For all you North Americans out there I’m sure you are familiar with the great piece Chelsea Little put together for FasterSkier this spring on US biathletes and school… For all you who are not familiar with these articles you can find them here, here, and here... and well also here AND here. (reading all [...]
Final hard workout of my Methow Valley spring training camp today. It has been incredible working with Scott and Sam and I feel really good about the improvements we have made. Today's workout went great and with the variables so well contr...
We had a good crew for our bounding workout this morning. We started with some warm up drills.......that included strides...jumps....speed ladder...plus a couple other goodies, then we headed down for 6-8 loops around our bounding trail.These girl...
I’m alive! I promise! Today I finally finished up another round of college courses. Six credits in Six weeks. (and to think at one point I was considering trying to take nine!) I’m exhausted. After a hot morning on the roller-loop a two hour final and finishing up an eight page paper were waiting for [...]
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...
H^3 today..luckily we started our 2+ hour double pole workout at 8 am.Our route took us from the Londonderry shopping center up through Weston.Chloe enjoyed the flowers, but not using skate skis with classic boots... I bet next time she grabs the corre...
Travel is a big issue for cross country skiers, particularly those of us living in North America. Flying back and forth to Europe can be both time consuming and exhausting for athletes. Obviously, this can have some serious effects on performance. Of course, this works both ways. Presumably it’s difficult for Europeans to travel to [...] Related posts:
We headed to BMD this morning for L3 intervals and some technique work. It was a nice morning for a ski and we had a big group (30 people) doing the workout. Above, Gus gets the group warmed up with some skate drills. Will lead...
In a post last week I talked about how I felt that a single early season result wasn’t necessarily a great predictor of how someone will tend to ski (on average) during the rest of the season. I feel like most people would accept that this is, in principle, generally true. Just because you pop [...] Related posts:
On Saturday we had a 10 year reunion for the SMS class of 2002. Our typical class size is 25, so getting the group above along with some "old" teachers and coaches was quite an accomplishment.In attendance were our nordie contingent, Ryan Foster, Molly...
While visiting my family for Father’s Day, I ran across an old scrapbook in my childhood bedroom. One gem that I unearthed was a NENSA Newsletter featuring a story that the Sargent sisters and I had written together many years ago. It brought...
"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...
This morning we had a good group for our Griffith Lake loop run/hike. Most of the group above did the basic 10.8 mile loop, but 5 of them added a side trip to baker Peak and back (4 extra miles).The Devo group plus some parents hiked up Styles Peak, ou...
There is a lot to love about being on a mountain top. Refreshing breezes, a flow of puffy white clouds that tow splotchy shadows across ridge lines, and a lush carpet of contrasting peaks and valleys stretching across the land. I can see every shad...
Thank you to everyone who made this year possible and who believed in what I was doing. To my parents who have supported me financially, and taught me to love the mountains and skiing. To Dave and Tammie Gibson, and Bernie Hoffman and Karen Lavender, a...
We are doing some base line tests with our summer group this week and this morning we ran our 2 mile uphill test.The first mile goes up a pretty good pitch on a dirt road. The second mile is easier and on pavement.Izzy and Anya.Cambria.Eric.Calvin show...
Following up from last time, we’re still discussing the recent USSA rule changes for qualifying for WJC/U23s. Now, it’s not like USSA has a ton of options here, but I would like to point out a few difficulties with pre-qualifying an athlete using only a single result. Being a stats guy, I always think about [...] Related posts:
Eric (left), Sophie (front left) and Erika (right) celebrated their graduation on Sunday.They have now moved down to Stratton and are getting in the routine. Yesterday they joined us for the D-pole test and this morning they worked with Gus on skate te...
As our underclassmen are busy finishing up finals, our summer program is starting up. This means that we had a good group for our double pole test this afternoon.We will do this test about once a month to track everyones improvement. All roller skis ar...
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...