ASD Cross Country in New Dehli

I was very fortunate to be able to help and volunteer with the high school cross country team.  It was really great to be able to get to know these great student athletes.  This year, the final tournament was in New Delhi, India.  I was so grateful to be able to travel with the team and watch them run in their two races.  I had forgotten how much fun I have being out on the courses and cheering the runners on.  I love to find the obscure, hidden places along the course.  It made me remember how much I loved running cross country when I was in high school.  It was also my first opportunity to travel to India and I am very excited to go back and see more of New Delhi in late March!

Being studious in the Dubai airport.

The girls are ready to go!

Waiting to board the flight to New Delhi.

Jam in the bus on the way to the school. :)

Monkeys!  We passed them on our way from the hotel to the school.

I spy with my little eye a baby mono.

We don't get this in Doha!

The AES campus.  Waiting for all the runners to arrive.

Day 1 at a biodiversity park.  Walking the course.

Part of the park.

Making our way up one of the big hills in the course.

A beautiful morning to run!

The JV girls warming up and ready to race!

One last stride before the gun goes off.

The Varsity girls warming up.

Nice view of some of the course.

Mindy with some of the JV boys and girl.

Aaron with the Varsity boys.

Aaron and the poo truck.

The entire team after day one of running.

Getting to explore a little bit after the races on day one.
Spanish in New Delhi...woohoo!

Lots going on.

Walking around a few ruins.

Enjoying the afternoon sun.

Peek-a-boo!

So much going on and some many colors...

Some of the ruins.

Back at the AES campus.  It was a wonderfully cool and rainy day!
We walked to the course from the school.

Day two at a very different looking park from the day before.

JV girls racing.  I really wanted to race this course!

JV boys racing.

Varsity boys racing.

So proud of these two eighth grade girls.
In our conference, eighth graders
are eligible to play JV sports.