am--4.25 Obligatory Urie route w/ barefoot grass loops and 6x striders. Decent run w/ a good group. Kids Club after. RHR--49. Easy k on the erg later in the day.
It took me a few days, but I finished The Animal Keepers by Donn Behnke. It made me laugh and cry. I'm thankful to have put in a few years w/ the xc team. I could see different kids slotting into the Animal's role and others supplying his voice. You never know what you're going to get from another human being. I enjoyed the following quote because it's true that the relationships that are built are far greater than any of the awards:
"Turning in my seat, I noticed Rob standing quietly in the aisle staring down at the gold trophy in the second row right where Scott had left it. There it was, the object we'd worked so hard to obtain, sitting by itself, alone, sad, and neglected. No one dared touch it, that was Scott's job, and with our teammate now gone the trophy was more a symbol of loss than of victory" (254).
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