I survived.
end of story.
more details later.
peace
annie
yesh, ftp retreat exhausted me to the brink that i literally do not have enough energy to write more than this single period.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
....into the wild blue yonder!
So, I can't believe I'm deciding to post at almost 2 in the morning with the fact that I'm going to have to wake up at 6... Yeah, nuts. But this is going to be very brief, and I thought I'd let you know that after this weekend, I won't be the same. At 0700, I and a fellow AFROTC cadet will be heading off to a life changing experience - FTP (Field Training Prep aka Boot Camp Prep) Retreat, which is a weekend full of yelling, discipline, knowledge, cleanliness, and just an overall stresser. But, its main goal is to get me ready for what I'm going to experience for 4 weeks this summer, so I might as well start getting used to it :P Ya know, I say I'm nervous, but really, deep down, I'm not. I'm, well, .... excited, like beyond belief!! I think I just say that I'm nervous because I think I'm supposed to feel that way, and yeah I am, a little, but overall, I simply cannot wait! In 5 hours or so, I'll be heading to a dream I've always wanted to experience. I just pray I'm ready for this. Give me strength! I'll see you on Sunday evening dudes ;)
Peace
~Annie
Peace
~Annie
Monday, March 21, 2011
Spring is... in the air??
Buuuurrrrrr!!!! So, it's Spring on the Trine Campus, and I'm not too impressed Mother Nature. I'm still clutching tightly to my leather jacket as I walk to class during the day because of that frigid wind whipping around! Grrrr, it better warm up soon! I wanna break out the shorts as soon as I can :P I'm in withdrawals from my spring-break in Florida :D
Alrighty, so on with the up and up around campus! Let's see, I went to the QPR (Question Persuade Refer) Suicide Prevention Seminar on last Wed. that the Trine University counselor was hosting and it went really well! I liked how they made us role play to put us in those type of situations and see how we react. I thought I would be fine and do everything by the book... but yeah, it didn't go some much that way :P I mean, once you hear those words "I want to kill myself" you just freeze! You feel afraid to say anything to them because maybe it'll make it worse or something, but ultimately from what I learned, if you listen to them, without any interruptions, then persuade them out of hurting themselves and refer them to a counselor, pastor, professor, anyone you know that may help them out, is the best way to go about it. Just, putting all those things in motion are hard, and at the seminar luckily I had the counselor to help me through the whole process, so I came out rewarded. I feel more prepared now and am not afraid to ask someone who I think may be at risk, "Do you feel like killing yourself?" So yeah! Though, it was a very deep topic, I felt comfortable learning about everything because I am going into Psychology and in the Air Force where suicide is ever so increasing year after year, and with me being an RA next semester, I can be prepared to address these situations now and in the future. :)
Well, to lighten the mood, I had a great weekend! I had to get up at like 7:50am on Saturday which wasn't so fun, but it was for a good reason - TRACK RECRUITS! haha God how I LOVE track :D Only 3 could make it, when usually we have nearly 30 or so! (Spring Breaks and the Indoor Track National Meet were on that same day!) My fellow running buddy, Sannie, came with me to help Coach Cooper with giving tours and talking with the recruits. It was fun. Sannie and I have never given a campus tour before, and shockingly we knew a lot more about Trine than originally thought! haha I did some quick research before giving the tour, but in the end, I thought we are Aces at it :P hehe Fast forward to that night, one of the guys from cross-country and track hosted his annual Techno Party, this year though at his villa instead of in the common area at one of the dorms. And surprisingly, it wasn't as cramped as I thought it would be! Those campus villa's are gorgeous! I LOVE techno music, so I was able to request a few songs and get the floor jumping with wicked tunes, so it was blast :) Yesterday, our Chinese class went to the Great Wall Restaurant just down the road. I carpooled with one of the guys and that was a lot of fun! I ate so freaken much! seriously, I thought I was gonna explode :P I tried to speak some Chinese while I was there, and I should have spoke more instead of shoving my face with more and more Chinese cuisine, but dudes, those Chinese donuts are to DIE FOR!!! haha
Well I totally regretting eating all that food when I had to wake up this morning at 5:55am to go to Air Force ROTC Mandatory PT (Physical Training) *yawn* I'm still trying to recover from the workout :P It wasn't too bad, but with it being that early, it's gonna take a bit out of ya, especially all that Chinese food I ate :P
So, yep! That's the up & up! This week is Women Appreciation week, so there's gonna be some cool activities going on to celebrate all the women that have made an impact in the world :) I'll be a busy bee that's for sure! Got my FT (Field Training) Retreat this weekend at a Navy Base, so in a nutshell, I'm going to be yelled at all weekend because I can't fold my clothes right. Yep, fun fun :P Actually, it's really gonna help prepare me for the real Field Training I'm gonna go through for 4 weeks this summer, so the yelling will pay off :)
Okay dudes, I better head on out to grab some grub :P I'll try to control myself this time, promise!
