Today I ran in my second race of the series. It was on the same course in the Killarney National Park. It rained.
Although I have been sick all week, I was still excited about the race. I didn't have a temperature and my cold hadn't moved into my chest, so my dad said that I could run. Just as well - I want to win the series:)
I didn't think I would run very well as I haven't trained all week because of my sickness.
I did a warm up jog and some strides with my dad and my younger sister, Olivia, before taking my place at the start.
We went off a bit quicker this week and settled into a group of runners. We went through the first mile in 7:40 and then slowed a bit. I could feel the cold forcing me to slow down and we went through the second mile in 7:48.
I knew I was leading the under 15's as I could see everybody in front of me as they came back along the course. I found the third mile tough and slowed down on the long uphill section. Once I got to the top of the hill I started to run faster and sprinted away from dad. Yet again he blamed his gammy leg. He said that Doc Poulsen's going to chop it off for him - whatever that's about!
I came first in the under 15 girls and that's two races and two wins. The final race of the series is next week and I'm excited:) Hopefully, I'll be feeling much better and will set a new pr:)
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