Snow to Start Off Winter Break? Awesome.

Winter Break is almost finished for me, but it hasn’t been without its excitement. I started off the break by finishing an English final at school, rushing home and gathering my things, followed by traveling with the family to Hermiston where my grandparents live.

The big surprise was every morning we woke up to fresh snow, and it just kept getting deeper. By the time we were ready to leave, there was almost 6” on the ground. Include a quad and some sleds, and you have yourself quite a winter experience. It was definitely a fun way to start off the Christmas Break.

Cross Country State Championships

It’s the middle of winter already and it is crazy how quickly senior has gone by. I’m almost already done with my first semester, for crying out loud.

To start off with, I finished up the my cross country season. I don’t know if I will end up running for fun in college, so that may have been my last competitive cross terrain race. I doubt it though. The state championships were held at Lane Community College in Eugene, and let me tell you, it’s a very large community college. My coach dubbed it as “University of Oregon, South Campus”, due to the large number of students that end up transferring to Oregon.

We arrived the night before and tour the course, than enjoy a nice meal, and get a good nights sleep at our hotel. The next day was the race and it was a pretty neat experience, although I didn’t get the time exactly the time I wanted. I got a cool jacket and pin though, and it was a fun experience. I placed second from my team too, so that wasn’t so bad. After all that, I can’t wait for track to roll around. =)

My Race Photo