I have to label this experience as TOTALLY MENTAL
This was the first relay that I have ever participated in. In my head I thought it would be way easier than running a 1/2 marathon because I was only expected to run two 3 mile legs. We decided as a team that it would be extra sweet if we could place 1st 2nd or 3rd. Out of the 10 legs I was to run leg 3 and 7. As it came my time to run my first leg (which I thought would be pretty easy because half was running down the canyon and the other half was a gradual up hill.) I notices 4 other girls leave the transition spot before I did so I knew we were behind. I started down the canyon with my first girl insight and the thoughts started creeping in my mind "What if I can't pass her" "My team is depending on me" I'm not strong enough" "I'm letting my whole team down" I notices that with my thoughts brought panic and I started to hyperventilate I needed to regain my focus. I started to say positive affirmations and continued forward. I ended up passing the girl in front of me as we started climbing the 1 mile hill. The farther we got up the hill and the more tired I got those negative thoughts came creeping in again. I started to lose focus and had to regain it because I knew if I could just make it to transition we would be ok. As the race went on we passed this team we thought we were racing for 3rd place and they would pass us. It was really close. As my 2nd leg came up I noticed we were still in front of this team but not by much. I caught the tag and took off running. I knew this was going to be a hard leg it was all up hill and the sun was hot at this point. Go to home button and read the rest. continue.. still new to blogging haven't completely figured it all out yet!
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