TRACK IS AWESOME AND AWFUL PT. 2.5/ THEME UPDATE AGAIN

Anyway getting back to the second meet. It was around 2:45 when we got to Union which was the high school where the second meet was taking place. My friends Jack, Carson, and I went into the school to get changed into our track shorts and jersey. I was so glad that I brought athletic underwear that day because the track shorts are extremely small and my thighs are whiter than a ginger covered in sun lotion. I mean seriously it is pretty and and I need to change that.... or just bring athletic shorts to every meet. Knowing me I'll probably just do the latter. Anyway so we go in the school and Carson and I are getting changed in the mens bathroom with a few others from our team. Once we're done changing we realize that somehow we lost Jack. We started heading towards the field thinking that he probably headed there since e was changed before we got on the bus to Union. We found him on our way there and we all just continued to walk to the track.

When we got to the place we realized IT WAS UN-GODLY WINDY. I MEAN HOLY $π!† THE WIND WAS MOVING LIKE 20-25 MPH. CARSON ACTUALLY GOT MY BLANKET, TIED THE TOP AROUND HIS NECK, GRABBED THE BOTTOM AND JUMPED UP. WHEN HE JUMPED UP THE WIND CARRIED HIM BACK AN INCH OR TWO AND HE SAT IN THE AIR FOR LIKE A SECOND. IT WAS INSANE. So it stayed that windy for the entire meet which was really a pain in the end when the sun set because it got super cold. So in my race the 100 meter I got second against two other people. It wasn't my greatest race because again I stood up right away but it wasn't awful. After our respective race Carson, Jack, and I walked around cheering on other people in races and being cold. We hung out with other people. To name a few: Sydney, Patsy, Katie, and River (All girls). It's usual that if we hang with anyone outside of us that we'd hang with them because there are only three other freshman guys that run track and we don't really talk with the sophomores that often. Nearing the end the freshman girls got all the blankets they could and laid down close to each other making a sort of cuddle pile next to the baseball wall which was made of mesh so it only mostly protected you from the god-awful wind. I laid close to the wall to try and not have to deal with the wind so naturally I was nearby them as well. No I was not in the pile, because I'm a little wimp and I don't the guts for that. One of the girls I'm friends with named Sydney who I'm 75% sure was joking actually told em to come over and lie close to her. I hoped she wasn't kidding but the wussy part of me told me I shouldn't scoot closer so I just blushed and hid my face in my hood. I actually figured out that I like her more than a friend not the bus ride home. So the rest of that evening went on with everyone being cold and hoping the meet would end. The bus ride home was really fun because we stopped to get food which was good because I had run out of cereal. And on the bus my friends Carson, Jack, Sydney, and Haley played "Never Have I Ever" which is a game where you have a certain number of lives and you go around the circle saying something you've never done, and if you've done something someone says they haven't then you lose a life. During this game is when I figured out that I like Sydney. She's smart and funny and pretty. Anyway it was around 10:40 when we got back to the school and 11 p.m. when I got home. Of course I went straight to bed. End.

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Update: Hey Flies. If you haven't already noticed, I haven't been watching Hulu or YouTube at the end of each post. From now on I'm going just blog about whatever I want because I can. I doubt you will mind it because I bet $100 dollars that there isn't a single person that actually follows this blog or even looks at it other than my English Teacher Mr. Parker. So here's to you Mr. Parker, Peace out and sorry this post is kinda long.

Here's an update button and I couldn't find the url because it for some reason is blocked. Sorry Mr. P

TRACK/FIELD IS AWESOME AND AWFUL PT.2

I'm not going to be talking about hurdling or relays because those things don't take part in. I might do a relay in the future but for now I don't. Remember I'm a freshman in high school so I have a while in track to figure out if I want to do a relay or hurdles.

So right now I am a sprinter who does the 100 meter dash. I also do the long jump and the high jump.

The first meet I went to this season was in Tooele which is a good hour or more from Park City. The meet was very late and Track meets take a long time because there are a lot of events that need to happen on the same place so they're right after each other with almost no break in between. This first Track meet was a cool experience and I learned a lot of things: No phones on the track/field, BLOCKS ARE A PAIN IN THE A**, and that you should always bring snacks and a blanket. The snacks are because you WILL get hungry and the blanket is if it gets cold.

For my first race.... it was pretty awful. I was inexperienced with blocks and stood straight up as the gun went off. You don't want to stand straight up when accelerating in a sprint because it makes you less quick which determines the race in a 100 meter dash. In a race like the 3200 meter, which is the high school version of the 3000 meter at the Olympics, you don't need to have a lot of acceleration. You just need to be able to run for a long time. Anyway getting back to my first meet it was pretty uneven full with nothing particularly interesting happening. I only did the one event of 100m of which I got put in a heat with all seniors and one junior. Needless to say I came in last by a very noticeable margin. I got back to my house after the meet around 9:40.

My second meet was one of the best days of my year so far. We got out of school at 12:20 because the meet was in Union which 2+ hours away so that was awesome. The classes I missed that day are Math, which is my favorite academical subject but I hate the class since most of the people hat me for a reason I don't know and I like the teacher as a person but she's not the best teacher. And the second class I missed was Stage Tech which is a class supposed to be one semester long and I took it both semesters so I already knew all the stuff. Continued...

Here's a picture of some Running Blocks for those of you who don't know from here

TRACK/FIELD IS AWESOME AND AWFUL PT.1

Track is a sport that people compete in contests of running and jumping.

The running events are all about getting the fastest time. There are sprints, middle distance races, long distance races, hurdles, and relays. You can find all of this information here.

There are three sprinting events currently held at the Olympics: 100 meter, 200 meter, and 400 meter. The fastest time ever recorded at the Olympics for the 100 meter sprint is 9.63 seconds done by a famous runner named Usain Bolt from Jamaica. The fastest time recorded at the Olympics for the 200 meter is 19.32 seconds, again ran by Usain Bolt. The fastest time ever recorded for the 400 meter is 43.94 seconds ran by Kirani James from Grenada.

The middle distance running events are the 800 meter, 1500 meter, and mile run. The fastest time for the 800 meter is 1 minute and 40.91 seconds ran by David Lekuta Rudisha from Kenya. For the 1500 meter the fastest time is 3 minutes and 33.11 seconds ran by Asbel Kipruto Kiprop from Kenya. And lastly for the mile the fastest time is 3 minutes and 43.13 seconds by Morroco's Hicham El Guerrouj. 

The long distance running events are the 3,000 meter steeplechase, 5,000, meters, and 10,000 meters. The fastest time for the 3,000 meter steeplechase is 8 minutes and 5.81 seconds from Ezekiel Kemboi from Kenya. For the 5,000 meter run the fastest time is 12 minutes and 53.82 seconds by Kenensina Bekele from Ethiopia. And for the 10,000 meter the fastest time is 27 minutes and 1.17 seconds by Kenensina Bekele. 

Pic from unisci

Now, let me get something straight. These people are IN-F***ING-SANE. They have trained most of their life to get even a slim chance at going the Olympics or another large sports gathering. An example of how super human these people are is that remember when I said the fastest time for the 100m sprint was 9.63 seconds? That means this guy is moving more and a meter per second. Which probably means their stride is also longer than a meter because if you're moving as fast as you possibly can than that means that you will probably not be taking more than one step a second. For all of you who follow the imperial system more than the metric system. One meter is about 3.28 feet. so the 100 meter is about 328 feet long.