Nationals~after 4x400m relay
Well, it's been a few days since I last blogged. See, the discipline thingy to blog once in 2 days isn't working. Well, I will try to blog as often as possible and post whatever thoughts or things that I want to share online as much as possible. As usual, let's do a recap over the past few days and their thoughts................
Hahaha....haven't been attending much of school lately because of the nationals. Had Even last Friday, attended half day school on Monday to go and support the 400m hurdlers, Tuesday was my 400m semis, went to school yesterday and didn't attend school again today because of a afternoon 4x400m race. What's more is that I seriously don't think I am going to school tomorrow....well, we will get to the tomorrow part in the next blog.
Let's start with Tuesday's 400m semis and there was 100m hurdles for A girls and 110m hurdles for A boys.......
Well, I didn't make it into the finals kind of expected it but that does not mean that I gave up from the start. was slightly slowler, this time 71.95s compared to 70.03s during the heats.
Well, don't know why but I was actually feeling tired before my event, didn't feel so good....then well, was feeling excited, anxious and all one moment and overwhelmed by it for another moment and feeling nothing another moment. During the heats, I couldn't quite believe that thit was all happening then and there so I was slapping myself and pulling my own ear so that I won't go into a world of my own later. Then I added something new today, I was pinching myself to make sure all the muscles are feeling. Well, I can still see it all happening in my mind's eye...probably the last race that I am running in this life cause I do not or don't think that I have the intension of continuing track after this year. It was a memorable race I would say.
Then I just want to mention that I am pretty proud of some of my track friends like Nic, val and yong. well, nic really stopped many times in his 110m hurdles but still he went on and finish it, nice one dude. I am not too sure whether I am totally right but i think that val and yong was feeling a little nervous and had some self-doubt before the whole thing but in the end, they managed to clear it all and yong even got into the finals.....more points for vj! I am truly glad for them that they managed to accomplished the task that was set for them. Good one guys.
That afternoon, I met up with my beau and certainly had a great time together.
Wednesday.......
Well, I being away from school on and off made me feel really kind of weird and well, lagging behind witht the news of some people in school....Well, that means over the weekend I have really a lot of work to do....sigh
Just when I thought that the whole nationals thingy is over for me, I recieved a call from my girls captain to run the 4x400m relay in the afternoon the next day. I certainly know very well why I am asked to run the race since I think I am not exactly the fastest few among the girls...think it was to buy some rest time for the captain who has been running everyday since Friday and was having a finals for 400m hurdles the day after the 4x400m relay. I was quick to say ok. When I put down the phone, I quickly recap what I have eaten after my 400m semis on Tuesday and gave a sigh of relief when I confirmed with myself that I have not yet start wacking on junk food yet. Then, I called up the guys captain to borrow from him the spikes again and we agreed that he will pass it to me in school the morning as he was not going to the stadium tomorrow
Today.......
Just when I was away from school by 1 bus stop, the guys captain messaged me to say that he was not in school and was going down to the stadium as the coach asked him to and will bring down the spikes for me. Man...it was crazy but I went to take a bus o leave the school and headed to Eunos mrt and travelled to the stadium at cck......jamming with the morning crowd.
Well, the way the whole race thing was really really weird experience. Firstly, the coach had 5 people to warm up for the relay and it was like the minute before reporting that he asked me to run the 1st leg instead of another girl. The weird part was that I think that running the relay is somewhat easier and harder than an individual 400m depending on how you would see it. I don't knowwhy but for me today, it actualy felt easier. Well, there is that excessive pressure that it is a team event and that you can't let your other tema members down, this is a pressure to run well and fast and also a form of motivation for you to do your best. Well, I didn't feel the anviousness, numbness or any of those usual feelings but just a feeling of uncertainty to a certain extent. I was doubting whether I could give my best and as much as I felt prepared, I wasn't. all the while I just kept repeating to myself "Think so much for what?! Just go down and run lah. Give your best shot, no need to think about it, it's as easy as that". It was only a few minutes before the race that I was rehearsing in my mind how the whole run would be, how I will feel and how I must think I feel.
