This week as a cross country runner it has been pretty interesting. We had about 3 inches of snowfall last week, and this week it still hadn't melted. So on Monday our plan was to run 40-45 minutes, but our plan drastically changed when we noticed how icy and snowy, and full of slush our roads were. So what we decided was we were going to run about 6 miles but at an easy pace so we can be careful on the trecherous roads. About halfway through our run, my coach spots a little kid playing in the snow outside of his house and my coach goes, "Hey guys watch this." My team stops as we watch our coach pick up a ball of snow, chunk it at the kid and then run like a maniac down the road. We ran after him, and i was like, "Coach did you know that kid?" and he replies, "Nope." We all just started laughing. (He does crazy stuff like this all the time.) Then on tuesday coach said he wouldn't be running with us so me and some of my teammates, Sydney, Jamie, and Madison, decided we would go for a short 5 mile run. We reach our halfway point which just so happened to be greatharvest and we went inside to get some bread samples, and then headed back home. On Wedensday we had a workout, we hate workouts, but fortunately we had it cut short because there was black ice all over the roads. He had planned that we were going to run 3x1,000 meters and 5x200 meter sprints. We were so happy when he cut it short because we were all slipping and falling and he was afraid we would get hurt. It was also getting very dark and some of our girls were running into poles. Thursday was an interesting day, We ran the frederica loop which is about 6 and a half miles. This run goes right through the middle of town, and we are always having to dodge cars. While i was running across a bridge a car came over the white line and was heading straight for me but fortunately the moved over fast enough before they could hit me. It was pretty scary. Our cross country team never has a boring run. It's always full of suprises, excitement, and sometimes exhaustion. This weekend we are going for a 7 mile run, then stopping at startbucks for some coffee. Its going to be a blast