The Names Roy, Brian Roy

Hello, I know it has been a while since my last blog up date, sorry about that. I’ve just been so focused on training. I’ve been having some technical difficulties with my computer lately so I don’t have the End of July video ready yet but it’ll be up soon.

My last post was right after Maine Team Camp in Sugarloaf. The week after that was one of my biggest weeks of the year. 19 hour week was capped off with a camping trip to Kamouraska, Canada. Being right on the St. Lawrence Seaway Kamouraska is a pretty cool place. After running, walking around town and a 5 hour, 78 mile bike ride (my longest ride ever) plus not getting much sleep in that little tent I was pooped.

low tide on the St. Lawrence

My Tent

The campground next to the St. Lawrence

Team bike ride

Luckily the next week was a rest week. A much needed rest week. As opposed to my 19 hour week before this week only required 9 hours of training time. One of the high lights of the week was the week was the Thursday bog run. Unlike the bog in Sugarloaf (Muck, Leaches, disgustingness) this bog had been completely grown over by moss. I’m not sure of the since behind it but the moss had covered all the water, then grew down to the bottom of the lake. So when walking on the moss it felt like a wet trampoline that didn’t bounce back up. The 15 times 15 second intervals on the bog were fun and all but the ultimate Frisbee game at the end was the real highlight. It was soon discovered that hitting the ground didn’t hurt at all so the friendly match turned into full-contact ultimate.

Epic game of chess with Ben Allen (Yellow)

This past week was back to regular training. A bounding workout in Presque Isle that was best summed up by my quote after interval number 6: “when bounding I’m like ‘Yes! Coffee’ but when shooting I’m like ‘Oh no! Coffee’” needless to say I’m still trying to figure out how coffee affects me.

Some County news. The new bridge connecting USA and Canada opened the other day. It now has two way traffic and doesn’t feel like it’s going to collapse any second. This coming week is the World Acadian Congress. I’m not 100% sure what’s going on but what I’ve been able to piece together is hundreds of years ago people from France settled all over the world and once a year they all meet up in a place with Acadian heritage this year for the first time ever it is in the St. John Valley (Fort Kent, Claire, Edmundston, Madawaska and so on). So out of nowhere 3000 (mabye more) French speaking people from all over the world will show up to check out the area and meet their extended family. What does this mean for me? Nothing. I won’t be here (see next paragraph) but one of the families that will be getting together is the Roy family (among the Cyr’s, Daigle’s, Paradi’s, Bouchard’s Michaud’s, Ouellette’s and many more that rule the St. John Valley). My middle name being Roy helps me fit in very well here. Just the other day when signing up for DVD rentals at the grocery store the girl asked to see me drivers license to put my info into the computer, only to find out a few days later she put me in as “Brian Roy” it’s not her fault, Halligan just isn’t very Acadian I guess. If you know more about the Acadian Congress and I'm completely wrong, please let me know.

there are about 100 of these that line Rt.161
 (they don't all say Roy)

Next in my life is the “Tour de North East”. For the next Month and a half I will be driving back and forth between Lake Placid, Jericho, Craftsburry, and Saratoga for various camps and races. But first I will be heading down to Cape Cod to see my mom’s side of the family, the Roy part of me (whom I haven’t seen in two years) I’m excited to see my family and get ready for the Jericho Races.

I’ll try to have the End of July video up by the middle of the week so stay tuned for that (It’s a good one).

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