Captain's Practice begins

After a few days of settling into school and life in the North Country, everyone got into gear for the first week of fall practice. An XC running race last week kicked off the SLU training season for many, and this first full week was a busy schedule packed with ski bounding at Seven Springs, rollerskiing at Browns Bridge, circuit strength and SUNY Canton intervals amongst other workouts. Though all we saw from Hurricane Irene was a day of drizzling rain, the whole week has been hot and humid, with haze thick enough to punch a pole tip through. It's a good thing we know where all the local swimming spots are, as we hit up about 4 different ones after training sessions throughout the week. Here are some pictures from the running race, rollerskiing and bounding at Seven Springs.

First-year Austin Meng (Truckee, CA) had a great XC race and probably turned a few heads when he smoked a few members of the cross country team. Those of us who weren't racing for one reason or another cheered, took pictures and threw water at people we knew. Like Eric. Teo and Eric hit the last field into the finish stride for stride. Smooth hilly roads with little traffic made Browns Bridge a nice spot for a ski. Not to mention the cold river running right alongside the road. Teo (in orange) has near-perfect bounding technique puts on a clinic with every ski-walking workout. We end every ski-walking/bounding workout with some sets of all-out sprints with poles. From L-R: Adam, Teo, Reed, Austin.

Look forward to some more updates as fall training gets into motion, and maybe a post or two from some new skiers on the team. Train well-