Colby, that's a great race report. I'm glad to hear that the Athena thing went well and actually it sounds like all of your times were really good (my run times are vastly, vastly.....slower). It went well and you had fun. That's pretty good in my book! And the medal is a HOOT.
Scary car accident, and glad you came out intact.
"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks