Tad Elliott and I packed up the car this morning to head back to Park City. It was a tight fit. We were planning on stopping in Vernal, Utah to go mountain biking. Neither one of us has ever ridden … Continue reading →
Perfect weather for ski walking intervals this morning! Athlete "coaches for the day" got a head start and then cheered the group through. Everyone did 6X7 minute intervals with 3 minutes recovery between each. The recovery time allowed...
Tad Elliott fell asleep lying on a floating bed in Cal Deline’s pool. He got sun burnt. We took several photos of it. My friend and supporter Jon Schafer, otherwise known as Fast Big Dog, bought a new pair of … Continue reading →
This afternoon we skied up to Lot 1 and worked on balance, agility, sprint starts and finishes.We started with a simple balance on 1 leg drill.Then we moved to slalom courses.Two courses were slaloms using both feet, 2 courses were for 1 foot only.Afte...
After a good nights sleep, everyone was ready for our classic technique and specific strength workout this morning. We started by splitting into groups and working on technique for 30-40 minutes. Tess does the "running" drill and gets into a...
On Wednesday we completed our second Canadian Strength Test of the summer. We completed our first test on the second day of practice and now almost two months later it was time to look in the mirror again. (The group just getting started...
I had a great two and a half hour run this morning with a big crew from Ski and Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV). This afternoon, Ryan Scott and I did a two hour double pole with Eric Pepper supporting us … Continue reading →
Here are some videos of the final three World Cup races that I reached the podium on last season.Drammen:First ever podium. It was such an amazing feeling crossing the line in second. Reaching the World Cup podium had always been a lofty goal in my eye...
We started our Junior camp today with a great group of skiers. Our first workout was a skate technique and L3 workout. Most people got 30-40 minutes of good fast skiing in. Our main goal was to follow some really good skiers. With this in mind, n...
My summer in LP has quickly come to end. Tomorrow I will travel over to Germany for a three week training camp in Ruhpolding and Oberhof. It has been great to spend so much time at home this summer but … Continue reading →
Maddie waves to the camera on her way to the dock Astrid and Molley show off the guns First win of the regatta for Craftsbury's SBTC! Emily and Erin duke it out over 500m in the dash Craftsbury finishes second in the mixed 500m dash Henry and Ricky...
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 … Continue reading →
We only had about 18 athletes do the double-pole test last week, so today we went back to Richmond and had another opportunity to ski the course before fall sports begin. I was worried that we might have a small group today -- boy was I wrong. I ...
We had our usual pre breakfast jog and stretch this morning, but we moved inside in order to keep our feet dry after last nights showers. Coach John Goble (from Michigan) leads us in a new exercise. After breakfast we jumped into our ca...
There are hundreds of photos from the past three days up on our team SmugMug account. Check it out! Camp is just finishing up now and we had a great morning with our Camp Olympics. Stay tuned for more photos from today coming up ...
Tuesday afternoon everyone we heard from Erika and Sophie about skiing in college and saw some exciting video from NCAA's. Then everyone went through 3 strength routines (legs, core, upper body).After dinner, we had entertainment for the staff :) ...
I went on a fun 3.5 hour mountain bike ride this morning with Keegan Swirbul. Keegan is a young Nordic skier and mountain bike racer from Aspen. He’s had some great junior results on the national level, and I’m looking … Continue reading →
I went for a run this morning with my friend Zeke Tiernan. Zeke is an ultra-marathoner. On Saturday he is running the Leadville Trail 100. Today was his last real training run, and he wanted to get up high in … Continue reading →
We are having a busy day at camp! This morning we woke up for our pre-breakfast jog, stretch and goofy drills.Each team got to show how well they did the drills....then they were rewarded with breakfast.After breakfast we did a cross over hike from Gro...