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A collection of live feeds from cross-country ski blogs around the web.

  • Hinterzarten and Oberstdorf!

        So far we have been in Hinterzarten, Germany for the first leg of our trip. With some quality jumping sessions on the k95 there, it was easy to say we were having a good time! The first day there, a couple of us went on a ride around the town and surrounding towns near there! It wasn’t a very long ride, but for sure very pretty. The next day when everyone was feeling up too it, we stretched our legs a little more. With right out of the gate, we went up a very long and pretty step climb, that was then followed by a fast and pretty technical descent down the back side. The rest was short lived as we turned right to start our way back going up another very long and steep climb. Although we were going easy, it was hard not to push the pace when going up something at 15%. After that descent, we had a little bit of flat to the believed turn to head home. We saw the sign that showed “22km to Hinterzarten,” and we were all smiles. After about 10k of gradual uphill, the road sign said “6km at 17%” we couldn’t complain as that was our way home. Our team would go to the top and soon realized we either missed a turn or something, We got to the top and the road had ended. After talking to some hikers, and a cafe owner, we had two planed routes possible. One was to go back to where we came from, or  go up and over the mountain using what locals called a “Goat Path.” We eventually told them that it couldn’t be “impossible” and then set on our way to the goat path. The path wasn’t so bad at the beginning, but then the trail turned into a single track with no room for error. After about 45 minutes of HIKING with our bikes we finally made it too the road to return home. All in all, our adventure was great, but were ready to head to Oberstdorf.

        Oberstdorf, was nice but also short lived. With only 1.5 days there, we had some quality jumping sessions and some very nice rides. Johnny Spillane, Todd Lodwick, Billy Demong, and myself, went on a fantastic ride. With the itch of the Tour de France looming, we hopped out of the vans with our bikes and road from Freidrickshaffen to Oberstdorf, Germany. Crossing the border of Austria and Germany several times, we had climbed several passes that were a gradient of 17% kilometers on end.

        We are now in France with roads to ride, tune back in soon as myself and the nordic combined update on all the roads we have conquered.

        Also I would like to thank, Honey stinger for hooking out team up with products for our long rides. Everyone should check out this company, as they are growing faster and faster with there all honey based products for range of activities.

        Also, Cole sport, Colesport is a local bike shop in Park City, Utah. This summer, we have started racing for them, and they have hook our team up with bikes, gear, and good times. If you are ever in Park city, please go shop at Cole Sport.

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  • Hinterzarten and Oberstdorf!

        So far we have been in Hinterzarten, Germany for the first leg of our trip. With some quality jumping sessions on the k95 there, it was easy to say we were having a good time! The first day there, a couple of us went on a ride around the town and surrounding towns near there! It wasn’t a very long ride, but for sure very pretty. The next day when everyone was feeling up too it, we stretched our legs a little more. With right out of the gate, we went up a very long and pretty step climb, that was then followed by a fast and pretty technical descent down the back side. The rest was short lived as we turned right to start our way back going up another very long and steep climb. Although we were going easy, it was hard not to push the pace when going up something at 15%. After that descent, we had a little bit of flat to the believed turn to head home. We saw the sign that showed “22km to Hinterzarten,” and we were all smiles. After about 10k of gradual uphill, the road sign said “6km at 17%” we couldn’t complain as that was our way home. Our team would go to the top and soon realized we either missed a turn or something, We got to the top and the road had ended. After talking to some hikers, and a cafe owner, we had two planed routes possible. One was to go back to where we came from, or  go up and over the mountain using what locals called a “Goat Path.” We eventually told them that it couldn’t be “impossible” and then set on our way to the goat path. The path wasn’t so bad at the beginning, but then the trail turned into a single track with no room for error. After about 45 minutes of HIKING with our bikes we finally made it too the road to return home. All in all, our adventure was great, but were ready to head to Oberstdorf.

        Oberstdorf, was nice but also short lived. With only 1.5 days there, we had some quality jumping sessions and some very nice rides. Johnny Spillane, Todd Lodwick, Billy Demong, and myself, went on a fantastic ride. With the itch of the Tour de France looming, we hopped out of the vans with our bikes and road from Freidrickshaffen to Oberstdorf, Germany. Crossing the border of Austria and Germany several times, we had climbed several passes that were a gradient of 17% kilometers on end.

        We are now in France with roads to ride, tune back in soon as myself and the nordic combined update on all the roads we have conquered.

        Also I would like to thank, Honey stinger for hooking out team up with products for our long rides. Everyone should check out this company, as they are growing faster and faster with there all honey based products for range of activities.

        Also, Cole sport, Colesport is a local bike shop in Park City, Utah. This summer, we have started racing for them, and they have hook our team up with bikes, gear, and good times. If you are ever in Park city, please go shop at Cole Sport.

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  • Hinterzarten and Oberstdorf!

        So far we have been in Hinterzarten, Germany for the first leg of our trip. With some quality jumping sessions on the k95 there, it was easy to say we were having a good time! The first day there, a couple of us went on a ride around the town and surrounding towns near there! It wasn’t a very long ride, but for sure very pretty. The next day when everyone was feeling up too it, we stretched our legs a little more. With right out of the gate, we went up a very long and pretty step climb, that was then followed by a fast and pretty technical descent down the back side. The rest was short lived as we turned right to start our way back going up another very long and steep climb. Although we were going easy, it was hard not to push the pace when going up something at 15%. After that descent, we had a little bit of flat to the believed turn to head home. We saw the sign that showed “22km to Hinterzarten,” and we were all smiles. After about 10k of gradual uphill, the road sign said “6km at 17%” we couldn’t complain as that was our way home. Our team would go to the top and soon realized we either missed a turn or something, We got to the top and the road had ended. After talking to some hikers, and a cafe owner, we had two planed routes possible. One was to go back to where we came from, or  go up and over the mountain using what locals called a “Goat Path.” We eventually told them that it couldn’t be “impossible” and then set on our way to the goat path. The path wasn’t so bad at the beginning, but then the trail turned into a single track with no room for error. After about 45 minutes of HIKING with our bikes we finally made it too the road to return home. All in all, our adventure was great, but were ready to head to Oberstdorf.

        Oberstdorf, was nice but also short lived. With only 1.5 days there, we had some quality jumping sessions and some very nice rides. Johnny Spillane, Todd Lodwick, Billy Demong, and myself, went on a fantastic ride. With the itch of the Tour de France looming, we hopped out of the vans with our bikes and road from Freidrickshaffen to Oberstdorf, Germany. Crossing the border of Austria and Germany several times, we had climbed several passes that were a gradient of 17% kilometers on end.

        We are now in France with roads to ride, tune back in soon as myself and the nordic combined update on all the roads we have conquered.

        Also I would like to thank, Honey stinger for hooking out team up with products for our long rides. Everyone should check out this company, as they are growing faster and faster with there all honey based products for range of activities.

        Also, Cole sport, Colesport is a local bike shop in Park City, Utah. This summer, we have started racing for them, and they have hook our team up with bikes, gear, and good times. If you are ever in Park city, please go shop at Cole Sport.

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  • Meet the New Kids: Part 4


    Hamish McEwen hails from Weston Mass and has been part of the strong CSU program. He is joining us as an 11th grader. Last year Hamish had a great year with two golds and two silvers at our Jr National Championships. Hamish pretends to be a tough guy, but behind that facade, he is a softy. He has two pet poodles, Rusty and Sandy, who sleep with him every night. When not training, Hamish can be found teaching his pets tricks (so far they have mastered rolling over and begging for biscuits).

  • Tour de France Graphs

    Rest day number two is upon us, so it’s time to update my graphs tracking the race thus far. First the standard ‘bump chart’ showing the GC picture through the first 15 stages:

    And for comparison, the same graphs for all the Tour back to 2005 (click for larger version):

    And another version broken down by team (click for larger version; my apologies I forgot to fix the team names sizing, so some are slightly cut off…):

    And finally as a special treat, the GC performance, as measured by minutes behind the median rider, for the top few riders in this year’s Tour:

    Which one of these riders is not like the others? Which one of these riders just doesn’t belong? (Or maybe he does…)

    Related posts:

    1. <Tour de France Charts: Stage 17
    2. <Tour de France Charts
    3. <Tour de France Graphs: Fancy Versions


  • White stuff

    After at least two weeks of waiting for snow and getting really sick of having to choose between a long run/hike, a short run, running intervals, or strength on the back porch, I finally got what I wanted: SNOW!  And…more snow.  And more snow.  And lots of wind.  I should have been more careful with what I asked for–now there was so much snow and it was so windy and stormy each day that Karl up at the Snow Farm couldn’t groom–if he could even see where to go, the trails just blew back in right behind him.  One day I woke up to howling wind and pouring rain,  and after leaving for his snow-blower-testing job at 5:00 am, Nils was back by 8:30 because the road up the mountain was totally closed.   It was a tough time for me–I went running down in Hawea, surrounded by sparkly snowy white mountains, and just stared longingly up into them the whole time–if the rain stopped and the clouds were high enough to see them, that is.

