Category: XCFeeds

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiRvHWE3xI/AAAAAAAADu8/XgDQKUVYo5g/s1600/IMG_6610.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiRvHWE3xI/AAAAAAAADu8/XgDQKUVYo5g/s400/IMG_6610.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505810783071952658″ //aAfter an afternoon of jumps, bounding and striding, we had a big pasta dinner and then went to the gym for more games.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiRmOqieEI/AAAAAAAADu0/wKX4aCNwfN4/s1600/IMG_6611.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiRmOqieEI/AAAAAAAADu0/wKX4aCNwfN4/s400/IMG_6611.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505810630418004034″ //aWe started with the pinwheel name game. With 63 kids at camp and a goal to have everyone get to know each other, this was a fun way to mix it up. br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiRcA_H9iI/AAAAAAAADus/r_EJBx4d3_Y/s1600/IMG_6615.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiRcA_H9iI/AAAAAAAADus/r_EJBx4d3_Y/s400/IMG_6615.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505810454947558946″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiRJ6TETtI/AAAAAAAADuk/7EblUE4aesc/s1600/IMG_6623.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiRJ6TETtI/AAAAAAAADuk/7EblUE4aesc/s400/IMG_6623.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505810143914512082″ //aAfter the name game we played acouple more of Charlie Boswells favorites with yarn balls. I forget the names of the games, but everyone was active and had a good time!br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiRAU_K6HI/AAAAAAAADuc/b7CThkW7xEs/s1600/IMG_6631.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiRAU_K6HI/AAAAAAAADuc/b7CThkW7xEs/s400/IMG_6631.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505809979280124018″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiQyhQ5GVI/AAAAAAAADuU/V-XZ_yfFmgU/s1600/IMG_6625.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiQyhQ5GVI/AAAAAAAADuU/V-XZ_yfFmgU/s400/IMG_6625.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505809742057511250″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiQgWznAuI/AAAAAAAADuE/aggxRO0T_9A/s1600/IMG_6632.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiQgWznAuI/AAAAAAAADuE/aggxRO0T_9A/s400/IMG_6632.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505809430012691170″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiQXclC2HI/AAAAAAAADt8/cOiUT6Xl6-Y/s1600/IMG_6634.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGiQXclC2HI/AAAAAAAADt8/cOiUT6Xl6-Y/s400/IMG_6634.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505809276943390834″ //aEveryone is in their rooms and most of them are quiet (Forrest, Scott and Sam are still telling stories). Tomorrow we start with a pre-breakfast run and stretch and then have a full day of activities.div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-3072716846522640716?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

It suppose it is just a matter of time in an elite athlete’s career before they have some sort of big injury. Friday was my time. I was lucky, however, and in the realm of “serious” injuries, this one is not too bad. I was in Jericho, VT at our second women’s team camp and NorAm rollerski races. While getting out of prone position during an easy combo workout, I dislocated my left patella (knee cap). My coach was right there, and we were luckily able to get it right back into place. My coach then drove me to the ER in Burlington. The hospital took X-Ray’s and determined that there was no ligament damage, which was very good news. The doctor advised that I use a brace to immobilize my leg and keep it from dislocating again. After talking to the sports physiologists in Lake Placid, the agreed that was the best course of action until the swelling went down and they could examine me. I’m now back in Lake Placid, trying to rest and ice my leg so that tomorrow we can start figuring out where to go from here.

Creating a distraction on the range in my leg brace during practice. In good spirits despite it all!

Having never been injured before, it’s a tough situation to be in. I’m having to lay low, even though I feel good (minus my knee!), and it takes me twice as long to get anywhere. But, I’m confident that if I can just relax and stay positive, I’ll recover quickly and be back to training in no time. In the meantime, I’ll just have to enjoy my down time.

