What a banner weather weekend for outdoor activities! We couldn’t have asked for a better day than the 25k in May, where a strong gathering of MNC Juniors and Masters met in Ferrisburgh to accomplish this now-traditional NENSA event.
25k in May squad
Despite the 25k challenge, most of the Juniors actually ended up doing 40k.
We’ve been through a few “generations” of high school athletes on this team, to the extent that skiers who were first Juniors when I came to MNC are now graduating college.
Different themes or attitudes have been driving factors for different generations, but this is the first generation that I believe sees themselves as SKIERS in terms of a key aspect of their identies. I mean that in a good way! For a coach, nothing is more rewarding than having skiers sit on the grass after a long rollerski and ponder what kind of training Klaebo was doing at their age in order to progress to where he is now. Or discussing different training camp ideas and dreams for themselves and the club to embark on.
Skiing like pros and thinking like pros
And most importantly, after 40k of rollerskiing on a hot day it seemed like nobody wanted to leave as we sat out on the grass scheming of the next big adventure. Eventually, we packed up and headed for the ice cream at Cookie Love, where the good times continued.
In addition to the Juniors, joining in on the rollerski fun were Katie, Tristin, Rick, and Steve. A pretty darn good showing for the club! All in all it looks like we realistically skied about 475-500 kilometers in total between us.
Masters Rick and Steve finishing up their skate roll
Flat roads (this was the same location as our 100k rollerski last year) make for easier long distance
Fueling on long workouts is important, and this team goes through more fruit snacks than a 3rd grade field trip to the aquarium
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