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[paragon]

I'm one of the least gifted people when it comes to running, but doing a good 100m sprint feels awesome.

[.sweetypie.]

Track tryouts caught me completely by surprise! There was nothing posted on our school website or any indication that there would be tryouts, so on Monday, when my friend told me that tryouts were that day, I was completely unprepared. I haven't been running, and that day I hadn't brought any running clothes, so my mom had to bring my clothes and shoes to school for me xP

Well, since I had thought that we might have a month or two until tryouts, I hadn't -cough- been running much at all, so time trials the first day were torturous embarrassment. I got 30 seconds slower than my PR and it was terrible. I had no friends on the distance team. During cross-country, we do intervals around the track on Mondays, the workout that I always detest the most. I'm not sure what quite possessed me, then, to join the distance team in track seeing as it's my least favourite workout during cross-country season.

Needless to say, after one day I'd had enough. I didn't think I could tolerate that every day, so I joined several of my friends at pole vault. I can't sprint at all, it's a bit funny actually, and I don't think I would have any skill in shotput or discus, so pole vault was pretty much the only option. My mom was number one in her city in track and field when she was my age, and her best event was jumping, but it doesn't look like something I'd particularly enjoy doing.

I didn't initially plan on joining pole vault because I was afraid that, if I decided to try it ( and I wanted to try it, it looked like so much fun watching the pole vaulters last year! ), and I was bad, I would be so far behind the distance runners in terms of training that it would be much too late to join distance and I'd be left without a sport for the springtime, which is exactly the opposite of what I wanted to do.

But I did want to try pole vaulting at some point, so I did on Tuesday, and it was actually really fun! I'm not very good at it but I'm hoping I'll get better. I think I'm going to stick with just pole vault this season. Any of you out there who have pole vaulting experience? I feel like there's some reason why I'm not very good, maybe I'm not doing something right? Or if you just want to share your records, that's cool too ^^

We didn't vault today- since I'm from California, track and field practice is outside- because we've had quite a bit more rain than normal this week. It actually poured today ( by Southern California standards, I'm sure all of you on the East Coast would call it a mere drizzle xD ), so the box where the pole goes flooded with water and I don't think it's such a good idea to pole vault in the rain.

Oh oh oh I pole vault!! It's the most fun I have ever had in my whole life. It's so fun. I had trouble too in the beginning but it gets easier as you get more comfortable with it. When you land on the mat, are you hitting the center of the white box thing? I know I had trouble with that in the beginning.

I vault as well, I'm currently in my fourth season of high school track c:
My PR is 9', but I hope to get 9' 6'' and qualify for regionals soon ^^
Anyone else a North Carolinian? I'm going to the invitational this weekend!

[shadow by night]

Any high jumpers on this thread? It's my best event and I love talking to people to do track c:

[Tinystep]

i did xc all through middle school; i haven't ran much since then but i will be joining the highschool team next year! there's a three day camp hosted by the coaches in June, and its right by the ocean and beautiful. you run amazing trails, on the beach, and play a lot of games and swim! i'm very excited
i also have been a track manager. my favorite evebt to watch was high jump!
the Color Run is coming to my state soon, and i cannot wait!

[flight;;]

I've been injured off and on since January. :c
I was off for five-six weeks at about mid February because of an ankle tendon injury. Saw a doctor and they said it was inflamed but didn't truly tell me what it was. I started easing back into running after a period of rest, and ran with minor pain. I'd have days off because some days it hurt more than others. I bounced in and out for the the rest of February and now March has come along and I have a foot injury. The tendons on top of my foot have a stabbing sharp pain when I walk/run. I am to see a doctor again sometime soon for it.. When I'm not walking, it's more throbby. I've been off for about a week now. I have been using compression sleeves and braces for the ankle and I got new, more cushioned inserts for my running shoes [which aren't all that old]. I have found that I strike with the outsides of my heels, if that makes sense. I have been icing and taking anti-inflammatories for a while now, and I am stopping the anti-inflammatories now, so that can flush out of my system. I just want to run, so badly. I still go to practice every day, even though I can't run. It kills me. My coach wants to put me in a walking cast to immobilize it, and I'm just hoping that it will go away soon. I am so tired of being injured. It's like I'm watching everything I worked so hard for just slip away. All my goals for the season are gone, and I'm just hoping that I can run again this season. Our season ends next month. :'c

[[MARVEL]]

My season is over!

[incognito!]

Our 4x100m relay team got 1 minute and 8 seconds for our first ever meet! It's not that great but it's impressive for a team of all seventh grade girls in their first meet. (The other teams were mixed; one even had 3 eighth graders, which was an advantage for them) So I'm really happy.

Also I improved a second and a half on the 100m dash! My time is too embarrassing to mention, but at least I'm getting faster!!

[ToxicLama]

Any high jumpers on this thread? It's my best event and I love talking to people to do track c:

High jumper here! Love that event but i'm stuck at 5 ft... I can clear 4'11 with six inches of space but when it gets to 5 my form just falls apart... I'm ranked first in Division 1 Central State with 4'10 but I want to get it up to 5" + to keep the title. Any suggestions?

[ToxicLama]

Oh and another thing, anyone else here do the 400m hurdles?

[Tabbiecat]

wow love running 28 laps on a track (+ strides and abs afterwards)!! just love it!!! /shot

ahaha