Cross Country Sectional Meet Reflection
October 29, 2016 I was competing in the IHSA cross country sectional meet in an effort to advance my team to the state finals which was the following week. I finished the race and was immediately rushed to an urgent care facility where I found out I had pneumonia. The week leading up up to the race I was home sick several days with an upper respiratory infection but knew I had to get back to training in order to support my team as I was the number three runner. Seven days later I raced at the State Meet still severely hindered by the effects of pneumonia, and ran minimally one minute slower than what I had trained to run. As a runner, the sport is year round, with competitive training beginning in January for track through summer into the