Peace
~Annie
Alrighty, so on with the up and up around campus! Let's see, I went to the QPR (Question Persuade Refer) Suicide Prevention Seminar on last Wed. that the Trine University counselor was hosting and it went really well! I liked how they made us role play to put us in those type of situations and see how we react. I thought I would be fine and do everything by the book... but yeah, it didn't go some much that way :P I mean, once you hear those words "I want to kill myself" you just freeze! You feel afraid to say anything to them because maybe it'll make it worse or something, but ultimately from what I learned, if you listen to them, without any interruptions, then persuade them out of hurting themselves and refer them to a counselor, pastor, professor, anyone you know that may help them out, is the best way to go about it. Just, putting all those things in motion are hard, and at the seminar luckily I had the counselor to help me through the whole process, so I came out rewarded. I feel more prepared now and am not afraid to ask someone who I think may be at risk, "Do you feel like killing yourself?" So yeah! Though, it was a very deep topic, I felt comfortable learning about everything because I am going into Psychology and in the Air Force where suicide is ever so increasing year after year, and with me being an RA next semester, I can be prepared to address these situations now and in the future. :)
Well, to lighten the mood, I had a great weekend! I had to get up at like 7:50am on Saturday which wasn't so fun, but it was for a good reason - TRACK RECRUITS! haha God how I LOVE track :D Only 3 could make it, when usually we have nearly 30 or so! (Spring Breaks and the Indoor Track National Meet were on that same day!) My fellow running buddy, Sannie, came with me to help Coach Cooper with giving tours and talking with the recruits. It was fun. Sannie and I have never given a campus tour before, and shockingly we knew a lot more about Trine than originally thought! haha I did some quick research before giving the tour, but in the end, I thought we are Aces at it :P hehe Fast forward to that night, one of the guys from cross-country and track hosted his annual Techno Party, this year though at his villa instead of in the common area at one of the dorms. And surprisingly, it wasn't as cramped as I thought it would be! Those campus villa's are gorgeous! I LOVE techno music, so I was able to request a few songs and get the floor jumping with wicked tunes, so it was blast :) Yesterday, our Chinese class went to the Great Wall Restaurant just down the road. I carpooled with one of the guys and that was a lot of fun! I ate so freaken much! seriously, I thought I was gonna explode :P I tried to speak some Chinese while I was there, and I should have spoke more instead of shoving my face with more and more Chinese cuisine, but dudes, those Chinese donuts are to DIE FOR!!! haha
Well I totally regretting eating all that food when I had to wake up this morning at 5:55am to go to Air Force ROTC Mandatory PT (Physical Training) *yawn* I'm still trying to recover from the workout :P It wasn't too bad, but with it being that early, it's gonna take a bit out of ya, especially all that Chinese food I ate :P
So, yep! That's the up & up! This week is Women Appreciation week, so there's gonna be some cool activities going on to celebrate all the women that have made an impact in the world :) I'll be a busy bee that's for sure! Got my FT (Field Training) Retreat this weekend at a Navy Base, so in a nutshell, I'm going to be yelled at all weekend because I can't fold my clothes right. Yep, fun fun :P Actually, it's really gonna help prepare me for the real Field Training I'm gonna go through for 4 weeks this summer, so the yelling will pay off :)
Okay dudes, I better head on out to grab some grub :P I'll try to control myself this time, promise!
Peace
~Annie
Monday, March 14, 2011
...and it's gone in a FLASH!