I was the first leg for the run, after collecting the baton, I repaeatedly wiped my palms against my shorts to ensure hat they are super dry....in case it drops when i run(I know this sounds ridiculous)
"Ker Gari San" I took my stepping, opps, was the wrong foot infront and I quickly changed it. Hmmm....somehow the support that I was getting from my arms doesn't feel right or comfortable, but who cares.....
"Ser di ya"
"Bang"
And there I was off, taking to reach my near maximum speed.Soon I over took the lane 2 before we enter the straight part, the 2nd 100m.
When I was nearing the curve I did feel tired but I told and reminded myself repeatedly into and throughout the 3rd 100m to hang in there. When I finally came to the straight again, the last 100m, I was like "Ok, look, Alethia's there...Go! Go! Go!"
And the race was over for me. Once the baton left my hand, I stopped and bent forward, wanting to support my upper body on my knees with my hands but I couldn't feel them. They were almost totally numb. I kept shaking them to get their feeling back.
Can't really tell or remeber what was our position when I passed the baton on.
We finished 2nd in that heat.
I was totally surprised when my coach tell me that I ran about a 68s for the 1st leg(in case you don't know, 1st leg runs the shortest distance of 390m) which means that my 400m timing now is about 69+s, a ne PB again. The thing was that I didn't feel fast at all, maybe I wasn't going as fast as I did for the first half of the run, I only remembered that I didn't feel like I was in a slow-motion movie for the last 100m. Think that part was slightly faster. Maybe the better performance was due to the change in focus, the focus to pass the baton on. But still, my timing was worse or nearly equal to the average of all our timing I would think, so there isn't much of a Hoo-Haa.
And oh yeah one more thing was that I meet this girl who was in vj track during the first 3 months in my batch. Well, she was also running the same heat and leg as me. nice catching up a little.
Ok, think I will spare you the torture of reading anymore and spare me the shoulder ache of typing. Catch up another time huh?
Hahaha....haven't been attending much of school lately because of the nationals. Had Even last Friday, attended half day school on Monday to go and support the 400m hurdlers, Tuesday was my 400m semis, went to school yesterday and didn't attend school again today because of a afternoon 4x400m race. What's more is that I seriously don't think I am going to school tomorrow....well, we will get to the tomorrow part in the next blog.
Let's start with Tuesday's 400m semis and there was 100m hurdles for A girls and 110m hurdles for A boys.......
Well, I didn't make it into the finals kind of expected it but that does not mean that I gave up from the start. was slightly slowler, this time 71.95s compared to 70.03s during the heats.
Well, don't know why but I was actually feeling tired before my event, didn't feel so good....then well, was feeling excited, anxious and all one moment and overwhelmed by it for another moment and feeling nothing another moment. During the heats, I couldn't quite believe that thit was all happening then and there so I was slapping myself and pulling my own ear so that I won't go into a world of my own later. Then I added something new today, I was pinching myself to make sure all the muscles are feeling. Well, I can still see it all happening in my mind's eye...probably the last race that I am running in this life cause I do not or don't think that I have the intension of continuing track after this year. It was a memorable race I would say.
Then I just want to mention that I am pretty proud of some of my track friends like Nic, val and yong. well, nic really stopped many times in his 110m hurdles but still he went on and finish it, nice one dude. I am not too sure whether I am totally right but i think that val and yong was feeling a little nervous and had some self-doubt before the whole thing but in the end, they managed to clear it all and yong even got into the finals.....more points for vj! I am truly glad for them that they managed to accomplished the task that was set for them. Good one guys.
That afternoon, I met up with my beau and certainly had a great time together.
Wednesday.......
