Oct 5th Photos up now at //www.flickr.com/photos/54192844@N02/?saved=1 Click on HRM strip to expand image.
For the 31 skiers who came out tonight the hill was in fine form. Cooler temps, no wind and a beautiful Alpenglow made for a nice night, the only thing missing was a rope tow. Our own Matt Becker, Press Gazette Photographer and finisher of the Horribly Hilly Hundred this summer, pulled out the big lens and shot a few hundred "real" photos. It will take me a while to get them loaded onto my Flikr site but I will edit the link in as soon as I get it done later Wed or Thursday.
Lots of good things to report. The effort was up substantially. The soft start is over, this time it's for real http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exyzxemJ74o if you don't believe it. We are starting to put together strings of technically correct reps. The breathing is even coming along. Don't underestimate breathing (duh), compression breathing needs to be trained but the reward is faster recovery and a more powerful stroke. We introduced [again] the POOF concept. That is where you initiate the stroke from the OUTSIDE of the foot. This is perhaps the most dynamic way to ski and seldom talked about. We will expand on that next week but it will add a lot to your stroke and having the ability to "Push Off Outside of Foot" will make you a serious skier.
I also want to bring the concept of "hip drive" to the front burner. I see a consistent sitting back (not getting out over the ski) which is a glide killer. Remind me on that as well.
The only negative other than getting beaned by a errant disk golfer was some continued "running" and arms crossing over the center line of the body combined with nasty hand/wrist orientation to which I am all too happy to nag about.
It was a solid effort that showed good improvement from last week. Steve P's HRM strip (click on it to expand the image) showed 27 reps and lots of time in the red zone. Note the rise of the HR (heart rate) vs the recovery. In my perfect world those will change. All in all be happy with this one and be ready to go next week at 5:27pm.
As you know our friend Butch Reimer has entered in a battle with Leukemia. Butch is a tough guy and has been through a lot in the last few days. Give him and his family your positive thoughts and wishes. His Caring Bridge address is http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/butchreimer/journal .
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