saturday was our city championship meet. it was the first year that i ran city. we came in second to nothside at sectionals so i was really nervous leading up to the race. this was a new course this year. instead of washington park it was held at promitory point (53rd st.) rite on the lake. i was very cold and windy but we all wore unerarmor and tights and we barely noticed the cold. i know that all of us were feelingh the pressure that da- even steph who had that girl from young behind her. roof basically told us thatif we wanted a shot at the championship, we all had to pass at least ne northside girl. i think every one really stepped up and there were some amazing races. steph pineda pr'ed by almost 1:30 and ran 3rd from lane- 6th overall. steph ran 18:05(beat piotr's pr) i ran 20:28ish- pr! leslie pr'ed too. it was a really impressive day. i was happy cuz i managed to get ahead of this northside girl who beat me last week and i finished 10th! when i crossed the line i was fallling over but tony grabbed me and said that he thought we did it. but then kori and the other coaches told us that they werent sure - we might have missed it by a couple points. we were all so nervous leading up to awards- we kept trying to count the points but we werent sure of some finishes. i told kori that i should have run faster- but she told me that i was not allowed to be disappointed or feel bad- that i did more than they even expected. at awards we were all sitting together. as they announced the top five teams leslie, steph p, and i all held hands and held our breath. we started cheering as soon as they announced that nothside and young had tied for second. that was one of the best feelings- walking hand in hand w/ my teammates to gete our city plaque. we took like 1million pictures and everybody was going crazy. then we went to congratulate the second place teams. northside was really mad about that- they didnt even want to get up and they barely shook our hands. young was really cool abt it- they were smiling and congratulating us. i have been so happy with this season as a whole. i set two goals for myself at the beginning of the season. 1) break 21 min and 2) make top ten at city. not to mention i wanted to be able to say i contributed to my team winning city for the 5th year in a row. i broke 21 and stayed under for 2 races and i was 10th. i am usually scared to set big goals but i am glad that i did - cuz accomplishing goals makes everything you do seem that much better.