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhh1QZgB8I/AAAAAAAADt0/v304LVqlD1U/s1600/IMG_6503.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhh1QZgB8I/AAAAAAAADt0/v304LVqlD1U/s400/IMG_6503.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505758112023316418″ //aHere are some pictures from our first afternoon of the SMS BKL camp. More later!br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhhsnuvrzI/AAAAAAAADts/6wpYt2cBiKQ/s1600/IMG_6504.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhhsnuvrzI/AAAAAAAADts/6wpYt2cBiKQ/s400/IMG_6504.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505757963667615538″ //aClick on any picture to enlarge.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhhjAvmPBI/AAAAAAAADtk/ZNKWYi0YSTg/s1600/IMG_6508.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhhjAvmPBI/AAAAAAAADtk/ZNKWYi0YSTg/s400/IMG_6508.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505757798583385106″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhhWWpMqDI/AAAAAAAADtc/T9ZLp251aBM/s1600/IMG_6514.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhhWWpMqDI/AAAAAAAADtc/T9ZLp251aBM/s400/IMG_6514.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505757581123823666″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhhOAf2-NI/AAAAAAAADtU/62VQMKYVnKU/s1600/IMG_6524.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhhOAf2-NI/AAAAAAAADtU/62VQMKYVnKU/s400/IMG_6524.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505757437740120274″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhg7elSizI/AAAAAAAADtM/yq4e1C0O0vI/s1600/IMG_6527.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhg7elSizI/AAAAAAAADtM/yq4e1C0O0vI/s400/IMG_6527.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505757119398447922″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhgtIU5wTI/AAAAAAAADtE/mV93dDXUUHk/s1600/IMG_6529.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhgtIU5wTI/AAAAAAAADtE/mV93dDXUUHk/s400/IMG_6529.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505756872905965874″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhgiMOBYYI/AAAAAAAADs8/Q9nWN7a1FY8/s1600/IMG_6533.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhgiMOBYYI/AAAAAAAADs8/Q9nWN7a1FY8/s400/IMG_6533.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505756684972286338″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhgWnUUdrI/AAAAAAAADs0/hRKuZ8lZg6E/s1600/IMG_6534.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhgWnUUdrI/AAAAAAAADs0/hRKuZ8lZg6E/s400/IMG_6534.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505756486088029874″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhgKFi3CTI/AAAAAAAADss/-aoQMZFj3Yk/s1600/IMG_6536.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhgKFi3CTI/AAAAAAAADss/-aoQMZFj3Yk/s400/IMG_6536.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505756270863780146″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhf8HnsLAI/AAAAAAAADsk/x0LnOIxafoU/s1600/IMG_6538.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 234px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhf8HnsLAI/AAAAAAAADsk/x0LnOIxafoU/s400/IMG_6538.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505756030902742018″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhfxJAAM-I/AAAAAAAADsc/nUHYEvnvLJk/s1600/IMG_6546.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhfxJAAM-I/AAAAAAAADsc/nUHYEvnvLJk/s400/IMG_6546.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505755842294592482″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhffwdJhTI/AAAAAAAADsU/9aThP4BBTvU/s1600/IMG_6540.JPG”img style=”display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGheveOeFcI/AAAAAAAADr8/wi-N50-K5HA/s400/IMG_6556.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505754714121049538″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhecP9NryI/AAAAAAAADr0/jmiAJrxvJg4/s1600/IMG_6560.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhecP9NryI/AAAAAAAADr0/jmiAJrxvJg4/s400/IMG_6560.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505754383873060642″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGheLOCSbWI/AAAAAAAADrs/KH2tXlIt3uA/s1600/IMG_6566.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGheLOCSbWI/AAAAAAAADrs/KH2tXlIt3uA/s400/IMG_6566.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505754091299695970″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhd8iGXKDI/AAAAAAAADrk/ZtgLxoISutk/s1600/IMG_6581.JPG”img style=”display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhdccrK7GI/AAAAAAAADrM/Npro3GsnVbA/s400/IMG_6597.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505753287775415394″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhdQM65NUI/AAAAAAAADrE/fBONflYglt0/s1600/IMG_6601.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 222px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhdQM65NUI/AAAAAAAADrE/fBONflYglt0/s400/IMG_6601.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505753077387965762″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhdHtDcagI/AAAAAAAADq8/vxxg131kf9E/s1600/IMG_6602.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhdHtDcagI/AAAAAAAADq8/vxxg131kf9E/s400/IMG_6602.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505752931394939394″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhc6eFxACI/AAAAAAAADq0/3WdsAuF-HUw/s1600/IMG_6604.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhc6eFxACI/AAAAAAAADq0/3WdsAuF-HUw/s400/IMG_6604.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505752704039845922″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhcragBW6I/AAAAAAAADqs/6ftA5toZLfA/s1600/IMG_6605.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGhcragBW6I/AAAAAAAADqs/6ftA5toZLfA/s400/IMG_6605.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505752445378190242″ //adiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-6510773344461755600?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

