We had a race at Wilmington this past weekend. It started out a little rough because Jessica Bryant was not able to run with us. Despite the fact that she was not able to participate, we all ran to the best of our abilities.

The weather started out to be decent, but later got colder and colder. The whole team did not take off our warm-ups until we got to the start line. We were waiting for about twenty minutes because of technical difficulties in just our uniforms, which are not very warm. Normally that would be okay, but all the runners became so cold!

We could not hear what the starter was telling us, but all of a sudden everyone started running. Because I was caught off-guard, I literally thought that the race was starting. Luckily, he was just telling us to do more stride-outs to stay warm. Other teams that were beside us started running as fast as they could also. Once we realized what happened, we all started to laugh. We were able to meet people from another team this way, which was nice. It kept our attention away from the cold.

The course was a faster one for us. Many of us set new PR’s and are excited to see what happens next week in Michigan. By the end of our race, we were all excited that it was finally midterm break. Most people went home after the race, but four of us girls rode home in the van. The four of us were able to get a whole seat to ourselves. We all slept a majority of the time, which is so amazing after running 3.1 miles. I had an amazing heart to heart with some girls on the team on the way back, which made us grow in our relationship so much!

And the best part…CHIPOTLE! A majority of the girls and the guy’s team went there. I believe that only two people did not, and both of those members have never been there before! Anthony Lee and Hannah Fertig have no clue what they are missing!

We leave for Michigan this Friday at 7:30 in the morning and will not get back until very late on Saturday. I love weekends like this, though, because we have some of the best memories in the hotel! I know that this course will bring many new PR’s for the runners!

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