| Date/Location: | 3/9/19, Granite Bay |
| Distance: | 1mi R – 3miB – 1mi R |
| Time: | Ariel: 30:00 (Previous PR 29:58) |
| Place: | Ariel: 2nd, 9 & 10 Year Old Girls |
1st Run
10, 9, 8 … 3, 2, 1, Go! I run straight trying to stay with Kiali. She is faster than she was last time. I feel like this pace will be hard to keep but I know if I go slower, she will get farther away from me. The wind makes it tough but I keep trying to catch up to Kiali. She is so fast every time that when I try to get closer, I just seem to stay in the same place. We turn on the trail. It’s really muddy. I try to keep Kiali in sight. Sometimes I start to feel I can pass but then can’t. I go down a hill and I remember from last time I raced on this trail that it was a flat dry spot but when I come to it, it’s not dry. It looks like a lake! But good thing there is a path around it. I go up a hill and down a hill. There are two boys behind me. I run faster to get them farther away from me. I run through some rocks and see Daddy. I run down the long path to transition.
Bike
I bike out of transition hoping to pass Kiali. Then I go down a hill. I go on the long flat road. By the road, there is road work going on and there is a big tractor there. I see her up ahead. I bike faster but the wind is tough. I come to this big turn then up and down some hills. Then I come to this big turnarund which is a large turn that goes up and down. I start to go around a tight corner and then all of a sudden this lady comes around it at the same time on my side of the road! She is on the wrong side and good thing she didn’t bump into me but she went straight into the boy behind me. I go back on the up and down hills. And back to the big turn. I keep biking and get on the long road. Then I go down the hill and into transition.
2nd Run
I run out of transition. My foot starts to hurt and it starts to get hard to breathe. There is a wind that seems to follow me around. I run straight trying to stay close to Kiali. The wind makes it tough but I keep trying to catch up to Kiali. She is so fast every time I try to get closer, I just seem to stay in the same place. We turn on the trail. It’s really muddy. I try to keep Kiali in sight but that’s not going too well because my foot has started hurting a lot. I go down a hill and see the puddle that looks like a lake. I go around it again. I go up a hill and down a hill. My foot is really hurting. There are two boys behind me so I run faster to get them farther away from me. I run through some rocks and see Daddy. I run down the long path to transition. I am happy to be the 2nd girl.
2nd In Age Group
2nd In Series
