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Sunday, Sept 18, 2005
This afternoon we had a sprint race here in Lake Placid on Placid’s new rollerski track. The track is around the jumps and has one long up hill and a fast down hill and one tricky corner.
The only goal of a rollerski sprint race is to imitate the sprint format and create a workout for sprint training.
 had Marwe skis but there were noticeable differences in ski speed even among the Marwe’s.</p>
<p>Execution of the workout — the race — is what is important. Warm up must prepare the skier to put up a very fast prelim time because qualifying for the rounds is very difficult. The warm down between each round has to clear lactate and keep the skier warm and ready to go for the next round. The warm down also has to clear lactate and begin recovery for the next days racing or training.</p>
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http://cxcskiing.org/Archives/web_sprint.wmv
Thanks for this footage goes out to Yuriy Gusev — The Goose — who is program director and Regional Development Team Coordinator for Central Cross Country Skiing (CXC).
