Up

The team is finishing up a tough two weeks of training. Lots of intensity, lots of volume, lots of focus. Lots of up. Up mountains. Up the tempo. Up the pullups. Up the temperature. It's mid-November, but we rollerskied for three hours without shirts this Sunday. Up the complaining. Where's the snow? Why aren't we there? We practically live in Canada, but the only thing falling across the border is the value of our money. No time to worry about that when you've got this much intensity to be ready for. 3x6x30. 4-5x5-6. Up the multiplication. Up the effort, but only if you up the rest along with it. Maybe you have class until dark. Too bad, gotta get out there and get it done. Have a headlamp? Good. Up the brightness and ski off into the night. It's almost Thanksgiving. Up the speculation. Maybe it'll be a dryland training camp. Maybe we'll be kicking out four hour classic skis on hardwax. Either way, the preparation has to get done all the same. Train, rest, train, rest. Live it up.


Up mountains. We literally scaled the Eagle Slide rock face of Giant Mountain early this fall. Terrifying.


Steve in the SLU Quadathlon. Steve won the bike leg and SLUSKI Nordic won the event by 4+ minutes.


Lanky and I at SUNY Canton after dark. Sprint speeds with a little extra strength added in.


A typical North Country sunset


A final shout-out to the Snow Gods. This is from Quebec almost exactly one year ago.