Transition Into XC

Ahhh, XC. I can practically smell it in the humid Maine July air, with preseason starting "just 36 days from now" (exclaimed my mother this morning while she enthusiastically typed out an email to the team). The last time that I raced was at the Bowdoin Gala on June 17, after taking my Calculus and Chemistry finals on my last day of school. Needless to say, it wasn't a fantastic race, because I decided to not use a watch in the mile but pace off of another racer seeded with a 5:20. My advice after that experience- you cannot rely on others in order to have the race of your life, because they might just end up having the worst one of theirs. Lets just say my pacer did not have the race of her life. Enough said. Alright! In the meantime, the team gets together a couple of times a week for low-key workouts/runs. I've also been doing a lot of cross training this summer (more than running, in fact)- rollerskiing and hiking. This past weekend my family and some family friends went on our annual wilderness camping trip on Flagstaff Lake. The teens all got up on one of the mornings and hiked to the top of Avery Peak on Bigelow, which is a 9 mile hike. It literally took all day, but was literally a lot of fun.
KKNW, Addie



Ashten Hackett (remember that awesome State Champ Hurdle/Jumper from Edward Little??) and I atop Avery Peak, Bigelow Mtn.