Thursday Jan 31 |
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| Day off. A little sore and tired from yesterday. Craftsbury 50k and women's day this weekend so I've gotta be ready to go! |
Wednesday Jan 30 |
| Skiing 1:10:00 [3] | |
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| Classic at Bristol. So cold/icy/nasty. Still had an ok workout, 4x5min l3. Ok Craftsbury, bring it! |
| Strength 5:00 [1] | |
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| Abs |
Tuesday Jan 29 |
| Skiing 1:40:00 [2] | |
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| Ski at Bristol. Very fast snow (much faster than the bare ground here in the city). Long distance skate with some no pole. Also hot feet, skipping, slalom, and sprint drills. |
Monday Jan 28 |
| Running 1:07:00 [1] | |
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| Pole run to cobb's hill. 4x ski walk up hill. Pole run back home |
Sunday Jan 27 |
| Skiing race 29:58 [5] | |
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| Tour de Rumford Day 2 - 10k Skate
Great course. Very rolling with some nasty climbs. Took it easy for majority of first lap, but worked the hills. Caught up to 30s girl around 5k. She stuck to me like glue for the last 5k, and I gave it all I had to keep ahead of her. Last major hill felt so hard. I was completely wiped at finish, but this was a great race for me. 6th place, my first top 10 in an Eastern Cup! |
| Skiing 1:15:00 [3] | |
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| Warmup/Cooldown. Felt like death on the cooldown. |
Saturday Jan 26 |
| Skiing race 6:00 [5] | |
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| Tour de Rumford day 1 - Classic sprints
Qualified 21st in sprint prelims. Mostly flat course with one really steep hill means I can just run up the hill and do fairly well.
1st Heat - I was ranked 5th in my heat, which had some really tough skiers in it. I had a horrible start and was last and gapped from the beginning. I pushed it on the hill and made it up to third place. I double poled the finish for all my worth, but got passed by one girl. 4th in the heat, but very close to the 2nd place girl and last advancing spot. |
| Skiing 1:45:00 [3] | |
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| Warmup/Cooldown for sprints. |
| Running 12:00 [1] | |
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| Shakeout run after sprints. |
Friday Jan 25 |
| Running 20:00 [1] | |
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| Easy run. Travel to Rumford, ME for Eastern Cups. |
Wednesday Jan 23 |
| Skiing 1:35:00 [3] | |
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| First time skiing the trails at Bristol Mountain. 6x2min alternating pole and not pole skate. Various balance and technique drills. |
Tuesday Jan 22 |
| Skiing 1:22:00 [2] | |
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| Snow was great at Harriet... worth the drive. Classic ski + speeds and sprints. Skiing during a blizzard, using a headlight was useless because of all the snow. |
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| C • Snow!! 2 |
Monday Jan 21 |
| Running 40:00 [1] | |
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| Recovery run... woulda skied if Rochester had any snow. |
Sunday Jan 20 |
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| Event: ROC - Ski-O at Mendon Ponds Park
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| Skiing race (Skate) 22:18 [5] | |
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| Harry Eldridge 7.5k free. Good race effort and paid attention to hills/transitions. Downhills still a bit sketchy. |
| Skiing 1:10:00 [2] | |
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| Warmup/cooldown |
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| Did not do ROC ski-o because there was no snow in Rochester and better skiing races in Lake Placid |
Saturday Jan 19 |
| Skiing race (Classic) 35:18 [5] | |
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| Harry Eldridge memorial classic race. Quick 3-lap course without much of a rest. Hills were icy and a little dangerous. Lots of doublepole. Decent race, but honestly I wasn't feeling like I was in top racing mode this weekend. |
| Skiing 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| Warmup/cooldown |
Friday Jan 18 |
| Running 30:00 [1] | |
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| Easy shakeout run. Will be traveling home tonight for Placid races. No snow in the Roc right now, but it better look good when I get back. Or else... |
Thursday Jan 17 |
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| Day off. Didn't even get up to cook dinner tonight. Well I did bake some muffins... |
Wednesday Jan 16 |
| Skiing 1:15:00 [1] | |
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| Even though we didn't get any additional snow, just the fact that they rolled the trails made a huge difference (as long as you watched out for the grass peaking through). I went for a pretty good classic ski today that included 20min no pole, easy technique work, and agility stuff. |
Tuesday Jan 15 |
| Skiing 20:00 [2] | |
