meet

i remember exactly how nervous i was before my first track meet. it was that stomach twisty feeling that makes you think you have to pee, and also like you're falling.
and i am also certain that i felt five times as nervous yesterday befor the xc meet. there was a point in which i was literally shaking. but as it did with track meets, this went away the instant the gun went off. we started off as a whole p. west group until it thinned out a little bit, and i noticed that i was not next to the girls i had planned on running with. somehow, i had mistaken nicole for maggie, and when i noticed this i was pretty mad at myself. so i kind of pushed my way up ahead, but i couldn't catch up with maggie, which was kind of my goal. it was a very uninteresting course, and that made things a bit boring. but i got all sneaky, almost tiptoeing up on girls and running into the weeds to pass them. and cutelli was more competitive than i thought he would be. but i was happy with where i finished and i don't think i'll get as nervous again. next week's a HUGE meet though, it really is one of the biggest in the midwest. i don't expect to do overly well there, since there's going to be so much more competition.
i'm getting spikes tomorrow :)