From left to right: Emily G., Molly, Alexaiya, Louise, Casey, Chenoa
Emily Ro., Katherine, Maryam
Today was a rainy day. How beautiful is that? Rain on the day of the Brunswick meet means no horrible "desert" part of the course (cue angels singing Hallelujah). For those of you who have never run on Brunswick's course, you can find it at a farm -Crystal Springs Farm (or something along those lines)- mere minutes away from the school. The course narrows to about a person and a half width within 200 meters or so, and throughout the race, one must negotiate where to step, as footing can be rough with the awkward slanted hills and abundant amount of white roots. I'm just taking a guess that whoever spray-painted all of those roots is probably in the hospital for life due to back problems.. every root bigger than a pencil is highlighted. Which, don't get me wrong, is really wonderful, but jeesh! In the beginning, I felt the need to pick up the pace a little bit, expecting others to follow suit, but when they didn't, I kept going. I passed the first mile in a 6:20, and wondered why I was still alone. Midway through the race, Teresa Murphy (Bruns) caught up with me, and held a little bit of distance on me to the end.. I'm not sure how much it was exactly, because no other team got times (the timing system malfunctioned, but our coach always times Mt. Blue athletes just in case). Unfortunately, I ended up with a 21:02. It would have been a relief to break 21 on that course, but it has made me all the more excited for FOC next weekend. Louisa Stancioff ended up 5th after a stellar kick in the end, and on the boy's side, we had several in the top ten. The girls finished 3rd behind Mt. Ararat and Brunswick (which was only 1 point ahead of us!!)
KKNW, Addie
Highlights:
-Subway
-Cosmo
-The bonding moment I experienced with fellow captain and blogger, Maryam, prior to the race ;)
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