Mountain Day/Fall Update/agility day

Hello all, Jakin Miller from Willytown Massachusetts signing on. The blog has been rather quiet this fall, so half the on-campus mens team has been voluntold for the fall update. As an avid blog fan myself, I can't say I was that sad. 

First off, mountain day. No general merrymaking was held on Stony Ledge (read "no cider donuts or people to be impressed by how far we've run), but a grand time was had by all. Woody came out of retirement and Liam defected from the swim team to join Jacob and me for the day.

The squad. Liam has yet to get the mask memo apparently. Marika has been stuck on the bike, but she came in clutch with a delivery of donuts to the top of Greylock. 

As for the rest of the fall, cows have been chased, and brunches have been devoured (outside), gummy bear sponsorships have been applied for (and denied), and freshman (including myself) have been edemicated in the ways of Williams. 

Whitman's and Lee's are now line space. Pro tip - cutting the line markers when the line is empty is highly efficient though frowned upon by dining services. 

Jacob admiring a floating leaf in Valhalla. Further research on this phenomenon pending. 

Outdoor lifting set up. Usually fantastic, although if a coach tells you to push a lifting plate across the turf, run the other way unless you want to reach max heart rate while moving slower than whitman's line on a sunday brunch.  

The road biking gang has been strong this fall. No phones were dropped in the making of these photos, though the photographer did almost ride off the road.

Reading philosophy in a tree is highly entertaining. Would recommend, though the sunbathing fellow on science quad lawn who watched me scramble around for a half hour trying to get comfortable would maybe question my productivity. 

Dining Services now serves alcoholic chicken. Must be good for warding off covid. 

As for training, that happened too. Today was the first day we got clearance to use vans (whoop whoop!) so Jay worked some local connections for some agility fun at Mt. Greylock High School. My dad apparently got bored when his beloved son left for college (you'd think his other five kids would be enough but apparently not), so he took it upon himself to build some rollerski ramps. 

Lilly, Marika, and Jacob ripping it up (feat. a Miller sibling in the background). 

Ramp-maker Jack Miller loading up the ramps. Not sure how this is road legal but certainly looks impressive. 

Other news, Jacob is currently in a strava war with the mysterious roller skier Win Goodbody for the local segments. . Jacob has begun withholding kudos on Win's workouts, so you know things are getting heated. 

It is supposed to snow Friday, so do your snow dances on Thursday!

-Jakin  "He who comes late to practice" Miller