LHS Nordic Ski Team Blog!!

Greetings Skiers!   I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving break, ate a lot of good food, and got to do some skiing! I also hope you are ready to rock out some more skiing this week.  Thursday we will not be skiing.  I will be hosting our Soup'r Bowl Sale and Fall Art Show that evening.  Please come if you can!  If you did a lot of training over the break, ensure you are recovering and can absorb all your work! The workouts in red are optional workouts for those of you who are feeling you need to get in more hours. Monday AM:   20 - 30 min. Run on your own   Monday PM:  Skate skiing / 20 min. Warm up / 45 min. Technique work / 10 min Cool Down Tuesday AM:  Core and Yoga  Tuesday PM:   Classic Skiing / 1:30 Over Distance Ski   Wednesday AM:   20 - 30 min. Run-on your own Wednesday PM:  Skate Skiing /  20 min. Warm-Up / 40 min. Hill Resistance Training / 10 min. Cool Down Thursday PM:   30 min...

  This is the most important training week of the season so don't let your turkey stop you from putting in some hours of training!  If you can't be on skis take your running shoes or roller skis and hit the pavement!   If you feel like you need more training than you are getting with the team, the green workouts can be a good addition to your training. However, this is not recommended for freshmen and new skiers.  We will be cross-training this week!   Please bring your running shoes and your bounding poles!  Be ready for anything!   Also, Please remember gloves, hats, PANTS ski clothes that are not cotton t-shirts, and food to close the glycogen window! (like Brian says no junk food) Monday PM:    Meet by the ski room / 30 min. Warm-Up Run / Core & Yoga in the Yellow Pod Tuesday AM:   On your own / 20 - 30 min. Easy Run!  Tuesday PM:    Meet by the Ski Room /Classic Skiing at Happy Jack! / 45 min. Techn...

I hope you are stoked because we are going full send into the season!!!   Practice starts on the 18th of November!   Here is what the week is going to look like: *  PLEASE DRESS TO BE OUTSIDE ALWAYS!!!!  That means all the layers, hats, gloves, and good running shoes!!!  Monday:   Meet in the YELLOW ACADEMIC POD at 3:30 pm / We will go over team Info / Fill out Surveys / talk about equipment / Team activity / Team dinner dates Tuesday:    Meet at the doors by the ski room @ 3:30 pm /  Running Warm Up 20 min. / 45 min. Strength Circuit / 15 min. Cool Down Wednesday:    Meet at the doors by the ski room @ 3:30 pm /  Running Warm Up 20 min. / *35 min. Hill Resistance Training / 10 min. Cool Down  * Bring a pair of extra poles or your classic poles to do hill resistance     Thursday:    Meet at the doors by the ski room @ 3:30 pm /  Running Warm Up 20 min. / Specific ...

  Greetings Skiers!   The weather outside is starting to feel like winter! Snow is in the forecast, and I am thinking about skiing! This is a good article about multi-sport athletes Here is a list of some important dates coming up: Basecamp Fisher Night:  Nov. 7th from 6:30 pm Winter Sports Night:  Nov. 14, 7:00 pm. We'll start in the Theater and then break into individual sports for our pre-season meeting.   Nov. 18th - First Day of Practice.  The team will meet in the Yellow pod for a meeting.  Here is the 24-25 Race Schedule  Looking forward to seeing everyone!  

Rest is absolutely the most important thing you can do this week so if you need to take an extra day off to feel rested go for it!  Keep in mind we will have 2 days of travel in there so make sure you are getting some active recovery in while you travel. Here is what we will be doing for training this week: Monday:   Classic Skiing / Meet at HJ at 4:00 pm / 45 minutes technique and active recovery Tuesday:  Skate Skiing / Meet at HJ at 4:00 pm / 6 x 15 sec. Natural Intervals   Wednesday:   Travel Waxing and Packing / Light active recovery workout if you have time.  Thursday:   Travel Day / 30 min. Run or Walk if you can! Friday:   Fly to Albany   Saturday:   Get Settled in and ski if we can!  Sunday:   Pre-ski the Course! Race Schedule: Monday, March 11 – Interval Start Skate Technique 7.5Km Wednesday, March 13 – Sprint Classic Technique Friday, March 15 – Mass Start Classic Technique 5Km, 10Km, 15Km Sa...

 We have about a week and a half before we leave for Jr. Nationals!  Rest is the absolute most important thing so if you need to take an extra day off to feel rested go for it!   Here is what we will be doing for training this week: Monday:   Day off / Yoga, stretching, rolling, and taking a nap! Tuesday:   Classic Skiing / Meet at HJ at 4:00 pm / 45 minutes technique and active recovery Wednesday:   Skate Skiing / Meet at HJ at 4:00 pm / 1:00 over distance Thursday:   Classic Skiing / Meet at HJ at 10 x 10 sec. natural intervals Friday:   Skate Skiing / Meet at HJ at 4:00 pm / 45 minutes technique and active recovery Saturday:   Day off or 1:15 OD ski on your own technique of your choice