I'm famous in Montluçon

I made it into La Montagne for the third time earlier this week. The first two were just blurbs about the Arnay le Duc and Limoges cross country races, but this time it was a real article with a photo! When the two of us arrived at practice Wednesday evening, Guy had tacked up a copy of the article to the bulletin board and presented us each with a copy that says "Vive l’amitié franco-américaine!" and signed by the other runners

In essence the article states that Meredith and I are the first Americans to run for Montlucon Athletisme and, no, we are not ringers imported to improve the club's standings, we are here legitimately as English instructors. Meredith is quoted as saying about his first cross country race, "Je suis tombé, j’ai eu froid, mais bon, je n’étais pas dernier (I fell, I was cold, but I wasn’t last)!” This was chosen as phrase du jour the following day!

Today I did laundry, went shopping, and started packing for my Christmas vacation. I leave Monday morning to meet Mark in Paris for two weeks of travel. Tomorrow, however, I will be racing another cross country race in Moulins, so I better get my clean sheets on my bed and go to sleep!

P.S. Results of the race should be posted at this website. I recently discovered that you can click on a runner's name and find out all of their other race results, which makes it easier to evaluate my performance over unusual distances and tough courses.