Ventura County Cross-Country Championships [Lake Casitas, Ojai]

It was hot, dusty dirty, and bittersweet. I did not do well as I hoped. But everything else was fine.

[Here's me after my race. I realized half through the meet that it would be my last time I will ever be at Lake Casitas. No more races here, so I had to take a picture of how gorgeous the lake is]

[Josh is running the sophomore race]

[Varsity girls race]

[Sarah Baxter the fastest girl in the country. She's the greatest runner to have ever run this course]

[The runner wearing the green "P" ran her heart out]

[I saw a squirrel munching on som grass]

I have ran that course twice every year since I was a freshman (4x8=24). I regret to say that I did not finish it with my best time. I was a bit disappointed in myself throughout the rest of the race. I still am.

Freshman year (1st time): 28:01

Senior year (last time): 23:21 (I know I am in tears)

A five minute difference. That's about 3/4 of a mile faster. I gave %100 of what I had.

The bus ride home was nice. My head half-out of the window. The cool breeze and dusk falling in on the Ojai Valley. The sky so clear and crisp I could just make out the Islands across the ocean. Senior year goes by so fast.

One more meet. One last chance to break 20 minutes.