Monday, July 14, 2014

Maine Team Camp 1

Last week I went down to Carrabassett Vally with MWSC for Maine Team Camp. This camp is exclusively for Maine skiers that have qualified for Eastern High School Championships or the J2 Festival. The week was full of training and good times. The week started off with L3 intervals on the rollerskis followed up by a long 5 hour hike, L4 hill bounding intervals, Strength and trail running. All capped off with the famous Will Sweetser Scavenger Hunt. 2.5 hours of running through the woods looking for questions on cardboard. This Hunt featured running on trails, bushwhacking, running down a river and walking through a bog.

The bog was definitely an experience I won’t soon forget. When first walking up to the bog it looked like there was about a foot of water followed by some mud. I was wrong. Upon taking my first step into the water I sunk down 3 feet until there was muck and mud up to my abs, then a foot of water to my neck.  With every step I could feel the mud trying to pull my shoes off. While standing in the muck reading the question. I noticed 6 inch black snakes slithering around in the water. Then I realized they weren’t snakes, they were huge leeches. It was nasty. Luckily I didn’t find any on me.

Reading a question during scavenger race.

"The Cave" during our hike

80% muck. 20% water 100% nasty

Leeches

reaching for the question

run through a river

Coach Will Sweetser instructing

PG boys eating lunch during hike


Nice view



Team run

Swimming hole that was really freaking cold



This week is one of my biggest weeks of the year in terms of training hours so if you need me I’ll be out training. Thanks for visiting. Follow me on Twitter: @bhbiathlon, Instagram: @brhalligan  and facebook


song of the week: Dashboard by Modest Mouse



Thursday, July 3, 2014

June Recap

Now that it is the end of June I have made the "End of June Video" as I was making it I thought of a great idea for the "End of July Video" so I'll be working on that one this month.  Have a great 4th of July!