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From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.

Author: lizkantack

  • Stowe Mini Camp

    We just finished up our four day mini-camp in Stowe, Vermont. Almost everyone got six separate sessions on snow with a little bit of everything – lots of distance, intervals, time trial, etc. – and we arrived home last night, all appropriately tired from the volume, but psyched to have put in some time on snow. The skiing at Trapp’s was really great, especially for the first few days. A night of rain made things interesting, but the trails still had plenty of cover. We’ll be back in Stowe next weekend for the Trapp’s Eastern Cups/UVM Carnival, so it was great to dial in our skiing on the race course – and for Corky, Anika, and Gino a chance to ski the courses for the first time! Check out more photos below and many more photos here.

    We did a 5k + 5k continuous pursuit with GMVS on Wednesday morning. Classic first, skate second. It had rained two days prior and then snowed the night before making for variable conditions – powder here, ice there. Fun conditions to practice racing on! Everyone skied well and put together a great effort. J2/J3s & Charlie only did the classic leg, Anika only did the skate leg. Several people were pretty tired from the week and opted out of the TT and got in a nice distance ski instead. Congratulations to Gino & Mary Kate Cirelli (GMVS) for whipping around the 5K loop twice and taking the boy’s and girl’s wins! Thanks to Justin & Evan for bringing their crew over.

    The Pastore siblings from Durango, CO: Alicia Rose (UVM ’15) & Gino (SMS ’13).

    We did a little “Best of Vermont” tour on the way home for treats: first the Lake Champlain Chocolate Store (not pictured), then the Cabot Cheese Store… : )

    Sampling maple syrup at Cabot!

    The girls van made a stop at Ben & Jerry’s too!
    Anika is in heaven. : )

  • Stowe Training Trip

    By Issy, Mollie, Gino, & Charlie
    On the quest for snow, we headed out for Stowe, Vermont on Sunday. The first day we all did a 2 -3 hour easy classic distance ski with the majestic view of the Vermont mountains in our sights and the sun setting down upon us. From there we drove to our accommodations for the next three nights. We are staying in the oldest ski house in Vermont – a rambling, large white house up on a hill off Route 108 – and though the house is a little quirky, we are all comfortable and enjoying the company of our teammates and comparing notes on who snores the loudest. 🙂
    After snuggling with Simon and Bear (the house cats) all night, we headed out for our morning jog on Monday. We feasted on eggs, bacon, and oatmeal for breakfast and then started out for another beautiful classic ski. Half the team skied from the house (a little trail-breaking required on a backcountry trail to reach the Trapp’s trails) and the rest of the team drove up to the lodge and started from there. Nearly everyone on the team has “skied to the Cabin” by this point and we’re all enjoying the ripping downhills that the Trapp’s trail system has (Mollie says she’s learning to love them). In the afternoon, we did a short and sweet tour of the race course on skate skis to prepare for the upcoming Eastern Cups and, more importantly, our TT with GMVS tomorrow. 🙂 In the afternoon, we went into town and found a coffee shop (the team’s favorite activity, besides skiing).
    Today we pushed the pace on the race course (“It was sweet,” says Gino) with some level three intervals. Skyler came down from Jericho and joined us. Everyone started the workout with some starts and finishes, including a boy’s team favorite – in a pack of ten: ripping down the Telemark Trail into the field, banging a hard U turn backwards into the finish and then sprinting away to an imaginary “finish line”. Lots and lots of photos to come once we get home tomorrow and Liz has her camera cord back. Then everyone got down to business with two long L3 intervals on the race course. Though we got a fair amount of rain last night, the trails at Trapp’s held up well and still have plenty of cover.
    We’ll ski again this afternoon and tomorrow we’re looking forward to a continuous pursuit classic-skate TT with GMVS in the morning before departing for home, maybe with a stop at the Ben & Jerry’s factory in Waterbury, before we hit the highway.
    Stay tuned for more pictures tomorrow…

  • First Tracks at the Nordic Center

    Gorgeous day at SMS! We got a nice 4-5″ of snow last night that made for good cover on hard packed trails. Boobs was out early with the groomer and laid down some tracks for classic skiing. We had some kids up on the mountain doing some skate intervals, while a few others were working on their classic technique on an easy tour around the nordic trail system. It seems like winter is finally here! We’re headed to Stowe, VT on Sunday for a four day training camp to log some K’s on the trail system there and get some solid distance training in. Stay tuned for pictures from our trip north.

