Good Training

These last couple weeks have been good for us. After a very easy week at the start of the month, we jumped right back into it with some fairly challenging training last week, including a long rollerski pace workout, threshold running intervals at Wolfe's Neck, an extra-long combi roll/run OD, and our bread-and-butter speed and specific strength work. We've also started a new phase in our general strength/athleticism training - hard sprints on the SkiErg and lots of plyos. On top of that, the volume is still fairly high. All told, we're in the middle of a pretty ambitious (perhaps even risky) training phase. But so far so good - I've been really happy with how well the team is handling the load. I think that our easy week set us up nicely, and now we just have a few more tough days to get through before we leave for Quebec next Tuesday. Not that training will get any easier, but at least the external distractions will be minimal, and the mental boost of being on snow will be huge... IF we can get on snow. Still waiting and watching the forecast anxiously...