"ELROD! It's ELROD!"

First outdoor race this weekend! In sunny San Diego.

This weekend was crazy.  We were in california for less than 24 hours, and were in three different states twice in two days.  

We left Friday evening at 4pm and our flight was delayed with a layover in Vegas, so we did not get to California till after 11pm Provo time.  Luckily for me, my race was at 9:20 the next morning, so I didn't have time to stress.  It was to bed and up the next morning and onto the track.  

The race was really fun.  I ran with KDA (who won!), Lindsey, Kathryn, and I.  It was Lindsey and my first track 5k, and we ended up running nearly all of it together with a finish of around 17:40.  Our coach was really happy with all of our races, which has to be the best feeling ever.  

Then we just had the rest of the day to play!  Lindsey and I were put in charge of filling the rental cars with gas--so much fun.  We got to drive around San Diego, windows down, music blasting.  

We came back to the meet and cheered on our teammates for a little while after.  Sarah Edwards had an awesome race, basically equivalent to her New York 1000m.. which we all know she is a champ at.  And then it was to the beach!  The sun and sand felt so good, and it was the perfect grand finale.

But back at the airport, one final funny moment happened.  The team has been trying to figure out Coach Shane's middle name for years.  We know it is "E", but no one would tell us any more.  But in the airport, a woman comes over the intercom, and says "Can we please get Shane, Patrick? ... Shane, Elrod Patrick?"  KDA turns around and shouts, "ELROD!  It's ELROD!" and all the girls start cheering.  The whole airport started laughing.  SUCCESS!

Home it was at 1am after almost every wrong thing could have happened, but at least I was with my best friends.  There were delays, problems with the busses, construction, and snow, but we all had a wonderful time and were happy to go to sleep that night!

Next race is the STEEPLE! Ah!

But first, my dad and brother are coming into town next weekend... CAN'T WAIT!