Top 10 all time? More like top 4 all time!!

 

LET ME TELL YOU about this weekend! Oh my golly what a weekend it was. Last Friday I had the opportunity to travel to a pretty big track meet up in Michigan at Grand Valley State University. This meet is a pretty big deal, as there are teams from all divisions and from all across the country. Only a small handful of the ONU varsity team had the opportunity to travel to this meet so that was really exciting. I love small travel meets because I feel like it is an opportunity to really bond with my teammates, especially ones I don't know super well! I got to talk to a sprinter named JD (he runs REALLY fast) and a thrower named Keegan (he throws REALLY far) and when we go to normal meets as a whole team, I don't really get the chance to talk to people in other event groups because there are so many of us. So being able to go on this small trip was a really great opportunity both for running, and also to get know some of my other teammates.

SO let me tell you about this weekend in an itinerary format, because that is way more fun than reading paragraphs. 

THURSDAY

4:00 p.m. - We departed from ONU, off to the great state of Michigan!

6:30 p.m. - Had to stop for dinner along the way to CARB LOAD for the big race

Normatech Boots!!

9:30 p.m. - Arrived at the hotel! Had a team meeting, then went to our hotel rooms to relax and get ready for bed. Best part is ALWAYS using the Normatech boots the night before our race. It took a while though because there were four of us rotating with one pair.

11:30 p.m. - Night night!!

FRIDAY

6:30 a.m. - Wakey wakey! Early bird gets the worm am I right? Had to get up for some of that delicious hotel breakfast

7:30 a.m. - Left the hotel to head to GVSU! This is one of my most favorite campuses to run at, it is so beautiful and their indoor facility is really fancy.

8:45 a.m. - Watched our first teammate Braden race his 5k

9:30 a.m. - Watched our other teammate Jared run his 5k

10:00 a.m. - Watched my bestie Megan run her 5k

10:30 a.m. - Watched my roomie Samantha run her 5k

10:45 a.m. - Warmed up for MY race with my very best friend Ashley, I am sooo glad that we ended up in the same heat

11:30 a.m. - RAN MY RACE!!!!!! OH MY GOSH!!! This was amazing! I was in the fast heat, so I wasseeded last, but I was so confident going into it and my only goal was to break 18. Not to bore you with race details that no one cares about, but I started out in the middle of the pack and just kept moving up until there was one lap to go and I was WINNING! I had to SPRINT my little booty off though because there were three girls chasing me down. I ended up getting first place by less than a second, and ran a PR of 28 seconds!! I finished my 5k with a time of 17:50 and could not have been happier. That time actually put me at first place in the conference rankings!

Noon - 6:00 p.m. - Watched the rest of the team run, jump and throw. The bears had an AWESOME day and overall it was so successful and such a good trip

6:30 p.m. - We got back on the van and began to head back home. We were all in such good spirits which led to a super fun trip home

8:00 p.m. - We had to stop for some post race Wendys of course! Nuggets and frosty's are the way to go after a big race for sure

11:30 p.m. - We got back to campus and were EXHAUSTED after such a long, but super fun day! Headed back to my room and made the classic microwaved mac and cheese and showered because I was definitely stinky.

12:30 p.m. - Time for bed! Gotta get a little sleep before waking up at 7 to go for our weekend long run, and then hop in the car to drive and go support the rest of our team at their meet!