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| Woo snow again in the city. Doesn't mean that it's all that skiable yet, but I did my best to mess around on it. Yay snow ^_^ |
| Running 45:00 [3] | |
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| After the fun ski, I went trail running and hill bounding. |
Monday Jan 14 |
| Running 1:00:00 [1] | |
| ahr:128 |
| Long low key run. Legs are tight, but I was still having a pretty good time. |
| Strength 10:00 [3] | |
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| Abs! |
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| It's finally snowing in Rochester! |
Sunday Jan 13 |
| Rollerskiing 2:35:00 [2] | |
| ahr:146 |
| Long classic rollerski. Had trouble aiming for level one because of slow skis and a fast skiing partner. Overall this was a decent rollerski, but damn I hope we get snow in this next storm. |
Saturday Jan 12 |
| Rollerskiing 1:20:00 [4] | |
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| Skate rollerski at Mendon Ponds. 5x3min intervals at 10k race pace. Not feeling super snappy but still put in a decent tough workout. |
| Strength 10:00 [1] | |
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| Medicine ball, balance, and abs. |
Friday Jan 11 |
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| Day off. |
Thursday Jan 10 |
| Rollerskiing 1:30:00 [1] | |
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| Early AM classic double pole. Tried to work in snappy technique while keeping pace low. Avg hr = 125. |
| Running 30:00 [1] | |
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| Low intensity run. |
| Strength 10:00 [3] | |
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| Pull ups and core work. |
Wednesday Jan 9 |
| Running 1:10:00 [4] | |
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| Run to Cobb's hill to do hill bounding intervals. 4x bound up hill, easy down, and sprint across lower fields. |
Tuesday Jan 8 |
| Running 40:00 [1] | |
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| Search for snow in Rochester. Ended up going out to Harriet Hollister park only to find glare ice. Tried some double pole on it, but gave up and did a pole walk/run. Still recovering from Nationals. |
Monday Jan 7 |
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| Completely beat up from nationals. Taking the day off. |
Sunday Jan 6 |
| Skiing 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| Due to delays and a long drive to get underway, this turned out to be an easy ski day rather than a race. Easy classic around Tech Trails with some double pole work. |
Saturday Jan 5 |
| Running 10:00 [1] | |
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| AM shakeout run. |
| Skiing race (Skate Sprint) 3:30 [5] | |
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| Felt good in warmup, but pretty poor during the race. Right from the start my legs felt heavy and slow. I was thinking about things that I shouldn't have been, like the snows really messed up here or I can't really see that girl that started ahead of me. I didn't really commit to the downhill; I should have tucked it or tried to free skate it. I did something in between that certainly couldn't have been that fast. My turn and transitions were ok, but I just didn't have power or speed to back it up. I'm dead tired. Nationals has managed to kill me big time this year. Team sprint up next... |
| Skiing (Warmup/Cooldown) 1:20:00 [3] | |
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| Good warmup before race. 20min level 1, 2x 3min level 3, and some short level 5 sprints and starts.
Cranky cooldown along the 5k course. Took it easy execpt for the downhills (which are always good for me to work on) and some of the uphills. |
Friday Jan 4 |
| Skiing 30:00 [2] | |
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| Skate on sprint course before race tomorrow with pickups and starts. |
Thursday Jan 3 |
| Skiing race (10k Classic Race) 30:00 [5] | |
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| Very difficult classic race. I still need more work with striding, but downhills went fairly well. |
| Skiing (Warmup/Cooldown) 1:20:00 [2] | |
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| Running 10:00 [1] | |
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| Easy am shakeout run. |
Wednesday Jan 2 |
| Skiing 45:00 [1] | |
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| Easy classic ski with some pickups. |
Tuesday Jan 1 |
| Skiing race (5k Skate) 16:00 [4] | |
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| 1st race of US Nationals. 5k skate. Course was really tough, with challenging downhills and really tough uphills. By the end of the race I was completely worked. At 86th, I placed better than last year, but didn't beat my goal of doing better than my place at US XC running nationals (84th). |
| Running 20:00 [1] | |
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| Easy shakeout run in downtown Houghton. |
| Skiing (Warmup/Cooldown) 1:15:00 [3] | |
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| Warmup/cooldown for skate race. |