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| Race Start - Chris City photo |
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| Keven Sprague - 1st |
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| Hamish McEwen 1st Jr |
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| Tony Ryerson |
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| Frank Feist leading Andy Milne and Tanner Wiegand |
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| Bob Burnham - Chris City photo |
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| Cate Brams |
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| Harvard's Claire Miller |
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Rollerski Race Photos
CSU Fall Classic Rollerski Race
The latest edition (21st year?) of the CSU Fall Classic Rollerski race had one of the larger fields in a number of years with some fast skiing to boot. It was also kind of cold standing around doing the timing, something I haven't had to worry about before, but this was the first one that I couldn't race in myself. Next year.
In the 1 lap junior classic race Hamish McEwen ran away with it, finishing in a very strong 19:40, followed by Hannah Smith in 22:53 (1st F). Next up was Max LaChance in 24:38, Cate Brams in 25:04, Rebecca Smith in 25:42 and Sean Skahen in 27:14.
In the 2 lap Senior/Masters race Keven Sprague easily dusted the rest of the field, coming home in 37:48, which is certainly one of the fastest times ever for classic. I'll have to investigate if that is a course record. There was a good hammer-fest for 2nd though, with Chris Stock prevailing after breaking a pole tip at the start and grabbing a new pole as he went by the team van and having to play catch-up the whole race. 2 seconds back was Andy Milne and another 3 seconds in arrears came Frank Feist and then Tony Reyerson another 8 seconds back. There seemed to be more pole damage than usual with Chris, John Rich, Albert and at least one other person losing pole tips somewhere out there on the course!
On the Women's side Anna McLoon, who warmed up by riding her bike to the race, easily took first in 46:55. Esther Kennedy was next in 48:31, Jennifer Rolfes in 3rd in 50:49 and Alena Tofte in fourth in 51:35.
Prizes were pies from the local apple farm and gift certificates, ski ties and a few other items from The Bikeway Source in Bedford. Much thanks to my volunteers for watching the corners and timing, including: Marsha Rich, Sarah Doucett, Erin Dubinski, Walter Page, Tom Smith (video), Kathy Colpitts, Ed Summersby and Bill Aldrich.
Juniors
1 Hamish McEwen 19:40
2 Hannah Smith 22:53
3 Max LaChance 24:38
4 Cate Brams 25:04
5 Rebecca Smith 25:42
6 Sean Skahen 27:14
Senior/Masters Men
1 Kevin Sprague 37:48
2 Chris Stock 40:14
3 Andy Milne 40:16
4 Frank Feist 40:19
5 Tony Reyerson 40:27
6 Tanner Wegand 40:38
7 Bob Burnham 43:22
8 Romain Cartori 44:46
9 Victor Golovkin 44:56
10 Albert Innamaorati 46:11
11 Robert Faltus 48:38
12 John LaChance 49:25
13 Tor O'Brien 50:49
14 John Rich 51:21
15 Carl Cignoni 56:04
16 Scott Betournay 1:04:10
Senior/Masters Women
1 Anna McLoon 46:55
2 Esther Kennedy 48:31
3 Jennifer Rolfes 50:49
4 Alena Tofte 51:35
5 Clair Miller 58:45
6 Jody Newton 1:01:38
In the 1 lap junior classic race Hamish McEwen ran away with it, finishing in a very strong 19:40, followed by Hannah Smith in 22:53 (1st F). Next up was Max LaChance in 24:38, Cate Brams in 25:04, Rebecca Smith in 25:42 and Sean Skahen in 27:14.
In the 2 lap Senior/Masters race Keven Sprague easily dusted the rest of the field, coming home in 37:48, which is certainly one of the fastest times ever for classic. I'll have to investigate if that is a course record. There was a good hammer-fest for 2nd though, with Chris Stock prevailing after breaking a pole tip at the start and grabbing a new pole as he went by the team van and having to play catch-up the whole race. 2 seconds back was Andy Milne and another 3 seconds in arrears came Frank Feist and then Tony Reyerson another 8 seconds back. There seemed to be more pole damage than usual with Chris, John Rich, Albert and at least one other person losing pole tips somewhere out there on the course!
