Happy 4th of July everyone! Charlie and Ethan joined me for some ski walking at Bolton on America’s birthday, and I’m sure everyone else was out training hard in between hotdogs and fireworks! Here are some photos from this past week:
Magda had never skied before a few weeks ago. Now she only falls down when she is rollerskiing backwards through a slalom course. And she is okay with that!
Coach Sara leads Magda and Summer up the big hill on Pit Loop. Out of the picture is Jared, who had also never rollerskied but has now conquered the whole loop!
Skiers with more experience are always learning, too! Here Elliot follows guest athlete Ben Ogden during some skate pickups
This week we have another collection of rollerski and foot sessions, and a lot of opportunity to expand the scope of our group! 2 big chances for that in particular:
Wednesday will feature the second MNC Open Session of the summer! Running and bounding at Shelburne Farms, 10-11:30am. Should be fun, and spread the word so we can get a big crew out training together! See more HERE
Saturday will be the first (annual?) Reverse Stowe Derby! This is a joint workout with Craftsbury and VTXC. We will be joined by Craftsbury coach Anna Schultz (hey, she sounds familiar!) and Rick Costanza (hey, he sounds familiar!) for a skate rollerski from downtown Stowe up the bike path to the base of the Toll Rd. From there we will switch to running gear en route to the top of Mt Mansfield! On the run down we can jump in the Bingham Falls swimming hole before a picnic along the park-side bike path!
Any MNC summer participants (both 2- and 5-day members), BKL skiers and Masters are welcome and encouraged to join in – for those that have not rollerskied yet there will be a ‘hike-only’ group. The plan right now is to gather at the Stowe Community Church at 8:30am for rollerski group, and the base of the Toll Rd at 9:30am for the hike-only group. We hope participants can bring a dish to share at the picnic afterward!
The Reverse Stowe Derby caps off 2 volume weeks in a row, a big push for great summer training!
The route of the Reverse Stowe Derby…starting at the lowest point, of course!
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