    Then finally on Thursday my mind was made up–I was going up the hill no matter what!  Even if it was miserable windblown skiing, I wanted to see it for myself.  I’d gotten wind that the Snow Farm was grooming, and it looked like it was going to be a nice day, so I caught a ride in to town, and then hitched up the hill.  And it turned out to be a beautiful day! Wahooooo!  What a great feeling to be GLIDING, and on top of the world too!

    In the four days since then, I’ve skied about 14 hours, and its been getting better and better each day.  Nils and I have met lots of interesting people hitching up the road to the Snow Farm, and we haven’t had to wait longer than about 10 minutes for a ride.  Today there was almost no wind at all and it was a bluebird day.  Its hard not to ski yourself into the ground when its like that!

    Here are some pictures from the past few days:

    The view from my jumping hill--another of the things I did before I could ski.

    The view from my jumping hill–another of the things I did before I could ski.

    The view looking down the access road. I never once saw the snow this low into the valley last year.

    The view looking down the access road. I never once saw the snow this low into the valley last year.

    So excited to be on snow!

    So excited to be on snow!

    Not bad skiing

    Not bad skiing

    This is how we get up and down the access road. Would you pick him up?
    This is how we get up and down the access road. Would you pick him up?

  • Skate OD

    We had a good distance skate ski this morning. We started north on rte 7 (from East Dorset) with 70 degree temps and a nice tailwind. By the time we headed back 2 hours later, the temps had risen to the mid 80’s and the big wide shoulder was baking in the sun. It was a good reminder to everyone on the importance of hydration. We will be doing three 4-5 hr. workouts next week and it will be critical for everyone to be well hydrated and have access to fluids.
    Rte 7 is quite flat so most of the group headed a ways up the Mt Tabor road and back down to add in a little terrain.
    Murph.
    Austin, Kody and Izzy.
    Pip, Alex and ‘kenzie.
    All done and looking forward to a cold refreshing drink.

  • Olympic Day

    Every June, hundreds of communities across the United States join an international celebration of Olympic Day to commemorate the birth of the modern Olympic Games.  Olympic Day events vary from site to site, but they are all designed to promote fitness and well-being, as well as Olympic ideals, such as fair play, perseverance, respect and sportsmanship.  Craftsbury hosted its own version of Olympic Day on July 2nd, a little later than most communities.  20 kids converged on the campus of Hosmer Point summer camp (formerly Windridge Tennis Camp) and spent the afternoon trying out a variety of sports and meeting some Olympians.

    Many thanks to Hayley Quinones of Hosmer Point for the pictures.

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    The weather could not have been better, and with the help of Hosmer Point’s wonderful staff, the event went off very smoothly and I think everyone had fun.  We designed our event to run like a mini Olympics for kids ages 9-14.  Participants were assigned a country and marched into the opening ceremonies with their flag.  Following the lighting of our torch, the kids tried out a variety of sports (soccer, track and field, tennis, laser biathlon and canoeing).  Olympian Andy Newell (xc skiing ’06 and ’10) gave a short rollerski demonstration and answered questions, and Carlie Geer (sculling ’84) brought her silver medal for the kids to see.  At the completion of closing ceremonies, every participant received a medal.

    Ida and I used to compete in a “Kid’s Olympics” that Craftsbury used to host at the end of the ski season, and we drew heavily from that event for inspiration.  I remember it being one of the most fun events of the winter.  In addition to xc skiing, we would compete to see who could slide down the hill furthest in a sled (luge) and who could get the most air off a little ski jump.   I think we might have had to weave through a slalom course made out of ski poles, and compete in a tennis ball biathlon race.  Then we’d change into skates and race around the hockey pond.  Our overall score for the day would be tabulated from all the different events, and the winners got hats as prizes.  The day usually ended with a big cookout in the spring sunshine with maple sugar on snow.