Wow, it's been too long since I've updated :O And dudes, a TON has happened, but don't worry, I'll keep it as short as I can ;)
Well, Spring Break was last week, ahhhhhhh was it splendid. As cliche as it is to go to Florida for Spring Break, I totally did anyway :P I flew down with my mother to meet up with my two sis' down there. We were there for only 4 whole days, but it was totally worth it! It was great to meet up with all the girls again, and, oh my gawd, Universal Studios has the new Hogwarts Caste added on, and dudes, it's seriously legit! I mean, people wait in line for two hours to just get a tour of the place! Yeah, crazy :P Luckily we got there early enough that the wait was only 45min woot woot! There also is a ride inside the castle and ah! it seriously is indescribable! you legitly feel like you're on a broom stick with Harry battling dragons, Dementors, the whole kit and caboodle! It's awesome! I am proud to say I had a cup of Butter Beer (it's not really beer, just a made up concoction of awesomeness! no alcohol included) and Pumpkin Juice and gaaaaaahhhhhh!!!! they're freaken delicious! seriously, get some! it'll blow your mind ;) hehe
I also made a visit to the comic book store that's also in Universal Studios. Bought a few things.... hehe okay maybe more than a few but it totally was worth every penny, because who do I see riding by???? CAPTAIN AMERICA ON A ATV!!! Yep, my heart melted :P So the dya at Universal Studios was a success, and mind you I left a TON of other crazy, amazing things out, but those were the biggies :)
I also successfully scorched myself at the beach, so yep, I'm all tanned up (with my back peeling away, ouch, maybe too much sun...)
And guess who paid for all of this??? ME! Yep. My dad paid for the tickets, but I reimbursed him by paying for all of our, that means my, my mother's, and my two sisters expenses down there all because of air force rotc :) what better way to use that money than to spend all on family and fun without anyone having to worry about expenses, I got it all covered ;) and it was the least I could do.
Well now, as I said in a title, it was gone in a flash, and it's quite depressing to think that just last week I was wearing a tank top, shorts, and flip flops and now I'm all huddled up in a coat, hat, and mittens :( But I guess on the bright side, it's Advising week, so that means more doors to open and more adventures to embark on! There's a class on Serial Killers and I'm totally jumping on that and signing up for it!!! I can't wait :DDD Next semester looks like it's gonna be a fun one!
A couple other things that have gotten me at least comfortable with coming back are these numerous programs Trine is hosting. Like, on Wednesday - 16th - there's a Suicide Prevention Certification Seminar at 6pm in Best 229 and I'm totally signing up to go to that! What better thing to have under your belt that the means to know how to approach that sorta problem with someone. I'm looking forward to it and there's no charge! Everyone loves free stuff ;) Also, there's a CPR Certification Seminar going on this Saturday - 19th - in the Ford Building at 10am. Yeah, I know it's considered "early" on a Saturday, but having a CPR certification is great for your resume and for you because you just never know if someone will just inhale that huge chunk of steak and gets it lodge in their wind pipe, then you'll be able to sweep in with your cape and CPR certification and preform the proper procedures ta-dah!
Ah, alrighty. well my peeps are waiting for me to eat lunch so I better head out dudes. Please, if you can go to either of those Seminars GO! What do you gotta lose? A couple hours of sleep or sitting on the couch watching America's Next Top Model reruns??? Well, if you can't go to either, then I'd recommend for EVERYONE no matter what to go to this: Take Back the Night. Men and women, join all of us in the march to fight rape and to stand up for all the victims out there! Let them know that their voice is heard :) Be a hero
Peace Out
~Annie
Well, Spring Break was last week, ahhhhhhh was it splendid. As cliche as it is to go to Florida for Spring Break, I totally did anyway :P I flew down with my mother to meet up with my two sis' down there. We were there for only 4 whole days, but it was totally worth it! It was great to meet up with all the girls again, and, oh my gawd, Universal Studios has the new Hogwarts Caste added on, and dudes, it's seriously legit! I mean, people wait in line for two hours to just get a tour of the place! Yeah, crazy :P Luckily we got there early enough that the wait was only 45min woot woot! There also is a ride inside the castle and ah! it seriously is indescribable! you legitly feel like you're on a broom stick with Harry battling dragons, Dementors, the whole kit and caboodle! It's awesome! I am proud to say I had a cup of Butter Beer (it's not really beer, just a made up concoction of awesomeness! no alcohol included) and Pumpkin Juice and gaaaaaahhhhhh!!!! they're freaken delicious! seriously, get some! it'll blow your mind ;) hehe
I also made a visit to the comic book store that's also in Universal Studios. Bought a few things.... hehe okay maybe more than a few but it totally was worth every penny, because who do I see riding by???? CAPTAIN AMERICA ON A ATV!!! Yep, my heart melted :P So the dya at Universal Studios was a success, and mind you I left a TON of other crazy, amazing things out, but those were the biggies :)
I also successfully scorched myself at the beach, so yep, I'm all tanned up (with my back peeling away, ouch, maybe too much sun...)
