Category: XCFeeds

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The cold grey weather gave way to bright blue skies and the temps rose into the 40’s so we had some very happy campers. The course in BF is fast and everyone crushed their PR’s for the year. The boys won the team trophy with Skyler, Cobby, Bridger, Austin and Walker placing 2,4,6,7,15. The girls were not to be outdone and cruised to another convincing victory with Heather, Rachel, Issy P, Gage and Hallie leading the group by placing 2,3,5,6,7. Thanks to all of the parents and grandparents for coming out to cheer on the team!br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StkUrTAQN3I/AAAAAAAABSA/J9BhBbSx4to/s1600-h/100_5349.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/StkUrTAQN3I/AAAAAAAABSA/J9BhBbSx4to/s400/100_5349.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393364762821146482″ //aIzzy and her grandparents.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StkTFB0ttbI/AAAAAAAABR4/pw0rHGKDiOA/s1600-h/100_5298.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/StkTFB0ttbI/AAAAAAAABR4/pw0rHGKDiOA/s400/100_5298.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393363005862688178″ //abr /Yesterday we worked on skate agility and speed. We added a new contest, dual slaloms on roller skis. Here are some pictures of the kids on the next to last gate in the yellow course. br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StkSTK_NFkI/AAAAAAAABRw/lsVSTaS3MFc/s1600-h/100_5316.JPG”img style=”float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StkSTK_NFkI/AAAAAAAABRw/lsVSTaS3MFc/s400/100_5316.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393362149329147458″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StkRiEGWfsI/AAAAAAAABRo/8it9sHdheqQ/s1600-h/100_5333.JPG”img style=”float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StkRiEGWfsI/AAAAAAAABRo/8it9sHdheqQ/s400/100_5333.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393361305666485954″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StkRA7mm4MI/AAAAAAAABRg/A_fYs04l9r8/s1600-h/100_5322.JPG”img style=”float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StkRA7mm4MI/AAAAAAAABRg/A_fYs04l9r8/s400/100_5322.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393360736450175170″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StkP7qUSvmI/AAAAAAAABRY/sQQoDE_0tw0/s1600-h/100_5328.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/StkP7qUSvmI/AAAAAAAABRY/sQQoDE_0tw0/s400/100_5328.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393359546398981730″ //abr /Bridger is getting after it here!div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-1046671598067089665?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

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Brrrrr… we had a nice day, but temperatures struggled to reach 40 for our d-pole test. When it is cold, the roller skiing is noticably slower. That is the only drawback to field tests, it is hard to replicate conditions. Nevertheless, we did our d-pole test and it went quite well. Hallie, Mac and Walker all set PR’s. With the cold conditions setting a PR means that there is a significant improvement, good going! All of the others skied well and would have been within several seconds of their PR’s one way or the other (except Izzy who is coming off a nasty cold and was clearly flat).br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StZm_1IzQMI/AAAAAAAABRQ/SQrJSw_1F0k/s1600-h/100_5289.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 247px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StZm_1IzQMI/AAAAAAAABRQ/SQrJSw_1F0k/s400/100_5289.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392610850604531906″ //abr /After the test, everyone double poled and single poled 5 km of each then warmed down by striding up the hill. Gage and Sophie skated today. Sophie was doing an easy distance workout after her intensity filled Lake Placid camp and Gage switched testing days because she had a leg injury last week and couldn’t do the skate test. Gage was very close to her skate PR time so that was good!br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StZmWxX_E3I/AAAAAAAABRI/EdKOw5bxnq0/s1600-h/100_5286.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 322px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StZmWxX_E3I/AAAAAAAABRI/EdKOw5bxnq0/s400/100_5286.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392610145219842930″ //abr /Sometimes when we single pole without legs up the hill, the kids tend to squat down too much. here we are talking about engaging the core and keeping our legs straighter.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StZlnnfHv6I/AAAAAAAABRA/hJSLQgc_Qxk/s1600-h/100_5282.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 345px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StZlnnfHv6I/AAAAAAAABRA/hJSLQgc_Qxk/s400/100_5282.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392609335111565218″ //abr /Here are todays times: Sky 2:43, Cam 2:48, Walker 2:57, Austin 2:58, Cobby 3:05, Heather 3:18, Mac 3:36, Rachel 3:53, Cambria 3:54, Izzy 4:01, Issy 4:08, Hallie 4:11 and Gage (skating the skate course) 3:36.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StZkrneqHiI/AAAAAAAABQ4/Fxp34PGcq9k/s1600-h/100_5278.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/StZkrneqHiI/AAAAAAAABQ4/Fxp34PGcq9k/s400/100_5278.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392608304317472290″ //adiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-7860660083674586871?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

img src=”http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krigseI4B61qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pEli Brown brings more flavor to the skiing world than any other three people combined.  Period./p