  • Running TT

    This morning we ran a 5.6 km time trail in South Londonderry. It was the first hard run effort for most of our group so it was great to have Calvin and Summer Spillane show up to lead the charge and run a good pace.

    Sverre and Mae jog down to the start.
    Calvin was our “rabbit” and he played the role well, running strong and smooth the whole way.
    Bridger, Skyler, Austin Cobb.
    Austin.
    Mac, Tyler and Nick.
    Summer leads the girls.
    Keeley, Gage and Izzy.
    Mae and Alex.
    The loop we ran was flat and in the shade so it was a good way to work on leg speed and fluid running technique. We will probably run the same loop again this fall and next summer so we can look for improvement.
    Here are todays times:
    Calvin 20:29
    Skyler 20:32
    Bridger 21:02
    A Cobb 21:24
    Tyler 22:09
    JAC 22:16
    Murph 22:55
    Mac 22:57
    Eli E 28:21

    Summer 23:41
    Izzy C 23:44
    Issy P 23:59
    Rachel 24:25
    Gage 24:28
    Keeley 25:34
    Chloe 26:10
    Tess 28:22
    Pippin 28:29
    Alex 29:29
    Mackenzie 29:29
    Mae 29:38

    Good going everyone!

  • Invite Session: Promo Video

  • Invite Session: Promo Video

  • Tour de France Attrition Rates

    Fellow blogger (and, full disclosure, good friend) Cosmo kind of stirred things up a bit with post regarding attrition rates in this year’s Tour. My cycling blogging has been mostly just for fun, as I’m not much of a cycling expert, so I mostly do it to entertain those folks who enjoy mixing sports, numbers and graphs. But statistical commentary on sports draws me like a moth to a flame, so I basically have to weigh in.

    At the moment, his commenters are kind of laying into him, and there are some legit criticisms there. But as with anything else on the internet, people are getting considerably more worked up over this than seems reasonable. Would data on attrition due to crashes specifically be more germane? Yep! One of his commenters went out and tried to track down that information on crashes and found that the attrition rate due to crashes does seem considerably higher this year. However, it’s important to note that information on the reason for withdrawals can’t be found in every case, so even that analysis is somewhat incomplete.

    That’s not really a criticism, just an observation you can make about any attempt to answer a question using data.

    Can I do any better? Not without better data, probably. But here’s something I cooked up that might be interesting. (All data courtesy of cyclingnews.com.)
    Using data from the 2005-2011 Tours (the only unified, easily scrapable set I could find on short notice), here’s a graph showing attrition rates (due to all causes) throughout each Tour:
    This is tracking the proportion of finishers of that Tour’s initial stage.  2011 is shown in blue. I find this look interesting because you can compare the rate of decline across multiple stages.
    Only a few Tour’s have had higher attrition through Stage 12, and one is 2007, one of the “hard mountain stages early” years. But even so, the total number of riders gone doesn’t seem dramatically larger this year, even if many more than usual have been sidelined due to crashes.
    Finally, here’s a simple graph showing the GC rank of each rider at the time of abandonment. (Measured by last completed stage, not “on the road”.)
    The red indicates the median for each year’s Tour. While the typical rider we’ve lost this year isn’t dramatically higher ranked than those in the past, measures of center are potentially misleading in this case. Note that we’ve had several dropped riders coming from the top 25, which seems more unusual, but not unprecedented.

    Related posts:

    1. <Tour de France Bump Plot: Stage 12
    2. <Tour de France Bumps Chart: Stage 14
    3. <Tour de France Bump Chart: Stage 16


  • Women’s Video


    Check out the video that Tyler made for our group of girls :). Click here .

  • Summer Camps, Invite Sessions, Getting the Band Back Together

    The summer of 2011 is well underway and the GMVSxc Ski Team is training at full force.  It seems hard to believe, but we have already had three junior camps and we just completed our first, “Invite Session.”  We had a super strong group of skiers including GMVS skiers and alums along with visiting guests.  There are three sessions left — please contact me at beck@gmvs.org if you are interested in joining us for one or more of the remaining sessions: July 25-27, August 1-3, and August 15-17.

