Fall 2016 is officially over, and not a moment too soon! After a few hectic weeks of studying, taking exams, and writing final papers, everyone's ready for a break. Training is always spotty at this time of year - people are tired from Thanksgiving Camp and busy with schoolwork, and the variable weather and early darkness limits our training options. Nonetheless, we managed to do some fun and productive workouts. Here are a few of our highlights from the last days of the semester:
Fun team stuff indoors on a dark afternoon.
Visiting our old friend the bike path for the first time in a while. DP while towing a partner - good solid challenge.
Creative strength work.
Early morning parking lot agility.
A few of our skiers (Sam, Sean, Rachel, Jake, Christian) jumped into the
Aquathalon - annual run/swim showdown between the track and swim
teams. They did OK! No one had to be rescued from the pool, so that's a
small victory.
Early snow! We were able to do a couple workouts around the athletic fields on campus, and then Pineland opened up at the start of exam week. Always a good omen for the winter when Pineland opens before the end of the semester.
On our last day of team training, we drove up to Quarry Road - just enough snow to pull off a sprint relay with Colby. Fun stuff and a short but hard race effort. Hannah and Russell were our top team and won some sweet prizes!
A few skiers (Hannah, Mac, Jake, Lily, Ian, Fiona) were able to finish exams in time to do the Eastern Cup Opener in Craftsbury. It's always tough to go straight from exams to a race weekend, but they got some good solid prep for the carnival season. Thanks to Deb Miller for hosting the group like she has so many times in the past!
Now almost everyone has gone home - time for the skiers to catch their breath and put a few weeks of good hard training in the bank to set us up for carnival season. We'll be back at it in no time!
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