OOOOOH THE AGONY! [Palos Verdes Cross-Country Invitational]

I'm tired. Really tired. Today we rode the bus two hours down to Palos Verdes. It was gorgeous there! The weather was perfect (kinda) and the ocean was sparkling blue!

The race was a two mile course that was a bit hilly but only contained one hill appropriately named "Agony Hill" for its ability to make even the strongest runners to walk.

When I had my own race at 2:30 for the being the 7th fastest JV runner apparently the weather was a bit on the warmer side. When I started the race I was unprepared for the kinda pace I was supposed to be running. I started out with a three mile pace but I soon had to speed up because everyone was going FAST! I ran the race smoothly until I reached Agony Hill. That was absolute HELL! My thighs were burning and I tried passing some dude who kept blocking me. I didn't walk even though I really really wanted to. There was also hay bales we had to jump over and there were 11 scattered throughout the entire course.

I loved this race. It's gorgeous. The course is 2 miles and just also hanging out with my XC made it all worth while. We did our best and we will do better next meet :)

GOOD JOB TRITONS! WE SURVIVED AGONY HILL!

[So gorgeous. I envy the people that live here]

[Part of the lovely course. It was the Hell]

[Our spot as well as my trusty blanket]

[Going up Agony Hill is not fun]

[This VW is perfect in every way. I really wanted it]

[Nothing beats finishing a race than walking to Fresh and Easy to eat mini-hamburgers and Hot-Fries]

[Striders]

[Yes]

[Messy, Messy, Messy]

[Dig Deep Dino Daw]

[Lovely team encouragement in the coaches race!]