    This weeks session was a mini-NAtionals simulation complete with a 5km/10km skate TT, a road bike ride, a speed workout and 800m Plunkton Double Pole Test, a Sprint Simulation and a hike up Mad River Glen.  Over 15 athletes participated and our skiers are showing positive signs as we head into some of the most intense training of our year.  Many of our athletes posted personal best in repeated tests and D. Sinclair and Heidi Halvorsen broke the 800m double pole records that have stood for several years.

    Skate TT Results — 7/11/11 — 5km girls, 10km guys

    Men 5km 5-10km Split Total Time
    Dylan Grald 16:14(1) 13:57(1) 30:11
    David Sinclair 16:30(2) 14:04(2) 30:34
    Devlin Shea 18:20(5) 14:59(3) 33:19
    Hans Halvorsen 18:12(3) 15:38(4) 33:50
    Luke Costley 18:19(4)      15:43(5) 
                    34:02

    Women
    MK Cirelli 16:16
    Heidi Halvorsen 16:33
    Kaitlin Fitzgerald 18:52

    The gang of GMVS past and present along with some awesome guests from around New England Wednesday morning. 
    David Sinclair and Heidi Halvorsen headed up German Flats during warm-up for our Nationals Week Sprint Simulation.

    Sprint Simulation — 7/13/11 — 1km course — Individual Prologue and Reverse Pursuit Start Heats

    Peter Hegman – 3:08, 3:06, 3:11, 3:12 = 12:37
    David Sinclair – 3:09, 3:02, 3:22 (broken pole tips), 3:06 = 12:39
    Dylan Grald – 3:13, 3:09, 3:12, 3:11 = 12:44 (Most consistent splits)
    Luke Costley – 3:20, 3:13, 3:21, 3:15 = 13:09 (Out sprinted Sinclair in Final)
    Hans Halvorsen – 3:18, 3:14, 3:19, 3:26 = 13:17
    Devlin Shea – 3:27, 3:23, 3:32, 3:28 = 13:50
    Antoine St-Louis – 3:54, 3:41, 3:42, 3:59 = 15:16

    Heidi Halvorsen – 3:41, 3:39, 3:47, 3:47 = 14:54
    Kaitlin Fitzgerald – 3:59, 3:57, 4:15, 4:09 = 16:20
    Kristin Halvorsen – 4:25, 4:29, 4:46, 4:39 = 18:19


    Local kids, local food = big smiles and good times.

    Our favorite Frenchman — Antoine St-Louis inspecting Coach Beckwith’s grilling.

    Setting up for the App Gap Challenge transition area at Mad River Glen — ROLLER SKI IT IF YOU CAN.

    Rafter taking the mandatory post workout swim in the Mad River.

    Hans Halvorsen, Luke Costley, and Devlin Shea warming the engines.

    Home sweet home.  Headed up towards the parking lot for during the Sprint — Peter Hegman chases the pack after his super fast second effort.

    Hans is hungry — working up to the top of the course.  Like all good things in VT — Route 100 and the Catamount Trail are not far away…

    Plunkton Double Pole Test — 7/12/11 — 80 degrees / 105% Humidity


    		 Athlete Date Time Skis
    f Dunkle, Andrea 9/4/2008 8:33 Pro Ski C2
    f Dunkle, Andrea 5/29/2009 7:14 Pro Ski C2
    f Fitzgerald, Kaitlin 9/4/2008 6:09 (w/kick) Pro Ski C2
    f Fitzgerald, Kaitlin 5/29/2009 4:53 Pro Ski C2
    f Fitzgerald, Kaitlin 7/12/2011 6:59 Pro Ski C2
    f Halvorsen, Heidi 9/4/2008 6:40 Swenor
    f Halvorsen, Heidi 5/29/2009 6:08 Swenor
    f Halvorsen, Heidi 7/12/2011 4:41 Swenor COURSE RECORD
    f Halvorsen, Kristin 5/21/2008 5:48 Swenor
    f Halvorsen, Kristin 9/4/2008 4:54 Swenor
    f Halvorsen, Kristin 5/29/2009 5:25 Swenor
    f Luethi, Elena 9/4/2008 6:53 Pro Ski C2
    f Luethi, Elena 5/29/2009 6:39 Pro Ski C2
    m Beckwith, Justin 5/29/2009 4:08 Pro Ski pro line
    m Butler, Preston 5/21/2008 3:59 Pro Ski C2
    m Butler, Preston 9/4/2008 3:40 Pro Ski C2
    m Costley, Luke 7/12/2011 4:33 Marwe
    m Garceau, Louis 9/4/2008 3:23 V2
    m Grald, Dylan 9/4/2008 3:32 V2 910
    m Grald, Dylan 5/29/2009 3:34 V2 910
    m Grald, Dylan 7/12/2011 3:34 Marwe
    m Halvorsen, Hans 7/12/2011 3:52 Marwe
    m Kuzio, Danny 5/21/2008 5:09 V2 930
    m Kuzio, Danny 9/4/2008 4:32 V2 930
    m McGlenn, John 5/21/2008 4:52 V2 940c
    m McGlenn, John 9/4/2008 3:53 V2 940c
    m McGovern, Alec 9/4/2008 4:01 (w/kick) V2
    m Moore, Daniel 9/4/2008 4:32 Marwe
    m Moore, Daniel 5/29/2009 5:00 Marwe
    m Sinclair, David 5/21/2008 4:07 V2 910
    m Sinclair, David 9/4/2008 3:40 V2 910
    m Sinclair, David 5/29/2009 3:52 V2 910
    m Sinclair, David 7/12/2011 3:15 Marwe COURSE RECORD
    m Shea, Devlin 7/12/2011 4:07 V2
    m St-Louis, Antoine 07/12/11 04:04 One Way

