{"id":2211,"date":"2012-09-30T18:19:02","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T22:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/?p=2211"},"modified":"2012-09-30T18:19:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T22:19:02","slug":"bubble-buster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/?p=2211","title":{"rendered":"Bubble Buster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday 9\/21, Brian and I went to the Toledo Cross Country Inter-Regional Bubble Buster meet at Ottawa Park. There were lots of teams from big schools there:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/OFRCDAUOGNMVJCK.20120920191934.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2222\" title=\"Bubble Buster\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/OFRCDAUOGNMVJCK.20120920191934.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/OFRCDAUOGNMVJCK.20120920191934.jpg 800w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/OFRCDAUOGNMVJCK.20120920191934-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The course they ran was somewhat similar to the one used at the NCAA Regional meet that my dad and I went to last year, so we found a good spot that the runners would pass several times. <\/p>\n<p>The Men&#8217;s race was first&#8230;and UT Men are not super great.  I think it is because UT doesn&#8217;t have Men&#8217;s Track &#038; Field (there is a women&#8217;s team), so dudes who are serious about their running go somewhere else.  Syracuse had 93023 runners in the men&#8217;s race, and they were all pretty good&#8230;Here&#8217;s a picture of the lead runners (all Syracuse and the EMU dude who eventually won):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0756.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2212\" title=\"Boy leaders\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0756-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0756-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0756-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Syracuse dominating at the end from a distance:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0757.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2213\" title=\"Syracuse!\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0757-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0757-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0757-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were more Women&#8217;s teams, since UT&#8217;s Women&#8217;s team is good, and I thought the starting line looked cool:<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0765.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2215\" title=\"Lady Starting Line\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0765-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0765-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0765-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0764.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2214\" title=\"Lady Starting Line\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0764-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0764-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0764-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>This came through the course ahead of the lead runners for both races, complete with screaming cross country coach:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0766.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2216\" title=\"Course sweeper\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0766-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0766-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0766-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lady race leaders, probably about halfway through the race:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0767.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2217\" title=\"Lady Leaders\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0767-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0767-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0767-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we finally started to leave Ottawa Park, we saw these dudes:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0769.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2218\" title=\"Deers.\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0769-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0769-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0769-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday 9\/21, Brian and I went to the Toledo Cross Country Inter-Regional Bubble Buster meet at Ottawa Park. 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