St. Lawrence University Nordic Ski Team: Lake Placid Training Weekend

Weekend fun in Lake Placid!

Hey all!

SLU Skiing has been working hard to get ready for the upcoming season. Last weekend the team was able to head up to Lake Placid for a solid weekend of training. Because of the generosity of Lucy and her family we were able to stay at their house for the weekend, we cannot thank the Hochschartner family enough!

On the way down we were able to get in a solid skate ski. The next morning, we headed to our home course at Mt. Van Hoevenberg to do some bounding intervals. That afternoon (after heading to town for burritos and sandwiches and the flaming leaves jumping festival) we completed a tough agility workout complete with time trials and head to head competitions.

The last day, before heading back to St. Lawrence, we went on an OD hike/run! The OD had some sweet views and allowed us to get in a good amount of vertical.

Check out a short edit I put together about the trip here!

-RPY

Ryan P. Young '20

FRI-
1. 2pm Left school with vans loaded to the brim
2. 3:30pm Skate roller-skied on way to Lake Placid for 1.5-2 hrs and found some dope fresh pavement
3. 5pm Drove the rest of the way to Lucy's beautiful home
4. 6:30 Unloaded and girls team made pasta, garlic bread and salad
5. 8:15 Boys washed dishes
6. 8:30 Team meeting around dinner table
7. 10pm Guys slept in boathouse, girls took the more cozy option of the third floor of Lucy's house

SAT-
1. 7am woke up and ate breakfast
2. 8:30am left for Mt. Van Ho
3. 8:35am Given plan for workout
4. 9am started bounding workout on Ladies 5k and East Mtn
5. 11am drove back to Lucy's house
6. 11:30am Left Lucy's house
7. 12pm ate lunch in downtown Lake Placid
8. 1:30pm drove and arrived at Ski Jumps- watched some epic ski jumpers!
9. 2:30 drove back to Lucy's house
10. 3pm left Lucy's house for 2nd workout
11. 4-6pm Sk ski agility workout
12. 6:30pm Guys team made chili
13. 8pm Girls team washed dishes
14. 8:30pm Team meeting around dinner table again
15. 10pm Bedtime= pass out

SUN-
1. 7am woke up and ate breakfast
2. 8:30am left, and right on time!
3. Drove to hike in Keene!
5. Hiking, Hiking and more hiking
6. Changed and ate, and ate and slept while Etown and Liz drove
7. 3:30pm Liz needed coffee and sugar
8. 4:45pm arrived back at school

Quotes of the week:
"Turn Right at the Second Left"
"Lucy, want to get married?!"
"Woahh...Luuucyyy's a billllionaireee"
"You're going to go up this hill and then you're going to go down this hill, and then up this hill and down"

Pictures of the week: