Festival of Champions

This morning he raced in the Unseeded Boys race and came in 5th place! What I liked best was watching all the boys high-fiving and congratulating each other for a great run. The encouragement and sportsmanship that we witness at cross-country meets is one of the reasons we love this sport!

Memories...

10 miles on ITS 89 with this guy!

Yukon is a great companion for my long runs!

Final group ride of the season!

We're in the middle of the last blast of summer heat, but Amber knows what to do!

Yearbook Pix

I submitted this precious memory for my parent memoir in the Yearbook, along with this Senior Photo that we took a couple of weeks ago. It's  surreal...

Team Nooksack at the 2nd Annual Soldiers Pace 5k Canicross race

We took the 2 top places for the males, and the top place for the females! Great job team!!

(I ran with Yukon, and we somehow managed to cross the finish line in 30 minutes. Woohoo!!)

The yearlings were so excited to start training for the season today!!

Grey was excitedly telling Meb all about it, while Gwen dug right into leading with Auntie Trek!

Cross Country Meet @ our Home Course

Vikings Girls Cross Country Team

Showing 'em how it's done!

Goofing off with my fellow Slow Spokes!

Crocs!!

And he's headed back to school...

I definitely had to try it, and he made sure that happened...

Metallak North Country Adventure Race

Today he joined a group of other hardy athletes at Mowhawk Falls in Colebrook, New Hampshire where they biked...

ran... 

paddled... 

ran again...

hopped back onto the bike to head off into the woods... 

and once out of the woods... 

paddled again... 

then changed shoes again... 

ran/hiked up the mountain...

and then...  

finally biked to the finish line!

It was an amazing day spent watching these incredible athletes continuing to push through pain, fatigue, and more pain in order to accomplish such a feat of strength! I'm very proud of my man.

Personal Best

This afternoon he pushed hard (and still had fun!) and achieved a personal best time! I was so proud watching him dig in and run fast. He was so happy!!

Cross-country team dinner at our house tonight!

Happy 17th birthday!

We're having dinner at Norway Brewing Company because he wants the best burger in town! 

She's so helpful...

5 1/2 at Lunchtime

Celebrating!

My Dogs are Barking 5k

...in a cani-cross with Frank, Amber, and Trek! They were such good doggies today, and we all had great races despite some minor technicalities!!

Om-a-can Can-oe Triathlon

Our first event this morning - watching him do his thing on the bike, running, and then paddling a kayak. Well, actually miss that first part because we're going to be running ourselves...

Warming up in a downpour!

Which ended up turning into a thunderstorm, so their race was cancelled. :-(

Happiness is...

I could have sat there for hours!

I couldn't let him do it!

Cani-cross training in the rain!

Because dogs love cold wet weather, and there is a hot shower at home for us humans! This was my first run with Yukon and I was a little bit nervous since he's so big and fast, although I know that he is a gentle soul. I hooked him beside Amber, and she did a great job helping to hold him back a bit and keep him calm. Somehow they pulled me to a faster pace than I have ever run though! Crazy fun!!

Now that's more like it!

Vikings at Maranacook