Pre Classic

Roll in to Vegas around 6pm. Get to the house around 6:30. Chip (z32) and Casey (Bones) are already there, Pete (McShove) and his brother Tim come back a little while later after busting from whatever live donkament they were at that day. Around 9 we head to get supplies. After a difficult journey with a giant piece of plywood on the top of our car, we return with all the makings of a poker frat house: a funnel, pingpong balls, a giant board, and 2 36 packs of beer. Yes, beer comes in 36 packs aka a glorious 6 beer improvement on 30. Needless to say we have to bet on everything and beerpong is no different. After getting stuck initially, the swan starts to come through and I battle back to get some of Bones's money, which is infinitely more fun to spend than my own. The next night was more subdued, mostly sitting around, playing pool, and watching the basketball and hockey games after everyone got back from donkamenting. After getting about 2 hours of sleep, I cab to the airport at 4 and get ready for the Eugene swing of my monthlong vacation.

I get into the Eugene airport earlier than I had expected, around 9:30 AM. 9:30 AM is a shitty time. If I wanted to be awake then, I would get a job or make some other equally terrible decision. After a tour of campus and a stop for lunch, we went to the hotel where Thom and Mary were staying (Congrats to Thom and Mary on their engagement today!) to pick Thom up for a run. We headed out on Pre's trail, a bark covered path which had some good running and a sweet view of a river. On the drive home, Jon took me to see the monument at the spot Pre crashed his car, which was touristy and had to be done, before going home to get cleaned up and going out. We went to 3 different bars, 2 of which I don't remember the names, and Max's. Max's is supposedly the bar Moe's in The Simpsons is based off of, so that's fun, but on the whole I was too tired to get too wild. Managed to beat Thom in buckhunter anyways, so ship that.

The next night was the pre-Pre meet, with some sick fast guys who aren't quite fast enough for the main event. Saw some people meet USATF A standards, and met more of JT's teammates including Galen Rupp, infinity time national champion, and Shadrack Kiptoo. After that, we went out again and good times were had. The Pre Classic was by far the sickest track meet I've ever been to, no offense to the Drake Relays. A guy long jumped 28 feet 8.25 inches for the longest jump in 15 years. A guy set a sea level world record at 300m in 31.30. 13! people broke 4:00 in the mile. 13! All of them were at 3:56 and faster, with the winner at 3:48 which was just phenomenal to witness. Thom and Mary left for the airport right after, and JT had to study so I just chilled around until it was time for me to leave back to Vegas. Oh, and back in Vegas, Pete cashed a 2k NL event for 6kish for first WSOP cash of the summer. Sooner or later, someone is going to bink something big and the final table celebration will be ridiculous, but until them, Wieeeeeeeeeee!