The summer is a busy time, with all sorts of opportunities cropping up. Go on a mountain bike ride with this group? Race this weekly 5k? Head over to XC captains practice for running? Ski with another training group for their session?
The best part is that without a lot of conflicts, this is usually a great time for that sort of thing. This past week, though, recovery was the name of the game as we tried to give ourselves time to absorb all the hard work of Mountain Camp.
What impressed me the most was how many times I had to hold the gang back a bit.
“Can I do another interval??”
“What if I also trained on this day? I know it says off day but…”
That’s a good problem to have, since it means everyone is FIRED UP and pumped about training. It can be a little dangerous though…you’re always feeling the boost from a camp and it’s hard to take a break right away. Mentally, at least. And then it can all catch up to you. So the phrase I kept repeating all week was “take the rest while you can get it!”
Even in a recovery week, we’re still putting in work, and here’s a bit of evidence:
We were visited this week by Sharon and Lucas who were doing a study on force application, coordination, symmetry and motion in skiing…so of course we were the natural test subjects!
Working on classic speeds, with one partner having “clean snow” and the other partner having to ski over some wet ferns to cause slipping…since those ratchet wheels work so well, you gotta make it realistic somehow!
Magda, Meredith, Sammie, and Julia cooling down after some bounding intervals at Honey Hollow on another sunny day
Got a busy week coming up, with the Double Pole Test tomorrow and the Bolton Uphill Run test on Saturday. Anyone and everyone is welcome to test their mettle at Bolton…we’ll meet at the Vista base lodge at 9AM and plan to start the test at 9:30! Up up up!
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