Thursday, October 5, 2017

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.

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