See "Rainpolding" for contrast... Greetings from SUNNY Bavaria! The first week of the Europe camp has flown by, and though the weather is always a worry, Ruhpolding has been cooperating fully by giving us bright, sunny days and thundering only at nig...
Most of the campers are getting a bit tired so we had a "nap" time after lunch today. Justin Freeman then talked to the group about his experiences as a skier who never quite made the Jr Olympic/National team, but kept at it and made the USST and the O...
Cool course data from the Timex Global Trainer GPS watch1.95 mi long climbStart elevation: 2162 ftFinish elevation: 3903 ft We had our mountain run today and pre-race favorite Justin Freeman charged up for the victory. He was just off of h...
Here are a bunch more pictures from today. Above, Poppet talks about goal setting, while below..the younger kids work on classic technique and do the double pole test. The D-pole test. With the usual disclaimer that roller skis come in different sp...
Today was roller ski day. 1/2 of the group did a classic distance workout with technique and our Ball Mtn Dam d-pole test, while the other half worked on skate technique, agility and speed. We then met up for lunch and had talks on Goal Setting (from P...
Today was roller ski day. 1/2 of the group did a classic distance workout with technique and our Ball Mtn Dam d-pole test, while the other half worked on skate technique, agility and speed. We then met up for lunch and had talks on Goal Setting (from P...
Hey, the first international ski races of the 2011-2012 season took place recently in New Zealand! They are officially FIS sanctioned races, but my impression is that they have a bit more of a training camp time trial feel to them. The Americans, Canadians, some Russians, and then an assortment of Japanese, Korean, and locals [...] Related posts:
Our Junior camp started this afternoon with 60 skiers coming in shortly after lunch. Everyone arrived on time with their paper work so we were off to a good start.We have split into 7 groups for the first couple of days so that everyone will have some ...
I hereby challenge myself to start updating again. I seem to have gotten caught up in a spring and summer’s comings and goings without finding the desire to update about them. Hopefully that is about to change. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera and I am now in Germany for a three week training camp, full [...]
I hereby challenge myself to start updating again. I seem to have gotten caught up in a spring and summer’s comings and goings without finding the desire to update about them. Hopefully that is about to change. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera and I am now in Germany for a three week training camp, full [...]
I hereby challenge myself to start updating again. I seem to have gotten caught up in a spring and summer’s comings and goings without finding the desire to update about them. Hopefully that is about to change. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera and I am now in Germany for a three week training camp, full [...]
I hereby challenge myself to start updating again. I seem to have gotten caught up in a spring and summer’s comings and goings without finding the desire to update about them. Hopefully that is about to change. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera and I am now in Germany for a three week training camp, full [...]
Snowflake Photographs by Snowflake Bentley Jericho: a small Vermont town made famous by “Snowflake” Bentley, the first man to photograph snowflakes back in 1885 and discover that no two are ever alike. Over 125 years later, Jericho’s winter heritage is still going strong, even in the summer. Every August, I travel to [...]
Snowflake Photographs by Snowflake Bentley Jericho: a small Vermont town made famous by “Snowflake” Bentley, the first man to photograph snowflakes back in 1885 and discover that no two are ever alike. Over 125 years later, Jericho’s winter heritage is still going strong, even in the summer. Every August, I travel to [...]
Snowflake Photographs by Snowflake Bentley Jericho: a small Vermont town made famous by “Snowflake” Bentley, the first man to photograph snowflakes back in 1885 and discover that no two are ever alike. Over 125 years later, Jericho’s winter heritage is still going strong, even in the summer. Every August, I travel to [...]
For our last morning of camp, Poppet set up a fun "SMS Passport" game. Teams had to complete 7 physical challenges and answer a bunch of SMS trivia questions and ski related questions. Each team picked their name and team color and got to work.Enjoy th...
Once again, I use the term junior a little lightly. That’s especially true for the women, since it’s a bit more likely to see younger women establish themselves on the WC scene. So some of these names aren’t really “up and comers” anymore, but they are still quite young. As before, we’re using FIS points, [...] Related posts:
After lunch, the skies cleared and the sun poked out! The younger kids hiked Stratton while the older kids tried their hand at roller skiing. We split into groups based on technique and experience and had fun skiing at Ball Mtn. Dam. Click on any pictu...
We woke up to a very light drizzle so we went outside for the morning wake up jog and stretch. There is a nice little circle around our campus green so we used the loop and ran some slalom. Stretching the ankles. Quad stretch. Calf stretch. Ooops...
It poured rain all day so today we took advatage of our wonderful gym and we worked on strength, balance and agility. Some of the day was spent doing different strength exercises, some of the day was spent on education and some of the day was spent pla...