And she finished with 1 shoe.... Em's state XC meet was today. She ran in the first heat composed of the fastest 7 girls from each 37 middle schools in RI.

They ran through trails Goddard State park, the fall foliage was amazing.

Em's wearing the light blue shorts...

The meet was supposed to be yesterday, but it rained all day and was postponed till today. The trails hadn't dried out yet, and Em lost a shoe about 2/3 the way through in a huge mud puddle that she couldn't quite go around. She said she coudn't really feel the pine cones, rocks, and roots that she was pounding on too much---adrenaline is awesome!

These next few pics are as she's finishing through the chute. Red splotchy faced and one shoe.

She finished 21st out of over 500 girls. Yeah Emma!! You go girl!

I hadn't noticed the shoeless foot until she held it up after finishing. We searched and searched, and almost left with out it. Finally a nice man found it and came walking back with it though.

I felt bad about breaking the sabbath and all, but I have to say, the weather was perfect, trees amazing, and it was a ton of fun cheering Em and the rest of her team along!!!