it's official

...I've been placed in the fourth of 7 divisions, where the lower one's division the more kilometers one will race. I'm set to run somewhere between 50 - 60 km (31-37 miles) with my three teammates, one of whom is our navigator and another our assistant nav. Each residence hall will send a team to compete in each division. And the hall whose teams accumulate the most points across divisions will essentially "win" IB. We'll be blindfolded, transported, and dropped-off on April 3rd at around 10 or 11PM somewhere 50 kilometers from campus (on a mountain or in the bush) and will navigate back to campus with our head torches, maps, compasses, and other supplies. Our packs will weigh about 8 kilograms (18 Llbs) each. We won't reach campus and the finish line until sometime the next morning, April 4. This will be the most I will have ever put my body through.