Hillbounding Nov. 9 2010 Too'fer Tuesday

We go regardless of rain cold or snow, I laugh at the cold, har har har hack wheeze, sniffle. This was a few years back. It was actually pretty fun.

Steve’s HRM strip speaks volumes for the 40 skiers who took part in our first total night session. Click on it to expand it and note the wide base of each rep. The double rep set dictates a kind of forced pacing to your effort. This was perhaps the most solid technical effort yet. Most skiers were showing the improvement that only comes with repetition.

We should do a few more things next go round.

Poles, for our application short is good and get those straps on tight! I saw many loose poles. Something as mundane as a loose pole strap can have a very negative effect on your arm swing and leg drive. Take a minute to get those straps right.

We will continue the “Body Rope”. The forward lean from the ankle was pronounced, now we must memorize that position.

Get your heads up and find skiers and then find (quickly) a way to be more efficient. In racing another skier is all about energy conservation, if you can ski the same speed while expending less energy – you win. Think about that.

All in all it was a great night. It is not often in November we get conditions like that where more people wore shorts than not. Mike and Matt even gave a little sneak preview of their secret ambition http://www.barechest.org/ . We go again next week at 5:26 pm. Expect colder conditions as we will see snow in the next two weeks. Birkie Class registration opens soon and Deb is finalizing things now. Save the date of December 7. Look at our website http://www.incompetition.com/ later this week. Another note, The Ashwaubenon Ski Team is looking for older skis, boots and bindings for their team. If you have some and want to donate them they sure can use them as they have a lot of kids out this year. Drop them with us and they will get to the team.