We had our home meet this past Friday in the cornfields across the street, and lots of fans came out in the wet mud to cheer us on. A good 20% of the trail was deep, slushy, slippery mud which really slowed us down, but most of us had a lot of fun with it anyway.
I personally started out the race way too fast and then had a lot of trouble half way through, but I was really thankful for all the encouragement from the sidelines and was proud to be able to finish. Our top runners came in first in each race for the second time now, and both made it as SLIAC Runners of the Week!
Before practice yesterday we shared gratitude, and one of my teammates said he was grateful that we still have meets like the Cowbell Classic and hopes we always will. I agree. For those who don't know, "Cowbell" is what we call our home meet, and the tradition goes that visiting teams bring pie as their entry fee, and we get to eat the pie after we race! This year it had been raining for a solid couple of days beforehand, so the meet was very wet, but it was worth every minute, and as that same teammate pointed out, it just means we'll never forget it.
It continues to be pretty wet and overcast, but we've been doing lots of fun work-outs on the track and the less muddy trails around campus. When it's actually raining, we meet at our athletic facility that's got an indoor track, and on those days, every other team is in their too. It's one of the only times that we get to feel like a whole Principia team, instead of just our individual sport teams.
Amber Dahlin
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