Andrea was already in the car and we were both dressed in running clothes. I was pretty calm, since honestly I was running this thing more out of support for Andrea than for myself, but she was keyed up. She started to go into our running strategy for the race, something we had gone over many times. I cut her off after about five minutes. "Andrea, it's ok. You can do this in your sleep, you're just nervous. You need to calm down and relax." She took a couple of deep breaths then said, "You're right, sorry. A friend of mine said Arkansas's team is going to be there, and I want them to notice me now, so I can get scouted as a senior. Those guys are amazing; they have been national champions like seven times in the last ten years." "You'll do fine, you have prepared for this and you're ready." She just nodded and looked out the window, he nerves getting to her a little bit. We had parked and started walking toward registration to get our numbers when I heard my name called from behind me.
