Today I woke up late, so I didn't get breakfast, I couldn't find my shoes, and I ran in my pajamas! I forgot to take my inhaler before the warmup. I tried right after but it didn't have time to take effect so it didn't work. It seemed that today, at seven am, was hotter than yesterday at ten am! We did eight strides. During those I felt really sick to my stomach and it was difficult to make my air way open. Breathing through a coffee straw is icky. After those we did four Bessie loops. Those are a KILLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I kept having flash backs of past races. I could almost hear Bill yelling at me 'Do a speed change!' 'Push it! Use your knees!' or something like that. It was a tough mental block to get through but I kept having to tell myself that I'm better than I was freshman year, I will be better than now if I get through this. Well after those I...well...to put it politely...lost that non exsistant breakfast in the bushes at the base of Bessie. We did that region course as our cooldown. During it I REALLY had to go potty, so I went potty and by the time I got out, everyone seemed done. But I wasn't. So I finished and then collasped in the park...Not in the shade. Taylor came and helped me up. Then I went home :) | 