And guess who paid for all of this??? ME! Yep. My dad paid for the tickets, but I reimbursed him by paying for all of our, that means my, my mother's, and my two sisters expenses down there all because of air force rotc :) what better way to use that money than to spend all on family and fun without anyone having to worry about expenses, I got it all covered ;) and it was the least I could do.
Well now, as I said in a title, it was gone in a flash, and it's quite depressing to think that just last week I was wearing a tank top, shorts, and flip flops and now I'm all huddled up in a coat, hat, and mittens :( But I guess on the bright side, it's Advising week, so that means more doors to open and more adventures to embark on! There's a class on Serial Killers and I'm totally jumping on that and signing up for it!!! I can't wait :DDD Next semester looks like it's gonna be a fun one!
A couple other things that have gotten me at least comfortable with coming back are these numerous programs Trine is hosting. Like, on Wednesday - 16th - there's a Suicide Prevention Certification Seminar at 6pm in Best 229 and I'm totally signing up to go to that! What better thing to have under your belt that the means to know how to approach that sorta problem with someone. I'm looking forward to it and there's no charge! Everyone loves free stuff ;) Also, there's a CPR Certification Seminar going on this Saturday - 19th - in the Ford Building at 10am. Yeah, I know it's considered "early" on a Saturday, but having a CPR certification is great for your resume and for you because you just never know if someone will just inhale that huge chunk of steak and gets it lodge in their wind pipe, then you'll be able to sweep in with your cape and CPR certification and preform the proper procedures ta-dah!
Ah, alrighty. well my peeps are waiting for me to eat lunch so I better head out dudes. Please, if you can go to either of those Seminars GO! What do you gotta lose? A couple hours of sleep or sitting on the couch watching America's Next Top Model reruns??? Well, if you can't go to either, then I'd recommend for EVERYONE no matter what to go to this: Take Back the Night. Men and women, join all of us in the march to fight rape and to stand up for all the victims out there! Let them know that their voice is heard :) Be a hero
Peace Out
~Annie
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Tap tap, tap tap yo feet!
So dudes, I saw Lord of the Dance on Friday (Feb 25th) and OH MY FREAKEN GOD IT WAS MIND BLOWING!!!!!!!! no joke :P If you don't know what the heck I'm talking about, first off, *shakes head* and secondly, don't worry, a lot of people don't know what I'm talking about haha But i'm here to enlighten you a bit, so be ready!
Here's an awesome quick clip of what MIND BLOWING stuff I saw:
Incredible right??? All that tapping was their FEET DUDES!! Do you get what I'm saying!!! THEIR FEET!!! GAHHHHH!!!! simply incredible. :) my life is now complete. haha I have always been into this kind of stuff ever since I could remember. I did tap and ballet when I was younger and aspired to being a part of this group when I grew up. Of course, that dream died when I found that dancing really wasn't my type of thing, but boy do I love watching it! This stuff truly makes me proud to be Irish! haha so yeah, that was great. It was playing at Miller Auditorium in Michigan and the place I interned at this past summer, my supervisor gave my family 4 tickets to see it, and they were the best seats in the house!!! I bought the CD, a wicked t-shirt and I bought the DVD off of ebay (was like 25 bucks cheaper that way :P ) now, I kinda want to get back into all that awesome tap and irish jig stuff, maybe I'll try it out this summer, see where it takes me :P haha yeah maybe not...
In other news! Our last Indoor track meet was yesterday and I ran the 1mile, the 800m, and the 4x4 Relay. Yeah, it was a lot to ask for that's for sure :P But, in all, it went okay, I didn't do worse, but I didn't meet my expectations :/ I ran the EXACT same time in my mile, and my 800m sucked only because I was put in the 1st heat and the closest girl to me runs a 2:32 (I ran a 2:36 last week) so there was a huge gap from me and the rest of the group, yeah not fun, and it also frustrates me how in high school I ran a 2:32 all the time and now I struggle trying to run a 2:36 gahhh! me' old legs I guess :P and finally the 4x4, this was my last chance to give it my all, and dudes, I totally did :) our goal was to get less than a 4:20 and we finish with a 4:19!!! yeah it may only be one second but hey! we made it and did it!!! :DDD so at least it ended on a good note :)
So yeah, pretty productive weekend. The agenda for today: Study for Midterms booooo!! Spring break is less than a week away, and all I can say is Florida here I come!! :DDD
Peace
~Annie
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
I'm ahhhhhhhLIVEE!!!!!
