Hello again!
Coming up for our next installment of SLUSKI blog fun is an update on testing week! This past week has been filled with lifting, skiing, and running HARD. We are feeling very tired (happy and fuzzy tired, of course) after a tough week. Here’s an update on how everything went:
3k Run TT
Tuesday morning brought us the 3k run TT on the SLU track! One of my favorite tests, getting to watch a bunch of skiers run super duper fast. We were lucky with some pleasant 50 degree weather and a beautiful sunrise bright and early. To fit within current COVID guidelines, we split the women’s and men’s start, sending the Saints off at 7:15am and 7:30am respectively. It always hurts a lot, but the Saints had a blast going for it and running their guts out on the old oval.
Men:
Tim Cunningham ‘21: 9:51
Charlie Reinhardt ‘23: 9:58
Ben Carnahan ‘21: 11:00
Cam Brochu ‘23: 11:02
Women:
Claire Wagner ‘24: 11:22
Gabby Wangler ‘21: 11:24
Jada Balmer ‘24: 11:58
Robyn McIntosh ‘22: 12:18
Elizabeth Barsness ‘24: 12:37
Sydney Peterson ‘23: 13:00
Sammie Nolan ‘24: 13:18
Tuesday afternoon brought us some chill classic skiing at Raquette River Road, previewing our 7.5k/10k TT course for later in the week. Check out the wicked cool golden hour pictures.
Canadian Strength Test
On Wednesday afternoon, we had the standard Canadian Strength test. A grueling 10 minute long test, the Canadian Strength test always kicks some butt. One minute of pull ups, sit ups, push ups, box jumps and bench dips respectively with one minute of recovery in between each mode. To maintain proper social distancing, we split the team into groups of four that came into the team ski room to do the strength test at intervals of 30 mins apart. Always a blast to yell at each other to lift harder and faster.
Thursday afternoon brought us some on your own strength throughout the day and an easy trail run. Nothing fancy, just putting in the time!
Double Pole and No Pole Tests
Friday afternoon brought our beloved Double Pole and No Pole tests by Brown’s Bridge. A double whammy day: one 7-10 min uphill bout of double pole only, a brief ski back to the bottom as recovery, one 7-10 min uphill bout of legs only skate skiing. Pleasant weather and a bit of a tailwind brought us some fast times. On the men’s side, congratulations to Tim for setting a new DP record and Charlie for setting a new no pole record. On the women’s side, congratulations to both Robyn and Sydney for both setting new no pole records. When we say records, we mean SLUSki history records, not just personal records!
Double Pole:
No Pole:
St. Regis Uphill Run
Early Saturday morning, the team hopped into the vans to head to St. Regis for our uphill run test. Pleasant weather convinced a number of our athletes to shed the tarps. The nice weather made it a popular hike for locals and we had lots of cheering hikers during the run. We even met a St. Lawrence Alum! After a tough 30-40 minutes of uphill running through roots, rocks, and water, our athletes were greeted by a cheering Coach Dana Hatton and beautiful views on top of St. Regis.
Saturday didn’t end there: upon getting back on campus, the team headed to Make a Difference Day! A wonderful all-day event, SLU Volunteer Services organized shifts throughout the day for groups (teams, clubs, groups of friends) to get into the community and do some volunteer work. SLUSkiing grabbed some rakes and headed to a local community member’s house to rake and bag leaves in the yard. While the weather was a bit less than ideal (a lotta bit windy and a lotta bit rainy) the Saints put in some L5 raking to get the job done. Huge thanks to Volunteer Services for organizing a great event!
On Sunday morning, after our morning Dana hype train sponsored by the lovely dining service ladies (shout out to my faves Penny, Cindy, and Bailey!), we headed to Raquette River Road for the 7.5k/10k skate roller ski time trial. While it was chilly at the start, the sun came out during the warm up and made for perfect roller ski racing temperatures.
And on Sunday afternoon, the Saints hit the books. Homework grinding all day after a week of trying to survive the large amount of intensity training by getting more sleep than most college students can afford to get.
Thus concludes our testing week! It was exhausting, but super rewarding to see all the smiling faces day in and day out for a long week of training. Thanks for checking in and we will see you next time.
Until then, keep those hips forward,
Charlie Reinhardt ‘23
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