3 Week Recap and Snow!
By Gabby Wangler '21
To recap on the past three weeks, we’ve had a moderate
rest week, and then two moderate volume weeks with L3/L4 intensity thrown in. All of which included some hill bounding at Seven Springs and Higley, rollerskiing in
the pouring rain, skate agility, participating in Trail Work Day at Higley, and
continuing with morning circuits and strength. We are continuing to get on top
of these gritty intervals, despite the typical sicknesses going around campus.
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| Emily '20 and ETown cranking at Seven Springs! |
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| Agility time at Higley |
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| Ian '22, Graham '22, Charlie '23 and Ben '21 crushing bounding intervals at Higley! |
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| Lucy '20, Cam '23, and Steph '22 looking fast! |
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| Meg '22 cruising by! |
However, this past week put a little pep in every
nordie’s step because it snowed!! (And as I write this now, it is currently
snowing the 7-12 inches we’re expected to get by Tuesday morning). Thursday,
November 7th, 2019, was the first day we were able to get on snow.
The soccer fields were a little wet and grabby, so we moved to the turf field
to play speedball and ski relays. ETown and Dana joined in too! I think
everyone wiped out at least once, but it was so fun to be able to get on skis again.
We got lucky and were able to ski at Higley on Friday
as well! Some people had to switch over to running halfway through due to their
skis being super duper old, but the glide wasn’t half bad for the other people
who kept skiing. We stuck to grass strips next to the main road and trails due
to limited coverage on the road. (And kudos to the team and everyone who
participated with Trail Day at Higley on November 2th; we all worked hard to make the trails look great!)
On Saturday, we got a beautiful sunny morning for arguably
my favorite workout I’ve done with the team. We drove down to Mt. Arab for the
infamous running intervals starting at the base, climbing to the summit, descending
to the base and repeating 3-4 times. It was cold enough to hold the snow from the past
couple of days, so footing was a little slick at times. Each interval was
supposed to get progressively faster and it was awesome to see everyone digging
deep and really going after it. Legendary Coach Herb Brooks could sum it up
pretty well with the quote, “The Legs Feed the Wolf”. The legs did, indeed,
feed the wolf.
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| The crew after some hard intervals up Mt. Arab! |
On Sunday, half of us stayed near campus and had a
solid over distance classic rollerski on Plains and Selleck roads. The other half drove down to Whiteface
and skied up the toll road! Wax was tricky since the snow varied from powdery
and thick, to windblown and icy. Fishscales were the way to go for sure; the wax
didn’t stick as well as we hoped. Nevertheless, we climbed and were presented
with an awesome view at the top, and a really fun day overall!
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| Spectacular views from the top of Whiteface! |
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| More snow! |
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| Lucy '20, Coach Hatton '18 and Gabby '21 at the top! |
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| Cam '23! |
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| Ian '22! |
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| Tim '21! |
With all of the incoming snow, we’ll (hopefully) be
skiing on snow at Higley this week. (Update: We were able to ski at Higley, today Tuesday 11/12. It was very soft, but there was lots of it!) T-minus less than two weeks until
Thanksgiving camp in Canada! Not that we’re counting or anything…
Also, thank you to Brian ’22, Lucy ’20, and Coach
Hatton '18 for the photos!
-Gabby ‘21
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