Flashes of Panic

We spent most of yesterday afternoon at the New England Division III women’s track meet over at Smith. (The men’s meet was held at Tufts, which is considerably less convenient.) For me one of the best parts was watching Amherst runners win, something I saw little enough of when I was on the team and saw plenty of yesterday. (Two women won four events while we were there, and we placed second in two relays as well.)

The other thing that stuck me was the sheer number of people who spotted us in the bleachers (in a high traffic area, to be sure) and stopped by to say high. Most of them were associated with the Amherst program in one way or another, but A.’s parents were also there, and Mary came by to talk with us a few times as well. I felt like we’d plugged in to the whole network for the few hours we were there.

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