First Week!

We're back!  First week is in the books - strong showing by the team in tryouts.  We did something new for our rollerski time trial - 4x1k uphill repeats (2 skate, 2 classic).  The goal was to minimize ski speed differences by doing the time trial entirely uphill - since we're not blessed with any super long hills around here, we had to settle for repeats instead of one continuous effort.  The new format definitely seemed pretty sprinter-friendly but still gave us a pretty good feel for how people are skiing.  Elliot and Renae announced their presence with decisive wins.

Men
Elliot	9:13
Jake	9:41
Ian	9:48
Sean	9:55
Sam	9:56
Christian	10:15
Cirque	10:32
Marshal	10:48
Orion	11:04

Women
Renae	11:52
Sara	12:01
Gabby	12:34
Mary	13:00
Fiona	13:00
Lily	13:15
Ellie	13:32
Rachel	13:46
Aine	16:46

We were lucky to have one of the all-time Bowdoin Nordic greats, Mac Groves '17, helping out at the time trial - we definitely could not have pulled off this logistically challenging day without him!

Next up was the dreaded 2000m test.  This one is pretty nasty, but I love seeing our skiers pour everything into it while the rest of the team cheers them on - super intense and a great team atmosphere.  It's also a good chance to get back into coach-on-race-day mode - by the end of the last test my throat was raw and I felt like I'd done a massive core workout from all the yelling.  Lily and Jake burned it up with the top times of the day.

Women

Lily	8:25
Fiona	08:29.4
Renae	08:49.4
Sara	08:49.5
Gabby	08:50.8
Ellie	08:52.8
Mary	09:08.6
Rachel	09:13.8

Men

Jake	07:00.2
Sean	07:04.9
Orion	07:07.6
Elliot	07:12.6
Ian	07:15.4
Cirque	07:16.8
Noah	07:18.6
Christian	07:20.1
Sam	07:32.6

We took it a little easier on the next day, with some speed/agility in the morning and general strength in the afternoon - blistering times on the agility course from Elliot and Sara.

Name	1	2	3	Best 2
Elliot	39	38	38	76
Ian	39	39	39	78
Christian	40	39	42	79
Russell	40	41	40	80
Jake	41	41	40	81
Sara	41	41	40	81
Sean	42	41	41	82
Cirque	42	42	41	83
Noah	43	43	44	86
Orion	43	43	43	86
Sam	45	45	45	90
Renae	47	48	46	93
Gabby	48	47	46	93
Fiona	50	49	48	97
Lily	49	49	48	97
Mary	50	49	49	98
Rachel	55	51	47	98
Ellie	53	51	52	103

Last was the traditional Morse Mountain time trial.  New kids once again set the pace, with Noah winning for men and Renae setting a new record for women!  The old women's record was an outrageously fast time set by Lucy Skinner '16.  I thought it would stand for years - guess I was wrong.

Women
Renae	6:35
Sara	6:51
Fiona	7:09
Gabby	7:15
Lily	7:20
Mary	7:35
Ellie	7:41
Men
Noah	5:43
Sam	5:45
Christian	5:47
Orion	5:50
Jake	5:55
Russell	6:00
Luca	6:01
Ian	6:02
Cirque	6:07
Sean	6:08
Elliot	6:18

Even after all that testing we can't slow down - Fall Camp is already upon us!  We're headed to Jericho, VT, tomorrow for three days of training at the Ethan Allen Biathlon Range.  I'm thrilled with how the team performed in testing, especially the women, and I can't wait to start working with them at camp!  Great start to the season.