Margot ran her second ever cross country meet today, at Mt. Sac. She finished 32 out of 106 in her race, and was pretty upset that she thinks she could have done much much better.
Before the race we had watched other races finish ( it’s a big event with teams from all over), and she was freaked out to see runners puking and collapsing at the finish, some getting medical attention or needing help to stand. She told me she was scared. Her friend was running, they run together a fair bit and had finished last week almost together. We figured out her strategy to let Emma set the pace and then if she could sprint at the end.
Unfortunately in the mass start she lost Emma, and told me later she sort of couldn’t decide on her pace because she was scared to beat herself up so much she would collapse so she said she just kind of ran but didn’t know how hard to push herself.
On the car ride home she was crying a bit, pretty upset. Emma just missed getting a medal that they give to the top 15, and Margot thinks she maybe could have done that, so she was sad. But we talked a bunch and she is determined to practice more, learn from this race, and do better next time.
