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. |
Monday Dec 31 |
| Skiing 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| Skate training day on Michigan Tech Trails at Houghton, MI. 5 pickups (3 15s, 2 30s). |