Swiss Track Meet #2

I started the day off in Ibach with the 100m. I ran a 17.59 which I was pretty happy with, I ended up in second behind Ilana who ran a 17.39. It was a good race, but for me I felt like it was just a warm up, I wasn't feeling that great going into it. The 400m was just after lunch and the first 200m and last 100m were super, the curve in the middle there was a headwind that hit me hard, but I made a good hustle to the finish line and finished second with a time of 1:02.24. My 200m was a spectacular race. I ran a 32.46 and was second behind a winning time of 32.34. The last 30m felt outstanding in particular, but I really felt like I nailed the start and wouldn't have changed a thing with how I ran it. It was nice to end the meet feeling happy with the race. And... my teammate Amanda McGrory got a new World Record in the women's 5000m!!! She broke her old world record by 10 seconds! Way to go Amanda!

In other news... I decided to run the half marathon tomorrow. I figured I'm in Switzerland, so why not? And, I hadn't realized that there was a half marathon in addition to the full. There are 12 women registered so it should be a good race, I'm looking forward to it.

I will say, I am looking forward to getting back to the states. My roommate Cheri described our time in Switzerland quite well... it's like being away at summer camp. For those of you who know me, you know how much I love being away at summer camp, but also how ready you are at the end to go back home. The people, the atmosphere, the camraderie is all fantastic, but you do reach a point where you're ready to go back. Though, when I return there won't be much of a break, I will have 18 days until leaving for US Trials (and a short trip back to Boston in there as well). So training will resume as usual....

I'm off to get organized since we race tomorrow and then leave quite early on Sunday for the airport. I will try and post results tomorrow when I get back from the race. The half marathon starts at 4:45 PM tomorrow night so we may not be back until late, but I'll try! Thanks for reading.