Anna Elkin Race Report: Record Setting Weekend!

This past weekend I raced at Jaguar Relays at Flower Mound. I was really looking forward to racing again because I had just had two really hard weeks of training and I knew that this was going to be another chance to race district competition. Going into the two mile my plan was the same as most races. I really wanted to go out hard, hold on for the second mile, and hopefully PR. I felt really good during the race and I ran pretty even splits. I won the race and ended up running 10:35 which was a big PR and a stadium record. But what I was most excited about was that I broke our school record. My goal for the whole season has been to break it so I was very happy that it finally happened. I think it would be easy to become complacent because I achieved my goal, but for me this is just step in accomplishing bigger goals. It was nice to enjoy the success for the weekend but Monday morning I knew it was time to get back to work. Overall, I was extremely happy with how the race went and I am excited for what's to come. Also, special shout out to my teammate and best friend Abby Riordan for her two-mile PR. I know she may not have finished in the place she wanted but she stuck to her race plan and it made me super happy to have her running with me for the first couple of laps. Later that day I ran the 1600 and the 4x4. In the mile I ran 5:04 and got 2nd. Looking back, I didn't run a very smart race because I didn't fully commit to my race plan. Even though this race didn't go as I had hoped, I think I learned a lot and I know what I need to do differently in the races to come. The countdown to district is almost under 20 days & the state meet countdown is almost under 50 so at this point in the season I am really working towards my ultimate goals and just trying to get better every day. This past weekend definitely made me very excited for what's to come.