IndianaRunner.com is a website that helps to connect the Indiana running (mainly high school) scene across the state. It’s forums allow for runners across the state to interact, discuss upcoming meet predications, spikes (they’re not called cleats), and so on and so forth. For past several years the website has hosted the Indiana Runner Distance Showcase at several different venues around the state. The meet only consists of distance events ranging from the 800 meters to 3200 meters, as well as some distance relays. In a state known partially for its running it is a pretty cool event to have hosted here at Wabash this year.

The event tends to attract some of the faster high schoolers in the states as the Hoosier State Indoor meet approaches, as well as outdoor track season is drawing ever closer. It provides a small insight into the fitness of a number of potential state track competitors at this time in the year. So runners that I know of that are running are Colin Rinne from Westfield, Alex Calisto of Logansport (Go Berries), Dominic Patacsil of West Lafayette, and Madeline Lilly of Twin Lakes. Good luck to all of them and the other runners competing in today’s various events!

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A week of classes has come and passed, the snow continues to remain on the ground, and the men of FIJI have all moved into their new rooms for 2014. My first taste of EQ was a great satisfaction with Professor Nelson, who by the way had a baby this past Wednesday! Congratulations! Roman Art and Archaeology is more fun than expected, but I expected it to be fun with Professor Hartnett teaching it. Professor Salisbury was, of course, a hoot to be back in one of her lectures! My favorite, Latin, will take some reviewing since I’ve dropped the ball with Winter Break, but I can’t wait to start getting back into my Latin studies!

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This week has been filled with a plethora of track. Last Saturday Wabash hosted a number of schools on campus as well as some unattached competitors. Last night Wabash Track and Field traveled to Rose Hulman in Terre Haute, Indiana to compete, and today Wabash hosted a small high school meet here on campus. At the moment I an unable to run due to a training injury, but it was still fun to get to see my teammates and high schoolers compete. Last week I was able to work on pole vault and see the sport for the first time up close. It was great! Being a distance runner and social running media addict I rarely look into other track events. Needless to say watching athletes bend a pole and jump over sixteen feet in the air was pretty cool. Also, when a pole snapped in front of your face it was pretty cool to watch. That was pretty cool to watch, I found a new sport outside of running and triathlon I want to follow now because of that. The high school meet today was pretty interesting as well, some decent times from high school athletes un the 1600 meters and 3200 meters. Wabash will be hosting the Indiana Runner Distance Showcase on Saturday, February 1st

Today was the first day back to classes here at Wabash. I mean where else would we be at? And I can honestly my EQ (Enduring Questions) class has me psyched for the rest of the semester! I can honestly say that I have many more, many more books than last semester but they are all books I’ve wanted to read and never gotten around to. Another semester of Beginning Latin looks to be fun, as well as my second class with Prof. Salisbury. Tomorrow I get my first taste of Roman Art and Archaeology, and I cannot wait for it to come!

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So the past week I’ve been here at Wabash due to indoor track practices. I’ve gotten to be reunited with friends, see our beautiful campus in the fresh snow again, and move my furniture in my own room here at FIJI! It’s great to be back with my teammates and seeing guys in the house again! It is also weird being here at Wabash when a lot of people (and more importantly Sandy our cook) are not here.  It’s only been like three weeks after all. Now all that is left before school starts is to be begin buying textbooks and assorted other small fortunes worth of paper so that I may prosper in the classroom.