With the start of the new semester brings about the start of a brand new season for the men and women of IXC! The gun goes off this Friday at our first meet of the season at the Aurora XC meet, located in the scenic (and usually muddy) Oakhurst Forest Preserve. The Women will start us off with the 6K at 5:00 PM, followed by the Men’s 8K at 5:45.
My decrepit Senior heart is warmed to see so many new runners signed up for the first meet of the year, and it makes me look back on all the XC races I’ve had the privilege of running with this club the past 3 years. Although meets are a great way to showcase your fitness and claw for that always coveted PR, I am a firm believer that XC meets are the best way to bond and get to know your fellow teammates.
To all you new people on the club, the exec board and I hope your years on this team get to be spent with hours laughing in meet car rides, and countless burgers and shakes at Culver’s (or questionable spaghetti dinners at Fazoli’s). Whether you are ready to strut your stuff after a summer of running, or just getting back into the swing of things, hopefully this first meet of the year will be a fun way to test your fitness and get to know your teammates better.
Get hyped for Friday! And maybe offer up a little voodoo sacrifice so that we don’t have a car breaking down an hour away from the meet like last year. Actually, get a large group of people (20-30+) together and do a mass voodoo ritual because we really don’t want that to happen again.