Hanford takes the top 12 runners to a huge Nike Invite in Portland. They base the times on the Walla Walla meet the previous meet. After that meet, Nathan was #11 so off to Portland we went!! We found out too late he was going, so Jeremy was unable to get time off work. Thankfully, the grandparents were nice enough to come with me. There is no way I could have driven 4 hours there and 4 hours back the very next day knowing the sleeping issues I have.
Unfortunately, Nathan also has my sleeping issues in hotels. We all drove down Friday night, and neither he nor I slept hardly at all that night. I think I got about 3 hours total. He didn't get much more after showing up in my room at midnight unable to sleep at all. Then, Elizabeth was sleeptalking and doors were slamming in this hotel, and he never sleeps well in hotels on the first night. So he woke up tired and with no energy after 3 hours.
This race was his worst of the season due to his legs feeling like lead and having no energy after only sleeping only 3 hours when he is used to nearly 10 hours of sleep a night at home.
For some reason, these pictures posted backwards and I don't really want to redo them.
After the race pictures in front of the Nike Cross Country photo place. A spike and a swish!
Coming into the finish line. He ran a 19:43 for 5000 meters so his slowest time of the year. He just had 0 energy or pep after only sleeping 3 hours. He was in the Sophomore Danner D1/D2 race. He placed 83 out of 243 sophomores in this race. There were SO many races and so many kids. It was huge. The meet was mostly schools from Oregon and California with a few from Washington, Idaho and Colorado.
There was one other Hanford sophomore in the race so it was just the two of them warming up and cooling down together. There was only one freshman in the JV race so he was all alone!
Our purple and gold pom poms cheering away!
The hotel was just a loud place. The walls were thin, the doors slammed very loudly even from way down the hall and the people on top of us got in around 11:00 and then left around 5 and you could hear every footstep they made. Luckily, were WERE on the opposite side of the hotel from the airport. There were tourism helicopters taking off during the day for Mt. Hood and surrounding areas, but luckily there was no air flight noise at night. Just the hotel wasn't great. It was a Comfort Inn in Troutsdale. Nathan did not do well sleeping here. If Nathan makes it back next year, I will at least request a top floor room on the same side of the hotel if possible!
It was weird being in a hotel without Jeremy. Just us! Very strange! Luckily, we had Papa Norm and Gram right next door.
Race plan!
Results of the race.
Luckily, I had Papa Norm to help with the drive home. I was so sleepy I had to stop driving and actually took a nap while he drove. I am NEVER able to nap in cars unless I am absolutely exhausted so that 3 hours of sleep really wore me out. Thankfully, the grandparents were there. Nathan rode home with us as he was so exhausted too. As a side note, Nathan probably would have made it to the meet last year in the top 12 as well, but had covid so did not run the previous 2 meets so it kind of messed everything up. It was great he got the chance this year. We will see about next year!
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