    Brooke Mooney has been in Austria cheering on her sister, Heather, and Paddy at the Youth Olympic Games. She’s gotten some great training in on the trails with her younger brother, Scott. Check out the photos below!

  • Ski at Sunbowl & Strength

    We had a nice morning up at the Sunbowl with everyone getting out for 45 mins to an 1:30 on skate skis. There’s some nice terrain up on the mountain for us to ski without climbing straight up the alpine area and several people on the team checked out the nordic trails which are skiable, but still need a little more snow before we can call them “race ski worthy” conditions. After practice everyone grabbed lunch in the dining hall, headed to classes until 5:10pm and then hit the weight room for strength & floor core and a fun warmup game in the gym.

  • Maine Weekend Recap

    Koby on the podium with the win!

    We had a great weekend up in Farmington, ME for the second Eastern Cups of the year. On Saturday afternoon, we had Katharine, Issy, and Hamish all racing in the open heats (top 30 racers overall). Despite getting knocked out in the quarters, each of them skied feisty races in their respective heats. Murph & Gino qualified for the junior heats (top 12 juniors not in the top 30) and skied well (see photo below of the two of them fighting it out in the B-final). Pip & Tess also got to mix it up with the rest of the J2s in the heats. Double pole specialist Pippin hammered around the course and skied her way into the J2 B-final. Racer of the day went to Tess who skied an aggressive semifinal, placing second, and earned herself a trip to the A-final.

    Gino & Murph rounding the turn for the finish in the B-final.
    A very happy Tess after the J2 A-final.

    On Sunday, for the freestyle distance race skiers did 3 (J2s), 6 (women) or 8 (men) laps around the base and up and down a steep section of Titcomb Mountain. Koby started things off on a high note for the team with his second win of the season in the J2 boys 5k. Koby skied a smooth race and got a nine second win over Ben Hegman. Hamish’s younger brother, Gavin, rounded out the podium with a great race for third place.

    Katharine on the podium in second place.

    Katharine, Tess, & Pip kept it going with 2nd, 12th and 14th place finishes for the girls. Katharine sandwiched herself on the podium between two CSU girls – Julia Kern & Zoe Snow.

    Interesting hair-do’s ladies… 🙂

    The older kids were led by Issy with a stellar 6th place result. Issy started off smooth and conservative – first lap in 30th place – and then picked it up on every lap, dropping her splits to 20th place, 17th place, and inside the top 10 for a few laps before settling in 6th as the second junior. Mollie and Kate skied well too – 35th for Mollie & 52nd for Kate (6th J1!). The field was full of the regular high school crew on the Eastern Cup circuit, plus the Green Team, a few girls from Sun Valley, and several college teams (Williams, Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, UNH).

    Gino set the pace for our boys, starting off with a few blazing fast laps behind Green Team skier Tim Reynolds. He stuck a solid pace for the rest of the race finishing as the 2nd J1 (31st overall). Corky skied a nice race for 55th place – steadily pacing the 8-lap race. Calvin was feeling a little under the weather and wanted to at least start and see how things went…and they went pretty well! Calvin finished 64th (9th J1) and charged up the hill each lap. Charlie (who had to ski two laps without a pole basket) and Murph rounded out the guys team with 79th and 85th place finishes. Hamish looked good for 3-4 laps, but had his back tighten up and made the smart call to pull the plug mid-way through the race.
    We were missing a few skiers this weekend due to illness so we’re looking forward to a nice long stretch of training and rest and getting everyone healthy before Stowe. Check out some nice photos of the weekend on Flying Point Road.
    We were woken up very early Sunday morning by the fire alarm in our hotel. While waiting for the OK to return to our rooms, Tyler shows us what he couldn’t live with out: a full backpack, wallet, cell phone & the Revived Films hard drive. Don’t want to lose all that Nationals footage!

    All tuckered out for the van ride home. 🙂

    Heather & Paddy have their first race tomorrow in Innsbruck – 5/10K classic race. Check up on them tomorrow morning on the YOG website when you wake up! Paddy will be wearing bib 43 (out of 49 racers) for his race (11:45am start/5:45am EST) and Heather will be bib 32 (out of 40 racers) for her race (10am start/4am EST). Racers appear to be seeded by FIS points in reverse order – lowest points go last.
    SMS senior Quincy Korte-King is competing for the Canadian snowboard team in Innsbruck this week and finished 5th in the women’s halfpipe on Sunday! Congrats to her!

