Most of us were up early the next morning on a warm Adelaide day to prepare for our next event... the 800m!! We had one runner in the men's and 4 of us girls in the heats! We were lucky enough to catch a lift to the stadium with a UWA coordinator and not have to catch a taxi. At the stadium we did our warm up and got called into the marshelling area as they counted the number of participants wrong and thought they could squish us into a straight final tomorrow, but finally figured we needed 3 heats for us all! I was just glad to run the race today as i couldn't wait a whole one more day! After my 1500m i still had very little idea as to how fast my 800ms are atm but didn't expect anything great!
I was in the 2nd heat, the race was a bit of a blur really, i started in lane 5 and we all move to the inside lanes after 100m. The faster runners took to the front right away and i kept with my goal of sticking to the back of them. The first lap went in what seemed like a flash but was 1.11min, on the second i was expecting the same lactic burn as in the 1500m but it was no where near as bad! maybe i didn't try as hard :P but i crossed in 2.32.11min which wasn't too bad considering, my PB is 2.19 and i hope to break that this coming season! It was a relief to have that one done too and was i was so happy for the other 3 girls who made the final, go UWA!!!
 |
| Women's 800m heats UWA represent!! |
By lunch time we all took advantage of the lunch break and enjoyed a nice relax by the track :)
That afternoon the relays started!! Given i pulled out of the individual 400m race i was keen to run the 4x400m relays, but we already had 4 stronger 400m runners who had a great chance of a place on the podium! They all ran so well in the straight final and in the end won a convincing silver!! Great job girls!!
 |
| Girls 4x400m relay team silver! |
The guys had the 4x100m race and having a 5km runner, 3km steeplechase runner, a pole vaulter and a 1500m runner who rarely sprint in their life they did well in the relay and had a bit of fun along the way :)
 |
| Guys 4x100m relay team Bear aware style |
Moni and Amy also had their 400m women's final and with a great race Moni finished with a bronze!! The girl who won gold is amazing and won the 100m, 200m and 400m way ahead of the field, such as inspiration to watch her run she is so strong!! It made me determined to get back into sprinting and the 400m's :)
 |
| Start of the women's 400m final |
 |
| Post 400m run, a solid effort!! |
 |
| Moni with her bronze :) |
A highlight of the track was when the red bull truck came, but instead of giving out red bull they gave out free iced coffee!! I don't drink coffee but anything free is good and didn't mind a few sips :)
 |
| Iced coffee at the track |
After a successful and exciting day 2 we headed back on the bus the our apartments. While some went out partying those of us who stayed went to a Mediterranean restaurant down the road and had half price pizza's and pasta yum! Before heading back and chatting in our room, the girls had an early night for their 800m final the next morning and some of the guys had the 5km run early on which i was looking forward to watching!!
No comments:
Post a Comment