div style=”text-align: center;”br //diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGgiCpNQYdI/AAAAAAAAAbU/g0Sk0Jh7PvA/s1600/P1000041.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGgiCpNQYdI/AAAAAAAAAbU/g0Sk0Jh7PvA/s320/P1000041.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505687973276967378″ //adiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divI just recently spent the last week hanging out and training at home in the Methow. Every week after returning from the glacier APU has a recovery week where we get to do whatever type of non-specific training on our own, with no team training for the week. Erik likes to look at it as a mental and physical break throughout the periods of training. This week break is a good opportunity to either take a vacation or take advantage of getting in some good quality hours of work. After July glacier camp I opted to stay in Anchorage and work really hard for the week while enjoying doing other activities like swimming and rollerskiing with some UAA buddies. This August though, I decided to get the best of both worlds so I came home and did some work for my dad while getting in a little “vacationing” time as well. It was nice to spend some time with the family while soaking in a little heat and sun. Yesterday was record breaking for the most rain ever in Alaska…. so I think it is safe to say we don’t get a whole lot of summer in AK. I am headed back to AK tonight, as we start testing week tomorrow. Time to test and asses our progress so far this summer!!div style=”text-align: center;”div style=”text-align: left;”br //divspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”div style=”text-align: center;”br //divspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: normal; “a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGgiLKWfVFI/AAAAAAAAAbc/hFlH0y1lu5E/s1600/P1000044.JPG”img src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGgiLKWfVFI/AAAAAAAAAbc/hFlH0y1lu5E/s320/P1000044.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505688119613019218″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; ” //a/spanRollerski up to the Lake- swim across the lake three times… typical methow training./span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: normal; “a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGgh4Len5iI/AAAAAAAAAbM/KwajSN9gOTI/s1600/P1000038.JPG”img src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGgh4Len5iI/AAAAAAAAAbM/KwajSN9gOTI/s320/P1000038.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505687793498056226″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 166px; ” //a/span/span/divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2018521813175454198-7726564161379227599?l=sadiebjornsen.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGcCfVbbvJI/AAAAAAAADqk/O5evnq9nwaM/s1600/IMG_6446.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGcCfVbbvJI/AAAAAAAADqk/O5evnq9nwaM/s400/IMG_6446.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505371806835129490″ //aWe worked on skating uphill today. We have a very good steep hill right next to school so after a warm up we went to work. Andy Newell was fresh off his trip to New Zealand and he joined us. Andy skis very well so it is a great way for our skiers to learn by following.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGcCF6YsV6I/AAAAAAAADqc/R0hLkCGntoA/s1600/IMG_6449.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 340px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGcCF6YsV6I/AAAAAAAADqc/R0hLkCGntoA/s400/IMG_6449.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505371370079147938″ //aWe like to do a slalom during the warm up, it is fun and helps with a dynamic and total weight shift and quick feet.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGcBtwBPG4I/AAAAAAAADqU/fe_zeNdJMuE/s1600/IMG_6452.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGcBtwBPG4I/AAAAAAAADqU/fe_zeNdJMuE/s400/IMG_6452.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505370954979548034″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGcBB_2c61I/AAAAAAAADqM/GKxk5i8MB9Q/s1600/IMG_6471.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGcBB_2c61I/AAAAAAAADqM/GKxk5i8MB9Q/s400/IMG_6471.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505370203315039058″ //aPulling someone helps with body position and leg strength.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGcASn0vtsI/AAAAAAAADqE/L3SE4DODNak/s1600/IMG_6474.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 198px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGcASn0vtsI/AAAAAAAADqE/L3SE4DODNak/s400/IMG_6474.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505369389411579586″ //aWe finished the warm up with some leg speeds and then headed to the hills.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGb-1mcQ6AI/AAAAAAAADp8/JTvzhQ1vR4g/s1600/IMG_6484.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 334px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGb-1mcQ6AI/AAAAAAAADp8/JTvzhQ1vR4g/s400/IMG_6484.JPG” border=”0″alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505367791312627714″ //a For intervals, everyone started with a L3 up Tree Tops (about 5 minutes), then we went to the bottom and did 3 more. Andy did 3X6 minutes with 3 minutes rest, the SMS kids did 3X4.5 with 4.5 mintes rest. Andy was going L3 and the SMS kids skied with him (mostly L4) so it worked out perfectly.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGb-VDcDHYI/AAAAAAAADp0/JybMJtxxnp8/s1600/IMG_6487.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGb-VDcDHYI/AAAAAAAADp0/JybMJtxxnp8/s400/IMG_6487.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505367232160669058″ //aSkyler and birthday boy near the top.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGb9XyLa5DI/AAAAAAAADps/PGVW30f3Gt8/s1600/IMG_6493.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGb9XyLa5DI/AAAAAAAADps/PGVW30f3Gt8/s400/IMG_6493.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505366179555501106″ //aThis shows how important pacing and fitness are. The boys started a ways behing Izzy and caught her, but when Skyler hammered the last minute of the interval, she responded and pulled back away from most of the group.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGb8iy7fNqI/AAAAAAAADpk/DzQtYCm0BQ0/s1600/IMG_6494.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TGb8iy7fNqI/AAAAAAAADpk/DzQtYCm0BQ0/s400/IMG_6494.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505365269224044194″ //aBridger took full advantage of skiing with Andy. He went stride for stride for the full interval.div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-3827312265343500094?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