Well, I being away from school on and off made me feel really kind of weird and well, lagging behind witht the news of some people in school....Well, that means over the weekend I have really a lot of work to do....sigh
Just when I thought that the whole nationals thingy is over for me, I recieved a call from my girls captain to run the 4x400m relay in the afternoon the next day. I certainly know very well why I am asked to run the race since I think I am not exactly the fastest few among the girls...think it was to buy some rest time for the captain who has been running everyday since Friday and was having a finals for 400m hurdles the day after the 4x400m relay. I was quick to say ok. When I put down the phone, I quickly recap what I have eaten after my 400m semis on Tuesday and gave a sigh of relief when I confirmed with myself that I have not yet start wacking on junk food yet. Then, I called up the guys captain to borrow from him the spikes again and we agreed that he will pass it to me in school the morning as he was not going to the stadium tomorrow
Today.......
Just when I was away from school by 1 bus stop, the guys captain messaged me to say that he was not in school and was going down to the stadium as the coach asked him to and will bring down the spikes for me. Man...it was crazy but I went to take a bus o leave the school and headed to Eunos mrt and travelled to the stadium at cck......jamming with the morning crowd.
Well, the way the whole race thing was really really weird experience. Firstly, the coach had 5 people to warm up for the relay and it was like the minute before reporting that he asked me to run the 1st leg instead of another girl. The weird part was that I think that running the relay is somewhat easier and harder than an individual 400m depending on how you would see it. I don't knowwhy but for me today, it actualy felt easier. Well, there is that excessive pressure that it is a team event and that you can't let your other tema members down, this is a pressure to run well and fast and also a form of motivation for you to do your best. Well, I didn't feel the anviousness, numbness or any of those usual feelings but just a feeling of uncertainty to a certain extent. I was doubting whether I could give my best and as much as I felt prepared, I wasn't. all the while I just kept repeating to myself "Think so much for what?! Just go down and run lah. Give your best shot, no need to think about it, it's as easy as that". It was only a few minutes before the race that I was rehearsing in my mind how the whole run would be, how I will feel and how I must think I feel.
I was the first leg for the run, after collecting the baton, I repaeatedly wiped my palms against my shorts to ensure hat they are super dry....in case it drops when i run(I know this sounds ridiculous)
"Ker Gari San" I took my stepping, opps, was the wrong foot infront and I quickly changed it. Hmmm....somehow the support that I was getting from my arms doesn't feel right or comfortable, but who cares.....
"Ser di ya"
"Bang"
And there I was off, taking to reach my near maximum speed.Soon I over took the lane 2 before we enter the straight part, the 2nd 100m.
When I was nearing the curve I did feel tired but I told and reminded myself repeatedly into and throughout the 3rd 100m to hang in there. When I finally came to the straight again, the last 100m, I was like "Ok, look, Alethia's there...Go! Go! Go!"
And the race was over for me. Once the baton left my hand, I stopped and bent forward, wanting to support my upper body on my knees with my hands but I couldn't feel them. They were almost totally numb. I kept shaking them to get their feeling back.
Can't really tell or remeber what was our position when I passed the baton on.
We finished 2nd in that heat.
I was totally surprised when my coach tell me that I ran about a 68s for the 1st leg(in case you don't know, 1st leg runs the shortest distance of 390m) which means that my 400m timing now is about 69+s, a ne PB again. The thing was that I didn't feel fast at all, maybe I wasn't going as fast as I did for the first half of the run, I only remembered that I didn't feel like I was in a slow-motion movie for the last 100m. Think that part was slightly faster. Maybe the better performance was due to the change in focus, the focus to pass the baton on. But still, my timing was worse or nearly equal to the average of all our timing I would think, so there isn't much of a Hoo-Haa.
And oh yeah one more thing was that I meet this girl who was in vj track during the first 3 months in my batch. Well, she was also running the same heat and leg as me. nice catching up a little.
Ok, think I will spare you the torture of reading anymore and spare me the shoulder ache of typing. Catch up another time huh?
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