  • Morning Results from Farmington EC

    We had a great morning in Farmington – three skiers (Hamish, Katharine, Issy) qualified for the open heats, two boys (Nick & Gino) in the junior heats, and two girls (Tess & Pip) in the J2 heats! Everyone skied well and looked strong on a two lap course that was 98% double pole. Almost all of the boys decided to do the prelim on their skate skis because the course was so flat. Koby skied an especially strong race… but did three laps instead of two so he’s going to watch his J2 competitors this afternoon and check out their strategy for the heats. : ) We’ll update later with official results and photos! Poppet and Matt are prepping skis at the venue for the rounds and Liz is shuttling skiers back and forth from the hotel, 10 mins away, to the venue to get warm. All in all – a great start to the weekend! Check the bar to the right for updates on our Facebook page.

  • Good Luck Paddy & Heather!

    SMS alum/Middlebury freshman Heather Mooney and senior Paddy Caldwell depart with Sverre for Innsbruck, Austria today to compete in the Youth Olympic Games! Paddy & Heather will race 3 times: the 5/10K classic on Tues, Jan 17, a freestyle sprint on Thurs, Jan 19 and a mixed relay with the US biathlon team on Saturday, Jan 21. We’re really proud of both of them and excited to hear about their trip! More info on the YOG website.

    GO USA!The rest of the team headed to Grafton today to ski on the loop. We classic skied for 90 minutes and got in some solid specific strength work. After a busy week of racing for the older kids, it’s really nice to get back to basics and just ski. A lot of kids made some big improvements with their double pole which was awesome to see. More pictures on the photo site.
    Calvin, Corky, & Kate.
    Tyler & Hamish.
    Gino.
    Brooke.
    Alex.
    Mackenzie.
    Issy.
    Pippin.
    Koby.
    Russell.
    Tess.
    Mollie.
    The boys skied as a big group today.
    Tess, Pip & Katharine.
    Kate.
    Calvin.
    Helena.

  • Gearing up for Skate Sprint at Nationals

    We’ve got a crew of 15 skiers up in Rumford this week for US Nationals and we’ve just finished our last day of prep before the freestyle sprint tomorrow. We spent the morning up at Black Mountain, checking out the course, testing skis, and doing a final tune-up workout before tomorrow. This afternoon everyone laid low and got off their feet at the hotel before an early dinner down in Bethel and a team meeting to review the plan for tomorrow. We’re getting psyched to race!

    Live results will be posted on the race website. Girls race at 9am, boys race at 10am. Heats to follow. Check it out and cheer the team along, whether trailside or from a distance!

  • Craftsbury Eastern Cup Recap

    Whew! We’re back from Craftsbury, VT after our first weekend of Eastern Cup racing and it was a really solid start to the season for the SMS crew. Big thanks to Crafstbury and their staff for working around the clock (literally) to make this race happen. The 1.4k loop of manmade snow that they produced was in perfect condition and was quite spectator friendly for coaches and parents. : ) On Saturday, we had a classic sprint prelim in the morning (1 lap of the course) and a 3k classic prologue (2 laps) and on Sunday we had a 4.5k freestyle race (3 laps) for the J2s and women and a 9k freestyle (6 laps) for the men.

    Lots of highlights from the weekend from current SMS skiers and alums – including podium performances by the J1 boys, who went 1-2-3 (Paddy, Hamish, Gino) in the prologue on Saturday, Hamish & Gino going 2-3 (J1 boys) in the sprint, Paddy & Gino going 1-3 for J1s on Sunday, Koby and Brooke each picked up a J2 win (Brooke in the prologue, Koby in the freestyle race), Katharine was on the podium in the J2 prologue, Russell won the BKL race, Sophie (alum/Dartmouth) won the prologue and the freestyle race, Pat O’Brien (alum/Green Team) was 2nd in the sprint and the prologue, Heather Mooney (alum/Middlebury) and Izzy (alum/Dartmouth) first and second for juniors in the prologue, plus many, many more awesome individual results. Congratulations to everyone for getting the first Eastern Cup weekend under the belt for the year! Well done!

    Thanks so much to Herve Pelletier for many of the photos below from Sunday’s freestyle races! Apologies to Skyler and Corky who we missed on camera – we’ll get you next time!

    Mac.

    Tyler was feeling under the weather on Saturday, but bounced back to race on Sunday.

    Murph.

    Mackenzie.

    All tuckered out.

    Rachel Hall (Middlebury), Gage Fichter (UVM) and Issy.

    Paddy.

    Mollie.

    Koby – first career Eastern Cup win on Sunday!

