Cole and friends banded together once again to form a make-shift Lake Region Middle School XC team for the 26th Annual Thetford Woods Trail Run invitational meet.
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| Alicia, from Albany, and Erica, Caleb's sister and Cole's classmate, warm up before their race. |
Below, Cole waits in line for the bathroom.
From the Thetford Academy website:
"The 26th annual Woods Trail Run will take place on Saturday, Oct. 1, from approximately 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. We expect more than 2,000 middle and high school runners to join us from 100 schools in eight states, for an event that practically triples the population of the Town of Thetford."
I do believe that there were thousands of people present for the meet. We never even found the Lake Region High School team or their tent. The quote above mentions the 2000 runners, but then add in the parents, friends, and other family members. This was a big, big event.
Cole was in the junior high boys race with a time of 11:12.62
I really liked their bib design. The picture was also on t-shirts that they were selling, but the price was a little too high for us.
On the back of the bib is a timing/tracking chip. The announcer was constantly telling runners to NOT use their watches at the finish to check their time bcause the watches interfere with the tracking chip! Cole thinks they might still be tracking our whereabouts. You never know.
He came in 52 out of 180 runners. Not too bad for not really having a team or practices. He does a lot of running in soccer and those Craftsbury races all summer were good training.
