Re-evaluation

I did my trial run, i was almost not going to but i decided i had nothing to lose. It was a lovely morning and so nice being at the oval with only one other person and running as the sun rises! I have missed the track. So i warmed up and ran my 1500m in... 5 minutes and 25 seconds. It is not a fast time but i felt as ease and strangely relaxed after trialing myself! It was all i wanted to do and it was the deciding factor to not put myself under stress of competing at the states, i wish i could of don't get me wrong, but my time was more on the slower side than i would have liked to compete with. I think in the situation i could be able to get to 5 minutes which is quite good with no actual track training! i have to commend myself on that at least :) Friday night came and went and i felt uneasy and a little list not competing honestly but it is gone now. I will be back somehow. Next year i may be in a rural area and not able to get to states but i will somehow compete in a track competition in the future. For now i will set new goals, i will look at the cross country and winter season which is something i haven't really done before!
That makes it quite exciting :) usually after the athletics season finishes i rest injuries and never focus on long distance, but now i am determined and almost ready to go now! I'm waiting for the winter program to come out, but i know i have a few runs in sight:

1. Gallipoli run on the 22nd April

2. HBF run for a reason 27th May

3. CITY TO SURF!!! 28th August

And my goals? The city to surf one is easy - break 50 minutes. But i would also like to break 19 minutes for the 5km and maybe there will be a competition at the end of the year i can aim for, we will see. I was excited looking up rural places to go for medicine next year and i found Broome has a little athletics track that runs over the winter season due to the heat. I would LOVE to do my placement over there and help out at their little athletics centre! I could help them train and also train with them and get experience up North with both medicine and the local community - it sounds amazing if it could happen :)

I had a nice time at a 21st last night and met some people i hadn't seen in a while. It was a cartoon theme and although i wasn't sure what character i was i enjoyed being some sort of flower fairy, but i loved some of the costumes there!