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September 26, 2004
Busy Saturday
My alarm went off at 6 a.m. and I did not think twice about resetting the alarm for 7:30 a.m. I could not even imagine getting up to run. I was exhausted. Once I woke up I had to head to the bagel shop to buy some breakfast for the team. The bus was leaving at 8 a.m. and fortunately I made it on time.
The women had their second meet of the season at Franklin Park on Saturday. The first meet of the season the women won. This meet on Saturday would be much bigger and the women would face more teams from our conference. I was really excited to see the team race on a course that I was so familiar with from my college days.
While the team was warming up one of the women fell and cut her knee very badly. The cut was so deep that she had to be delivered to the hospital in an ambulance for what turned out to be 21 stitches. This women was our 5th runner. Meanwhile, our #2 runner had a bruised toe from a bad landing she made in her dance class. Things were not looking very good. I was anxious for the race. Once the race started our women looked to be in good positions on the course. I ran all over the course and was able to see them about six times on the course. In the end our women took third place overall and we were the second collegiate team at the event. Bates, was the only college team to beat us. The entire team was very excited.
It was almost 6 o'clock by the time we returned to campus. I spent the entire ride back talking to two of the women on the team. I was beat when I returned to my house. I was hoping to go for a run but I decided to take a nap instead. I slept soundly for two hours. I then called up my very good friend who I was going to meet in Hartford, CT for some drinks. My friend had her wedding shower on Saturday afternoon and since I had missed it, I was really anxious to catch up with her before she went home to DE. I did not get in touch with her so I left a message. While I was waiting for her to call back I feel asleep again. When I woke up an hour later I had a message from her saying she was on her way to Hartford. By that time I was not in the mood to go but I knew I'd really regret it if I did not go. I decided to drive to CT and when I met my friend and her friends I was very glad I went. I spent about two hours with them before driving to my parent's house in CT to sleep.
Posted by mary at September 26, 2004 6:50 PM