We’re not in Kansas Anymore

Because we were joined by Alex Potter instead of Harry Potter, we could not just disapparate and arrive at Rim Rock. Being mere muggles, we had to make the 5+ hour drive from DeSmet by bus. It was the 7 Varsity guys and the top 7 JV accompanied by Potter, Husmann, and T-bone.

Following the trend of last year, the road trip started off with a reading assignment and journal time. The article was about race-specific training—the types of workouts we are now starting. This year we didn’t have a TV which meant no Pre Movie and no 12 Rounds. Upset though we were, it didn’t stop us from having fun. We had some fun taking pictures with Madey camera. We played some left vs. right trivia. It was intense. The highlight on the ride down might have been Coach coming back to still among us and just chat.

We stopped at the normal Fazoli’s for some dinner. The in-line breadsticks were nice. Dinnertime meant Carbotime for Brian as he finished off three people’s meals. You could tell who was not racing from the deserts. Rob got slice of cheese cake and Potter had a big slice of chocolate cake. Everyone had a great laugh when Patrick’s permit got passed around. He is definitely a convict in his photo. The rest of the ride to the hotel was in the dark so it was pretty chill. We talked a lot about the Milk Table. I told the complete story of the origin for the first time. Eventually it will be in a post, but not yet. After checking into the hotel, we had a very good, serious meeting about the race.

The ride back…
Parking was way better when we arrived this year, but that did last as it took awhile to get off the farm. We were down two guys; Matt and Jacob were now both with their families. The best one-word description of the ride back might be candy. There was a lot and everybody shared and ate their fill of fruit snacks, Swedish fish, skittles, and others. Coach probably liked that the best; he’s a sucker for just about any kind of candy. We stopped at Wendy’s for a nice lunch. We had some guys watching Robin Hood on Michael’s computer. They realized what coach does when he’s not coaching, running, or teaching. He acts in movies under his alter ego, Russell Crowe. At the rest stop, we had a 150 show-down. We stripped layers of clothing for this sprint race. In it Potter got has racing glory taking the gold. Goetz had a nice performance earning silver, and Abernathy took bronze. Some of us played some cards. I beat Pat, who was acting like a baby Tyrannosaurus Rex, in low-card War. Next came fruit snack Texas Hold’em which was a lot of fun. After that we moved on to BS. We finished up with a little 31 which Goetz won. Finished the ride by just hanging and listing to some tunes.

All-in-all it was an awesome trip for everyone. We ran well and had a blast. Can’t ask for much more. There were a ton of great quotes and jokes the two below stuck out the most.

Quote of the Trip: “What were you thinking?!”- Coach to Matt OC after Jacob told a funny story about Matt on his behalf.

Joke of the Trip: “Water, water, water. Bagel, bagel, bagel. Skittles, skittles, skittles.”- T-bone at Wendy’s mimicking how Scherping announced everything we was eating and drinking after the race.