Morse Mtn TT

Once again we're at the start of a new season - today was an official fitness testing day prior to the start of practices on Tuesday. We drove out to Morse Mtn for the uphill time trial that we established last year. It was a wet, misty day, and the fall colors were brilliant against the overcast sky. Perfect time trial weather. The team gave a great effort, and the times were strong:

Men
Chris - 5:44
Spencer - 5:58
Matt - 6:09
Dan - 6:21
Niko - 6:33
Jeff - 7:00
Will - 7:09
Rainer - 7:40

Women
Hannah - 7:01
Yasmine - 7:03
Erin - 7:14
Jessica - 7:43
Emma - 8:02
Elissa - 8:37

I'm particularly happy about the women's showing - we had 3 women well under last year's fastest time (true, one of them runs XC, but whatever). The overall depth of the team has really improved, and it's just gratifying to have a good-sized group of women training together instead of the low numbers we've had the past couple years. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with how we looked today - a good start to the year. Looking forward to coming back before Thanksgiving to do this test again. In the meantime, we've got lots of good stuff planned: Fall Camp in Acadia, the Lobster Roll, and all sorts of hard and fun training. Day off tomorrow, and then we'll jump right in.