Erin Hood, the second-place finisher in Wednesday's SuperTour classic sprint in Cable, WI, has trained for a number of years in the Anchorage-based APUNSC program and has worked her way up the ranks to become one of the main contenders on the national circuit. She says she hasn't peaked yet this year and hopes to keep building through the rest of the season. Here are a few of her comments right after the sprint.
Erin Hood — Still Building
FasterSkier · January 26, 2006
-Yeah that was great, Naryshkina and I were able to ski away from everybody and ski it in nice and easy the whole last half.
It looked like you had really good power on the uphills, was that feeling good?
-That was feeling good, and I had really fast skis on the downhills too, so I was lucky all the time today!
Have you been training specifically for sprints, or just all-around?
-All-around. I think for me it’s just getting more practice doing National sprint races…I feel like it’s still kind of new to me.
How is your year going, do you still feel like you’re building a lot?
-Yeah I don’t think I’ve peaked yet this year, so I’m excited to keep on going with this tour and hopefully Canadian Nationals and Spring Series too.
Are you doing both races this weekend?
-Doin’ both races. I’m really excited about the 5k classic, it’s a really good course with lots of steep climbs that I think the power will be helpful on.
Great, well good luck, and good job today!
