Halloween 2013

Where's Waldo?

Amber and Libby are celebrating Halloween while on route to Colorado. They're driving a vanload of skis, gates, and equipment for the BMA Alpine Camp at Loveland. Hopefully they've got a bag full of candy corn and Halloween chocolate to fuel their way. Safe travels ladies!
The rest of the crew will fly west this weekend.

CircumBurke 2013-Remembering Amy Dombroski

All current able bodied students and a few staff participated in the third annual Circumburke Mountain Bike Challenge on Sunday, October 27 in memory of alumna Amy Dombroski.   Circumburke is an event organized and sponsored by Kingdom Trails, Conservation Collaboratives and the Burke Area Chamber.  Participants are " invited to push their limits over the “wild side” of Burke Mountain on rarely used singletrack and logging trails, through forests and fields. Surrounded by breathtaking fall scenery, the Circumburke is an adventure for all."

We thought the event was appropriate because it not only captures Amy's spirit, it was conceived as and is a celebration of Dave Blumenthal ‘s life.  Dave was an avid endurance athlete, adventurer, industrial and museum exhibit designer, writer and artist who lived in Montpelier, Vermont.  Dave died tragically while racing in the 2010 Tour Divide, a 2,745 mile, self-supported mountain bike race across the spine of the Rockies, from the Canada to Mexico.

The BMA community read Bryce Hubner's article, "Remembering Amy Dombroski," in reading period on Friday, October 25 for inspiration.  All BMA participants wore a "green for grit" ribbon in remembrance of Amy.

Dannica and Olivia

Moriah and Kate

Chase, Freddy and Sven at the start

Sam, Patrick, Ryan and Yale

Anna, Sophie S. and Madison

Lindley followed by Matt W.

Drew, Jack and Matt

Fredi and Chris

Lexi and Abby

Abby, John, Lexi and Amanda

Where are your kids at 3:30?

Watching World Cup opener in the science center!

More workout pictures

Here are a few more pictures from Sandpits, since it's so photogenic! Also, some pictures from the Mountain Leg Routine yesterday afternoon. This week is a heavy week for the girls, with Timed Hike Preview on Monday morning (typical quote: "if that was the preview, I'm going to die. There is no way I can go any faster than that!") Mountain Leg Routine, a couple lifts, and actual Timed Hike on Friday morning. Mountain Leg Routine is a classic, tough Burkie workout - the mountain is our gym! - but it sure is a beautiful scene for suffering!

First snow

BMA woke up this morning to a somewhat surprising first snow.  It had been in the forecast earlier, but was then removed.

Remember to watch Mikki race on Saturday!

Thank You Mom and Dad!

Thank you mom and dad for that fancy calculator! 
Algebra 2 students learned to solve a system of equations in three variables with pencil and paper.  They then learned about matrices, matrix multiplication, and determinants and were able to apply Cramer's Rule to solve a system of equations, again "by hand."  After a few days of torture, I taught them how to use their graphing calculators to enter matrices, find determinants, and perform matrix operations.  They were psyched!  It may not appear so in the photos, but ask them about it.

 Ava and Sarah.  Sarah has to reference her user manual since she has a Casio.

 Sven's calculator just arrived!

 Sophie is so glad she has her name engraved on her calculator.

 

 

 

 Anna is a pro! 

Beloved Sand Pits

On Friday all the athletes participated in one of their most beloved workouts: Sand pits. Amber and Bryna set a couple challenging courses which included a big jump, steep downhill sections, and uphill sections. Dave Iverson came along to time the athletes using our new Microgate timing system. The athletes took run after run, motivated to beat their own times - and others'! But all in all, I think they had fun.

Below are LOTS of photos of the athletes bashing through and running around gates, as well as smiling as they hike the hill to take another run.

 Pre-race Inspection

 Sophie S & Jordan

 Matt Wilson

 Jack

 Patrick

 Ollie

 Christopher

 Will

 Kai

 Yale

 McKenna & Parker

 Forest

 Drew

 Corey

 Ryan

 Olivia - running "Death Pits" - for the limited athletes

 Jordan

 Sarah

 Harry

 Madison

 Sophie W

 Jonny

 Avery, Liam, Christopher, Isabel

 Patrick (?) jumping

 Sam jumping

 Jordan, Madison, Isabel

 Gigi & Liam

 Looking down the sand pit - it is steep!

Gigi & Olivia

 Sven

 Corey

 Liam

 All athletes doing a core workout after

 Drew starting

 The scene

 Matt Hanus

 Sven

 Jonny finishing through the timer

 Forest finishing

Sven with a crowd