The Bates crew wrapped up our annual fall training camp with a 10k classic time trial ending in a brutally long climb. After an initial 5k with Max, the boys' new friend sprinted past the pack to take home the big W before Becky and I had to take HIM home.
We spent our evenings gathered together cooking and eating by the fire, and often we found ourselves in short supply of dishes, allowing Nick to casually sip chili out of his gravy bowl.
Our (also) annual pie making contest was a success, and our team COB (Crackling Oat Bran) managed a solid second place, despite the hole we took out of it to eat some, and the chocolate chips we used to patch the hole (lower left, notice the ever so clever #1π )
By the end of the week, many of us had adopted a new facial expression, something we denoted as "the face". These pictures speak for themselves:
Tar-dog
H-Lange
Mekey
Briggs
Katz
Nate dawg
PBP
Max
Dylan
P$$
C Gray
Zoe
Sadie James
Hallie
Snorel
We will keep crushing it like we do best, stabbing our pointy pieces of metal into the pavement a lot of times and picking up heavy things and putting them down and stuff... stay tuned for more fall adventures! For now, I leave you with an inspiring image of our fearless leader at his finest:
xoxo Katz
