Mt. Wachusett Uphill Run Test. 

August 26, 2012

The really tough kids came out to see how much they had improved their fitness over the summer.  We were rewarded with perfect weather: temps in the 70, bright sunshine, and over 60 mile views from the summit.

Max LaChance       15:20
Nate Moreau          15:50
Sean Skahen           16:36
Lewis Nottonson     17:19
Trevor Owens         19:12
Hank Yoder            20:46

Hadley Moreau       20:51
Carina Wallach       21:15
Meg Yoder             21:32

Carina

Sean (too fast to capture on camera)

 Max

Nate

Lewis

Trevor

Hank

Hadley

Julia DPs on the Baltic

Gunther sent this photo of Julia working hard in Germany, double poling near the Baltic Sea: 

Friday core

Friday core is lots of fun.  You should come.  I took some photos to prove my point.

This may have been the skipping station.  It's also possible that Maggie was playing at being a dead bug.

Supposedly, these girls are doing telejumps.

The guys, meanwhile, invaded the playground.  

Sean is just monkeying around.  That was one of the official exercises...

Then Lewis started pole dancing.  Not an official exercise.

Oh no! don't take a photo of me!

Also not an official exercise.

We get creative at Friday core.  It's pretty awesome.

Here is the perfect sticker arrangement on a ski box:

No Pole Time Trial

There's hardcore, and then there's Friday core

It's the time of year where we do some hillbounding before core on Fridays, and last week was a doozy.  With a tornado watch in effect, we figured we'd be able to watch the tornadoes better from the top of a big hill, and 20 foolish souls turned out for what ended up being a super quality workout in the driving rain.  Luckily, we saw neither tornadoes nor lightning, and most skiers got in 4 reps, some masochists going for 5.  Then, because we're all about having fun, we did our strength workout in the grass, in the rain.

People wonder how skiers from eastern MA get so tough...

Littleton Skate

Another murky and grossly humid summer's day to dream about a cool, dry winter's day.  Since my ski shaft broke, I had time to catch a few photos of the action.

Corey between Alaska and college joined us

Brayton

Alex

Clara

Chris also heading back to school soon

Max

Maddy and Clara

Rosie