    Katharine.

    Issy P.

    Kate.

    Helena.

    Gino.

    Charlie.

    Calvin.

    Brooke.

    Alex.
    Hamish.
    Pippin.

    Chase (alum/Middlebury) ripped it up on Sunday with a fantastic fifth place finish in the freestyle race.

    Alum Patrick O’Brien – racing for the Crafstbury Green Team – picked up two 2nd place finishes on Saturday.

    Austin Caldwell (alum/Dartmouth) gets cheered on by his sisters.

    Sophie and Izzy.
    Russell went from 4th to 1st in the final 1/2K of the race to win the BKL race on Sunday afternoon.

    J2 girls sprint podium: Julia Kern, CSU (1st) and Brooke (2nd)

    Sprint junior podium: Heather (2nd) and Corey, CSU (1st)

    Sophie Caldwell (Dartmouth) – prologue winner!

    J2 boys sprint podium: Koby (3rd) shakes hands with Eduoard Reed-Metayer (1st) from Canada.

    J2 prologue podium: Brooke (1st) and Katharine (2nd)

    Prologue junior podium: Annie Hart and alums Heather Mooney (alum/Midd) and Izzy Caldwell (alum/Dartmouth).

    Happy alums! Rachel Hall & Austin Cobb at Middlebury and Izzy Caldwell at Dartmouth.

  • Fall Camp Recap

    The J2/J3 group arrived safely back in Vermont this evening, and the J1/OJ + Brooke group arrives home tomorrow evening. We’ve had a great time in Colorado and have gotten a lot of quality training in. As Sverre mentioned, the older kids headed over to Steamboat for a time trial on Saturday. It was nice to get a hard effort in, come down almost 2,000 feet from where we were living & training for the previous week, and mix it up with the Steamboat kids – who were fast! Results are over on their blog. No photos from the TT, but plenty of other photos from the week. Check them out below:
    We watched Kikkan win gold in Davos on Sunday morning. We headed out for our morning jog and ran back inside and crowded around the kitchen table in the boys house to watch the final!
    That same afternoon we headed out for a long OD. This crew made it to the top of Blue Ridge – 10,670 feet! Sweet! Katharine and Brooke also made it to the top, but missed the picture, and several others got to 9,800 feet before turning around.
    On Sunday night we had our Yankee Swap – $5 limit that produced everything from body spray to Red Bull to various thrift shop finds to stuffed animals to $5 in cold hard cash. Charlie was the first to pick up the night’s coveted item – an American flag button up shirt (Koby’s find)…
    …and Murph briefly got the shirt, but Sophie (lucky #1 for the swap) wrangled a deal to get back the shirt and swap it with Charlie for a cowboy hat from Steamboat, purchased by Gino.
    Pippin opens her gift – canned hot sauce! Hmmm…. “BFD” – breakfast for dinner at the J2/J3 house!

    Prepared by head chef for the night – Alex Cobb!
    Lots of photos from a practice earlier this week – we skied a short loop in groups of 2-4 and the goal was to have everyone take turns leading and getting up to top speed from the start of downhill and then carrying that speed to the low point of the loop. We waxed at the lodge at the nordic center every few days. Great to have benches available for us to use, which allowed us to travel light!
    Team photo on Sunday morning before heading out for our classic OD.
    Waking up to this every morning – what a great way to spend a week!

  • Fall Camp – Days 4 & 5

    Two more productive days under our belt here in Colorado. On Wednesday we did an easy skate ski in the morning and the weather was awesome – it finally warmed up into the double digits! We took Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning off. We’re training at 8700 feet which has been an adjustment for almost everyone, so quality rest is key this week. We spent our off afternoon and morning getting more rest, doing some laundry, grocery shopping, catching up on homework, watching a few movies, and baking. On Thursday afternoon we had everyone out working with the coaches on dialing in their kick zones. We set up shop on a nice stretch of track and experimented with cutting back, adding more kick, etc. to get everyone to a place they were psyched about with their skis. Stay tuned for more from Colorado – pictures of the boys coming soon!

    Mollie.

    Kate.

    Sophie.

    Koby.

    Alex.

    Helena.

    Russell.

    Katharine.

    Pippin.

    Poppet giving instructions for practice to the J2s and J3s.

    Starting off with some no-pole skiing…

    Katharine.

    Alex & Poppet.

    Koby.

    Katharine & Russell.

    Mackenzie & Pippin.

    Helena & Alex.

    Russell.

    Alex.

