This afternoon we took everyone down to Burr and Burton for a running race against MAU, BBA, Long Trail and Arlington.Above, Matt leads the boys in their warm-up.With the addition of a couple of alpine skiers ( Francesca and Anne G) we had an 11 person...
Fall is definitely here and colder weather is on the way. We even had snow at the top of Stratton this week (see below from the Stratton Facebook page) - hopefully it makes its way down to our elevation by the end of the month! Yesterday we...
I happened to be thinking about visualizations of athlete development recently, and in the process cooked up the following graph: What I’ve done here is to take the podium finishers in major international events for the past five seasons and recorded each person’s age when they received their first (individual) WC/OWG/WSC start, when they scored [...] Related posts:
This morning I did skate intensity by myself. I went to a road I have only skied once before, Hoytsville Rd. It is a great location that I will try to use more often. I warmed up for half an … Continue reading →
check it out pretty cool trails at VA... MTB VA Oct12 from matt boobar on Vimeo.
The classic photo: stolen from Mad River Glen Facebook Page.
Getting picky while picking.Last week I took a quick trip to Ogden, UT, to pick skis at Atomic & Rossignol. Ultratune has a lot of beautiful new skis on the way. The first stop was Rossignol, working with Ryan Green, on the 7th, a...
I was over-scheduled today. This morning I did a two hour skate roller ski down in Salt Lake on my own. I went straight from there to a tennis match with my strength coach Alex Moore, and then straight into my second … Continue reading →
Last weeks 3x5min zone 4 intensity was done on the treadmill at the BWTC because of snowy weather. Filmed by my friend Russell!
August has come and gone... actually... so has September too. What that means is this blog post about August has been sitting on my computer for the last month, just waiting to be finished and posted. Usually things get better with age, I am afraid tha...
Here is a picture to sum up the week and mood of the GMVS team for the past week. Our new mascot, "Tiroler," pronounced, Tirol--E, is keeping the stoke up! We had a solid week -- the recipe for the week included a Nationals Simulation: Clas...
We ran our uphill run test on Friday and Jordan Fields flew up the 2 mile climb in a new course record of 11:57. Katharine and Tegan led the girls setting strong PR's and finishing together.We run the test every 4-5 weeks to see how everyones training ...
I did a long fun session with the Canadian National Team this morning. We started classic rollerskiing down in Salt Lake City at the base of Mill Creek Canyon. We skied to the end of the pavement at the top … Continue reading →
By Sadie The title of this post should explain it all, but in case it doesn’t… I had such an amazing time in Wyoming. It was my first time to the Midwest and I can’t believe how beautiful it is. We got to...More »
Off day today. I played a couple hours of tennis this morning with Stefan Kuhn, Canadian National Team coach and former World Cup skier. He is better than me and thoroughly beat me but it was a ton of fun. It was … Continue reading →
I did classic intervals this morning with the Canadian men. The session was much harder for me than the skate session we did last week. Today we did 6 by 4 minutes. The pace for every interval was around race … Continue reading →
Mark at work in his shop in Winthrop, WA (photo plundered from www.ultratune.net)As befits a sport such as cross-country skiing, we spend most of our time focusing on our physical preparation, training, and honing our bodies to finely-tuned killing mac...
It doesn't matter what your passion is; sooner or later if you're truly invested in something you give too much to it and it bites you in the ass. A few weeks back that's what my training did to me.There were plenty of warning signs, and I ignored them...
We’re in full swing here. A good time for a tour of the operation. Video inside.