It's been a bit over a week since my last post, sorry peeps for keeping you waiting! That's how the life of a student works though during Midterms week :/ Yep, I've been stressed up to my neck! But hey, I'm here to give you good news and to kinda escape the stressful environment ;)
So first things first, TRACK! We had a meet last week on Friday, and dudes, I dominated!! And when I mean dominated, I mean it as in like, I proved myself, not that I won the race or anything, but yeah :P So anywho, I ran the 800m for the first time this year on that Friday and, I was kind of afraid of what was gonna happen to tell you the truth since I haven't ran a good 800m since my senior year in high school (last year/freshmen year was an epic fail on my part when it came to that race). But, I know this race, more than the 1600m that I've only just started running this year so, yeah! It was AWESOME! My madre was there too, I swear she's like my biggest fan out there :P Running all over the place, getting ready to cheer and shout out commands (she's a former runner, and was an AMAZING one too, or so she says, hehe) so, in the end, I came out with a 2min 36sec run, which isn't great, but it's an awesome starting pointing for me :D And I came in 3rd! The thing that sucked was, 2nd place was about 7 seconds in front of me (2min 29sec) and then BAM there was just a void/emptyness between me and her so I had no one really in front of me to push me to catch up to :/ I think if just one person was somewhere in that void I would have at least cut off 4 seconds, but hey! I survived and did better than what I thought I would have :) My 400m times in both the DMR and 4x4 relay were great too, like a 63-62sec so that's awesome :D All in all, a huge sucess on my part and I was glad my mom was there to see it :) this is defiantly gonna be a better year than last. Not looking back from here!
Besides Track, in Air Force ROTC we had our Physical Fitness Assessment just yesterday. That's where we're tested on how many sit-ups we can do in a minute, how many push-ups we can do in a minute, and then a timed 1mile and 1/2. Well, I haven't worked on my upper-body or core lately, so out of 10 points for each, I was able to score a 8.5 on push-ups (33 push-ups total) and an 8 on my sit-ups (44 sit-ups total) which were my goals initially. The 1.5mile run though, I was gonna KILL! :DDD To score the max points of 60 from the run you have to run like a 10min 23sec, but my goal was 10min! And dudes, I ran a 9min 56sec!! Ye-YAH! I was so happy just because I had been working on that all along and finally I broke 10min which was better than what I asked! woot woot! haha That's like a 6min 28sec mile so not too shabby hehe
In total I scored:
8.5 Situps
8.0 Pushups
60.0 Timed 1.5mi
+ 20.0 Meeting the weight requirements
96.5!!!
The Detachment's goal is a 90 and I totally broke that, so *pats self on back* good job Annie, proud of ya ;)
Other good news! I got an A on my child and adolescent psychology exam! I studied for about 10hours or so, yeah I know, crazy right? But it paid off so woot woot!
what else.... hmmmmm I haven't fallen yet from all the ice on EVERYTHING! haha so that's a plus hehe
and, spring break is in T-Minus 10 DAYS! my mom and I booked 2 tickets to Florida, yup! We'll be chillen or err heating up with my twin and older sis down there so it's gonna be a blast, just all the girls together :D
Alrighty, well I believe it's my nap time now, sprinter workout today :/ not so sure about this...
PEACE!
