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Montpelier finished fourth overall. The 38-year-old deputy state director for VS: Would you do it again? JC: Absolutely. At this point, I try to Rep. Peter Welch’s Vermont office av- JC: There’s nothing paved: just nice, eraged just under a seven-minute mile. make it part of my spring schedule even dirt, back roads, which go past a lot of Phyl Newbeck lives in nice ponds. There was no mud, so it was if I’m not doing marathon training, Jericho with her partner, VS: Was this your first time doing this good, solid footing. which I’m not right now. It’s a good mo- Bryan, and two cats. race? tivator to do the mileage over the winter She is a skier, skater, JC: It was my third time. It’s a wonder- VS: Isn’t 20 miles an unusual dis- and spring. cyclist, kayaker, and ful race and a very nice course. The first tance? lover of virtually any time I did it was when I was training for VS: There were 70 racers this year. Is sport that does not JC: I don’t know of another Vermont involve motors. 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As far as Living in the wilderness can sometimes prove Vermont Kroka semester program is a doing outdoor trips, you aren’t often as to be dangerous, as Noah discovered. “I fell through six-month expedition covering 600 miles involved in the planning. We all have dif- the ice the other day. At the end of the lake, we had on skis, in canoes, and by bicycle. The ferent jobs. If we need more food, we’ll to portage across an ice patch. I was stepping out of journey begins in Marlow, New Hamp- e-mail base camp with exactly how much shire, where the students and teachers food we need. We plan every aspect of the canoe and my leg went right through the ice, and I work together to prepare for the expedi- the trip. We have a navigator, with topo- sat on the gunwale and the boat flipped. Someone else tion by dehydrating meat and vegetables, graphical maps, who will plan every had to come up and do a T-rescue (a maneuver to right and learning backcountry ski techniques, day. I’m in charge of all of the food for a capsized canoe without bringing it to shore) on the nutrition, and navigation skills. the expedition. We ate a lot of grains, boat. Misha, the program leader said, ‘Grab a boat and Then, from southern Vermont, the beans, lentils, rice—a lot of lightweight Noah Begin run.’” That was so Noah did not get hypothermic. group skied north along the Catamount things that don’t go bad.