Wednesday Feb 28 |
 | Skiing 50:00 [2] | |
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| Skate ski at Weston with one 4-minute interval. I'm looking forward to orienteering again... |
Tuesday Feb 27 |
| Skiing 50:00 [2] | |
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| Classic ski at Weston with a few sprints. |
Sunday Feb 25 |
| Skiing 25:00 [2] | |
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| "Warm-up" and cool-down for the Stowe Derby. The so-called warm-up was trying to see how many appendages were still moving while wearing a racing suit and skate skis on top of Mt.Mansfield, the highest point in Vermont. |
| Ski Race 49:59 [4] | |
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| Stowe Derby!! This is one of the craziest, scariest events i;ve ever taken part in. Basically, you put on cross-country skis (skating, in my case) and go up on a skilift to the top of a downhill run on a mountain. Then you have to get down. The first 6km of the 16km race is a downhill course with lots of twists and turns and parts that go through the woods. In addition, by the time i started, 300 people had already raced, so the whole course was ice. Sounds fun, doesn't it? I stopped counting the number of times i bit the snow after 10. But i survived. Yay! A great way to finish the ski racing season for me.
(174th place out of 341). |
Saturday Feb 24 |
| Skiing 55:00 [2] | |
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| Warm-up and cool-down for skate race. |
| Ski Race 49:45 [5] | |
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| 15k skate race at Middlebury. Probably my best skate race ever. Felt strong and kept my form together for pretty much the whole race. Best time - 38:08. |
| Skiing 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| A 12km skate ski in the afternoon with Anna McLoon on the Middlebury race course. An absolutely gorgeous day!! |
Friday Feb 23 |
| Skiing 40:00 [2] | |
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| Warm-up and cool-down for classic race. |
| Ski Race 36:09 [5] | |
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| 10k classic race at Middlebury. One of my best races this year. Best time - 28:46. |
Thursday Feb 22 |
| Skiing 45:00 [2] | |
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| Skiing the race course at Middlebury and doing some pickups the day before the classic race. |
Tuesday Feb 20 |
| Skiing 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| No-poles skate skiing at Weston. I'm trying to keep my shoulder as healthy as possible for the final races of the season this weekend. |
| Skiing 16:00 [5] | |
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| All-out skate intervals at Weston. I was going at above race pace and feeling pretty good. It was about 45 degrees and the snow was a dark shade of gray... |
Monday Feb 19 |
| Skiing 1:15:00 [3] | |
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| Classic ski and double-pole sprints at Weston. Crappy conditions left us with no kick 10 minutes into practice... |
Sunday Feb 18 |
| Skiing 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| Easy skate ski at Weston. Felt much better today. It's a beautiful, sunny day!!! |
Saturday Feb 17 |
| Skiing 1:05:00 [2] | |
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| Warm-up, cool-down and skiing around at Prospect Mt. |
| Ski Race 15:30 [5] | |
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| First 5km of a 20km skate race before i had to drop out with some sort of food poisoning. Went into the ski lodge and puked for a while afterwards. Grrrr, i hate quitting races. |
Friday Feb 16 |
| Skiing 50:00 [2] | |
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| Warm-up and cool-down for 3x5k classic relay. |
| Ski Race 17:24 [5] | |
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| 3x5km classic relay at Prospect Mt. I led off and had a very good race by my modest standards. (Best time - 14:04.) |
Thursday Feb 15 |
| Skiing 45:00 [2] | |
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| Skiing the course at Prospect Mt. the day before the race. |
Saturday Feb 10 |
| Skiing 55:00 [2] | |
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| Warm-up and cool-down for skating race. |
| Ski Race 37:22 [4] | |
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| 10km skate race at Dartmouth. I felt absolutely horrible and could barely breathe the whole way. My worst race this year. Weather was warm, but really windy, with gusts of wind knocking tree branches and pine cones into the race course...Upside of the day - receiving a Valentine from Erin O. :) |
Friday Feb 9 |
| Skiing 45:00 [2] | |
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| Cool-down and warm-up for the classic 10km race. |
| Ski Race 38:31 [5] | |
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| 10km classic ski race at Dartmouth. Felt pretty sick and had trouble breathing at times, but otherwise a decent race. Best time - 29:15. |
Thursday Feb 8 |
| Skiing 1:15:00 [2] | |
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| Skiing the Dartmouth course the day before the race. Feeling the symptoms of an oncoming cold. |
Tuesday Feb 6 |
| Skiing 1:05:00 [2] | |
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| Classic warm-up and cool-down at Weston. We missed with the wax entirely, so it turned entirely into a double-pole workout. |
| Skiing 12:00 [4] | |
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| Classic intervals: 4x3 min each. |
Monday Feb 5 |
| Skiing 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| Skate ski with 8 sprints in a blizzard at Weston. Snow coming down in bunches, making visibility close to 0... |
Sunday Feb 4 |
| Skiing 50:00 [2] | |
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| A recovery skate ski at Weston. Crappy snow/ice conditions. |
Saturday Feb 3 |
| Skiing 50:00 [2] | |
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| Warm-up and cool-down before and after 10km classic race at Stowe. |
| Ski Race 40:01 [5] | |
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| A 10km classic race at Stowe, VT. First Harvard finisher. Best time - 31:32. |
Friday Feb 2 |
| Skiing 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| Warm-up and cool-down before and after skate race at Stowe |
| Ski Race 39:44 [5] | |
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| A 10km skate race at Stowe, VT. First Harvard finisher. Best time - 28:52. |
Thursday Feb 1 |
| Skiing 50:00 [2] | |
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| Skiing the course and doing a few sprints and hill drills at Stowe, VT. |