~Annie
So first things first, TRACK! We had a meet last week on Friday, and dudes, I dominated!! And when I mean dominated, I mean it as in like, I proved myself, not that I won the race or anything, but yeah :P So anywho, I ran the 800m for the first time this year on that Friday and, I was kind of afraid of what was gonna happen to tell you the truth since I haven't ran a good 800m since my senior year in high school (last year/freshmen year was an epic fail on my part when it came to that race). But, I know this race, more than the 1600m that I've only just started running this year so, yeah! It was AWESOME! My madre was there too, I swear she's like my biggest fan out there :P Running all over the place, getting ready to cheer and shout out commands (she's a former runner, and was an AMAZING one too, or so she says, hehe) so, in the end, I came out with a 2min 36sec run, which isn't great, but it's an awesome starting pointing for me :D And I came in 3rd! The thing that sucked was, 2nd place was about 7 seconds in front of me (2min 29sec) and then BAM there was just a void/emptyness between me and her so I had no one really in front of me to push me to catch up to :/ I think if just one person was somewhere in that void I would have at least cut off 4 seconds, but hey! I survived and did better than what I thought I would have :) My 400m times in both the DMR and 4x4 relay were great too, like a 63-62sec so that's awesome :D All in all, a huge sucess on my part and I was glad my mom was there to see it :) this is defiantly gonna be a better year than last. Not looking back from here!
Besides Track, in Air Force ROTC we had our Physical Fitness Assessment just yesterday. That's where we're tested on how many sit-ups we can do in a minute, how many push-ups we can do in a minute, and then a timed 1mile and 1/2. Well, I haven't worked on my upper-body or core lately, so out of 10 points for each, I was able to score a 8.5 on push-ups (33 push-ups total) and an 8 on my sit-ups (44 sit-ups total) which were my goals initially. The 1.5mile run though, I was gonna KILL! :DDD To score the max points of 60 from the run you have to run like a 10min 23sec, but my goal was 10min! And dudes, I ran a 9min 56sec!! Ye-YAH! I was so happy just because I had been working on that all along and finally I broke 10min which was better than what I asked! woot woot! haha That's like a 6min 28sec mile so not too shabby hehe
In total I scored:
8.5 Situps
8.0 Pushups
60.0 Timed 1.5mi
+ 20.0 Meeting the weight requirements
96.5!!!
The Detachment's goal is a 90 and I totally broke that, so *pats self on back* good job Annie, proud of ya ;)
Other good news! I got an A on my child and adolescent psychology exam! I studied for about 10hours or so, yeah I know, crazy right? But it paid off so woot woot!
what else.... hmmmmm I haven't fallen yet from all the ice on EVERYTHING! haha so that's a plus hehe
and, spring break is in T-Minus 10 DAYS! my mom and I booked 2 tickets to Florida, yup! We'll be chillen or err heating up with my twin and older sis down there so it's gonna be a blast, just all the girls together :D
Alrighty, well I believe it's my nap time now, sprinter workout today :/ not so sure about this...
PEACE!
~Annie
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Run Run! As fast as you can...
You can't catch me, I'm a TRINE TRACK RUNNER!! hehe yep totally just thought that one up. Brilliant!
So yeah, the 3rd Indoor Track meet of the season went on today and it went stupendously!! Running started at noon, so I still got to sleep in (thank god!) and was able to grab a bite before running :) I ran in the DMR (Distance Medley Relay) which goes in this order of legs: 1200m - 400m - 800m - 1600m. I thankfully was the 400m leg and ran a 65sec which isn't bad, but I know I can go faster later in the season fo sho. Our DMR team did great too! We didn't win, but we held up a good fight against Manchester, who were trying to get a qualifying time for nationals, so we had a lot up against us, but hey! we didn't get lapped and that's all that matters ;)
Next, I ran the 1600 with 3 other fellow Trine ladies. I broke my PR with a 5:54! This is only the second time I've ever competed in this event, and considering I've cut off 8sec from my last time, I know I can only continue to go down :) My other fellow Trine 1600m runners also did great! Beating their goal time and snatching their own PRs so already, early in the meet and ultimately, in the entire season, everyone is running extremely well, and it's only gonna get better from here!
So finally, the last event I ran was the 4x4 Relay. We had a great team set up, but when the time came, only myself and the anchor were able to run it (one runner wasn't cleared and the other pulled her quad muscle in the 60m dash). Yeah, it sucked. So we both tried to recruit two other runners, because we both just really wanted to run this race. So who do we find? Two 3k runners, and the 3k race is right before the 4x4 relay! and they're not especially trained to run the 400m... But hey! I respect both them a lot and they were the only ones that had the guts to suck it up and run 400m! Well, I popped it (and i guess a lot of people don't understand that term, so what I mean by "pop" is starter/1st leg) and ran a good time, a 63/64sec and our 2nd and 3rd leg were our 3k runners who ran extremely well! Better than what they both thought they could run! One ran a 1min 14sec, and she was at least hoping for a 80sec! and our anchor totally booked it and, dudes, watching her run is sooooo awesome! she just like flies!! no joke! She also won the 800m race with a 2:28, which to her is going "easy" haha :P Well, we didn't win the 4x4, but we never expected that and just did it for fun. :) I looked at the opposing team's final time and if we had the team we were supposed to have, we totally woulda dominated that race! no joke! ahhhhhh! if only :P next time, we will!
