Saturday, December 1, 2012

Movember Recap

         Rabbit Rabbit. Lo, its finally December and only two long weeks stand before us and academic freedom. In the weeks following, members of our team will race at the first Eastern Cup weekend in Craftsbury, Vermont followed by a short Christmas break before U.S Nationals and then finally Carnival Season. However, instead of contemplating and planning for the future as Cross Country Skiing demands, I'd like to dedicate this post instead to November. 
          November was the month for the Bobcats. November saw Bobcat victories at the Lobster Roll 15km, relaxing in Acadia, much hill bounding at Lost Valley, being reunited with on snow skiing and then being torn away, Paula Dean style Thanksgiving dinner and mustaches. Yes, mustaches.

                                              A very cleanly executed mustache by Nate Fuller.


           November is not only a month following October and subsequent slaughter of American Turkey populations, however a month for both men and women to come together to embrace the breathtaking beauty and power of a good moustache. Moustache + November = Movember. In actuality, Movember is a month where men dedicate their upper lips to raise money for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Forming a team headlined by former Batesie and current U.S Ski team member Sylvan Ellefson, and to the dismay of the female team, the Bobcat men celebrated Movember. 


Our fearless Movember team Captain, Sylvan Ellefson 


              With all that being said, Movember was a lot fun for all those involved, except perhaps the female team who reluctantly gave us the support we needed to preen and grow our crumb catcher's. 


                                   Sophomore Nick Michaud casually sports his Parisian inspired moustache

                                                    Senior Kevin Daniel Kuzio and his impressive 'stache.

                                                           Me (Peter Cowan) and my precious Mo.


                                         Bates Nordic's biggest fan Brendan Johnson ('14) and his well groomed moustache.



                                                                                   We even got some skiing in!


                       There you have it. November at its finest. The past week for the Bobcats has been a rather quiet one with a low hour recovery week, however a good opportunity to view all that video from Craftsbury. As November winds down and the Bobcats look towards December and the months to come, we can truly say this was a great month of training and individual competition. 
                                                          We salute you November.

         More photos to come I'm sure from the small crew that headed back to Craftsbury this weekend.
                                                                                                               -Peter Cowan '14

                  

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