As I'm sure our avid readers are quickly learning, we of the MOD Squad consider elite-level ski training to be a multifarious, ever-evolving concept. We don't content ourselves with the standard "Mondays are off, Tues/Thurs are intervals, Sundays are O...
I just finished up my first week of a training of my three-week training block. I was back to Jericho for a few days in the beginning of the week to get a little more time training on the loop over there. When I’m in Jericho, my training is really ski-specific so that I can [...]
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I won't bore you with too many details of how the yo-yo camp ended instead I'll just start by saying that even though I've just completed the toughest camp of the season (and perhaps my life), I am shocked I'm not completely shattered and beat. I'm by no means frisky, but I still have a smidgen of energy remaining and I'm extremely happy with how the camp turned out
2) MOST IMPORTANT: I am leading and organizing a group ride in Sudbury in partnership with the organization "Share the Road." Based in Southern Ontario, Eleanor McMahon has done some amazing things to aid in keeping us all safe as we utilize the roads for recreating, commuting, human-powered transportation, etc
The smoke blew out of town overnight so we got today’s first flight of the Miller Hill Double Pole Test off. The result? 12 of 13 PRs (only one of which was a first-timer, and the non-PR individual was only 2 seconds (.7%) off their PR after spending 3 of the last 7 weeks on the [...]
divOne of the adventures of the Trout Lake camp is climbing the Mt. Adams on the last day. When all the athletes are nice and tired from nearly 4 hours a day of rollerskiing, a time trial, strength testing, and bounding, we test our limits and hike up ...
I’m fresh back from the AK Regional Elite Group camp in Palmer. Heather, Kelsey and Jordan received invites to the 20-athlete camp and had a chance to work with US Ski Team coaches Pete Vordenberg and Pat Casey, and train alongside a great group of many of the top juniors in Alaska. The week’s training [...]
It's groundhog week for the National Ski Team here in Canmore, as we've just completed the second big week of training in our three week camp today. Why groundhog day? Because Each of the 3 weeks is virtually identical - some small changes with respect to disciplines done, but the framework, wake-up times, travel/training locations, etc... all remain the same. It was another great week of training for us, and aside from the weather and space limitations on the glacier earlier this past week (made for some quick plan-changing), all went off without a hitch and I am still feeling cautiously optimistic for next week's final big week of this 3 week - tough yo-yo camp.
I have to be honest. I’m not really in the mood to blog. I’m tired. That’s one thing about training… it makes you tired. But the end of the camp is near and I’ve only got a few more hours of skating left before some down time. It’s been an awesome week here in Jericho. [...]
span style="color:#000099;"The stories of myself and my teammates, Laura Spector, Lanny and Tracy Barnes helped a northeastern journalist write an article about the US Women's team, our relay team and biathlon in the US:/spanbr /br /a href="http://team...
It’s official: The Blog War has begun! Today I was informed by my teammate Jeremy that my blogging skills suck. Although I agree with him, I’m a competitive person and not one to back down from a challenge…. So, I’m in. And the terms:
Hmmm. Let’s leave it up to you, the viewers. We could go [...]
Last week, I had the privilege of celebrating Olympic Day with several kids from the Wood River Valley. It began with a talk on perseverance and included some thoughtful words from Olympians, Laura Todd and Jon Engen. We learned the meaning of persev...
div style="text-align: center;"div style="text-align: left;"Earlier in the week, I headed to the City of Rocks with part of the team. It was a chance to get out of town before the 4th of July rush started and add some variation to strength. br /br /We...
While lying in bed recovering from my first week of fairly big training-camp atmosphere/training, I suddenly became rather curious.
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I am in the last few days of this summer's National Team Camp. After a few more shooting workouts, a long bike ride, intervals and strength these next few days, I will surely be looking forward to a few days of Ramp;R. It has been another successful tr...
My teammate, Jeremy “Sherpa” Teela, now has a blog and he has been bothering me about linking to him everyday at practice… So here it is! Check it out for an interesting read! www.jeremyteela.com For those of you who are interested why Jeremy is called the “Sherpa”, he earned the name for his ability to hill [...]
As planned, the body was feeling the effects of the bigger hours I'd punished my body with in early/mid June, and as such, the planned two week re-coup period came at a perfect time. I was able to slow things down gradually, regain some energy, and now I am feeling ready to tackle our next training camp. It's so paramount to get that quality rest seeing how it will be much needed to survive this next extensive block of harder training which begins tomorrow and ends in three and a half weeks. On top of the training stress, let's not forget the grand finale - the fabled, much talked about and much anticipated, Canmore Olympic Distance Triathlon