Well everything is starting to become routine around here. I am training harder than ever before (which is the whole reason I am here) but I also have some time to do some other things. One of those things is what Maine Winter Sports Center (MWSC) calls community service but so far for me has only been helping out with the various little kid programs MWSC puts on. I have a requirement of community service hours for the year as part of my giving back for the support that I am receiving but I find it really enjoyable. Every Thursday there is a program called Jalbert which gets kids grades 3 through 8 involved in biathlon by having these meeting times where they will work on everything from ski technique on roller skis which are provided for them to shooting air rifles. It has been a lot of fun working on shooting with these younger kids and I am impressed with how many kids are interested in biathlon at such a young age.
To vary our training this week we drove down to Mt Katahdin which is about 3 hours south of here so that we could get a long run/hike in up Mt Katahdin. The coaches decided to camp at the base of the Mt the night before which I was not supper excited about because I am one of those kids that really prefers a nice bed over the cold ground but it worked out. I was looking forward to this workout because I was the first workout that we were going to do with the cross country team and it is always fun to train with some new faces.
Our coarse was a 14 mile expedition with quite a bit of elevation change including a 5000 something foot summit. I really enjoyed the trip up to the summit which was quite a workout but was not so excited about the way that we came down the Mt. We took the Knife’s edge along the top of the Mt which is just as sketchy as its name implies. Footing was worse than dismal and the path narrowed to about two or three feet with long drop offs on both sides. If every in Maine and are in the mood to do some climbing I would recommend one of the many other trails up and down Mt Katahdin but unless you are willing to risk falling to your death with one wrong step do not take the knife’s edge.
Other than thinking that I was going to die for about an hour the rest of my time here has definitely been fun and with Russell moving out Raleigh and I will have the whole place to our selves which should be fun.
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