Training 10/29 - 11/18

Training 10/29 - 11/4: "Recovery Week". Please wear bright clothing and bring headlamps/taillights if you own them.

• Tuesday 10/30: 4-5:45pm at Round Church. Skate rollerski + speeds and pack skiing.
• Thursday 11/1: 4-5:45pm at Round Church. Skate rollerski + short intervals at moderate intensity.
• Sunday 11/4: 9-11am at Round Church. Greystone double-pole test. ***Time changes!

Training 11/5 - 11/11: "Volume Week". Note a longer workout on Sunday.

• Tuesday 11/6: 4pm at TBD (Range or Round Church). Skate + specific strength and strength test.
• Thursday 11/8: 4pm at TBD (Range or Round Church). Classic + long L3 intervals.
• Sunday 11/11: 9-11:30am at TBD. Long classic rollerski. Be prepared with food/fluids.

Training 11/12 - 11/18: "Speed Week".

• Tuesday 11/13: 4pm at TBD. Skate + speed and power (strength).
• Thursday 11/15: 4pm at TBD. Classic sprint time-trial if possible.
• Sunday 11/18: 9-11am at TBD (possibly Bear Trap Rd in Milton). Classic rollerski + time-trial.

Skier Sightings @ VT State Running Champs [updated]

Congratulations to some awesome performances by MNC skiers yesterday at Thetford! Full results are here.

Patrick Hickey, Nathanael Kuzio, and Autumn Eastman were each amongst the top-6 in their division and helped their teams win the D1 Boys, D2 Boys, and D1 girls' titles, respectively.

MNC and other local skiers' results are down below.

Today we did a long rollerski out Pleasant Valley Rd, from Underhill Center to Cambridge and back. The boys skied close to 35km total, with many of them doing L3 intervals. The gals and J3 skier Will Solow skied approx 25-27km total - and this was hilly terrain! This is the end of an intensity week, so the athletes will have several days off this coming week.

A few pictures:

An inspirational place to train... just 40 minutes from downtown Burlington!

Henry, Forrest, Bill, Ben, Parker and Ethan making their way back up the Pleasant Valley climb

Other Nordic skiers from the greater-Burlington-area (ranking amongst combined D1/D2/D3 results):

• Taylor Spillane (2)
• Autumn Eastman (3)
• Lucy Leith (26)
• Chloe Levins (41) - Rutland
• Riley Carbone (49)
• Leslie Roberts (68)
• Molly Shallow (84)
• Aleksandra Zakrzewsca (117)

And from the "Challenge" Race:

• Kayla Servin (8)
• Rachel Slimovitch (11)
• Alissa Stone (34) 
• Anna Franceshetti (38)
• Amy Bruce (52)
• Claire Julianelle (119)
• Adele Julianelle (151)

BOYS (combined rank)

• Patrick Hickey (8)
• Nathanael Kuzio (11)
• Sean Delaney (17)
• Henry Harmeyer (34)
• Will Kay (35)
• Nigel Sarrazin (44)
• Jordan Lamay (59)
• Bill Harmeyer (61)
• Lukas Adamowicz (86)
• Ethan Thibault (120)

Boys Challenge Race:

• Louis St-Pierre (3)
• Forrest Hamilton (8)
• Emmett Peterson (10)
• Casey Silk (23)
• Sam Longenbach (99)
• Seamus Nolan (105)
• Griffin Cannon (158)
• Charlie Cobb (174)

Great job; now it is ski season!!

Training 10/22 - 11/18

Training 10/22 - 10/28: "Race Week" with State Championships or "Intensity Week".

• Tuesday 10/23: 4-5:45pm at the Round Church. High-intensity skate intervals.
• Thursday 10/25: 4-5:45pm at the Round Church. Classic ski: easy day for State Champs racers; high-intensity intervals for others.
• Sunday 10/28: 9-11am at Underhill Central School. Classic rollerski with moderate intensity + potluck at Murray Banks' afterwards. Non-racers = moderate intensity.

Sunday 10/28 details: start rollerskiing at Underhill Central School on Pleasant Valley Rd. Ski towards Cambridge and back with lots of new pavement.  After the workout we'll have a potluck brunch at Murray's house on Irish Settlement Rd - bring fruit, juice, pastry or other gourmet delights.

Directions to the School: Rt 15 to Underhill Flats, then right onto River Rd; go 2+ miles to Underhill Center, go thru the stop sign, up the hill, little brick school is on the left.

 

Training 10/29 - 11/4: "Recovery Week".

• Tuesday 10/30: 4-5:45pm at TBD (Range or Round Church). Skate rollerski + speeds and pack skiing.
• Thursday 11/1: 4-5:45pm at TBD (Range or Round Church). Skate rollerski + short intervals at moderate intensity.
• Sunday 11/4: 9-11am at Round Church. Greystone double-pole test.

Training 11/5 - 11/11: "Volume Week". Note a longer workout on Sunday.

• Tuesday 11/6: 4pm at TBD (Range or Round Church). Skate + specific strength and strength test.
• Thursday 11/8: 4pm at TBD (Range or Round Church). Classic + long L3 intervals.
• Sunday 11/11: 9-11:30am at TBD. Long classic rollerski. Be prepared with food/fluids.

Training 11/12 - 11/18: "Speed Week".

• Tuesday 11/13: 4pm at TBD. Skate + speed and power (strength).
• Thursday 11/15: 4pm at TBD. Classic sprint time-trial if possible.
• Sunday 11/18: 9-11am at TBD (possibly Bear Trap Rd in Milton). Classic rollerski + time-trial.