This past week of training was a tough one! We kicked things off on Tuesday at the UVM Research Forest in Jericho for a sustained bounding workout. The sun was shining but there was a chill in the air and lots of leaves on the ground. Bounding is a great workout because it is so similar to skiing; it uses more muscles than just running. Thursday we did some specific strength on a dreary afternoon at Mud Pond. And this morning we hosted another Central Vermont Coop Series event at Bolton. In spite of several inches of snow, approx 25 athletes ran up the mountain! Hopefully more photos coming from that – my phone died. The conditions probably slowed the course down by 1-3 minutes, so we can’t really compare today’s times to times from September. It was a great morning with lots of excitement for winter and a wide variety of athletes and age groups — from age 11 to 50+.
Bolton Results:
- Tim Weston, 16:01
- Kai Richter, 16:25
- Henry Harmeyer, 16:36
- Chris Bean (GMVS Father), 17:05
- Sam Hodges (Frost Mtn), 17:27
- Bill Harmeyer, 17:44
- Ethan John, 17:48
- Sam Pratico (GMVS), 18:04
- Peter Unger, 18:22
- Walker Bean (GMVS), 19:01
- Ben Carnahan, 19:55
- Annavitte Rand, 19:41 *** new girls record
- Cally Braun, 20:59
- Ben Longenbach, 21:15
- Tatum Braun, 21:17
- Olivia Cuneo, 22:14
- Sophie Hodges (Frost Mtn), 23:08
- Kort Longenbach, 23:17
- Karin Rand (Cochrans Alpine Team), 23:23
- Terence Cuneo, 23:58
- Jim Adkisson, 25:24
- Jim Bentlage, 25:24
- Marika Massey-Biermann, 25:45
- Olivia Carleu (Mad River BKL), 29:53
Kai Richter and Will Solow on a beautiful fall day — bounding intervals
Charlie Maitland and PeterUnger enjoy the foliage
Cally Braun checking her lap time on Tuesday
Ethan Bill and the boys warmup on Thursday
Tatum Bruan — out of focus — but showing good double-pole form. Torso and poles are parallel, shins are angled forward due to ankle flex
Saturday morning atop Bolton — Ben Carnahan woke up early to do the time trial before heading to a sailing regatta. 6″ of snow!!