  • Summer Camps, Invite Sessions, Getting the Band Back Together

    The summer of 2011 is well underway and the GMVSxc Ski Team is training at full force.  It seems hard to believe, but we have already had three junior camps and we just completed our first, “Invite Session.”  We had a super strong group of skiers including GMVS skiers and alums along with visiting guests.  There are three sessions left — please contact me at beck@gmvs.org if you are interested in joining us for one or more of the remaining sessions: July 25-27, August 1-3, and August 15-17.

    This weeks session was a mini-NAtionals simulation complete with a 5km/10km skate TT, a road bike ride, a speed workout and 800m Plunkton Double Pole Test, a Sprint Simulation and a hike up Mad River Glen.  Over 15 athletes participated and our skiers are showing positive signs as we head into some of the most intense training of our year.  Many of our athletes posted personal best in repeated tests and D. Sinclair and Heidi Halvorsen broke the 800m double pole records that have stood for several years.

    Skate TT Results — 7/11/11 — 5km girls, 10km guys

    Men 5km 5-10km Split Total Time
    Dylan Grald 16:14(1) 13:57(1) 30:11
    David Sinclair 16:30(2) 14:04(2) 30:34
    Devlin Shea 18:20(5) 14:59(3) 33:19
    Hans Halvorsen 18:12(3) 15:38(4) 33:50
    Luke Costley 18:19(4)      15:43(5) 
                    34:02

    Women
    MK Cirelli 16:16
    Heidi Halvorsen 16:33
    Kaitlin Fitzgerald 18:52

    The gang of GMVS past and present along with some awesome guests from around New England Wednesday morning. 
    David Sinclair and Heidi Halvorsen headed up German Flats during warm-up for our Nationals Week Sprint Simulation.

    Sprint Simulation — 7/13/11 — 1km course — Individual Prologue and Reverse Pursuit Start Heats

    Peter Hegman – 3:08, 3:06, 3:11, 3:12 = 12:37
    David Sinclair – 3:09, 3:02, 3:22 (broken pole tips), 3:06 = 12:39
    Dylan Grald – 3:13, 3:09, 3:12, 3:11 = 12:44 (Most consistent splits)
    Luke Costley – 3:20, 3:13, 3:21, 3:15 = 13:09 (Out sprinted Sinclair in Final)
    Hans Halvorsen – 3:18, 3:14, 3:19, 3:26 = 13:17
    Devlin Shea – 3:27, 3:23, 3:32, 3:28 = 13:50
    Antoine St-Louis – 3:54, 3:41, 3:42, 3:59 = 15:16

    Heidi Halvorsen – 3:41, 3:39, 3:47, 3:47 = 14:54
    Kaitlin Fitzgerald – 3:59, 3:57, 4:15, 4:09 = 16:20
    Kristin Halvorsen – 4:25, 4:29, 4:46, 4:39 = 18:19


    Local kids, local food = big smiles and good times.

    Our favorite Frenchman — Antoine St-Louis inspecting Coach Beckwith’s grilling.

