Once These Boys Get That Syrup In Em They Get All Antsy In Their Pantsys

Finally shots from Beano, this is my moment of hope before Robin crushed me


3000 meters of mediocrity today. Actually it wasn't that bad. I was second to Beano with a 9:53, in High School I was running 9:28. Even though I am slower I feel like I am in pretty good shape. I have had my eyes set on this test for a while because I a firm believer in the 3000 because fitness gains can be clearly seen and there are no variables like with rollerskiing. Lining up I was all ready to go with spikes and short I mean real short shorts. All the guys were ready to go given the fact that we had moved it back a day given the heat yesterday (I wanted to just go for it yesterday). While I wasn't very snappy I felt solid which is all I can really ask for. Team practice also started today which isn't much different than normal practice except that I really don't want to be late. All the guys seem really dialed and were pretty close. Our training so far this fall has been good, hopefully more good results this winter.

Other than that I just feels like I am always scraping by when it comes to getting work done and stuff. I have been doing everything but given my schedule it's hard to find realistic time to do work and avoid watching discovery channel ALL day.


Bahh I don't know maybe I am just bitching. All I need is some snow and for Graduation to come faster. 6:30 practice in the mornin' and I am actually in class right now (7-10 at night sucks) so I should stop screwing around and get shit done. Peace.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

With another weekend in the books, ski season (or as we call it skison) is right around the corner with team practice starting Tuesday. It's hard to tell if I am really ready yet. I walked onto campus with a solid base of training that was mostly based around trail running and biking. With a few weeks of intensity and specific strength I can feel some snap finally coming around. There is still the awkwardness of starting up my spenst routine and dealing with sore legs the next day.

School has been ok, not great. I'm not having too much trouble keeping up with work but I know things are going to get crazy in a few weeks with some big projects ahead.

Regardless I have a lot ahead of me and I want to make it work. It's my Senior year and I am being pulled in a million directions but skiing, as it always has, is keeping me grounded. Taking today off and just going for a quick run, sauna, food, shower, school work, bed and call it good. Looking forward to using the 3000 on Tuesday as my first comparable test from last year and see how my fitness is.

More importantly here are some things that you must see.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6258079268983722281

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3551511052421059027

Body Slam

SO I was holding out on writing my blog until I had some dope pictures of Jello Wrestling but Beano has been doing to much school work to help me out. Anyway last weekend Sac and a few of my buddies made $200 worth of Jello for a week and got a kids pool with an old mattress underneath. Throw in a few hundred people down at the townhouses and you have yourself some of the craziest stuff I have ever seen. After watching for a bit I somehow managed to convince Robin Brooks to wrestle me thinking I could make a huge scene body slamming a girl. Then I got wrecked. Robin was relentless in making me look like the most pathetic man on the face of the earth nearly drowning me in red jello. Jello Wrestling is my cross training for the year. Robin watch out.

Needless to say I was sore as hell the next day at the xc running race. Training has been going really well I think. I felt really good during the running race on Saturday but didn't really have any leg speed. This has always been an issue for me and it makes doing track frustrating in the spring because I am in my best shape after skiing but can't even put up a fight. Sunday we had our first OD of the year out at River Road which is some of my favorite rollerskiing around here because there are barely any cars and you can go out and back and make it a three hour workout. We put in a two and a half hour Skate and I felt good the whole way.

The OD capped off a really solid week for me. Monday is the team's day off and all the guys get together and sauna in the afternoon, went for a short run before. Yesterday we got a hour Double pole in the morning and did 8 by 400 meter repeats at "threshold" in the afternoon. I was on pace with negative splits up until the last interval when everyone decided to smoke me. I am taking this morning off even though I don't have class till 7 tonight just so I can get a solid workout in this afternoon rather than two mediocre one.

I found a few pics of Facebook of wrestling. One of them is Robin on her way to dominating every match she was in.

Seven Springs ski walking

Yesterday the team headed out to Seven Springs and did ski walking intervals. Felt pretty solid except that I ate some food right before practice that didn't sit too well. Still really sore from the weekend and we had lifting in the morning yesterday so I was pretty stiff warming up but it felt good to open up a little bit in the intervals. All the guys were pretty close but Beano was making a good push at the end of each one. We were hoping to do 6 intervals with about 4 minutes of up time (maybe more? I never wear my watch...) but at the end of 5 my legs weren't feeling like I was at threshold, most of the other guys agreed and cut it there. Weather has been pretty good for training which is always nice and it feels like I am finally settled into school. Without class until 7 tonight I didn't wake up till noon today which is strange because I usually have a hard time sleeping in. I was hoping to get in a easy DP this morning but I guess I needed rest more than anything

http://www.fasterskier.com/training4519.html Nice little article by Liz on Fasterskier, I don't know if John Caldwell agrees though, I heard Bill Koch climbed ropes 37 times a day back in those golden days.

Speaking of washed up old men I better get some school work done before practice. Peace

-H

Back to school. Back to school, to prove to Dad that I'm not a fool. I got my lunch packed up, my boots tied tight, I hope I don't get in a fight

SO I am living in the closet, no really (please no jokes, I hear them every morning) I am living in a triple with two other former Burke guys, Graham Flinn (alpiner, graduated with me but is a sophmore, do the math) and the famous Zizzle. Anyway being the last one to show up on campus I ended up being put in the closet. There is a pole to hang stuff off of right over my bed. Anyway I am really glad to be back and be a Senior. Training has been good, glad to be back on the back roads of Canton with little or no traffic. Sunday we dragged ourselves to Giant Mountain in the ADKs on Sunday and got to climb a slide which was pretty sweet. After chillin on the summit on a nice clear summer day we hauled ass back down to the car, I was doing fine until I rolled my sensitive ankle and slowed down a little. I had to be that guy holding the group back a little but I my ankle ended up being fine, just a little sore. My schedule worked out well if I manage to put it to my advantage. Monday and Wednesday I have one class that starts at 7 at night, Tuesday and Thursday I have class straight through from 8:30-4 but no Friday classes. I hope to use this extra time on Monday and Wednesday to train on my own in the morning and Tuesday and Thursday we have team lifting. Today I managed to get out of bed and rollerski even with the soreness from the weekend and then run in the afternoon and do a sauna. It's nice to be back in routine and I am looking forward turning it up a little.