Ahhhhh..., whew it was a longggggg day! And after the meet we got a team picture, I'll post them once they're up and done editing them. I don't know who won the meet or how many points each team had, we were up against Defiance, Manchester, Sienna Heights, and Aquinas who were all awesome competitors! The boys did great too! To sum the whole meet up, it was a success :) and I totally cannot wait till our next one, which is this upcoming Friday, so woot woot! Be there or be square ;)
And after the meet a few of us runners got together and drove to Steak and Shake and just chilled, it was great and well deserved for our hard work ;) I totally got the double chocolate shake and ate that whole thing in like 2sec! it was soooooooooo good haha
Well, i think i've painted a pretty accurate picture of the meet that happened today, and now will let your eyes rest from reading this post (and well let myself catch some well needed shut eye) :) Later dudes!
peace
~Annie
So yeah, the 3rd Indoor Track meet of the season went on today and it went stupendously!! Running started at noon, so I still got to sleep in (thank god!) and was able to grab a bite before running :) I ran in the DMR (Distance Medley Relay) which goes in this order of legs: 1200m - 400m - 800m - 1600m. I thankfully was the 400m leg and ran a 65sec which isn't bad, but I know I can go faster later in the season fo sho. Our DMR team did great too! We didn't win, but we held up a good fight against Manchester, who were trying to get a qualifying time for nationals, so we had a lot up against us, but hey! we didn't get lapped and that's all that matters ;)
Next, I ran the 1600 with 3 other fellow Trine ladies. I broke my PR with a 5:54! This is only the second time I've ever competed in this event, and considering I've cut off 8sec from my last time, I know I can only continue to go down :) My other fellow Trine 1600m runners also did great! Beating their goal time and snatching their own PRs so already, early in the meet and ultimately, in the entire season, everyone is running extremely well, and it's only gonna get better from here!
So finally, the last event I ran was the 4x4 Relay. We had a great team set up, but when the time came, only myself and the anchor were able to run it (one runner wasn't cleared and the other pulled her quad muscle in the 60m dash). Yeah, it sucked. So we both tried to recruit two other runners, because we both just really wanted to run this race. So who do we find? Two 3k runners, and the 3k race is right before the 4x4 relay! and they're not especially trained to run the 400m... But hey! I respect both them a lot and they were the only ones that had the guts to suck it up and run 400m! Well, I popped it (and i guess a lot of people don't understand that term, so what I mean by "pop" is starter/1st leg) and ran a good time, a 63/64sec and our 2nd and 3rd leg were our 3k runners who ran extremely well! Better than what they both thought they could run! One ran a 1min 14sec, and she was at least hoping for a 80sec! and our anchor totally booked it and, dudes, watching her run is sooooo awesome! she just like flies!! no joke! She also won the 800m race with a 2:28, which to her is going "easy" haha :P Well, we didn't win the 4x4, but we never expected that and just did it for fun. :) I looked at the opposing team's final time and if we had the team we were supposed to have, we totally woulda dominated that race! no joke! ahhhhhh! if only :P next time, we will!
Ahhhhh..., whew it was a longggggg day! And after the meet we got a team picture, I'll post them once they're up and done editing them. I don't know who won the meet or how many points each team had, we were up against Defiance, Manchester, Sienna Heights, and Aquinas who were all awesome competitors! The boys did great too! To sum the whole meet up, it was a success :) and I totally cannot wait till our next one, which is this upcoming Friday, so woot woot! Be there or be square ;)
And after the meet a few of us runners got together and drove to Steak and Shake and just chilled, it was great and well deserved for our hard work ;) I totally got the double chocolate shake and ate that whole thing in like 2sec! it was soooooooooo good haha
Well, i think i've painted a pretty accurate picture of the meet that happened today, and now will let your eyes rest from reading this post (and well let myself catch some well needed shut eye) :) Later dudes!
peace
~Annie
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