    Setting up for the App Gap Challenge transition area at Mad River Glen — ROLLER SKI IT IF YOU CAN.

    Rafter taking the mandatory post workout swim in the Mad River.

    Hans Halvorsen, Luke Costley, and Devlin Shea warming the engines.

    Home sweet home.  Headed up towards the parking lot for during the Sprint — Peter Hegman chases the pack after his super fast second effort.

    Hans is hungry — working up to the top of the course.  Like all good things in VT — Route 100 and the Catamount Trail are not far away…

    Plunkton Double Pole Test — 7/12/11 — 80 degrees / 105% Humidity


    		 Athlete Date Time Skis
    f Dunkle, Andrea 9/4/2008 8:33 Pro Ski C2
    f Dunkle, Andrea 5/29/2009 7:14 Pro Ski C2
    f Fitzgerald, Kaitlin 9/4/2008 6:09 (w/kick) Pro Ski C2
    f Fitzgerald, Kaitlin 5/29/2009 4:53 Pro Ski C2
    f Fitzgerald, Kaitlin 7/12/2011 6:59 Pro Ski C2
    f Halvorsen, Heidi 9/4/2008 6:40 Swenor
    f Halvorsen, Heidi 5/29/2009 6:08 Swenor
    f Halvorsen, Heidi 7/12/2011 4:41 Swenor COURSE RECORD
    f Halvorsen, Kristin 5/21/2008 5:48 Swenor
    f Halvorsen, Kristin 9/4/2008 4:54 Swenor
    f Halvorsen, Kristin 5/29/2009 5:25 Swenor
    f Luethi, Elena 9/4/2008 6:53 Pro Ski C2
    f Luethi, Elena 5/29/2009 6:39 Pro Ski C2
    m Beckwith, Justin 5/29/2009 4:08 Pro Ski pro line
    m Butler, Preston 5/21/2008 3:59 Pro Ski C2
    m Butler, Preston 9/4/2008 3:40 Pro Ski C2
    m Costley, Luke 7/12/2011 4:33 Marwe
    m Garceau, Louis 9/4/2008 3:23 V2
    m Grald, Dylan 9/4/2008 3:32 V2 910
    m Grald, Dylan 5/29/2009 3:34 V2 910
    m Grald, Dylan 7/12/2011 3:34 Marwe
    m Halvorsen, Hans 7/12/2011 3:52 Marwe
    m Kuzio, Danny 5/21/2008 5:09 V2 930
    m Kuzio, Danny 9/4/2008 4:32 V2 930
    m McGlenn, John 5/21/2008 4:52 V2 940c
    m McGlenn, John 9/4/2008 3:53 V2 940c
    m McGovern, Alec 9/4/2008 4:01 (w/kick) V2
    m Moore, Daniel 9/4/2008 4:32 Marwe
    m Moore, Daniel 5/29/2009 5:00 Marwe
    m Sinclair, David 5/21/2008 4:07 V2 910
    m Sinclair, David 9/4/2008 3:40 V2 910
    m Sinclair, David 5/29/2009 3:52 V2 910
    m Sinclair, David 7/12/2011 3:15 Marwe COURSE RECORD
    m Shea, Devlin 7/12/2011 4:07 V2
    m St-Louis, Antoine 07/12/11 04:04 One Way

  • Weston Specific Strength

    What a perfect day for a double pole distance workout (64, blue skies and low humidity). Here the group gets workout instructions before they head out. Todays workout was pretty simple…2 hrs of d-pole, with some d-pole kick, s-pole and a little speed, followed by some striding technique drills.
    One of the best things about our group is that there are lots of really good skiers. You do not have to hammer, just learn from the group. Todays group included 2 USST skiers and 14 Jr National All Americans!
    Each week we make the workout a little bit tougher. The plan is to be tough by winter.
    Bridger, Austin, Fritz, Skyler, Austin.
    Gage, Issy, Rachel and MK.
    Sophie and Ellery argue over which college team will be stronger next winter.
    Pip-Pop.
    Sam gets some technique pointers from Poppet.

    Tess.




    Some alums (all JO gold medalists).
    The “future”.
    2 USST skiers, the UVM captain and Bridger (USST J1 trip member). Not a bad group to ski with 🙂

    Austin and Tyler in a nice forward position.

