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November 19, 2007
Utter Defeat
Well, the results are in and let me just say - they do not look good for me. O put the hurt on me in the NCAA DI National Fantasy Cross Country Champs. Serious hurt.
I'll get straight to it - he beat me 32 to 63. And he's gloating right now. A lot.
Where did I go wrong you ask? I had no 5th runner!!! Geez. I had 2 gals blow up and a 3rd run a bit subpar and before you know it my score was sky-rocketing. O's team, on the other hand, held it together. He went 1-3-4-11-13. Where does he find these random runners from Northern Arizona I ask you?!
O did later inform me that if I had chosen Nicole Bush from Michigan State as I had been pondering, I would have beat him by 1 point. Big mistake. For pete's sake, I RAN IN THE BIG TEN! I should know - those girls are tough and betting against them is never smart. Alas, lesson learned. The score (we started this in 2003) is now O -3, me - 2. We shall see what 2008 holds. :)
Fantasy cross country aside, I did a little cycling this morning! I dusted old Scotty off and rode for an easy 45 minutes this morning before work. Down in the aero-position I was wondering how I rode like that for 2.5 hours about 9 days ago? Regardless, it felt great to know that my body still works and my legs haven't fallen apart. Tomorrow morning - a very short run. Then perhaps a swim on Wednesday.
Good night everyone!
Posted by beth at November 19, 2007 6:53 PM
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Here's the official scoring:
BETH'S TEAM
2 Jenny Barringer Colorado
6 Emily Harrison Virginia
8 Nicole Blood Oregon
9 Arianna Lambie Stanford
38 Lindsay Donaldson Yale
(62)Teresa McWalters Stanford
(247) Liz Costello Princeton
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63 Total
O'S TEAM
1 Sally Kipyego Texas Tech
3 Susan Kujiken Florida State
4 Diane Nukuri Iowa
11 Brianna Felnagle UNC
13 Alexandra Kosinski Oregon
(30)Ilsa Paulson N Arizona
(80)Nicole Edwards Michigan
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32 Total
So, I was suggesting to Beth to have a blog-wide XC fantasy draft next year. I'll gladly volunteer to record the picks and do the scoring. That would make picking people a little tougher if more than just two people are drafting.
Go Northern Arizona Lumberjacks!!!!
Posted by: O at November 19, 2007 7:26 PM