  • Fall Camp – Day 3

    Another beautiful, but chilly day in Colorado! Temps were in the single digits for most of the day, but we bundled up and headed out for two workouts today. The older kids did their first hard workout of camp (though arguably every workout has been hard because of the altitude!) with some L3 classic intervals, while the younger kids did an easy classic ski. In the afternoon, everyone headed out for an easy skate ski. We’ve been keeping busy in between skiing with trips to the supermarket, creating delicious meals, naps, reading, movies, bananagrams, and more. J2/J3 photos coming tomorrow. : )

  • Update from Fall Camp in Colorado

    The whole team is back together and we spent the morning classic skiing under beautiful sunny skies at Snow Mountain Ranch in Granby, CO. The younger kids drove down to the lodge, scraped their skis, and headed out, while the older kids skied down from our houses and met us to do some technique drills. We did some skiing without poles, the running drill, and then tried to go down a hill on one foot – once on the right, once on the left. Those who are particularly skilled when it comes to balance tried going down the hill on one foot, then removing a ski, spinning it around their head and putting their ski back on! We’re enjoying camp so far and doing our best to adjust to the altitude by staying hydrated, keeping it easy on skis these first few days, and getting lots of rest. The internet is quite slow here, but we’ll do our best to keep the photos coming!

    Some photos from the J2/J3 group’s travel day:
    Russell moonwalks on the moving walkway – while wearing moon boots!

    We flew right over school on our way from Boston! If you look closely you can see Stratton in the foreground and Bromley in the background and Manchester off to the left.
    Checking things out in the Denver Airport.
    Hopping on the train to go claim our bags and skis.
    Happy to be in Denver!
    The view from our house! Thank you to the older kids, Sverre, and Matt, who arrived on Saturday night, for stocking our house with breakfast food!

  • Last Day of Practice before Fall Camp

    Today was our last practice as a team before we head off for fall camp. Tomorrow the second year J2s, J1s and OJs head out to Snow Mountain Ranch in Granby, CO with Sverre and Matt. The J3s and first year J2s follow on Sunday with Poppet and Liz. Today we had a nice easy classic ski and started off with some no pole skiing (above) and plenty of drills before turning everyone loose to cruise around on their own. The younger kids finished up their waxing before lunch and packed up the van for Sunday and the older kids are just about finished with packing ski bags for their departure tomorrow. Check back for news and photos from Colorado!
    Corky, Gino, & Koby.
    Russell.
    Issy.
    Mackenzie gets some feedback from Poppet.
    Pip’s working on her balance.
    Hamish, Murph, and Paddy lead the team through a no-pole lap.
    Paddy.
    Pip & Alex.
    Sver goes over directions for the next drill.
    Mollie.
    The running drill uphill – run on your rollerskis, run with poles on your rollerskis…. then flow right into a snappy stride.
    Charlie.
    Gino.
    Koby.
    Hamish & Tyler.
    Tess.
    Brooke & Katharine.
    Mac – nice forward position!
    Helena.
    Alex.
    Kate.
    Mollie.
    Pip & Mackenzie.Calvin.
    Anika.

  • Skate Intervals/TT at BMD + Strength

    Today we had our last hard practice before heading off to Colorado for fall camp! The first year J2s and J3s did a ~4k skate time trial and got a good hard effort in at that distance, while the second year J2s, J1s, and OJs did L4 4 x 4s. It was a cold morning and the brave folks who sported shorts and no gloves may have been a little chilly by the end of practice. : ) This afternoon we had a team meeting to go over logistics for our Saturday and Sunday departures for Colorado and then hit the gym for strength. Tomorrow we’ll do an easy workout before we finish up prepping skis and packing for camp. Check out the pictures below and more here.

  • Combi Workout

    We headed to South Londonderry this morning for a combi skate ski and run workout. Though rain was in the forecast, the weather held and we had nice weather for practice. We skied Winhall Hollow & Thompsonberg Roads for 45 minutes to an hour and then traded skis for sneakers went for 40 – 50 minute trail run on the West River trail.