  • Home

    After a good training block in Lake Placid, I headed home to Boise at the end of June for a friend’s wedding and to hang out with my family. Of course, I was still training, but it was nice to have a break from Lake Placid and have some different training venues and adventures to mix things up. Perhaps the biggest adventure was going on a hike in the Sawtooth Mountains with my mom and running into a black bear. He was probably more scared than we were, and quickly ran away…but it was enough to get our hearts racing and keep us talking loudly for the remainder of the hike. Clearly, I had no chance to get pictures of this encounter, but here are some I was able to snap on my trip.

    My good friend Courtney got married while I was home and I was so excited to take part in her special day!

    Post-bear encounter at Hell Roaring Lake. So beautiful!

    The view from the top of Mount Baldy in Sun Valley. It was a great place to do some L3 ski walking…

    …especially because once on top, you can ride the chair lift and gondola down! What a fun way to end a tough workout. 🙂

    I’m now back in Lake Placid for a few days before our team heads over to Jericho, VT for a week of training. It will be nice to get in some solid skiing and shooting training…and to have all the women back training together for a while!

  • Home

    After a good training block in Lake Placid, I headed home to Boise at the end of June for a friend’s wedding and to hang out with my family. Of course, I was still training, but it was nice to have a break from Lake Placid and have some different training venues and adventures to mix things up. Perhaps the biggest adventure was going on a hike in the Sawtooth Mountains with my mom and running into a black bear. He was probably more scared than we were, and quickly ran away…but it was enough to get our hearts racing and keep us talking loudly for the remainder of the hike. Clearly, I had no chance to get pictures of this encounter, but here are some I was able to snap on my trip.

    My good friend Courtney got married while I was home and I was so excited to take part in her special day!

    Post-bear encounter at Hell Roaring Lake. So beautiful!

    The view from the top of Mount Baldy in Sun Valley. It was a great place to do some L3 ski walking…

    …especially because once on top, you can ride the chair lift and gondola down! What a fun way to end a tough workout. 🙂

    I’m now back in Lake Placid for a few days before our team heads over to Jericho, VT for a week of training. It will be nice to get in some solid skiing and shooting training…and to have all the women back training together for a while!

  • Home

    After a good training block in Lake Placid, I headed home to Boise at the end of June for a friend’s wedding and to hang out with my family. Of course, I was still training, but it was nice to have a break from Lake Placid and have some different training venues and adventures to mix things up. Perhaps the biggest adventure was going on a hike in the Sawtooth Mountains with my mom and running into a black bear. He was probably more scared than we were, and quickly ran away…but it was enough to get our hearts racing and keep us talking loudly for the remainder of the hike. Clearly, I had no chance to get pictures of this encounter, but here are some I was able to snap on my trip.

    My good friend Courtney got married while I was home and I was so excited to take part in her special day!

    Post-bear encounter at Hell Roaring Lake. So beautiful!

    The view from the top of Mount Baldy in Sun Valley. It was a great place to do some L3 ski walking…

    …especially because once on top, you can ride the chair lift and gondola down! What a fun way to end a tough workout. 🙂

    I’m now back in Lake Placid for a few days before our team heads over to Jericho, VT for a week of training. It will be nice to get in some solid skiing and shooting training…and to have all the women back training together for a while!

  • Home

    After a good training block in Lake Placid, I headed home to Boise at the end of June for a friend’s wedding and to hang out with my family. Of course, I was still training, but it was nice to have a break from Lake Placid and have some different training venues and adventures to mix things up. Perhaps the biggest adventure was going on a hike in the Sawtooth Mountains with my mom and running into a black bear. He was probably more scared than we were, and quickly ran away…but it was enough to get our hearts racing and keep us talking loudly for the remainder of the hike. Clearly, I had no chance to get pictures of this encounter, but here are some I was able to snap on my trip.

    My good friend Courtney got married while I was home and I was so excited to take part in her special day!

    Post-bear encounter at Hell Roaring Lake. So beautiful!

    The view from the top of Mount Baldy in Sun Valley. It was a great place to do some L3 ski walking…

    …especially because once on top, you can ride the chair lift and gondola down! What a fun way to end a tough workout. 🙂

    I’m now back in Lake Placid for a few days before our team heads over to Jericho, VT for a week of training. It will be nice to get in some solid skiing and shooting training…and to have all the women back training together for a while!