Friday Oct. 28th

Okay, I'm not as mad about the banner thing; not because I was wrong but because it wasn't that big a deal at school. School was okay today thankfully it was shortened.  I went to French -nothing much, Math - had a test I think I got 100%, and Physics- did a worksheet.  Then we had the assembly to celebrate the win and give us a good send off. It wasn’t just cross country. A few of the teams were headed to state. It works out well because ours is tomorrow.  First the team congregated in the ping pong room and waited. Coach was on the gym floor calling out the team.  He announced the all-conference team members last.  Everyone cheered loud. I felt happy about being down on the floor knowing Sean, Pete, Andy and possibly Gieger were clapping for me.  That part was awesome but I felt kind of stupid standing there holding the ladder.  After the assembly we had some Jeffco Suburbans waiting for us.  It took us 1 and half hours to get to Colorado Springs, where we would be staying.  I spent a good chunk of the way down listening to a mix tape I made on my cheapie walkman; songs to pump me up.   The state meet in is Pueblo another 45 minutes away. Not sure if Coach just didn’t book rooms in time but it means we will be getting up extra early tomorrow. We stayed at the Palmer House just off the highway.  Mike and I were roomies.  We drove around aimlessly looking for a place to eat lunch. We settled on Wendy's because a lot them have this great “Superbar”.  You can eat as much as you want and they have pasta/ pizza section along with Salad bar and Taco bar.  Unfortunately, this Wendy’s didn’t have one. We were too hungry to look elsewhere so I settled for a chicken Sandwich.  Then we visited the Olympic Training Center.  It was cool but not as exciting as I had hoped.  While we were there, a Judo competition was in progress.  We watched that for a bit.  We came back at around 4.  I slept until 5.  Dinner was at 5:30 in the hotel’s meeting room.  We had spaghetti, second night in a row.  Then a couple of us went to the store to get snacks for the movies we were watching.  We rented Lethal Weapon and a Jay Leno comedy thing. Both were good with Jay Leno being especially funny.  Now it is time for bed.  I haven't really thought about the race much.  I just hope that I do well.  I have confidence for myself and my team.  I want to pull a major upset and I can visualize it.  Let's just see what happens.  

            "Oh man there ain't nothing like twisting the night away" Sam Cooke