Off to the races!
I have meant to log this entry in for days, but like many people out there, I have caught that horrible cold that is going around. I was in LA for business last week and caught it while I was there. I was hoping that I would feel halfway decent on Saturday, b/c that was our ski day.
Well I woke up feeling pretty good, but after my carpool picked me up and we were halfway there, I felt horrible. Sitting in a car for 3+ hours while not feeling 100% is a horrible experience and I don't recommend it to anyone!
Once we got to Bear Valley I realized that this trip was not going to be anything like the last trip. This trip the coaches meant business. There were 4 breakout stations for groups to go to, each session lasted 30 minutes. I am in group yellow and our first station was to go to Coach Dave's area to learn to go down hills and stop, to turn while doing down hill etc. That was easy enough for all of us. The second station was with Coach Larry and we had to ski in a figure eight. Basically we were using what we had learned at Dave's station. After doing that for awhile we had to go down yet another hill and turn while going down hill and not fall. Then it was time to go to Jen's station. Her station was to do a timed 2.5K. That was the hardest thing, b/c we were going for form and speed in this one. This station is when we realized that none of us were as prepared as we thought we were. I logged in at a miserable 22 minutes. (which I was told wasn't that bad, but I felt it was.) Our final station was to go to Coach George and to Mary to have our form looked at. We had to ski a 1.5K two times and the whole time they were both watching us, throwing out comments on what needed to be worked on. They gave great suggestions, but man was I tired at this point.
After having completed all the stations it was lunch time....and boy were we ready for lunch. Saturday was a lot colder then the previous ski days and we were all just trying to stay warm while we ate.
Once we finished lunch, Coach Scott (our lead coach) announced that we needed to do an 8K. They shouted out the trails that we were to go on and that they would see us around 2:30 or 3pm, maybe later depending on how long it took us to complete it. Off we went!
I was following a lot of the faster people, thinking their knew where there were going, well I was wrong. They must have taken a wrong turn b/c we found ourselves on a trail that we weren't supposed to be on. So one of the ladies and I turned around and found a trail that looked familiar. Then I got separated from her. Luckily one of the guys that I met several weeks prior came up a long side of me. He was lost too. We finally made it back to the starting point, but in all honesty we did way more then the 8k that we were supposed too.
I later calculated the distance that I went that day to have been just under 15K. If I can do a 15k while sick then I can do the minimum distance at the race of 25K.
The countdown begins for the amount of ski practices we have left...the pressure is on all of us. What is hard is that more then half the team is sick and can't practice like we want too, which is going to throw us behind in our training. I have taken it easy on myself this week because of being under the weather. Sunday I was in so much pain from my cold and having completed 15K the day prior that I was laid up all day on the couch. This week I have gradually felt better but don't want to push myself to where I might relapse. So I figure that I will take it easy for another day or so and then pick the pace back up again. The season is starting to fly by and I am getting a bit concerned that we don't have enough ski days. I have decided that even though I am going home for Christmas I am taking my cousin up to the mountains and we are going to be Xcounty skiing on Friday. I need to get as many days in as possible at this point.
Until next time! Have a great Christmas!
Well I woke up feeling pretty good, but after my carpool picked me up and we were halfway there, I felt horrible. Sitting in a car for 3+ hours while not feeling 100% is a horrible experience and I don't recommend it to anyone!
Once we got to Bear Valley I realized that this trip was not going to be anything like the last trip. This trip the coaches meant business. There were 4 breakout stations for groups to go to, each session lasted 30 minutes. I am in group yellow and our first station was to go to Coach Dave's area to learn to go down hills and stop, to turn while doing down hill etc. That was easy enough for all of us. The second station was with Coach Larry and we had to ski in a figure eight. Basically we were using what we had learned at Dave's station. After doing that for awhile we had to go down yet another hill and turn while going down hill and not fall. Then it was time to go to Jen's station. Her station was to do a timed 2.5K. That was the hardest thing, b/c we were going for form and speed in this one. This station is when we realized that none of us were as prepared as we thought we were. I logged in at a miserable 22 minutes. (which I was told wasn't that bad, but I felt it was.) Our final station was to go to Coach George and to Mary to have our form looked at. We had to ski a 1.5K two times and the whole time they were both watching us, throwing out comments on what needed to be worked on. They gave great suggestions, but man was I tired at this point.
After having completed all the stations it was lunch time....and boy were we ready for lunch. Saturday was a lot colder then the previous ski days and we were all just trying to stay warm while we ate.
Once we finished lunch, Coach Scott (our lead coach) announced that we needed to do an 8K. They shouted out the trails that we were to go on and that they would see us around 2:30 or 3pm, maybe later depending on how long it took us to complete it. Off we went!
I was following a lot of the faster people, thinking their knew where there were going, well I was wrong. They must have taken a wrong turn b/c we found ourselves on a trail that we weren't supposed to be on. So one of the ladies and I turned around and found a trail that looked familiar. Then I got separated from her. Luckily one of the guys that I met several weeks prior came up a long side of me. He was lost too. We finally made it back to the starting point, but in all honesty we did way more then the 8k that we were supposed too.
I later calculated the distance that I went that day to have been just under 15K. If I can do a 15k while sick then I can do the minimum distance at the race of 25K.
The countdown begins for the amount of ski practices we have left...the pressure is on all of us. What is hard is that more then half the team is sick and can't practice like we want too, which is going to throw us behind in our training. I have taken it easy on myself this week because of being under the weather. Sunday I was in so much pain from my cold and having completed 15K the day prior that I was laid up all day on the couch. This week I have gradually felt better but don't want to push myself to where I might relapse. So I figure that I will take it easy for another day or so and then pick the pace back up again. The season is starting to fly by and I am getting a bit concerned that we don't have enough ski days. I have decided that even though I am going home for Christmas I am taking my cousin up to the mountains and we are going to be Xcounty skiing on Friday. I need to get as many days in as possible at this point.
Until next time! Have a great Christmas!
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