~:[CH8 - Day 264]:~ Not Making a Splash

~:[CH8 - Day 264]:~ Not Making a Splash

It was a little weird. There was a bit of moisture, but the mud pit was absent. There has been a lack of rain  up in Oregon, which mean that the mud pits were pretty much non-existent. There was actual sludge where the mud pits were, but otherwise, it was the nature that the athletes would get to enjoy. While the amazingness of the pit two years ago was non-existent today, it didn't mean we couldn't make a splash in our own way. There were athletes who rose up and did well, including our three top 10 finishers and a girls team who finished 5th despite missing half their varsity team. We had people who stepped up, others who battled through colds, and ones who toughed it out. We quickly cleaned up and headed back to Portland and finished the evening off with a fun time skating in the middle of Lloyd Center. Yes, we may have missed one of the icons of the race today, but we filled that void with our own experiences that made today what it was. Just like the road to somewhere, we have the chance to be disappointed by what is absent or we can do something and fill that void with something else and even pile on a little extra. We didn't make a splash in the mud pit, but found a way to do it in our own way.