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Mid-week update and Photos

By Adam Terko on 20 August, 2013 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

As summer draws to a close, we are shifting our training focus from base & endurance and now we are adding in more moderate intensity work. We are still doing a variety of activities as well as our normal strength and technique work. Below are several pictures from our last week of training:

Eli, Lukas, Bill, Sam and Henry (L to R) practicing a sprint start today.

Abby Grab, Kate Moino and Tatum Braun (L to R) on the sprint start today

Liam et al doing skate sprints last Thursday

Parker and the gals doing some hill sprints last Friday

Sam and I doing some technique work last Friday after our run

Greg Burt, Ben Carnahan, Will Solow and Dakota Amblow (far to near)

Sam and Ben with Camel’s Hump in the background. Midway through our 25 mile Monday morning ride

Ben Longenbach, Will and Coach Rick Costanza with a view down Bolton. After ski-walking intervals last Saturday

Henry followed by Ethan Thibault and Ethan John last Saturday

Murray, Charlie and Will (L to R) praciting sprint starts

Epic App Gap Ride!

By Adam Terko on 14 August, 2013 in Junior Blog

This summer we’ve incorporated cycling into our formal training routine, and we capped off many weeks of training with a 38 mile ride this morning. Now 38 miles might not sound like all that much, but we did climb App Gap which means we had approx 3000′ of vertical amidst the 38 miles.

We had a huge group of riders — over 20 in all — that made the summit. Of that number, I believe 7 or 8 of them were “first ascents” of the Gap. It was a really impressive sight to see so many fit kids out on the bikes. Applause goes out to Amy Bruce for cranking up that whole darn climb and dealing with the frustration of being stuck with me for many miles! Also to Will Solow and Ben Carnahan for being the “young bucks” and sticking with the old-farts. We were lucky to have a few of the GMVS athletes join us, as well as Hallie Grossman (Bates / Stratton), a couple parents, and a friend Michael who is a triathlete who attends St Olaf college with Liam and Sam. Great day and we even finished before the rain!

Jake leads the boys on our Monday ride

A huge group on the summit of App Gap today!

Amy grinds up the final pitch while being cheered on by Tony Julianelle

Greystone Double-Pole Test (times + photos)

By Adam Terko on 14 August, 2013 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

Yesterday we did our Greystone double-pole time trial to gauge specific strength. This is not a race against other athletes (due to differences in ski speed) but rather a method we use to monitor upper-body strength changes over time. Below are times from yesterday in alphabetical order. In parenthesis are that skier’s PR if they did the test last year:

Lukas Adamowicz, 3:23 (4:10)
Cally Braun, 4:17 (4:09)
Tatum Braun, 4:24 (5:11)
Amy Bruce, 3:54 (4:07)
Parker Francis, 3:08 (2:59)
Forrest Hamilton, 2:36 (2:41)
Henry Harmeyer, 2:34 (2:51)
Bill Harmeyer, broken pole(s) ?!
Ethan John, 3:10 (3:28)
Liam John, 3:27 (3:05)
Ben Longenbach, 4:38 (5:18)
Sam Longenbach, 2:49 (3:07)
Charlie Maitland, 3:39 (4:18)
Nigel Sarrazin, 3:30 (4:34)
Casey Silk, 4:22 (4:38)
Will Solow, 4:09 (3:53)
Ethan Thibault, 3:41 (4:40)
Hallie Grossman, 3:44 (new girls’ record)
Ben Carnahan, 4:44
Autumn Eastman, 3:54

And our group of Future Stars who completed the course as a classic time-trial:

Greg Burt, 4:06
Dakota Amblo, 4:12
Abby Grab, 4:53
Andrew Pike, 4:52
Emily Halporn, 5:10
Kate Moino, 5:27
Sarah Tallman, 5:28

Abby warms up on her new skis!!

Will, Charlie and Parker near the finish

Emily, Sarah and Kate cruise past Cochran’s

Dakota, Greg, Ben and Tatum living the dream

Weekly photo roundup

By Adam Terko on 10 August, 2013 in Junior Blog

This past week was a “recovery” week of training meaning we did shorter workouts, easier intervals, and a bit more strength. Yesterday we had a soaking wet run around Shelburne Farms (no photos from that) followed by a “gals-only” classic rollerski out to Shelburne Point. Today we wrapped up the week with a long distance classic ski out in the Colchester/Georgia/Milton area. Everyone in the group skied at least 15km with the oldest boys cruising approx 35km. Two of our youngest athletes — Ben Carnahan and Will Solow (ages 13 & 14) each skied a total of 22km which is just awesome! A huge THANK YOU to Monica and Alex John for hosting our BBQ today!

We’ve been lucky to have some guests training with us this week: Hallie Grossman (formerly Woodstock HS, Stratton, and now Bates College) as well as Jack Hegman (MMUHS, MNC, now UVM). Activities this past week included a road bike, classic rollerski + strength, track intervals/ski-walking/running intervals, skate rollerski + strength, running, gals-only classic ski, and today’s long-distance classic ski. Tomorrow a handful of our MNC crew will join GMVS, Frost Mtn and Woodstock athletes for the final summer installment of the Central Vermont Nordic Co-Op Series: a 32km skate rollerski around the Weybridge area!

Here are a few photos from the past several days of training:

The chicas enjoying a lakeside BBQ after the roll

Will, Hallie Grossman and Amy Bruce with beautiful scenery

Murray and the gals rollerskiing today

start of the “big boys” 35km roll

Will Solow- ski-walking intervals

Olivia Cuneo attempting a box that is 1/2 her height!

…and she makes it!!

Henry, Forrest and Ethan doing some plyos

Ethan Thibault getting his chin over the bar!

Ethan John doing a tempo run in noonday sun

the boys rolling through Georgia Plains

Photo Roundup!

By Adam Terko on 6 August, 2013 in Junior Blog

Below are some pictures from the last couple weeks of training. Our summer training focuses on a few key things: building an aerobic base, improving technique on rollerskis, and gaining specific strength. We’ve been doing a wide variety of activities including cycling, running, hiking, rollerskiing, ski-walking, strength and games.

Above is a picture of Anna Franceschetti and Tatum Braun skiing through the Range with a huge group of biathletes in the background. We saw folks from Latvia, Brazil, Canada and the US Junior National Team training at the Range. They are preparing for North American Biathlon Rollerski Championships this coming weekend, 8/10-8/11.

Coach and mentor Brendan Copley along with a group of athletes at the end of our run through the North End of Burlington. Everyone ran between 8.5 and 9.5 miles — mostly on trails — and we finished at North Beach!

This is a big group of rollerskiers headed up the Bolton access road. After skiing up to the ski area we did several ski walking intervals.

While running through the North End we took a photo with our sponsors. Just kidding.

Catamount Family Center held the XC Pro Tour Mountain Bike Championships this past weekend. Jeriho native Lea Davison won both days of racing and she is headed off to World Championships in South Africa.

Our Saturday morning hike up Mt Mansfield was gloomy and windy. We had a few slips and splashes in the mud and water, but everyone made it out safely. Thanks to Ken and Vicky Bruce for leading us on some new trails and hosting our BBQ!!