..9th is better than eighth

...so the geelong champs today. i entered the 400 and it was NOT and overage event, it was just plain OPEN
eek- so i was pretty nervous and pacing aoround the house so dropped into the track first to kill soe tie, drove to geelong and umm got lost-apparently the new geelong ring road-whatever ..the one road used to go past kardinia park..and then i see a road saying hailton(i 'malready driving with the melways on my lap-wondering why there are NO names for streets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyway eventually got there
..warm ups etc felt pretty good then over to the start
2 heats... ugghghghgh shouldnt have asked the girls what they would run-60s ..go and talk to stu who says well dont worry about this other girl who is sub 60 eek
anyway as it happens 4 girls in my heat when 60 or under and i cam 6th -was closing on the 5th girl but am kinda glad i never caught her or i would have been in the final and a MILE behind.. so in this particular case- 9th was better than 8th...qualification was first 3 in each heat, then next two fastest... all 5 went through from my heat!!!
anyway i slogged my guts out into a nasty wind and came away with 68.10 which is a season best(SB) and my second fastest all time(still a way off 66.2 tho-i must have run super well at the masters last year-still a long way to get back to there)-it was more like a time trial for the first 300-4 girls were 20 or more metres ahead - 1 way back and one around me
so a productive day-lots of self doubt on the line..why am doing this.etc etc.. wasnt humiliated, am happy with the run..but it was tough
..anyway the 800 tomorrow, where again there is going to be some super fast girls..hopefully some around me though...but whilst my mind is going crazy-i am full of nerves already tomorrow, i am glad i entered.i just have to suck it up- even if i come last its not so bad i spose