LHS Nordic Ski Team Blog!!

Hey all, I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving break! We are going to try skiing tomorrow. Bring your classic rock skis if you have them if you don't have rock skis bring what you have! We will be meeting in the cafeteria. See you all tomorrow.

By: Tazlina Mannix Salomon Athlete Force, APU Ski Team I hear my coaches say it time and time again, “ski racing is about fitness.” “We need to be the fittest people in the world,” and they’re right. Our sport is one of the most cardiovascularly and muscularly demanding endeavors possible, and there’s no doubt in my mind that fitness is the key to world class performance . We need strength, endurance, speed, coordination, and physical awareness. We race short distances and long, classic and skate, and on varying terrain and cannot reach the podium without an extremely high level of fitness. This physical challenge does not deter me in the slightest, but is rather a long-range goal, a lifestyle that I adopted many years back. And, while I understand that this is the main component of success in ski racing, I also know that the little, less significant aspects of being a cross-country ski racer are also critically important. I came to realize this about two months back. With fall

Hi Everyone! Congratulation on a great first week of practice. It was really fun to be back at it! If you are headed out for Thanksgiving break don't forget to train!!! You don't want to loose what you have gained in the past week. If you are not going to be in a place that you can ski take your running shoes. You can do all the below work outs running, biking, swimming, roller skiing or anything else you can think of. The week of Thanksgiving Break is one of the most important weeks of training for the year. It is the culmination of your fall training and it is extremely important that you do it! Monday: 0:30 - Warm up 0:30 - Strength Circuit 0:10 - Cool Down Tuesday: 1:00 (Zone 1) easy Running with Poles Thanksgiving Break 2 days: 1:30 (Zone 1) easy Classic (you can split these up into 2 different workouts on the same day if you want.) 1 day: Natural Intervals w/ poles Classic (Zone 3&4) http://www.uwyo.edu/ski/training/

First Pracitce November 17th Thanksgiving November 26th -30th Casper December 5th Night Relay 3 x1 K Casper December 6th Classic 5 K Lander December 12th Skate 5 K - 10 K Lander December 13th Classic 4 K - 8 K Christmas December 20th Christmas January 3rd Cody January 2nd Skate 5 K Cody January 3rd Classic 71/2 K Jackson January 16th Classic Sprints 1 K Jackson January 17th Skate 5 K - 10 K Soldier Hollow January 30th Classic Sprints 1 K Soldier Hollow January 31st Skate 5, 10, 15 K Casper Febuary 13th Relay Skate 4 x 5 K Casper Febuary 14th Classic 6 - 8 K Pinedale Febuary 27th Skate 5 K Pinedale Febuary 28th Classic 10 K

Hi All, Here is the training for the week! We will be starting out on an intensity week which means we will be doing some speed work outs right off the bat. I am excited to see you! Monday: Running Warm up 20 min. Playing a game (Labonte Park) 10 min. cool down Pre-season survey and Set Up Interview Times Tuesday: 20 min. Warm Up 30 min. Circuit 10 min. Cool Down Wednesday: 20 min. Warm Up 400m Intervals 10 min. Cool Down Thursday: 1 hour Rollerblade (or run if you don't have rollerblades) 10 min. Double Pole Friday: 1 hour Rollerblade (or run with poles) 15 min. Basic Endurance Saturday: Gobble Wabble

By Evelyn Dong Saab Salomon Factory Team The day you've been waiting for is finally here: the first ski of the season on freshly groomed corduroy. You're chomping at the bit to get on the trails, so you shove your boots into your bindings, strap on your poles and take off with perfect technique, gliding effortlessly over the snow. OK, except for that last part. We all want to be able to get back on snow and pretend that the intervening months since last season haven't affected our technique at all. Even if you rollerskied throughout the summer, those first few times on snow will feel funky and awkward. If you're anything like me during my first on-snow skate a few days ago, you'll think 'I don't remember my skis being this long last year...' and proceed to faceplant a few times. Don't sweat it if you feel out of your element your first week back on snow. Doing even 10 minutes of technique drills at the start of each ski will help you out of t

Hey guys! Welcome back to all returning skiers and Welcome all you 'newbies' :). I hope you are all as excited about the upcoming season as I am! I will see you guys soon (I'm still in AUS) -but until then, I though I would put up some helpful information for any of you that may be new to nordic skiing. Sometimes we get so caught up in everything that we forget to tell you guys about the basics like what is the best type of clothing to wear, etc. Clothing: Winter ski clothing can sometimes be expensive if you just go right out and try to buy it all at once. A better strategy is to make sure you have the really essential clothing and then build from there. 1. The most important part of ski clothes is some GOOD LONG UNDERWEAR. If you are to invest in a few pieces-this is one of them!! Make sure you get some that IS NOT made with cotton, but rather polypro or a good alternative. The local ski shops should be able to help you with this. Please, Please do not wear cotton as a &

Thank you to everyone that was able to come to the meeting! It was great to see so many new faces and so good to see the old ones too. :) My Contact Information: Rebecca Watson 307-760-6838 rsophie98@yahoo.com For practice on Monday be prepared to run! Also bring a pencil.

Take as many days off as you need to feel rested and ready to go! (Tuesday & Thursday): Strength - Yoga Optional Practice Wednesday: Basic Endurance (Zone 2): Rollerski/rollerblade/bike/run Watch the weather, if it's too snowy/icy to rollerski we'll run. 4:00pm (Optimist Park). Friday: 45 min LSD & meeting 4:00pm Half-Acre Gym Sunday: 1:30 (Zone 1) Ski TBA Optional Practice.

Hey Guys, Its getting close! I will be having a short informational meeting on Wednesday the 12th at 6 pm in the LHS Cafeteria. Please come if for no other reason then to say hi! If you know of any new skiers please encourage them to come. See you soon.

November 3-9 Volume Week Monday: (Zone 1) Rollerski or Rollerblade (if you don't have rollerskis or rollerblades it would be best if you could beg or borrow a bike and get off your legs!) 4:00pm Soldier Springs Road (please park on the dirt lot, not on the road) http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=114826548730177020239.000459144fce46d1d29aa&z=19 Tuesday & Thursday: Strength - Yoga Optional Practice Wednesday: (Zone 1) LSD Run 4:00pm Half-Acre Gym Friday: Natural Intervals w/ poles (Zone 3&4) 4:00pm Happy Jack Sunday: (Zone 1) Run 9:00am Half-Acre Gym (if there's any snow anywhere this one will change!)

Hi all, I put together a list of places and their web pages that are great for finding Nordic skiing equipment. On line places: Backcountry http://www.backcountry.com/ Gear West http://www.gearwest.com/ ( Can have good deals and are nice to work with.) Skinny Skies http://www.skinnyskis.com/ (Is located in Jackson and gives hs skiers good deals) Sierra Trading Post http://www.sierratradingpost.com/ ( check out the outlet in Cheyanne) Akers http://www.akers-ski.com/ (akers can be a great place to find deals) Local Resources: Fine Edge Cross Country Connection Gear Swaps