Relays and Other Matters
The relays were today. Due to a schedule foul-up, where the first block started at 6:00 and the next one was not slated to start until 9:00, there was some interesting time-killing and phone calls going on. Under the rules, you can only run an hour ahead of time, so Mike ran as close to that as he possibly could. Some really good racing, a couple of bad falls, including Dani taking out Jeremy, which led to the comment: "she's so doing laps tomorrow". My butt still hurt (and my knee), but relays tend to be easier on me than individuals.
Here's the run down:
Classic 2 Lady: 3rd out of three. Less of a good race for us this time because Angie upgraded partners, so they were duking it out for 1st instead of 2nd. Mostly pretty clean tags, though my first one out was way early. My start was okay and we survived.
Classic 2 Mix: We had several scratches on this one, for which I was sort of glad. Serena pulled her hamstring and Amber pulled her groin. I hate to see my friends hurt, but 6 on the line is MUCH easier than 8 on the line. April jumped, so I almost got her on the start, but she said later she saw me going and was running for me. At least I was off the line pretty good. Beyond that, we got creamed. I nearly missed 2 tags due to getting trapped in the center when Dean was getting passed by the pack. That race is so much harder when I don't get a tag. We finished and amazingly, I did not cause any accidents going out for my tags.
Sean visited for my last race, to cheer me on and get house keys. Silly boy had locked himself out. He left after my race to go set a bug bomb. We had an inexplicable invasion of ants in the den, which Sean declared war on. I hate crawly things in my house, especially ants. Ewwwww. After the meet, I hit Red Robin with the team, then Sean and I went to the used bookstore and got bubble tea to wait out the bug bomb. I've had my nap, and now Sean is making me artichokes for dinner. Me = lucky girl.
Here's the run down:
Classic 2 Lady: 3rd out of three. Less of a good race for us this time because Angie upgraded partners, so they were duking it out for 1st instead of 2nd. Mostly pretty clean tags, though my first one out was way early. My start was okay and we survived.
Classic 2 Mix: We had several scratches on this one, for which I was sort of glad. Serena pulled her hamstring and Amber pulled her groin. I hate to see my friends hurt, but 6 on the line is MUCH easier than 8 on the line. April jumped, so I almost got her on the start, but she said later she saw me going and was running for me. At least I was off the line pretty good. Beyond that, we got creamed. I nearly missed 2 tags due to getting trapped in the center when Dean was getting passed by the pack. That race is so much harder when I don't get a tag. We finished and amazingly, I did not cause any accidents going out for my tags.
Sean visited for my last race, to cheer me on and get house keys. Silly boy had locked himself out. He left after my race to go set a bug bomb. We had an inexplicable invasion of ants in the den, which Sean declared war on. I hate crawly things in my house, especially ants. Ewwwww. After the meet, I hit Red Robin with the team, then Sean and I went to the used bookstore and got bubble tea to wait out the bug bomb. I've had my nap, and now Sean is making me artichokes for dinner. Me = lucky girl.