LHS Nordic Ski Team Blog!!

 Greetings Skiers!  I can't believe we are headed into winter break! The season is going so quickly! It is important to keep training through the break so you don't lose the fitness you have gained. Also, this is a great time to do a lot of skiing! All of the practices over the break will be from 8:30 to 12:30.  Chimney Park got some new snow so we will head out there for practice.  Here is the training for the next 2 weeks: 12/22/25  Monday: 1:30 OD Classic Ski at Chimney Park Leave at 8:30 am / 30 min. No Pole and Single Stick Technique Work 12/23/25  Tuesday:   Skate Ski at Chimney Park Leave at 8:30 am / 1:30 Focus on V2 and V2 Alt. technique here is a video from Andy Newell  https://youtu.be/PQh5pIBrPVM 12/24/25 - Wednesday:    NO PRACTICE / SKI ON YOUR OWN! / Classic Ski / 20 min. Warm-up / 35 min. Hill resistance / 10 min. Cool down 12/25/25 - Thursday: NO PRACTICE / SKI ON YOUR OWN!   Off or 1:15 Over Distance Technique of y...

What an awesome weekend of relay racing at Chimney Park!  It was so excellent to do some fun racing!  Keep up the hard work, it is going to pay off!  We have another full week of training planned this week so keep up the awesome work of making it to practice! Once again, thank you for your flexibility and growth mindset as mother nature continues to throw us curve balls.  The workouts in Green are optional for those who feel they need to get in more hours. Monday AM:   20 - 30 min. Run on your own   Monday PM:   30 Run, Core and Yoga Tuesday AM:   Core and Yoga on your own Tuesday PM:   Running / 8 x 400 m Track Intervals  Wednesday AM:   20 - 30 min. Run-on your own Wednesday PM:   Running / 20 min. Warm up / Strength Circuit / 10 min. Cool Down  Thursday AM:   Core & Yoga Thursday PM:  Classic and Skate Ski at Chimney Park leave at 1:30 pm / Skiathlon practice.  Friday:...

We are off to a great start to the season!  We got some great skiing last week and a good time trial.  I hope you all got some rest on Sunday and are ready for another full week. Sadly, our Jackson race was canceled so we will be here for the week. We will have a skate time trial out at Chimney park on Saturday and will be doing a waxing clinic Friday.  Please check out the updated training for the week: Monday am:   Core on your own Monday pm:   Skate skiing / 20 min. Warm-up / 30 min. Technique work / 20 min. Ski Tuesday am:   20 - 30 min. Run on your own Tuesday pm:   Classic Ski / 20 min. Warm-up /  30 min. Hill Resistance / 10 min. Cool Down  Wednesday am:   Core on your own Wednesday pm: Skate Skiing / 1:15 Over Distance or Run Core and Yoga  Thursday am:   20 - 30 min. Run on your own Thursday:  Classic Ski / 20 min. Warm-up / 30 min. Double pole Specific Strength / 10 min. Cool Down Friday: Waxi...