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  • Another fun day at Trapps: classic drills and distance

    It was a green jacket day at Trapps, and we took our poles off to get in some drill work before heading off on our distance ski. 
    We are always working on balance and weight transfer, and practicing the classic stride with no poles is just about the best drill you can do on skis.

    Dev getting some nice extension and arm swing, and Hans working on the “gorilla” pose in the background: rounded shoulders, relaxed arms swinging in sync with the legs.

    This photo makes it look like there was wind but it was only momentary: the day was perfect once again at Trapps.

    By report the skiing is phenomenal up at Craftsbury as well, and we are headed up there tomorrow to do intervals on this weekend’s race course. Should be sweet!

    MK works on the stride and glide.

    Fitzy, rolling the hips through.

    Dev: fun in the sun!

    Our next drill was to ski downhill and around a sharp corner before turning and sprinting back uphill… all without poles. It’s good to feel the compression of the wax pocket and to focus on keeping the momentum forward on the uphill.
    Justin demonstrates how to do it.

    Getting a big kick and getting the hips forward is almost automatic when trying to classic sprint with no poles, and it’s a good feeling to have in the mind when we put the poles on to go ski.

    That’s levitation, Holmes.

    All smiles in the head-to-head!

  • lululemon

    Ketchum, ID – Fresh back from a 4-day Seattle trip (get this, for work!)  I am opening a lululemon showroom here in the Wood River Valley.  The location is yet to be decided but I have been hitting the pavement and running up my phone bill in the search for a great spot.

    Full-time lululemon is now my focus but skiing is still on my mind and schedule.  I am incorporating more yoga, kettle bells, pilates and other group fitness into my routine these days due to lululemon.  I have been loving every minute.

    I won’t be chasing the circuit this year but plan to do some of my favorite races like the Boulder Mountain Tour, Engadin and the American Birkebeiner to name a few.

    If you know of anyone interested in working with lululemon and me (starting September/October), here in Ketchum, send them my way!

    Thank you Chandra Crawford (Canadian National Team), for suggesting me to lululemon!  I hope to see you this spring in Sun Valley for LDNs.

  • lululemon

    Ketchum, ID – Fresh back from a 4-day Seattle trip (get this, for work!)  I am opening a lululemon showroom here in the Wood River Valley.  The location is yet to be decided but I have been hitting the pavement and running up my phone bill in the search for a great spot.

    Full-time lululemon is now my focus but skiing is still on my mind and schedule.  I am incorporating more yoga, kettle bells, pilates and other group fitness into my routine these days due to lululemon.  I have been loving every minute.

    I won’t be chasing the circuit this year but plan to do some of my favorite races like the Boulder Mountain Tour, Engadin and the American Birkebeiner to name a few.

    If you know of anyone interested in working with lululemon and me (starting September/October), here in Ketchum, send them my way!

    Thank you Chandra Crawford (Canadian National Team), for suggesting me to lululemon!  I hope to see you this spring in Sun Valley for LDNs.

  • lululemon

    Ketchum, ID – Fresh back from a 4-day Seattle trip (get this, for work!)  I am opening a lululemon showroom here in the Wood River Valley.  The location is yet to be decided but I have been hitting the pavement and running up my phone bill in the search for a great spot.

    Full-time lululemon is now my focus but skiing is still on my mind and schedule.  I am incorporating more yoga, kettle bells, pilates and other group fitness into my routine these days due to lululemon.  I have been loving every minute.

    I won’t be chasing the circuit this year but plan to do some of my favorite races like the Boulder Mountain Tour, Engadin and the American Birkebeiner to name a few.

    If you know of anyone interested in working with lululemon and me (starting September/October), here in Ketchum, send them my way!

    Thank you Chandra Crawford (Canadian National Team), for suggesting me to lululemon!  I hope to see you this spring in Sun Valley for LDNs.

  • lululemon

    Ketchum, ID – Fresh back from a 4-day Seattle trip (get this, for work!)  I am opening a lululemon showroom here in the Wood River Valley.  The location is yet to be decided but I have been hitting the pavement and running up my phone bill in the search for a great spot.

    Full-time lululemon is now my focus but skiing is still on my mind and schedule.  I am incorporating more yoga, kettle bells, pilates and other group fitness into my routine these days due to lululemon.  I have been loving every minute.

    I won’t be chasing the circuit this year but plan to do some of my favorite races like the Boulder Mountain Tour, Engadin and the American Birkebeiner to name a few.

    If you know of anyone interested in working with lululemon and me (starting September/October), here in Ketchum, send them my way!

    Thank you Chandra Crawford (Canadian National Team), for suggesting me to lululemon!  I hope to see you this spring in Sun Valley for LDNs.

  • lululemon

    Ketchum, ID – Fresh back from a 4-day Seattle trip (get this, for work!)  I am opening a lululemon showroom here in the Wood River Valley.  The location is yet to be decided but I have been hitting the pavement and running up my phone bill in the search for a great spot.

    Full-time lululemon is now my focus but skiing is still on my mind and schedule.  I am incorporating more yoga, kettle bells, pilates and other group fitness into my routine these days due to lululemon.  I have been loving every minute.

    I won’t be chasing the circuit this year but plan to do some of my favorite races like the Boulder Mountain Tour, Engadin and the American Birkebeiner to name a few.

    If you know of anyone interested in working with lululemon and me (starting September/October), here in Ketchum, send them my way!

    Thank you Chandra Crawford (Canadian National Team), for suggesting me to lululemon!  I hope to see you this spring in Sun Valley for LDNs.

  • lululemon

    Ketchum, ID – Fresh back from a 4-day Seattle trip (get this, for work!)  I am opening a lululemon showroom here in the Wood River Valley.  The location is yet to be decided but I have been hitting the pavement and running up my phone bill in the search for a great spot.

    Full-time lululemon is now my focus but skiing is still on my mind and schedule.  I am incorporating more yoga, kettle bells, pilates and other group fitness into my routine these days due to lululemon.  I have been loving every minute.

    I won’t be chasing the circuit this year but plan to do some of my favorite races like the Boulder Mountain Tour, Engadin and the American Birkebeiner to name a few.

    If you know of anyone interested in working with lululemon and me (starting September/October), here in Ketchum, send them my way!

    Thank you Chandra Crawford (Canadian National Team), for suggesting me to lululemon!  I hope to see you this spring in Sun Valley for LDNs.