Here is the summer's first run test vid. Some people did it again today and the rest will do it a bit later in the summer. Not like it is really exciting but it gives you a feel of what the course is like etc. Results and pics from today's ...
We got up early today for a skate sprint simulations -- special guests, the brothers (elder two) Hegman -- showed up and duked it out with us.
Yesterday we had a great day of training with over four hours of skiing. The morning session was a pace workout on the Warren/Lincoln Gap 5km course. We timed the first effort with a goal of threshold effort and nice, open motions -- then w...
Here are some pics of current SMS'ers who participated in the 2012 Prouty Ride - a fundraiser for the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, NH:Brooke & Pip, post 50 miles. Molly post 200 miles (100 Friday, 100 Satu...
Starts today!I'm sorry for some email glitches this week -- hoping to be back on line this morning (since Tuesday).Second session schedule:Monday - 9am Depart for Lincoln Gap TT -- 5km x 2 -- classic2pm Depart for skate ski w/ specific strengthTuesday ...
With the CXC Team training camps based out of Telemark Lodge in northern Wisconsin it makes it pretty convenient to catch up with my Hayward family and friends while in town. Hayward was home for a good six years and although I live in Minneapoli...
APP GAP CHALLENGE – 7/3/12 Skate Classic Total 1 Nate Latourette 18:46 15:43 34:29(2) 2 Jacob Meyerson 01:18 17:38 42:56(11) 3 Charlie Greenberg 21:37 16:0...
I know it’s been way too long since my last update! Everything is going well here in Lake Placid. I have settled into my normal summer training routine and am enjoying every minute of being home for the summer. Don’t … Continue ...
We just returned home from Craftsbury VT where the NENSA USSA R.E.G and J2 Camp were taking place. This was the third year in a row that NENSA has allowed Mid-A to select athletes to attend the camp in addition to the NENSA athletes who qualified. This...
I have had an extended Spring this year enjoying cool weather for my training camp out in Washington State. The thermometer read 38F when I woke up to head to the airport, with 104F outside in Denver during my layover it became obvious that the h...
Given the preponderance of base training I did last year, this season we're stepping up the intensity a lot sooner and with more volume than ever before. Perhaps the three greatest focuses we have for this dryland season are: power, speed, and anaerobi...
Alison and I arrived to the reception on the rusty steedWhile training continues to pick up through the summer, I managed to take a few days and get myself hitched. Amidst rollicking thunder and intermittent showers last Saturday, Alison and I threw ou...
This week forty of New England’s top junior skiers came to Craftsbury for a training camp so we’ve had lots of company on the trails and roads during our training sessions. The first few days were cold and wet so we were all very excited ...
Summer Vid of the DP testMore vids here: SMS XC Vimeo Channel
As we head into our camp season we are grateful for our beautiful valley and humbled by the dynamic nature of recent summer weather systems. Today we watched the radar closely and managed to have two safe and quality sessions on roller skis...
Now that school is over the real work begins ! The daily schedule of attending school and athletic practice makes it easy to have a complex schedule seem pretty easy to maintain. Accustomed to a routine that YOU have been in fo...
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results" -Albert EinsteinIn order to continue to improve it is important to make changes. I am really excited about my training and preparation for the 2012/2...
We are in to our second full week of summer practice. Last week we got back to the basics and went over goals and expectations of the program and athletes. This week we are starting to do the work that will build the foundation we will use in...
Today we had our first summer session -- it is so nice to be in the laid back summer zone.Ian Moore, Devlin and Kaitlin took on the 800m uphill test (which might be 810m after review:)We took a swim in the Mad and I made a fun video to get ya all smili...