April 23

After school today, I went to a track meet for Creekside since I help out with their track team. It took me a really long time to get to Clay, where the meet was taking place, because the traffic was very heavy. I got to the meet late, but I only missed two events. I got there in time for my favorite event, which is the 1600. It is so exciting because the race is short enough that they have to run quickly, but long enough that they can hang back and overtake the top runner on the final lap. There are two guys on the team that run the mile together. Both of them were pretty far behind the leader on the last lap. In the final 200 one of the guys sprinted and was able to pass the leading man, it was a brilliant race. Races like that remind me why I love running so much. It was very exciting and I can’t wait to see them continue to improve as the season progresses.