Back Row: Alumni (see me and Nolan to the right)
First & Second Row: Current Cross-Country Team
This Saturday we went to an Alumni Run with my high school cross-country team. I didn't go to my 10 year reunion so it was really great to catch up with some of my old running friends. They're the ones I'd really want to see anyways ... and it didn't cost Martin & I $90 a person to go! We ran our old home course, which was totally different for me (thank God, the old course was much hillier!), had BBQ and then they actually let me stand up in front of impressionable teenagers and impart my worldly knowledge on them. Yikes!
The current coach, Annie Ebiner '96, ran on the team at the same time I did. Back in the day we use to joke that they "bred Ebiners" for running because she came from a family of 15 (?) and I think almost all of them were runners. Annie was our superstar who was a media darling and deserving of evey minute of press she got. She never let it get to her head and was always such a cohesive element to our team. I was so happy when I found out she was the current coach for our Alma Mater. The more girls that woman can have an impact on the better.
Just like the old days, I saw Annie coming across the finish line just seconds after I had passed the two mile mark. Jeez, that girl can still fly!
Marie '96, Annie '96, and Me '95 sharing memories before the run.
Me and Coach Landry
I can still remember Coach Landry pulling me off varsity in Track and refusing to put me back on unless I gained 10lbs during an adolesent weight freakout. Good for you Coach Landry, you knew how to get me back in line!
Natasha and Me BFF
"The woods are lovely dark and deep,
but I have promises to keep,
and miles to go before I sleep,
and miles to go before I sleep."
Robert Frost
And yes I did sleep. Come on, 15 and 16 year old girls are really fast! I wasn't running alone because I was in front.
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