It was 71 in Cambridge today!
I wonder if my whole life fall mornings will feel like cross courtry invitiationals and spring will feel like track. It's been 6 years since they were for me, but I feel it every year.
I recently started running a little, plus the weather lately has had that "track season" feel, and I have been hardcore nostaligic for track meets, mostly those all-day saturday invitationals and the after-school dual meets. With track there was so much free time between events, and unless it was a scary competition, that waiting around time with my friends was amazing - with all the goofiness, inside jokes, rituals and songs, ace bandage ninja headwraps, terrible jersey tanlines, the nasty smell of icy-hot in the sun, sharing headphones, cheering on friends... I know we're kinda grown-ups now, but that's the part of high school i wish there was a way to go back for. Even though I usually like being my age, on days like today I miss it.
I recently started running a little, plus the weather lately has had that "track season" feel, and I have been hardcore nostaligic for track meets, mostly those all-day saturday invitationals and the after-school dual meets. With track there was so much free time between events, and unless it was a scary competition, that waiting around time with my friends was amazing - with all the goofiness, inside jokes, rituals and songs, ace bandage ninja headwraps, terrible jersey tanlines, the nasty smell of icy-hot in the sun, sharing headphones, cheering on friends... I know we're kinda grown-ups now, but that's the part of high school i wish there was a way to go back for. Even though I usually like being my age, on days like today I miss it.