We (Amanda, Alyssa, and I) arrived in Indianapolis late on Friday night on a non stop flight from SLC. Alyssa qualified and finished 76th in the NCAA championship meet in 2008. She missed this season after having to have her knee scoped. Her experience has been invaluable for Amanda and her development last spring and continuing this fall. Besides, if Alyssa didn't come Amanda would have had to hang with me all weekend. This was Amanda's only request (that Alyssa attend) after she qualified which I thought was pretty cool.
The first request after sleeping in on Saturday was.....A.) a premeet run at the course? B.) a great breakfast? C.) a tour of Terre Haute? Nope. Shopping at the mall in downtown Indianapolis was the winning request. Go figure. With the championship banquet later that evening, the girls wanted to search for outfits/shoes. They had packed suitable outfits, but wanted to attempt to find the perfect dress if it existed. After about 90 minutes of exploring the stores a pair of pants and shoes were purchased by Amanda and I coincidentally picked up a sport coat. Again...go figure! They were done shopping before me in the last store so, of course, they had me PAGED! This was after they had asked me about two dresses that were less than suitable for the event we were attending. Of course, I tried to play it off as their choice despite how skimpy and hideous both dresses were:) Fortunately, they were kidding and their taste is a little more appropriate than some women their age.
Today was pretty low key....a premeet run at the course. Amanda has an excellent race plan. She just has to do what she does best and compete. Lunch at Panera was solid. Then they dropped me off at packet pick up and the coaches technical meeting. From there it was dinner with Amanda's parents who drove down from Michigan.
Amanda will start in Box 32 tomorrow. If your watching on the web she will be on the left. The boxes are numbered 1-42 from L to R as the runners look out onto the course.
Go Utes!
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