neither wind nor rain

Despite tornado warnings (which we didn't know anything about at the time), and dark clouds, and lots of mud, Tom ran the Cross Country Invitational this morning, in Derwood, Maryland. The race was a rehersal for the 2009 USA Cross Country Championships, which will be run on the same course, February 7, 2009.

For a spectator, it was a great 8-kilometer race. The runners ran 4 loops, so I could stand in almost the same place and see Tom run by 4 times. The field was made up of a lot of elite runners (track teams from Larchmont?), the mud on the trails was a problem, the wind picked up early, but Tom persevered to finish third in his age group.

And his friend Jack, in the 75-80 age group, finished first in his age group.

Here's to green shirts, yellow shorts, and white hair—they stood out in the crowd!