Covered about 3 miles in fartlek mode running around the outside of the fence taking pics during the girls and boys XC State Champs. Highlight of my year for the past 3 seasons. As close to winter olympics biathloning as I'll ever get... run 800 meters, stop and shoot pics, run 800 meters, stop and shoot pics - big fun. Travis ran well considering stomach pain once again - gotta get that sorted out. He placed 21st overall in 16:47, just 8 seconds shy of his PR, and the team placed 3rd. More impressive, again considering his GI issues, he was really struggling at 1.5 miles and lagging about 10 meters behind our #3 runner. The halfway point is in the boonies on this course and I hollered out for him to get his head up and close the gap. By the 2-mile mark, he was back on #3's heels, and, coming up the finishing hill, he went by him to finish 5 seconds ahead - nice little victory on a rough day. |