State Track Meet for Marissa

May 18 - Marissa has been sick for two days and still doesn't feel very well.  She is scheduled to run the 4x800 Meter Relay and the 3200 Meter Run.

One nice thing was that Mark was able to get off work in time to see the race and Jessica brought Jake to the meet to support her sister!

It is the first hot day in a long time.  I keep warning her to stay out of the sun and stay hydrated.  She constantly is walking around with her friends and cheering her other teammates on (which is a good thing) except that she needs to stay out of the heat).  She should be in an air conditioned room sleeping/resting and saving all her energy.

Anyway, the coaches take her out of the 4x800 to reserve her energy for the 3200 M.  Ally runs the first 2 laps - she does amazing and is the first team to pass the baton.  Erin Didier runs second and loses some ground on the second lap but we are still in 2nd place, Rowan is the third runner and she does a tremendous job keeping us up close handing off in 3rd place, Christina is moved to anchor and falls behind but overall the girls did great - finishing 7th overall.

At 6:45 (at least it was a bit cooler) Marissa and Shelby Adams ran the 3200 M.  Marissa had a fantastic start keeping her normal 1:20 pace but then wasn't able to maintain her goals.  She gave the race everything she had, but while being sick she just didn't have the energy to finish with her PR time.  She finished 11th overall with at time of  12:19.  She wasn't thrilled but she was happy she gave everything she had.  She looked exhausted while running - at any point I probably would have just stopped and walked or passed out.  We were all so proud of her for giving everything she had and wished she felt better!

Lap 7 or 8 - she looks so exhausted