On the Women's side Anna McLoon, who warmed up by riding her bike to the race, easily took first in 46:55. Esther Kennedy was next in 48:31, Jennifer Rolfes in 3rd in 50:49 and Alena Tofte in fourth in 51:35.
Prizes were pies from the local apple farm and gift certificates, ski ties and a few other items from The Bikeway Source in Bedford. Much thanks to my volunteers for watching the corners and timing, including: Marsha Rich, Sarah Doucett, Erin Dubinski, Walter Page, Tom Smith (video), Kathy Colpitts, Ed Summersby and Bill Aldrich.
Juniors
1 Hamish McEwen 19:40
2 Hannah Smith 22:53
3 Max LaChance 24:38
4 Cate Brams 25:04
5 Rebecca Smith 25:42
6 Sean Skahen 27:14
Senior/Masters Men
1 Kevin Sprague 37:48
2 Chris Stock 40:14
3 Andy Milne 40:16
4 Frank Feist 40:19
5 Tony Reyerson 40:27
6 Tanner Wegand 40:38
7 Bob Burnham 43:22
8 Romain Cartori 44:46
9 Victor Golovkin 44:56
10 Albert Innamaorati 46:11
11 Robert Faltus 48:38
12 John LaChance 49:25
13 Tor O'Brien 50:49
14 John Rich 51:21
15 Carl Cignoni 56:04
16 Scott Betournay 1:04:10
Senior/Masters Women
1 Anna McLoon 46:55
2 Esther Kennedy 48:31
3 Jennifer Rolfes 50:49
4 Alena Tofte 51:35
5 Clair Miller 58:45
6 Jody Newton 1:01:38
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Saturday Littleton roll
We were missing our fearless leader, Frank, since he couldn't come, but luckily, we know the drill, and Andy was there to make sure we had some leadership. I was skiing in the group with Cate, Hannah, Chris (a visit from a college skier! woo!), Bob, Peter, and Alfred, with a couple other masters joining the group in the beginning. We had some fun conversations, and worked a lot on technique. This is a good time of year to be doing a lot of no pole skiing, so we did lots of that, most noticeably up the hills. If I had a dollar for every time Cate asked "Can we use our poles now?" I'd be rolling in dough, enough for at least one more cup of coffee.
One of the things we were working on is V2 alternate: a lot of people, after poling, bring their chests back up to standing almost immediately, and then they swing their arms forward. This almost looks like you're doing it right, since you can have a big armswing, but really, you want to use your arms to bring your chest up. Its all about momentum. If your chest is already in the "up" position, you're missing out on all that potential energy of actually bringing it up with your arms, in one motion. So, the drill we were practicing was exaggerating the "down" phase of V2-alt. Then on the up-swing, EVERYTHING comes up together - chest and arms, in one motion. See the masterpiece below for the visual explanation:
This makes it a much more powerful stride. It feels weird at first, but its worth fiddling with your V2alt technique...
One of the things we were working on is V2 alternate: a lot of people, after poling, bring their chests back up to standing almost immediately, and then they swing their arms forward. This almost looks like you're doing it right, since you can have a big armswing, but really, you want to use your arms to bring your chest up. Its all about momentum. If your chest is already in the "up" position, you're missing out on all that potential energy of actually bringing it up with your arms, in one motion. So, the drill we were practicing was exaggerating the "down" phase of V2-alt. Then on the up-swing, EVERYTHING comes up together - chest and arms, in one motion. See the masterpiece below for the visual explanation:
This makes it a much more powerful stride. It feels weird at first, but its worth fiddling with your V2alt technique...
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Aims and Terry....first on white stuff on skis, locally!
To add to Alex's motivational piece below, need I say more?
Seize the day!
