I woke up at 6:30 and went right to the computer to check the weather --not good..snow and hail. Looking out the window the streets are white. After a bowl of oatmeal, banana, and peanutbutter, and a massive cup of coffee it is time to head to the race. I took the el which was packed with other crazy Shufflers. I got the privalege of starting in the Elite Tent which was heated and dry. I met up with my other Fleet Feet Teammates: Joko, Jessica, Elizabeth, and Colleen. We went for our typical 2 mile warm up and realized that the weather was far worse that we thought. The wind and snow were going crazy. You couldn't even see! Soon it was time to strip down and head to the line. We were escorted right to the front. And I was RIGHT next to Tera Moody and Deena Kastor. I wanted to tap Deena on the sholder and say I had made her raspberry and chocolate scones. One of my male fleet feet teammates said he would give me 20 bucks to slap Deena on the butt. I decided that wasn't a good idea :) 
When the gun I went to push off my foot and I had no tracksion so I started to fall forward. My teammate Jessica grabbed me and caught me from what would have been a over 10,000 people trample. Thanks Jessica!! I think the pictures pretty much can show what the race was like. Fleet Feet Team got 1st place!! We were pretty pumped! After the race I met up with Calvin friends for Pizza. What a great day.
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