    Toko is running a neat contest on their Facebook page – the USSA division that gets the most votes in a poll on their site wins $2000 worth of wax and tools for Junior Nationals! Support the New England team with your vote! If you’re not already a fan of SMS Nordic on Facebook, check us out and follow us there.
    More practice pictures from Monday & today here.
    Hamish.
    Chloe Levins came down from Rutland and trained with us this morning – great to have her join our large group of J2/J3 girls!
    Alex.
    Helena.
    Mackenzie & Russell.
    Katharine.
    Mollie.
    Issy, Koby, Anika, & Brooke.
    Kate.
    Paddy leads the boys train – Hamish, Corky, Gino, Calvin, & Murph.
    Corky.
    Gino.
    Murph.
    Switching gears to running: Kate & Mollie.
    Hamish, Paddy, Calvin.
    Poppet, Pippin, & Mackenzie.
    Jimmy Levins (chauffer & big brother to Chloe), Boobs with Syd, and Koby
    Sprinting in to win practice – Mac, Issy, & Murph.
    Gino, Tyler, & Corky.
    Alex, Sverre, & Brooke.

  • And we’re back! Winter Term skiers arrive!

    We’re off and running following a week-long break for Thanksgiving. Our team added six more members on Monday when the winter term students arrived on campus – welcome to our new J3s and J2s: Alex, Helena, Katharine, Pippin, Koby, & Russell (all skiing above with Poppet)! It’s awesome to have so many new faces join the team!


    Everyone returned back to campus rested and ready to go and we hit the road first thing Monday morning for some L3 intervals for the older students and an easy classic roll for the new winter termers. This morning we did an easy run and then went out onto our ski trails and did a final sweep of the trails – removing rocks, clearing drainages, and installing new drain pipes.


    Check out this interview with Heather Mooney ’11 who heads to Innsbruck, Austria for the Youth Olympic Games in January with SMS senior Paddy Caldwell.
    Winter termers assemble!
    Calvin.
    Tyler.
    Hamish.
    Anika.
    Mollie.
    Nick.
    Kate.
    The boys – Gino, Mac, Calvin, Hamish, Tyler, Paddy, & Corky.
    Brooke.
    Issy.
    Tess.
    Charlie, Mac, & Tyler.
    Corky, Calvin, & Brooke.
    Mackenzie.

  • Wrapping up Nationals Week

    This morning we did a combi workout – classic rollerski out to the town of Stratton and a run/hike over Stratton Mountain. A few of the girls decided to ski a little longer, instead of running. Everyone enjoyed a nice easy ski after a busy Nationals week and some tough time trials. Tomorrow we’ll have class in the morning, and then everyone heads off for a week long Thanksgiving break to rest up before fall camp!
    Issy & Anika.
    Hamish, Gino, Corky, & Calvin.
    Mollie.Brooke & Tess.
    Kate & Mackenzie.
    Hamish & Gino.
    Mac & Tyler.
    Issy, Calvin & Corky.
    Skyler & Paddy.
    The run/hike crew switches shoes and gets ready to head up the mountain.
    Happy to get in the van at the end of the ski! It was pretty chilly this morning. : )

  • Easy Ski/Drills + DRIVE FOR 25

    This morning we did an easy classic ski near school and broke up into small groups for some classic drills. Pictures here are of everyone doing the running drill – going from a run to full-on classic stride and working on getting weight forward and having a nice, snappy kick. We did one-on-one meetings with each skier after practice and then headed to the dining hall for lunch. Everyone’s in class now and the coaches are busy unpacking and organizing everyone’s skis that were recently stoneground by Caldwell Sport. Tomorrow is our last race for Nationals Week – a 5/10k classic. Stay tuned!

    Check out the progress being made with the Drive for 25 today. Keep the momentum going and donate $25 if you can. All proceeds support developing skiers in the US and great programs/trips/camps like the J2 Elite Camp, the J1 Trip, World Juniors, etc. Thank you so much to all the SMS athletes, alums, & families who have already contributed! It’s great to see so many SMS names on the donor list.

  • Easy Ski/Drills + DRIVE FOR 25

    This morning we did an easy classic ski near school and broke up into small groups for some classic drills. Pictures here are of everyone doing the running drill – going from a run to full-on classic stride and working on getting weight forward and having a nice, snappy kick. We did one-on-one meetings with each skier after practice and then headed to the dining hall for lunch. Everyone’s in class now and the coaches are busy unpacking and organizing everyone’s skis that were recently stoneground by Caldwell Sport. Tomorrow is our last race for Nationals Week – a 5/10k classic. Stay tuned!

    Check out the progress being made with the Drive for 25 today. Keep the momentum going and donate $25 if you can. All proceeds support developing skiers in the US and great programs/trips/camps like the J2 Elite Camp, the J1 Trip, World Juniors, etc. Thank you so much to all the SMS athletes, alums, & families who have already contributed! It’s great to see so many SMS names on the donor list.