another XC van...it sounds like it's really important to your team.

[Jenn.]

Our XC Van caught on fire today O_o

Woah! Was everyone alright?

[Proud violent zealot]

Everyone was alright, but a few bags got a bit burnt. The van and the one next to it were totaled, but my school's replacing them! ^^

[delani]

So today I had the worst race ever, DX
I was seeded first on my team from last year, but ran an absolutely dreadful time (we're talking 6+ minutes off my regular pace, not even PR pace). It was embarrassing.

Over the past few weeks I have been having some problems when running, even just exercising. My knee has been killing me, but not that I-just-haven't-run-this-hard-in-awhile hurt, I mean like something is wrong hurt. We have been looking into it, and it turns out I have Osgood Schlatter's syndrome. I recently got a simple band to keep that in check. So at least for the race today my knee didn't hurt, xD

I have also been incredibly fatigued. We would run a 1/2 mile warmup and I would be completely exhausted. I thought it was just everything starting up again and getting back into the swing of things, but it has lately just gotten worse. I think the race today was the breaking point. I started the race and immediately felt incredibly tired. When I finished, I was over six minutes behind my normal pace, was extremely pale, and my teammates said I couldn't walk straight. I wasn't dizzy or anything, but literally felt like I had been up for a week straight.

After checking it out, it turns out I have an iron deficiency.

Fortunately, both things can be corralled relatively easily, but it was a tough mental and physical race for me today. I can't say it didn't hurt my pride a little >.<'

[Anza]

That's too bad!
I once had a nose bleed during a raze and had to stop! I almost won!!

[Wild.One]

I have a new half a mile record. Keep in mind I am a sprinter. It's 4:50. I just started on last Wednesday and I wasn't able to run for 2 days. So I will keep doing the half a mile for a little bit then start 3/4 a mile. Then I will just do a mile everyday after a while. I need to get in shape for the schools mile run. It's hard for a sprinter to do long distance. At least for me.
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I still miss pole vaulting a lot!