Went to the meet in pouring rain. It rained all evening, and it was freezing cold in the wind. Stayed under the covered bleaches, but was still cold. I'm taking 3200mg of Ibuprofen a day, so my legs were perfect - no pains whatsoever.
Did 200m first, warmed up for 0.5 mi, no time for strides - traffic was crazy and it took me almost 2 hours to get to the track, and 200m was the first event. Oh well. I got lane 6. Passed lane 7 within first 10 meters, and was running first. In the last 10m, lane 7 tried to stage a comeback, but I saw her from the corner of my eye, and made one final push. Got 33.5 - not as good as a month ago, but ok. Considering conditions and no one to chase, I'll take it. I won the event, as everyone else was slower. My knee was fine.
Then sat around for 1.5 hours waiting for the relay. I skipped 3000m for fear of aggravating the injury. Had to do another warmup as I was very cold and wet. Ran about 1200m for warmup. I was the anchor leg for the relay, but by the time I got the baton, we were so far behind, there was no way I could bridge it. I did catch up a lot though, but just ran out of distance. We won the meet though, so that was good, and I had fun, despite the dreadful weather. | 