The J2/J3 group arrived safely back in Vermont this evening, and the J1/OJ + Brooke group arrives home tomorrow evening. We’ve had a great time in Colorado and have gotten a lot of quality training in. As Sverre mentioned, the older kids headed over to Steamboat for a time trial on Saturday. It was nice to get a hard effort in, come down almost 2,000 feet from where we were living & training for the previous week, and mix it up with the Steamboat kids – who were fast! Results are over on their blog. No photos from the TT, but plenty of other photos from the week. Check them out below:
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On Sunday night we had our Yankee Swap – $5 limit that produced everything from body spray to Red Bull to various thrift shop finds to stuffed animals to $5 in cold hard cash. Charlie was the first to pick up the night’s coveted item – an American flag button up shirt (Koby’s find)…
Prepared by head chef for the night – Alex Cobb!
Lots of photos from a practice earlier this week – we skied a short loop in groups of 2-4 and the goal was to have everyone take turns leading and getting up to top speed from the start of downhill and then carrying that speed to the low point of the loop. ![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xBFrTXDv_hM/TubBb15IREI/AAAAAAAADmA/2pq-NJJeilo/s400/IMG_1336.JPG)
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We waxed at the lodge at the nordic center every few days. Great to have benches available for us to use, which allowed us to travel light!
Team photo on Sunday morning before heading out for our classic OD.
Waking up to this every morning – what a great way to spend a week!