We stayed at Nehalem Bay state park campground. Riddle: How many cross country runners does it take to set up one tent?
After we set up camp we headed north to Seaside High School where they were serving dinner to the kids for $3:00 which included spaghetti, roll, salad and a drink. The best part was coaches ate free! There were a BUNCH of people eating and having a good time. This meet is huge with over 90 schools coming from as far away as Cerritos California! After dinner the kids headed out to look over the track at the high school and of course they figured out a game to play with someones shoe.
Then we headed back to camp. The kids needed to get in a run so we headed down to the beach. Everyone got in a few miles on the beach and then we had time for some pictures! What an awesome group of kids this is. We have the pleasure of having two foreign exchange students and a home schooler this year that adds a really cool mix into the group.
Well the kids knew that eating at 5:00 in the afternoon they were going to be hungry again. So they brought a bunch of extra food (some of it the coaches did not know about). So about 8:00 they start cooking and eating. Out came a pot to make more spaghetti. There was salad and then there was these banana boat things? Of course marshmallows and candy bars were mixed in for good measure. I think they ate until close to 10:00 pm.
We needed to get up early to break camp and make it to the meet. This meet is unusual in that there are 3 courses. Easy, medium and hard. Even with three courses and splitting up the boys and the girls (so 6 races in all) there were still between 300 and 500 runners per race!
Jon has been fighting extreme back pain the second half of his races. Friday before we left we took him to a local gal in Amity who is a message therapist and she worked on his back. He has been doing extra core work to build his abs and back muscles. He is doing extra stretches for his back and trying NOT to sleep on his stomach. He went out at a moderate pace for this race to see how he felt. He had no back issues and finished in 2nd place in the small schools division! Jon faceplanted into a hill near the start of the race, hence the interesting coloring on his face and arms.
The kids had a blast. Cody was a great help and took a bunch of pictures for me.
All of the pictures can be found HERE
I know I don't have many more times like this to spend with this group of kids so I enjoyed every minute of it!
Glynn Jr.
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