Every year one of the highlights in the Italy trip is a long hike along a smuggler's route from Italy to Switzerland. After a legendary bad weather excursion two years ago, we have had pristine weather for the trek, which affords unbelievable views in ...
Stay tuned this week for a bunch of video and photo updates from our two week training camp in the Sud Tirol region. We had a great camp with alum Antoine St-Louis, Bend Nordic's, Ryan St.Clair, and our current team.We were able to ski on the Ste...
The groomer put down some fresh tracks for us and we skated in paradise at the Stelvio Glacier on Monday afternoon. We had mostly sunny skies and it was warm but not too warm for 3-4 loops of the switchback trails up at 10,000 feet.For half of the grou...
A happy group on the water! Make sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page for more kayaking photos.It's been a whirlwind here in Italy, with a great variety of training. We are about to drive up to the Stelvio Glacier for our first day on snow, bu...
Look for the black shirt and pink helmet. Go Heid Go!
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...
We did a pretty sweet combo workout the other day, with an uphill ski followed by a gradually downhill run. The weather was fine and the spirits were high. The new pavement on one of our favorite routes was pristine, and everyone enjoyed it on the uphi...
Last week, Burke coach Kate Barton brought Peter Neal down to do a sprint simulation with us on the access road. Peter had arrived early to school and it was really fun having him join our gang for a tough workout. David Sinclair was here and Kat...
The other day we headed over Granville Gulf to do a skate rollerski on easy terrain. The goal was to ski long and smooth and to get the feeling of going fast on skis. It is also always nice to get a change of scenery, and the beautiful stretch between ...
Sprint Simulation. Sugarbush. Cool morning with strong headwind. Reverse pursuit starts for rounds.Skier: (Prelim - Qtr - Semi - Final = Elapsed)1. Evan Dethier &nb...
We celebrated the start of school with a hike up Mad River this week. It has been an unbelievable stretch of weather for training in the Valley and we have capitalized with some fun workouts all over the map. The feeling of Fall is starting to creep in...
It's hard to believe we are already in week two of school -- but the weather has been great and we are training hard in preparation for our annual trip to Northern Italy.Check out the forecast, which is starting to look more and more favorable:http://w...
Moore, Merrens, Halvorsen: Post-Double-Pole smiles from previous camp.Invite #4. GMVSxc tour de montagne vert3 event finale. Be the king or queen!World Cup Scoring.8/139am Distance Run3pm DP Prologue - event #1 (handicapped from previous personal best)...
Here is the schedule of events:Monday-9am - depart school for distance runswim, lunch, rest3pm - 800m DP Test with speed warmupTuesday-9am - depart for continuous effort bound run workout - 80+ minsswim, lunch, rest3pm - depart for distance classic up ...
We got up early today for a skate sprint simulations -- special guests, the brothers (elder two) Hegman -- showed up and duked it out with us.
Yesterday we had a great day of training with over four hours of skiing. The morning session was a pace workout on the Warren/Lincoln Gap 5km course. We timed the first effort with a goal of threshold effort and nice, open motions -- then w...
Starts today!I'm sorry for some email glitches this week -- hoping to be back on line this morning (since Tuesday).Second session schedule:Monday - 9am Depart for Lincoln Gap TT -- 5km x 2 -- classic2pm Depart for skate ski w/ specific strengthTuesday ...
It's time to look back at some photos and thoughts from our second GMVS Summer camp, which was a ton of fun from the very beginning. The whole camp was held under sunny summer skies, with roller skiing, running, hiking, and more... and of course plenty...
APP GAP CHALLENGE – 7/3/12 Skate Classic Total 1 Nate Latourette 18:46 15:43 34:29(2) 2 Jacob Meyerson 01:18 17:38 42:56(11) 3 Charlie Greenberg 21:37 16:0...
On day 2 of camp we cruised up to the Sugarbush South parking lot, a favorite spot to do agility work and drills on roller skis. We always have a lot of fun up at Sugarbush, where the open spaces and zero traffic allow us to move freely on the per...