Foliage week

Fall rolls on, and the team wrapped up another solid week of training under peak foliage today with a long point-to-point ski through the Adirondack foothills in Colton. Austin Meng, Reed Likly, Kyle Curry and I made it just under 3 hours before we were finally rescued by Ethan and our team bus, piled high with bagels, trail mix and granola bars forgotten by the crew team over the weekend.

Key workouts this week were the introduction of morning circuits, some hard classic intervals at Irish Settlement road, a rainy ski-walking and bounding at Seven Springs, and a specific strength workout at Higley. For the specific strength workout Ethan and I designed a set course to be skied continuously, with stations along the way involving either drills or repeats of double-poling and single-stick. We ended with a few head-to-head sprints, complete with a K-Mart capgun I bought this summer to set off each heat. 

Here's a quick video of  the guys going through one of the balance drills that I think is particularly effective. The goal is to stride only once per cone, holding the striding position between each as well. Also included is some footage of Reed and Evan Turner getting some additional balance training in while skateboarding around outside the ski room after practice.