European Racing Plan:
3k at Gothenburg Swedish Grand Prix 7/16 Result: 9:11.04
Steeplechase at London Diamond League 7/23 Result: 9:47
1500m at Karlstad Swedish Grand Prix 7/27 Result: 4:15, Rabbit 1 mile of Steeplechase
3k at Joensuu Games in Finland 7/30 Skipped due to heel injury
Travel Eastern Europe 8/1-8/21
My racing was mediocre until my 1500m and rabbiting in
Karlstad. Racing the steeplechase in
London was an amazing opportunity. I got
to race in the 2012 Olympic Stadium, in front of 70,000 fans, with lots of
tough women in the race, including the 2012 Olympic gold medalist.
Shalaya Kipp, Genevieve Lalonde, Jessica Kamilos, Me
Karlstad went a lot better.
We ran most of the race a tad bit slower than our all-out race pace, so
I kicked as hard as I could at 300m to get 3rd. 20 minutes later I rabbited the
steeplechase. I was worried because I am
so bad at pacing my own workouts, but I was able to be right on 9:40 pace
through one mile. Rabbiting is a lot
different than racing, because you know you are only going half the distance,
but I was amazed at how good I felt. I
felt like I could have pushed through to a 9:40 steeplechase right then and
there, which makes me frustrated my last two steeplechase races have been so
poor. After feeling so good rabbiting, I
know the poor races are due to my mentality.
I am overwhelmed by how much my mental state can affect how I physically
feel in a race. Amazing.
Karlstad 1500m
Now I am traveling through Eastern Europe with my Dad. We have seen Tallinn, Estonia, Riga, Latvia,
and now we are in Vilnius, Lithuania. I
love the contrast between the medieval, soviet, and modern European architecture.
Tallinn Soviet Church
Riga Old Town
KGB Interrogation Room, Riga
Vilnius Church
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