PR-----YEAH!!!

For the past few days I have been in Irvine California soaking up the sun which means sunburn for my white skin. I went to the beach one day and then just spent the rest of the time relaxing like it was spring break.

My first track meet of the year was yesterday. I was nervous because I have been out of action for several months with my knee being injured. I’ve been slowly building back up, but my knee is only letting me do about ¼ of the normal workouts. It’s okay though, I focus on quality versus quantity.

I had an awesome day in practice Monday which led me to believe I could come in at start at an opening height of 5’2 ½’’. I cleared it, then 5’ 4 ½’’, 5’6’’, then 5’ 8''! PR stands for Personal Record in track and that just what I did; I set a new personal best for myself. I had one decent attempt at 5’10’’, but the other 2 weren’t as pretty. My first attempt, however, led me to believe that the height is not out of my reach.

I placed 2nd overall and received a nice complement from one of the officials. She said, “You are by far my favorite jumper out here today. It didn’t matter what happened here [she pointed to the mat], you always kept a beautiful smile.” I thought that was really nice of her to say. I simply was smiling because I got my first opportunity to attempt 5’10’’.