oct 7

 The worst pre-race jitters usually hit during warm-ups, when you're going through your drills and feeling the energy of the crowd. But for me, the fear was different. It hit when I opened my track bag and saw nothing but dirty clothes. My spikes were gone.

I tore everything out, throwing it around the grass. My brand-new, broken-in track spikes were nowhere to be found. It was my first high school district meet as a freshman, and I was running the 100-meter. The gun was going to go off in less than twenty minutes. ive never worn anything else