Okay, so I changed my mind. I missed tryouts because of a class on Tuesday and work on Wednesday so I thought there went that. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do it anyways so I decided I didn’t want to, that I was good with just running alone. Which I am, but it’s also fun to run with others. So, as I thought more about it I decided to at least see if it would be possible to still participate despite me missing tryouts. I went to Student Activities and relieved the contact number for the person in charge of cross country and I asked if I still could participate and explained my circumstance. And guess what? I’ve now been assigned to a team! The coach has my contact info and will get ahold of me to explain things further. I don’t know anything about the team, or how many teams there are, but I’m actually kind of excited when I think about racing again. I’m nervous because I’ve lost a lot of fitness since March, but I like not being pressured to run well. If I suck it up, no worries! And if I rock it and PR, sweeeet!!!! Anyways, today was rough when it came to running. I’d planned to go longer but my cold is close to its peak I think. My cough hurt and breathing too deeply and too frequently also hurt my chest. So I called it early. I hope that by Monday I’m feeling much better so that my first day of running with my new team actually feels good. Side note: they were live-streaming the women’s Olympic Marathon in the I-center while I grabbed some food so I caught the tail end of it. I’m so impressed and inspired. It looked tough and they were still holding a quick pace even 26 miles later. | 