Mostly a pretty awful day. I got my escape to Stanton today and got to miss my 2nd and 3rd blocks which was nice. And being around William and Isa and Annie really cheered me up. But on the way back, I was like... damnit, I'm going back to school. I don't want to go back. So I tried to enjoy the rest of the bus ride, but it was hard. Nipe asked if I was leaving, and I was like nah, I'm just going to get my stuff and walk around. So I did that for the rest of school. Track meet.... track meet. It started off awful. Then I talked to Camila which was really nice. And then I talked to Tim which made me forget a little bit of the day. I felt confined in the school so I went out and sat on the ledge, and started to tan. Yeah shut up, I'm trying to get rid of this awful farmers tan. I was laying out with my bandanna over my eyes, and Maria came and smacked me on the head. She's a weird one. But I felt like she would help put me in a good mood, so I walked up with her to the track.
She didn't want to vault, so I had to convince her to, and of course, she wasn't ready to vault. But she's in 8th grade. I talked to the coach, and if I can find time, I'll be able to vault. Mmm... I helped the vaulters for a little bit, and then I went to warm up for my mile. The mile it self was good. Bair was timing for me, so I felt like I had to do better. I was in 5th the whole time until I hit 1100 meters and Hayden came up on me. I raced him for 400 more meters, and we caught two people but it turned out he had faster longer strides than me. I ran a 5:07 by Jefferson's clock. Eh, it's okay. But Hayden patted me on the back after and was like good race man, and I was like oh yeah. And right before I did my 400 he patted my back and was like good luck. Heh... I won his respect. I started thinking...damnit... I have to run a 4x400 in like 45 minutes. I tried to gulp down as much water as I could. Hah... like 10 minutes before it was time to race, then sun was blocked by clouds and a nasty wind picked up and brought really cold air with it.
Ugh... Our race was going really good. Ben had us in first, and I was like YEAH!! Then Z fought to keep us right on fort's tail, and Michael got it, and he started to get further back, but he was still within 10 meters, and when I was lining up, I looked over, and I saw Alonso. I was like.. Oh god. Fuck. I have to race Alonso. I thought about just walking it. I really did. I got the baton and took off, and I hung on Alonso for a little, then he just gained and gained and gained. It was a lost cause. When I whipped around the 200 I got nailed in the face with wind, and I was trying to just push through it. But I was so pissed when I hit 300. The wind died. Right then. It died. It didn't push me like I'd been hoping so I could recover. It just died. I was like, now I'm left with no energy, and I have 100 meters left. But I looked over, and Shroades and Hayden were like YEAH!! RUN FICHTER!! and I was like. Oh...okay... I guess I can kinda do it. I ended up with a 60.2 and I know that would have been faster with out the wind. I know it. Even Loughran said it would be. But he also said I'm running 4x400 next wednesday. Fuuuck no.
Oh. I saw Aaron today. WOO!! and Jefferson. WOO!!!! and Tom. WOO!!!!
"Nice race man."