Heidi at Lake Placid
FasterSkierSeptember 15, 2012
Look for the black shirt and pink helmet. Go Heid Go!
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GMVS Returns to Italy!
EvanSeptember 14, 2012
I have to run down to the Sportsplatz to play baseball with our gang and the biathlon team from Mals, so I am afraid that this post will be a photoblog more than anything, with an opportunity for you to fill in the blanks! What I can tell you quickly i...
Windy Long Ski
Noah HoffmanSeptember 14, 2012
Kris Freeman and I did a 5 hour skate workout this morning. The trails weren’t re-groomed and the strong winds from yesterday continued all last night and today. Here’s a little progression of what some of the trails looked like. … Continue reading →
Minor Leagues
JoranSeptember 13, 2012
OPA Cup races (also known as Alpen Cup) and Scandinavian Cup races have acquired an informal reputation as a sort of “minor league” racing circuit, relative to the World Cup. One question this leads me to ask is exactly how much movement is there between these two circuits? To answer this question I took data [...] Related posts:
Frustration
Noah HoffmanSeptember 13, 2012
This morning’s intensity session was not very confidence inspiring. Kris Freeman and I did 3 by 5 kilometer classic intervals. This is a workout Kris has done several times. Today was my first time doing this session. The first interval … Continue reading →
SMST2 Lake Placid Update
Gus KaedingSeptember 12, 2012
Some of the SMSers made the journey Monday over to Lake Placid, NY to partake in a USST camp. So far we've done an easy distance day and a L4 bounding session on Whiteface Mtn. Below are some pictures:The men out on a distance double polePa...
Thetford Race
Sverre CaldwellSeptember 12, 2012
Our girls headed up to Thetford for a race yesterday. Thetford hosts the Vt State meet every year so we thought it would be a good idea to check out the venue. The course is challenging, but fair. Over the last several years it has been rainy and...
Beautiful Off Day
Noah HoffmanSeptember 12, 2012
Today was possibly the best day of skiing we’ll see all year, including all winter. I didn’t take advantage of it, as it was my day off. I heard all about it from Kris Freeman though. I got to pay … Continue reading →
Haka Universal
Caldwell SportSeptember 11, 2012
Chris and Mary Osgood found this tin of wax behind the cabin at Mary’s parents’ house that Martha Rockwell used to rent. They asked me if I’d ever seen it or heard of it before. I had to confess that I hadn’t. But, let’s see… It’s old and it’s ski wax. I know a guy [...]
This afternoon, with the girls team away at their second cross country race of the year, the boys team plus the SMS T2 women did a running intensity workout of their own and time-trialed the West River Trail. Girls + J2 boys ran from Ball M...
Mola
FasterSkierSeptember 11, 2012
In Italy there's a specific word for "grinding stone". It's "mola". In Italy (and much of Europe) the history of the past couple thousand years has had a need for terminology for milling and grinding equipment,...
Trends In Race Times: Biathlon
JoranSeptember 11, 2012
I haven’t posted anything looking at biathlon for a while, so… Since biathlon has had much more consistent race formats over the years and since we don’t need to split up the data by technique, we should be able to get a clearer picture of any trends on the gun-happy side of things. The graph [...] Related posts:
Long Sessions
Noah HoffmanSeptember 11, 2012
Today was made tougher by the fact that they didn’t start grooming until 11:40a.m. I had a three hour classic (double pole/kick double pole only) session this morning and a two hour skate with 10 10-second speeds in the afternoon. … Continue reading →
Two weeks in Craftsbury
FasterSkierSeptember 10, 2012
I haven’t written a blog post in a long time…and I know that the last one I wrote was probably about our garden. So probably I should have written a blog about training or something in between then and now…but I didn’t, so instead this is mostly just going to be a fall garden update, [...]
Just as my summer schooling and Canada training camp came to an end, the first days of hopping in Mr. Peck's classroom and a little running with the Kodiaks of Cascade commenced.Probably few things are better for a high schooler than overnighting with ...
Whiteout
Noah HoffmanSeptember 10, 2012
My toe felt way better today after being a big problem yesterday afternoon. I skated for three and a half hours this morning on my own. At times during the session it was the worst visibility I’ve ever skied in, … Continue reading →
CXC Man Camp September
Caitlin GreggSeptember 10, 2012
September Camp at Telemark started with a huge bowl of fresh blueberries, oatmeal, hard boiled eggs, coffee, juice and just the boys. Eric, Karl and Adam and I haven been enjoying a small camp here at Telemark Lodge this week with Igor, Andy, and Kyl...
CXC September Man Camp
FasterSkierSeptember 9, 2012
September Camp at Telemark started with a huge bowl of fresh blueberries, oatmeal, hard boiled eggs, coffee, juice and just the boys. Eric, Karl and Adam and I haven been enjoying a small camp here at Telemark Lodge this week with Igor, Andy, and Kyle ...
This morning we did L3 skate intervals at Ball Mountain Dam. We've done this workout many times in the last few months, but today was extra special as we had a whole crew of coaches spectating as part of the NENSA Coaches Symposium. G...
Skiers @ Essex Invite; Training 9/10 – 9/16
WestonSeptember 9, 2012
Nice job to all the skiers that raced yesterday at the Essex Invite. Full results are found here. MNC skiers were all over the place, including something like 9 of the top-30 boys D1. I was glad to see a lot of folks out there! Coach Paul Allison threw...