Spaghetti Suppers

with the Winslow Cross Country team= some of Callum's favorite events in life. One of the booster club parents hosts a team dinner each Thursday or Friday evening (depending on if the meet is on a Friday or Saturday). I try to get to all the ones I can....and, of course, I cannot get to every single one. This past Friday, as we prepared for Eastern Maine Regional Championships, we went over to Chris (the other coach)'s house and she treated us to some homemade mac and cheese, garlic bread, and chicken alfredo. It was heaven!

The team dinners are fantastic because you get to socialize with the kids OFF the trails and OFF the roads....you can talk about normal, non-running things....and, best of all, no one smells or drips with sweat....

Our season is winding down, with the state championships this Saturday in Belfast. Our workouts have been tough, I think, this season--usually, this is how a normal week goes (because some folks have asked)

MONDAY: Long run day....about 6-8 miles
TUESDAY: Tempo run day (a tempo run is a shorter run performed at a harder race-like pace) ....about 5 miles max
WEDNESDAY: Hill intervals (or, towards the end of the season, like now, when we are running on flatter courses, about 7-8 half mile repeats at race pace)
THURSDAY: Quarter-mile repeats (about 8) run at FASTER than race pace, in order to work on turning feet over quickly
FRIDAY: Strideouts....light jog....lots of stretching....sometimes I lead the team in yoga

It has been a long and great season....think of this: We started on August 14th!The ending of the season is bittersweet...but I know I will enjoy the time and I can start focusing on my own winter races!!!

This is what Callum wore to the supper last Friday-----he was a "reindeer cowboy"

Watching the film about Steve Prefontaine's life....if you dont know who he is, look him up....

Erica was Callum's horse at the FIRST spaghetti supper....way back in August.....and here they are again #reunited