div style=”text-align: center;”br //diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXw2Fj3ihI/AAAAAAAAAa4/KoYs5Tvp6LE/s1600/3.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXw2Fj3ihI/AAAAAAAAAa4/KoYs5Tvp6LE/s320/3.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505070931526519314″ //adiv style=”text-align: left;”I just recently returned from my second trip up to the Eagle Glacier for a week. This trip was just as fun…. but I must say much more intense. Less snow, more pink algae, and lots more cracks running across the glacier. I came into this period with a lot more training under my belt from the previous three weeks so I got to tap the tank for the last couple of days. We were lucky enough to have two sunny days the first couple of days on the glacier- so I am proud to say I got to ski in a tank top and shorts one day! We had some non APU skiers with us this trip, one of which a fellow methow valley boy, Brian Gregg. It was fun to mix it up and do some workouts with some different athletes.br //divdivLots of kilometer, lots of klister, lots of technique work, and lots of eating and sleeping pretty much sums up my my second Eagle Glacier week./divdivThanks to Erik Flora and Casey Fagerquist for the hours of hard work!/divdivbr //diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXwO29HGwI/AAAAAAAAAaA/ebPN0JNXAyA/s1600/DSC05959.JPG”img src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXwO29HGwI/AAAAAAAAAaA/ebPN0JNXAyA/s320/DSC05959.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505070257590967042″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; ” //adiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”Second workout of the camp was with Holly Brooks…. that woman is speedy!/span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”br //span/diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXwe3OhO0I/AAAAAAAAAaY/1X-gozqwB2Y/s1600/DSC05972.JPG”img src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXwe3OhO0I/AAAAAAAAAaY/1X-gozqwB2Y/s320/DSC05972.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505070532541889346″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; ” //adiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold; “Holly pumping out some squats- keeping the strength training up while we are at the glacier./spanbr //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”br //span/diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXwwtZm52I/AAAAAAAAAaw/z_04SDLZEkk/s1600/2.jpg”img src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXwwtZm52I/AAAAAAAAAaw/z_04SDLZEkk/s320/2.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505070839141689186″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; ” //adiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold; “Morning ski in the sun… doesn’t get much better./spanbr //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”br //span/diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXwULJ2zFI/AAAAAAAAAaI/am4P5aFFE-c/s1600/DSC05962.JPG”img src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXwULJ2zFI/AAAAAAAAAaI/am4P5aFFE-c/s320/DSC05962.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505070348912479314″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; ” //adiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold; “Holly Brooks, myself, and Nicole Deyong (Sun Valley skier)/spanbr //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”br //span/diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXwqn1BenI/AAAAAAAAAao/df8IBPIhhFc/s1600/1.jpg”img src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXwqn1BenI/AAAAAAAAAao/df8IBPIhhFc/s320/1.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505070734566849138″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; ” //adiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold; “APU womans team post L4 interval session./spanbr //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”br //span/diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXwA4l0M9I/AAAAAAAAAZ4/TjqZxdMOUVw/s1600/DSC05957.JPG”img src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXwA4l0M9I/AAAAAAAAAZ4/TjqZxdMOUVw/s320/DSC05957.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505070017511961554″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; ” //adiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold; “One of the juniors on the team putting in some kilometers./spanbr //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”br //span/diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXwkPqT7KI/AAAAAAAAAag/GOI1Eiu_b2w/s1600/DSC05984.JPG”img src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXwkPqT7KI/AAAAAAAAAag/GOI1Eiu_b2w/s320/DSC05984.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505070625000254626″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; ” //adiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold; “Our trip across the glacier to meet the helicopter on our way out looked a little something like this… plus snow flying everywhere!/spanbr //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”br //span/diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXy5DKifpI/AAAAAAAAAbA/tz68iFtBqTE/s1600/helicopter.jpg”img src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/TGXy5DKifpI/AAAAAAAAAbA/tz68iFtBqTE/s320/helicopter.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505073181446274706″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; ” //adiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold; “Thanks to Alpine Air- the group waiting for our ride up to the glacier/span/divdivbr //divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2018521813175454198-6825858598694393309?l=sadiebjornsen.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

Cue the creepy music, it’s Friday the 13th!

