"We're Stuck In Aaa-lah-bay-mah!"

December 12, Michelle Haluska (Brewer), Michelle Reidy (some island off the coast of Maine) and I traveled down to Hoover, Alabama for the USATF National XC meet. The course footing consisted mostly of cat litter-like rocks, but is definitely at the higher end of my list in terms of favorite courses. I placed 35th (10 places from All-American, darn!) and Michelle H. came in three behind me. Every night we stayed there (our return flight was completely canceled, we got home nearly two days late) our hotel room (and hotel!) upgraded because of problems or inconveniences. By the last night we were staying in a two bedroom suite complete with two bathrooms, dining and living rooms, kitchen, and fireplace, all for $80 a night. Sweetness. I believe Michelle and I had cursed ourselves on the first day we were there by singing a song we made up "We're stuck. In Aaa-lah-bay-mah!" on a baby grand piano in the main USATF hotel (we were getting impatient because we were not on the list of registered racers, therefore, our names were not on the t-shirts). Anyways, full story will be eventually published :P