Twenty skiers enjoyed a somewhat cooler night (not too cool for shorts for at least 6 folks) and 30 reps up the hill. We spent a little more time enjoying the rope and a “ramped” lactate interval of nearly five minutes. Technically things went much better and most did well to maintain their technique to nearly the end. Most show the ability to maintain a high effort for two to three minutes and only regress when called upon to go longer. Check out Steve’s HRM (click on it to expand) note the “step” in the middle where we did rope repeats and the ramped LI at the end. Those are hard but similar to the real world where you start major events (climbs) with an already elevated heart rate. I have a few shots linked in to http://www.flickr.com/photos/incomp/?saved=1 and hopefully some video we can link in soon. UPDATE: VIDEO LINKED IN NOW. Erik Wikum Productions Directed, produced (and starred) in this new release of The good, the bad and the fried.
We have two more scheduled weeks to go before we start the 17th year Birkie class (see http://www.incompetition.com/ for signup. That begins Dec. 8th with our last bounding session Dec. 1st (how sad). There is snow out west and some trail reports have begun to trickle in on http://www.skinnyski.com/ check them out. My sighting of a Snowy Owl yesterday makes me convinced of a good year. I think next year we might start our season earlier with some Saturday soft start technique sessions. We see good technical progress now that was not there in the beginning and doing some skill work early may help a lot, don’t let me forget. We meet again next week at 5:26pm. Be aware that the city may close the gate so that you may have to park at the bottom. Don’t forget to POOF Push Off Outside of Foot
As you go about your days and remember that we are only weeks from snow. Nice night, well done, keep training.
As you go about your days and remember that we are only weeks from snow. Nice night, well done, keep training.
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