Flashes of Panic

I should’ve looked closer; the 1500m for men is running three rounds. From thirty entered in the prelims last night, Ned was one of the 24 who advanced to the semis tonight.

There’s a whole row of college coaches at the Trials, actually. Aside from Ned, John Mortimer, who’s now the head cross-country coach at BC, finished seventh in the steeplechase, and Robert Gary, from OSU, made the team by finishing third in that event. For the bulk of the spring season, they try to get in shape with a meet every weekend (Gary coached at least one NCAA All-American in the steeplechase,) then they turn up at the Trials and have to race the kids they’ve been coaching. It seems unfair, but then again…

For some reason, I was thinking of the Trials as I somehow, juggling other errands, managed to go without shaving for six days. Why the Trials? Well, I looked a bit more like Broe than Fam. Are these guys going to shave before Athens?

Update: My spy in Sacramento tells me Fam was indeed shaved for the final last night. They’re thinking ahead of me.

Now playing: Seen It Coming from After Everything Now This by The Church