24-hour relay

Last Friday and Saturday, the Easley High School Track and Cross Country teams hosted the 2nd annual 24-hour relay. The hours were divided into six teams that were given a color for their team name. I got put on the white team, so I had to run from 4-8 Friday afternoon and 4-8 Saturday morning. That's the design for the t-shirt I made for myself, since we didn't have team t-shirts. I drew the cow myself!

As I began to run the first mile, everything felt great. I continued to run and I got three miles done no problem. After I chilled for a while with Mara, I continued to run. Around 5:30, I began to see the signs of a coming headache. "What a pain," I thought. I could only hope that it would come after 8:00 and leave when I slept. It came around 7:00, but at 7:30 Dad came and I went home. I had covered about 7-and-a-half miles.

I slept really well, and I didn't want to get up in the morning (at 4 o'clock!). But, sure enough, I crawled out of bed, put on the same clothes I wore the day before, and went back to the track. Luckily, my headache had completely left.

Man, it was cold! After thirty minutes of running, I was all warmed up, and I wanted to keep moving. But I went over and sat next to the fire pit, which was incredibly welcomed. I alternated between running and sitting by the fire, until I was done with all fifteen of the miles we were supposed to do (at around 6:30)! I had the rest of the time to relax and chat with Mara.

I was looking forward to seeing the sun rise, but it was kind of lame. The clouds were on the horizon, so I didn't get to see much. It was interesting, though, to see everything turn from pitch black to bright and visible.

I slept and was lazy for the rest of the day, so it was all good.