XC- Day 1

I've been a little behind lately, what with having to go to sleep early so I can get up at the crack of dawn for XC, working on that AP World HIstory assignment that slipped my mind until now, and trying to revive my long dormant (and now possibly nonexistant) flute playing skills in time for seating auditions.
Well, the first day went well, but that's not saying much considering we just ran for 30 minutes doing "Victories" (1 victory= 1 lap around the combined middle and high school property, approximately 1.6 miles with enough hills to be annoying, but not torturous). Actually, make that Victory. We only did 1. Then we ran around the track and on the path through the woods. Normally I like the woods (except I trip a lot), but lately it smells like something died in there...
Just so you get an idea of where I"m running, my high school is connected to the middle school, both of which are situated on the extensive (think 120 acres) grounds of an old estate. In other words, our track coach has plenty of land to torture us on. Big whoop.