Karen and Rachel recap their day at the 2024 NCAA Cross Country Championship last weekend – and what a day it was! From a 4:00 AM wake-up call to Rachel spilling her coffee and dropping her burrito, to navigating the porta-potties and sprinting around the course to catch the races, it was nonstop action. 

Rachel also breaks down how the team scores might have looked different using alternate scoring methods, like factoring in the 6th and 7th runners. Plus, we wrap up with another round of our current running favorites.

Time stamps:

1:35 - What to where for cold weather runs 

3:40 - Karen races a Turkey Trot half marathon 

6:48 - Rachel getting asked about her fitness when she visits home 

8:35 - Karen and Rachel head to Cross Country NCAAs!

10:01 - Parking pass debacle

13:18 - Would you or would you not eat the fallen burrito?

16:47 - The porta-potty situation at cross country meets

24:19 - Is Shalane Flanagan the Tom Brady of XC?

30:01 - Karen’s highlights from NCAAs

35:28 - Rachel’s Receipts: alternate ways of scoring NCAAs

45:35 - BYU’s team depth on both the men’s and women’s sides

1:00:03 - Weekly recs

Read: Alternative Scoring For The 2024 NCAA XC Championship: Adding 6th/7th Runner, Flight Scoring + More

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