• We finally wrapped up the most improved/unimproved series from the 2009-2010 season, looking at the most unimproved female sprinters.
• We had another installment of Victims & Nemeses, this time focusing on Swedish stars Marcus Hellner and Charlotte Kalla.
• Next, we looked at age vs. FIS point plots for Italian skiers based upon their performance at World Junior’s.
• Finally, having exhausted the list of retiring cross-country skiers, we’ve moved on to biathletes, beginning with Germany’s Martina Beck.

I talked some friends into doing their first trail running race this weekend, so I’m looking forward to a nice 20 mile run in Montana’s Bridger mountains tomorrow.  Hopefully we’ll all still be friends on Sunday…

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1. <Week In Review: Friday, June 11th
2. <Week In Review: Friday, June 18th
3. <Week In Review: Friday July 9th

Biathletes retire too!  I will be the first to admit that I know a lot less about biathlon than cross country, though, so these athlete profile posts for biathletes will be as much for my benefit as yours.

Martina Beck is (was) a very fast German biathlete.  The International Biathlon Union has a nice article about her career and her decision to retire.  Rumor has it she was an excellent shot, as well.

Since I’m much less of a biathlon expert, rather than pontificate on specific race results let’s just look at some data for her career…

I’m accustomed to skiers starting out quite slow and steadily improving.  Beck appears to have been pretty uniformly fast for nearly her entire career.

Using percent back has its advantages, obviously, but we still miss some interesting stuff.  For instance, Beck’s two faster OWG races in 2006 were actually good enough for silver medals (individual and pursuit).

The 2002-2003 season stands out, at least from a data perspective.  She just wasn’t very slow that year.  Subsequently, things seemed to revert to “normal”: centered around 5% back with some much better and some quite a bit slower.

The other interesting thing to note is the tendency to have seasons with almost no results between 0% and 2.25% back or so.  I wonder if this is a result shooting performance…

In any case, Beck has seen fewer top results over the past few seasons, and her slower races appear to be getting slower.  Again, pretty typical for someone nearing the end of a career.

Since we don’t have technique differences to ponder (biathlon only employs skating) let’s look at potential differences between race format:

I’ve labelled these by race length, but biathlon race formats have been quite stable over the years.  The 7.5km is a “sprint”, which just means it’s short and they only shoot twice.  The 15km is the “individual” and is an interval start race.  The 10km is a pursuit race, usually based on the results of a previous sprint race.  And the 12.5km is a mass start race.

I’d call that a slight preference for the longer mass start and individual races, particularly at her peak.  If the rumors are true and Beck was indeed an excellent shot, this would make sense for her to be somewhat better in events that involved more shooting.

Let’s look at her shooting stats:

The solid lines are Beck and the dashed lines are an aggregate of the top ten female finishers for each season.  The rumors appear to be true.  Beck was indeed one of the better shots around.  Two seasons in particular, 2002-2003 and 2007-2008 seem better than most of the rest.  For her entire career, I have Beck shooting 90% prone, 87% standing and 88% overall.  How good is that?  Well, keep in mind that I only have data back to around 1991 or so, but here’s a table of shooting stats for women since then with at least 300 shots:

Women’s career shooting stats for athletes with at least 300 shots.

There are women who’ve shot somewhat better, but they all have many, many fewer shots.

I don’t have any big conclusions here.  Like I said at the start, a lot of what I write about biathlon will be as much about me learning about the sport and it’s athletes as anything else.  But if there’s some more sophisticated number crunching that you’d like to see for biathlon, let me know in the comments and I’ll try to oblige.

Related posts:

1. <Career Retrospective: Rene Sommerfeldt
2. <Career Retrospective: Claudia Nystad (Kuenzel)
3. <Career Retrospective: Reto Burgermeister

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Yet another in a continuing series.  This time, Italy.  First up is the original form of the graph where each panel contains athletes grouped by their best performance at WJCs or U23s (1-5, 6-10, etc.):

As before, the blue lines are trends for the entire population in each panel, the red lines are the trends only for the Italian skiers in each panel.  The women’s 16-20 panel is omitted, as there is only one skier there with only ~3 seasons of results.

As we’ve seen before, the general trends lines can mask a lot of variation:

This time I’ve only plotted the points for the Italian skiers (red) but the blue trend lines remain the same.  Fast skiers (1-5 panels) ski slowly sometimes.  But this is still lumping multiple athletes together, so let’s look at the paths for each individual skier:

This really drives home the level of variation between individual skiers, I hope.

Related posts:

1. <How Well Prepared Are World Cup Rookies? (Part 1b: Distance)
2. <Post-WJC/U23 Development: Canada
3. <Post-WJC/U23 Development: Germany

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