Finallyy!!

Well I am done with track! Wooooohoooo!!
Don't get me wrong i love it..i just love my afternoon naps and watching Ellen even more:)
I had regionals exactly one week ago and you will never guess what happened...
yes i fell. on the last hurdle. at the regional meet.
What can i say..i went out with a bang!:)
I couldn't help but laugh at myself because it such a typical "Mads" thing to do.

But here is a picture of the damage...not gonna lie..i felt perretty dang cool.
(This is actually a picture of the first time i fell..but they were basically the same)



Despite the falls..this was by far my favorite year of hurdling. I met some amazing people and it was just a blast.






Love these girls


the dreaded 300 hurdles

So this was freshmen year..but i just really like the picture:)

So now that track is done..i am getting ready for my next adventure.. The Grand Canyon.

In exactly one week from Friday I am hiking the Grand Canyon from rim to rim..and yes. I am freaking out. It is exactly 23.5 miles and I have no idea what I am getting myself into. All the advice I have is from C who hiked it four years ago...

heres C:



"It was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life."

Wish me Luck!:)

-Mads

Running running.....

This past Monday, I went out and did the 6.5 miles! I decided that the gym doesn't work for me for these longer runs. My arms get cramped from holding them up so that they don't hit the machine and it just gets way too hot.

This past Monday, the weather was in the 80's but there was a little breeze, so it actually felt really nice! I did a little loop that consisted of running by my church and my favorite grocery store. It included a hill, but of course I made sure that was in the first half rather than the second half!

And the miracle of this run was that I didn't have any music with me! I used my itouch so I could see how far I was going (used the nike hook-up), but my itouch doesn't have any music. It surprised me that I was able to run with just a song in my head! haha.

I ran at a REALLY slow pace though (that might also be due to the lack of no music and stopping for stoplights). I'm not going to worry about it for now, I am just going to try to increase my endurance.

-C