Early this morning I drove to Vail for a three day training camp with my Team Homegrown/Ski and Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV) Team. It’s great to be here with a bunch of great up-and-coming athletes. This morning we did 4 by 12 minutes classic threshold (a pace you can sustain for at least an hour) intervals. Then my teammate Tad Elliott and coach Dan Weiland got some good screen-time in the middle of the day (I did too.)
![](http://noahhoffman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/IMAG0236.jpg" "Tad and Dan")
In the afternoon we trained at the aptly named SSCV strength room:
![](http://noahhoffman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Vail-008.jpg" "SSCV Strength")
It was fun to have a big group of motivated skiers training together.
![](http://noahhoffman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Vail-004.jpg" "SSCV Team")
On the front of the strength building, SSCV has life-size cutouts of all their athletes on the USST.
![](http://noahhoffman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Vail-005.jpg" "SSCV USST Athletes")
There are a lot.
![](http://noahhoffman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Vail-006.jpg" "SSCV USST Athletes 2")
And a few more.
![](http://noahhoffman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Vail-007.jpg" "SSCV USST Athletes 3")
This is one of the greatest ski clubs in the country and I’m honored to be apart of it.
