Ski to Hallowell & Morse Mtn TT (Updated w/ Pictures)

Busy weekend for us - the second Morse Mountain time trial yesterday and our annual ski to Naomi's house in Hallowell today. Today's ski was one of the nicest OD workouts we've ever had - the weather, the novelty of a point-to-point rollerski, and Naomi's fine food and hospitality made this a great day. We were fortunate to have the Cookie Monster join us to help the guys stay on the right route - he kept up quite nicely in spite of the fact that today's workout doubled his yearly total rollerskiing time. We had a couple minor equipment troubles - a broken pole and a broken binding - but otherwise the workout was problem-free. The team looked smooth and strong - we've seen real progress in fitness and technique over the past couple months, and I'm pretty happy about that. Delicious homemade chili and whoopie pies capped off a great day. Sadly, Nat wasn't able to make it home for the weekend - he was sorely missed. Thanks to Naomi for a wonderful day!

It was a peaceful morning on Lewis Hill Rd - nice.

Donuts gleaming in the early morning sunlight - what's better than that?

Men taking a much needed donut feed. This brilliant idea was Elissa's - that's why she's captain, folks.

An impromptu shrine to Nat on Naomi's front porch.

We also had great weather for yesterday's time trial - very pleasant. The team gave a great effort, and the times were quite solid considering how heavy the training load has been these last few weeks. Niko and Will in particular made huge gains, and Yasmine set a new women's team record. We finished the day with some quality beach time, including a brief swim by certain foolhardy members of the men's team. How many college ski teams get to go straight from an uphill time trial to the beach? Pretty sweet.

We love our safety vests - we wear them even when we're not rollerskiing.

Scott and Chris warming up.

Women
Yasmine - 6:59
Erin - 7:12
Maren - 8:12
Elissa - 8:23
Sarah - 9:25

Men
Scott - 5:43
Chris - 5:45
Spencer - 6:02
Niko - 6:08
Matt - 6:11
Dan - 6:21
Will - 6:44
Jeff - 6:55