Oh, boy.

Today we had practice, but yesterday was pictures. There weren't enough uniforms to go around--the competition team got uniforms first--so we had to wear the competition team's sweatshirts, while they wore their uniforms. I don't think the picture turned out too badly, but you never know. Anyway, today was practice. We were timed on our sprints and I did terribly. It was a horrible time; I don't even want to put it here. So I won't. :-)
Love,
Caiti
P.S. It's April! Why is it so cold?????

More practice.

So today we had practice, and thank God, we skipped our ab work and just did a quick warm-up and some sprints. That's it! That's because we had to do some other stuff, but I have to say it was pretty nice to skip the crunches. And today's weather was beeeeeautiful. It was clear, and warm--although it rained as soon as I set foot on the late bus. I even ran the whole warm-up lap without stopping to walk once. It was a pretty good day, all in all!
Love,
Caiti

A great quote.

"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you don't stop."

--Confucius

A close-up look at my track bag!

Since I'll have track practice tomorrow, I've decided to allow you an *exclusive* glimpse inside my track bag. And it's usually not this neat--if I were writing this post after track, it would be a crazy mishmash of clothes, empty granola bar wrappers, empty Gatorade bottles, etc.--but since I have it packed for tomorrow's practice already, I present to you: "My Track Bag."

• Navy-blue Soffe shorts
• Mint green and silver Saucony sneakers
• Socks
• Hair ties
• Hair brush
• Headbands
• Deodorant
• Gatorade
• Lotion
• Granola bars
• Gray Hollister sweatshirt
• Turquoise T-shirt

I probably don't even need most of this stuff. I need the clothes. The hair ties have been there since the first day, untouched, since I always have a hair tie around my wrist anyway. The brush--mostly, after track, I just leave my hair in its messy bun and go home, so I don't even really need it. Of course, I do need the granola bars, the clothes, the deodorant, and the sneakers--sneakers are so important!

Love,

Caiti

Rainy days means indoor practice!

I had track practice Thursday, and yes, it's Sunday morning, but I've been a real lazy-butt and haven't updated in a while, so apologies for that. It was rainy and yucky Thursday, which meant we basically just did drills and warm-ups inside, along with the daily ab work and form work. To top it off, we ran ten minutes at race-pace, stretched, and went inside. All in all, it was a pretty boring day, but that's okay.
Anyway, according to my coach, the sprinters on the competition team did pretty badly at their first practice alone, so the non-competition team is getting a chance to go to the high school--basically giving us a chance to be on the competition team. We go Wednesday. I'm pretty excited!