Aims
Today Terry wins the prize for fastest transition from sound asleep to gliding. I was jogging around the nearby soccer field this morning making deep prints in the frost when I realized, “hey, I could be skiing”. I ran back to the house as fast as I could. Terry jumped right up out of bed and we got out there. It was really fun, I’ve been on many midwinter trips with less glide. Our wax was SWIX CH8, applied last April.
Seize the day!
Aims
Weekly Roundup
Charlotte and Julia both ran really well in their league meet last week. Here are the results and a photo of Julia. Congrats girls!
Bay State League XC Championships
16 Cole, Charlotte Brookline 20:25.16
37 Schiantarelli, Julia Newton North 22:02.66
Bay State League XC Championships
16 Cole, Charlotte Brookline 20:25.16
37 Schiantarelli, Julia Newton North 22:02.66
Motivating quotes
Rob handed me a massive publication of master skier, or something like that morphed into a full-on book, so instead of diligently doing student-stuff I read the interesting articles. Good stuff! I was struck by a couple quotes, that I decided to share with you all, if you're ever lacking motivation.
"You have to have the confidence to take the time to recover" - Billy Demong (gold medalist, 2010 Olympics)
He's right! Whenever you're taking days off, or easy weeks, or just not training, its easy to get overwhelmed by this fear that other people are doing stuff to make them faster, and you just have to trust yourself, and your coaches, that you're doing the right thing for YOU. Recovery is the only thing that makes you faster, training is just what you do to give your recovery something to work with.
"Ski like a climber would free-climb, make sure you have it right, focus." - Pete Vordenberg (head coach, USST)
He was talking about classic technique, and how you have to focus for every. single. stride. Never slip, because if you're free climbing and you slip, game over. Ok, so maybe skiing doesn't have quite the same consequences, but still, focus. Without focus, what are you achieving?
"For the amount of energy you put into each stride you need to make sure you are in the right position to eke out the most glide while having the patience and timing to make sure to maximize the free glide." -Caitlin Compton (CXC, Olympian 2010)
Caitlin was referring to uphill skiing, and hammering on three points: Body position, efficiency, strength-to-weight ratio. Body position is the fundamental skill underlying all of skiing - without good body position, you're going nowhere. Efficiency is what we work on every single day. Glide longer. Move smoother. Keep the skis sliding. Strength-to-weight ratio - that's training. We're increasing our fitness, because without fitness, hills look a heckuva lot bigger.
Motivated? Get out there and train, recover, repeat. Snow is falling up north, the ski season is around the corner. Are you ready?
"You have to have the confidence to take the time to recover" - Billy Demong (gold medalist, 2010 Olympics)
He's right! Whenever you're taking days off, or easy weeks, or just not training, its easy to get overwhelmed by this fear that other people are doing stuff to make them faster, and you just have to trust yourself, and your coaches, that you're doing the right thing for YOU. Recovery is the only thing that makes you faster, training is just what you do to give your recovery something to work with.
"Ski like a climber would free-climb, make sure you have it right, focus." - Pete Vordenberg (head coach, USST)
He was talking about classic technique, and how you have to focus for every. single. stride. Never slip, because if you're free climbing and you slip, game over. Ok, so maybe skiing doesn't have quite the same consequences, but still, focus. Without focus, what are you achieving?
"For the amount of energy you put into each stride you need to make sure you are in the right position to eke out the most glide while having the patience and timing to make sure to maximize the free glide." -Caitlin Compton (CXC, Olympian 2010)
Caitlin was referring to uphill skiing, and hammering on three points: Body position, efficiency, strength-to-weight ratio. Body position is the fundamental skill underlying all of skiing - without good body position, you're going nowhere. Efficiency is what we work on every single day. Glide longer. Move smoother. Keep the skis sliding. Strength-to-weight ratio - that's training. We're increasing our fitness, because without fitness, hills look a heckuva lot bigger.
Motivated? Get out there and train, recover, repeat. Snow is falling up north, the ski season is around the corner. Are you ready?
Monday, November 1, 2010
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