11th Week - Off Week & Soldier Hollow

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At this point in the season, you will see us start to cut back on our training hours a bit, shorten up intervals and talk a lot more about tempo and quickness!  It is really important not to add on extra new training right now, it will not make you faster, it will only make you tired.  

Lastly, at this point in the season, almost all of you have gotten to do some racing.  You have probably had some results you were happy with and some you were not happy with.  Holly Brooks does a great job in this Nordic Team Solutions video on teaching us what to do if we are disappointed in a race result.


Please take a few minutes to check out this video:  https://youtu.be/dRd8i0fgYbU

Here is the training for the week:

Monday AM:  30 min. Run On Your Own!

Monday:  Classic Skiing / 30 min. Warm-up / 45 min. Pole placement Drills / 10 min. Cool Down 

Tuesday AM:  Core and Yoga on Your Own!

Tuesday:  Skate Skiing / 20 min. Warm-Up / 6 x 2 min.  Gravity Intervals / 10 min. Cool Down

Wednesday AM:  30 min. Run On Your Own!

Wednesday:  Classic Skiing / 1:15 Over Distance with 6 x 10-second speeds

Thursday AM:  Core and Yoga on Your Own!

Thursday:  Skate Skiing / 20 min, Warm-up / 45 min. Downhill Tucking & Corner Practice / 10 min. Cool Down

Friday:  Skate Skiing / 30 min. Race Warm-up Practice / 5k Time Trial / Games / 10 min. Cool Down 

Saturday:  No Practice / Ski on Your Own! (if you are tired, take an extra rest day) 

Sunday:  Day Off! 

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