Vajgrt: This has GOT to stop!

Campers Listen To Another Long Lecture


A small group of Borgess Run Campers, led by Camp Coach Mary Vajgrt, insist they’ve had enough “learnin’” and have called for an end to clinics, classes, in-services, programs and lectures at camp.

“We don’t have to take this,” shouted Vajgrt to those assembled around the bagels, gogurt and fruit after Saturday’s run. “What is this, ‘sit-around camp’?”

Although Vajgrt herself had led sessions on stretching, core strength and injury prevention, and had taken part in programs on gait analysis, speed work, good form running and triathalon training, she said she was feeling other campers’ pain. “I’ll admit, I’ve been part of the problem, but enough is enough."

There were reports that Vajgrt was egged on by Team Leader Sheila Clothier, whose entire team boycotted the December in-services on shoe wear, running in cold temperatures and “Finding A Good Running Surface -- How Hard Can It Be?”

Said Clothier, “those particular clinics didn’t bother me so much, but we felt we had to make some type of statement about the “We-Put-Our-Pants-On-One-Leg-At-A-Time” demonstration.

Camp organizer Blaine Lam, defending the necessity to “provide every possible learning opportunity to our campers,” promised that next Saturday’s clinic on hydration “won’t be as dry as the others.”