Today was the first of 2 Olympic sprint trials races. It was a 1.4km classic sprint here in Canmore. After a stressful week back home in the 'Ham I was happy with my 7th place finish.
In the morning qualifier I finished 5th. It was a warm day so I thought that I wouldn't get race cough today. I was very wrong. Pretty much everyone that I saw cross the finish line felt like their lungs were going to explode. It is not a pleasant feeling. Then when I went inside it sounded like a smokers convention with all the coughing. I always think that it is crazy that we can push our bodies so hard that we make ourselves cough because we have shredded our lungs.
I came second in my quarter final later in the day. In my semi final I was a hurting unit, feeling a little pooped after climbing the giant hill in the course at full speed twice already that day. I ended up making it into the B final and was able to pull it together and win that final to take 7th place.
I was happy with my results but I know that it will not be enough to get me an Olympic spot. Tomorrow we race the exact same race all over on the exact same course. The purpose of this is to make sure that they take the most consistent sprinters to the Olympics. It will be a long hard day all over but it should be fun to see how people handle the course after learning how to race it today.
Bye for now!
Kate
Saturday, December 19, 2009
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