Very Busy Saturday

The day started at 5:00 am getting Marissa and Devon ready to catch the bus for the XC meet at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY.  Mark drove them to school while Betsy went back to bed.

Marissa's bus left at 5:45.  They are the first to race at 9:00.
Devon helped load up his bus, and they left at 6:45.

Mark, Robert and I left the house around 7:20.  Mark left a few minutes earlier because he had to drive Jessica's car (see other post as for why).  Robert and I left in Mark's car after we gathered up everything he would need for his soccer game later in the day.

It was a complicated day.  First we'd drive to Lexington to see Marissa and her team run, and Devon and his team run.

Betsy was there, camera in hand ready to get as many photos as possible.  Robert was my shadow - I didn't want us to get separated since we were going to have to make a run for the car as soon as Devon's race was over.  The course is great in that you can see almost all of it, it's terrible in that it is in a horse pasture - horse droppings everywhere.  Robert and I had to really watch where we were stepping.

Always a smile - she loves running

Marissa ran in the girls Varsity at 9:00 am.  It is a very difficult course full of hills, horse droppings and narrow avenues to run.  She did excellent.  She ran side by side with Caitlyn Beyea for the entire race - sometimes ahead, and sometimes behind, but always within a second of her.  She finished at the same second as Caitlyn earning another PR at 11:49 in 66 place.  

Caitlyn and Marissa leading the way

A strong finish

Go MARISSA!!!

Friends and Teammates:  Morgan, Brittani, Shelby, Erin, Marissa, Emma, Caitlyn and Christina

Marissa and Katie:
Running buddies and car pool mates  

Devon ran in the boys JV at 10:10 (which started late - having a domino effect).  He has a rough race.  He is allergic to horses and didn't take any allergy medicine.  He finished the race, coincidentally, in 66th place with a time of 19:36.  It wasn't a PR, but close to other teammates.  He really wished he could have done better for his team, but he was just struggling too much with the breathing.  As soon as Devon's team finished, Robert and I had to RUN (and I mean RUN a long way) back to the car to get him on the way to his soccer game north of Cincinnati, OH.  Robert and I made excellent time on our way to Mason, OH for a soccer game that started at 1:30 (be there by 12:30 pm).

Devon working hard

Devon with only 600 meters to go

Devon running hard at the finish 

Robert and his team had a great game.  They controlled the movement of the ball 95% of the game.  Working the ball forwards and backwards maintaining control.  Robert played wide mid, he had several close attempts at scoring.  We eventually won the game 1-0.  It was nice to have a victory.  This was the first Conference game of the fall season!

Robert and I then had a 2 hour drive home.  Poor Robert hadn't had enough food and started to feel car sick just as traffic got back (construction).  We stopped and ate at Fazolli's.  We finally reached home around 6:30.  What a long day!