Track in Interior Alaska

Today was the first "mini" track meet for Region 6 which means that not all events were run or "fielded". Both the West Valley and Lathrop track infields are still covered by at least one foot of snow. In general, our track season in Interior Alaska is so short compared to the Lower 48 and even to Anchorage as ANC has a dome available. As Heather says, here you "race" into shape. Though today was sunny it was still quite chilly; when Megan's first race started it was 37 degrees.

Remember the trampoline and the girls from last week's blog? Well, Heather ended up spraining her ankle so she still isn't running yet. So it's all about Megan.........

Here's a few pictures of Megan running the 1600 meters. She ended up coming in 4th with a time of 5:52 (I think.)

Megan also ran the 800 meter as well.

Megan came in 3rd with a time of 2:36.

Megan did well for her first High School Track meet. Perhaps next week, Heather will be joining her and maybe just maybe more of the infield snow will be gone.