Emily, Caitlin, Heather, and me after a workout at
the range in Jericho
(photo @greenracingproject Instagram)
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Racing at trials (photo: Paul Bierman) |
While I have rowed and mountain biked on occasion prior to this year, I decided to do more of both this summer in an attempt to improve my mediocre skills. I would say my mountain biking has now gotten to the point that when I head out onto the Center's singletrack trails, I spend more time actually biking than walking my bike. Twice this summer we've done OD (over-distance) workouts where we rollerski to East Burke and then bike on the Kingdom Trails which has been a fun way to mix up some long workouts. I can't say my rowing has improved all that much, but it's always helpful to have the GRP rowers around to give technique advice.
Rowing on Hosmer - I need to work on sitting
up straiter...
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Here are some more photos of summer training and various other activities.
Providing the chickens and geese with entertainment
in the form of grass skiing speeds in Elinors Field
(photo: Caitlin)
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We finished up our most recent testing week with the
Race to the Top of VT. Here are some of the GRP
ladies at the summit with SMS-T2
skiers Erika and Annie.
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At the end of July, we hosted a BKL camp. Here is one
of the adventure race teams running down
Ruthies in their PFDs.
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Each team of campers had to close five targets as part of the race, in addition to a variety of other adventursome activities. |
Picking (and eating) lots of blueberries at Brown's
(photo @greenracingproject Instagram)
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Our skeletal tomato plants after
considerable leaf-removal in an
effort to combat the dreaded blight
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Despite the blight, we've harvested
many tasty tomatoes
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Braiding garlic before hanging it to dry |
Some colorful mushrooms we came across on the
singletrack trails during one of the Center's
wildflower walks. I'm not much of a mycologist
so I'm not exactly sure what they are...
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