Spring

Now that it is spring the temperature has finally started to rise a little bit especially in the last few days. With the temperature finally increasing and winter coming to the end it is finally becoming warm enough to run outside more.

The first few weeks of track practice it wasn’t always warm enough to run outside and if it was there was snow covering the track so my track team would have to practice in the parking lot. When it was too cold in the beginning of the season and the basketball team was still practicing my team was unable to use one of the gyms so my track team had to practice in the hallways at the school but now all the snow is melted and we are able to go outside and actually run on the schools track.

The warmer temperatures in the spring are also better for running in track meets. So far yet this year my track team has only been able to run in one indoor meet and my track team was scheduled to run in two more outdoor meets but both were cancelled because it was too cold outside to run in a meet. Last year during track season a lot of our meets were also cancelled because it was too cold. I think there was a total of six meets cancelled last year but this week the weather is supposed to be a little warmer so hopefully we won’t have any more track meets cancelled and can run in the rest of our scheduled meets.

It is important to run in as many meets as we can in the beginning of the season in order to have more opportunities to qualify for the drake relays. With warmer weather it is easier to have more outdoor meets to run in so there will be more opportunities to qualify. I am very happy that the spring has finally arrived and the temperature is starting to increase especially as a runner because it allows me to be able to run outside more and to be able to run on the track during practice. I am also excited to be able to have the opportunities to run in more outdoor meets this year then I ran in last year during track season.  (386)