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Most of “Jackedup Nation” realizes that behind the barb wired fence at Area 143 there are things happening. Revolutionary things. Secret things. One of these classified projects has been as enthralling, and as awe inspiring, as the Apollo and Manhattan Projects were back in the day. It is the next breakthrough in ski technique. It has been a steady progression of experimentation taking years to assemble. First there was the Skijitsu Technique. This was demonstrated on the Toll Road at Whiteface Mountain in the Fall of 2008. Many shortchanged the results saying they were falsely based on the 4Wheeled Rocket Skiis(Code Named:The (amp;*^$amp;%$#^$@$!^$). This was believable to the Masses. BUT the Erudite realized that something else was going on.br /Skijitsu!! They did not know what the technique was called. They just knew it was new, and it was fast, very fast. They had heard the whispers on the wind about the government funded – ultra-secret project to develop ultimate ski technique. After hundreds of hours of video analysis and dartfish assisted breakdown of the technique at a long and secret retreat, Vordy, Fish, Caldwell among other’s, believed they had cracked the code. Unfortunately for them, researcher’s at the institute had already realized the fatal flaw of Skijitsu. It was only effective at 7% grade to 11%. Perfect for the toll road, or the last stage of the Tour de Ski, but consequently inefficient and useless at lesser grades and higher speeds. Once the liability was identified, the institute shifted into overdrive to find a solution. With 2010 on the horizon, failure was not an option. This solution was the Apollo11 Rocket technique which was more efficient and faster over more a varied terrain, while still maintaining the crushing uphill pace demonstrated on Whiteface. At first it was merely theoretical. Numbers were crunched force plate analysis, biometrics VQ, blah blah. Once again, the field test would be the Race to the Castle. Fall 2009 – Whiteface Toll Road. Result- Total Domination.. again the expert analysis was that it was just the rocket skis. Despite the results, the Institute’s search for the perfect technique was still on. While the Apollo11 was better then Skijitsu, it still had some fatal flaws . Due to Government restrictions those flaws cannot even be inferred to here. It was in late 2009 however, that the testing finally had another breakthrough’s and an even newer technique was born. The ultimate in ski racing.br /The Tiger Claw. Yes the Tiger Claw. You may laugh at the ridiculous of this preponderance. But in laboratory tests on the Punisher, and on road courses designed to simulate World Cup ski terrain, the Tiger Claw has broken every previous record. By minutes, not seconds. And so, while unable to race Whiteface, the facts are in, the Tiger Claw is the technique of the future and will be on public display, very, very soon. Consider yourself warned….div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6647112093689702615-6932156147092683494?l=www.jackedupoldman.com’ alt=” //div

With the national team training camp in Lake Placid coming to a close, I finally took the opportunity to walk upon some hallowed ground. Like this concrete oval where Eric Heiden took speed skating into uncharted territory. In 1980, Heiden won every race, from 500 to 10,000 meters in convincing Olympic to World Record setting fashion. br /br /While Michael Phelps might have more golds, all his races came in relays and different strokes from 100 to 200 meters in distance. The range in Heiden’s accomplishment still very much stands as the undisputed golden standard of athletic greatness. At least that’s my opinion.br /br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qy8LpbgYOag/StTbxxozSXI/AAAAAAAAAQo/6SP7X4XekR8/s1600-h/email_heiden%27s+playground.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 90px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qy8LpbgYOag/StTbxxozSXI/AAAAAAAAAQo/6SP7X4XekR8/s400/email_heiden%27s+playground.jpg” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392176302053869938″ //adiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2691525267872963085-3223812971946240597?l=in-the-arena-torin.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div