Skiing in the rain

Saturday we had our first rollerski time trial of the fall. Unfortunately, all members of sluski awoke to pouring rain that morning. Anyone who has rollerskied in the rain knows it isn't the greatest; however, by the time we drove to River Road in South Colton, it had lightened up a bit and actually remained at a tolerable sprinkle during the race. It only started to pick up again right as most of the girls were finishing. The women did 7.5k, and the men 10. We started a ways down from the beginning of the infamous River Road in 30 second intervals. For those that know it well, this road is pretty hilly and unlike anything we train on in the winter (Higley digley doesn't have such challenging hills), so it was really great to get some solid V2 and V1 work in. There are some great recovery/flat sections as well with a couple long downhills. There's nothing better than tucking down a hill on wet pavement with your rollerskis spitting up water up onto your face - can't beat it. Even though most of the team was probably thinking about their Halloween attire for the evening, everyone put forth huge efforts on both the men and women's sides. There were some great results. With the rain we were luckily there weren't any accidents, minus Robin's rollerski bolt stopping her wheel from rolling forward. Luckily she was on an uphill when this happened and was able to fix it in order to finish the race. Looking forward to another week of solid training before a lighter week after this one (with no morning practice yay!). Everyone looks great and I feel like things are really starting to come together as a team as we keep putting in the hours and praying to the snow gods.