Biking with the Womens National Team

The Womens National Team has been training in Fort Kent for a week and a half. I have been joining them for a few of there workouts. The most interesting of which was a 3 hour road bike ride in Canada. For those not familiar with Fort Kent here is a little perspective. It takes me about 10 minutes to ride to Canada from where I am staying. As soon as you cross the international bridge you begin to see French everywhere. "Arrete" is on stop signs. As you ride along you see "Maison a Vendre" signs. Along with biking the women have done some very serious rollerski interval workouts, strength training and distance training. It has been great to have so many high level athletes around, and add a little variation to life here. This week was also the Acadian Festival. A celebration of Acadian culture (food, wierd acadian bed races ect.) Ployes are a traditional Acadian food I sampled while at the Festival. A ploy is a lot like a crepe except is is made from special wheat and is only cooked on one side. This week is my low week with only 8 hours of training. Next week there is a Maine nordic team camp here along with a middle school biathlon camp. I will be teaching technique to the middle school biathletes, along with helping on the range. I am also looking forward to the 4th of July, however civilian fireworkd are illegal in Maine so this 4th of July will be a little less spectacular than others.