Bloggin' and boggin'

Welcome to another installment of the blog of Ben Allen! Last week was a very low week in terms of training hours because the 2 weeks before that were high in hours. That means there was lots of sitting around and resting, which is a very important part of training. Stress and recover is a good way to think of it. 

This will not turn into a blog about food, but I must share what Austin made on Monday night. Quesaritos. A cross between a quesadilla and a burrito. The best of both world. I highly suggest you make it, its quick and easy. Plus you can make it if 3 cross country guys living by themselves can make it. 

On Thursday we went bogging. This just means running through a bog. This was a different kind of bog from the Sugarloaf camp, where this had no standing water. The best way to describe it is that my feet were confused. As Dr. Casey Smith described it, "Its a cross between a waterbed and a tempurpedic mattress."

 After we bounded through the bog we played ultimate frisbee, because the bog was so soft you could dive for the frisbee without a worry that you were going to get injured.

Friday the biathletes came down from Fort Kent and we all went blueberry picking.

Saturday Lance and I did strength and as you can see Lance gained an insane amount of muscle mass. 

Sunday we all went to the Northern Maine Fair to see what it had to offer. The tractor/truck pull is where we ended up, and oh boy was it awesome! The power that these tractors had was jaw dropping. They were so loud and make so much smoke it made me want to drive one. In my opinion they should have this every single weekend, year-round and add obstacles and jumps. It should also be added into the Olympics, just my opinion.

This is me inside a tractor wheel. 

Thanks for reading! Tune back next week!