This morning the whole US Ski Team plus several elite level club athletes did a two and a half double pole only session. Here is Stratton Mountain School athlete Eric Packer (left) and US Ski Team athlete Andy Newell post workout:
![](http://noahhoffman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/USST-Roll-10-11-12-004.jpg" "Packer and Newell")
Coach Matt Whitcomb road along for the session.
![](http://noahhoffman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/USST-Roll-10-11-12-005.jpg" "Matt Whitcomb")
And here’s my teammate Ida Sargent:
![](http://noahhoffman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/USST-Roll-10-11-12-006.jpg" "Ida Sargent")
Teammates Liz Stephen (left) and Kikkan Randall are two of the three girls on the US Ski Team A Team:
![](http://noahhoffman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/USST-Roll-10-11-12-007.jpg" "Liz and Kikkan")
This afternoon I ran for an hour then did “session 2″ of my new core strength program. We had a delicious team dinner cooked by new US Ski Team nutritionist Matt. (I don’t know his last name.)