Fall '08 Begins!

Fall '08 has begun for the Williams Ski Team! 

We're at the beginning of our second intensity block of the year and everyone looked great in double pole intervals up Petersburg Pass on Sunday morning to start the week off.   Aubrey returns to Williamstown on September 25th and early in October we will be allowed to train with Bud and Aubrey; for September we're doing team practices without the coaches.  

This year we have four awesome and speedy freshmen joining our team: Holly Whitney '12 (Bowdoinham, ME), Hannah Hausman '12 (Boulder, CO), Erik Anderson '12 (Whitefish, MT) and Dimitri Luethi '12 (Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland).  Sarah Tory '11 (Toronto, ONT) also joins the team this year after spending last year running cross country and track.  

 

Pictured above is the team on top of Pine Cobble last week on a beautiful day in Williamstown!  Keep an eye on the blog as we update it through out the '08-'09 season!

Alumni--We hope to see you on November 1st for Homecoming!  

A Brief Eph Encounter in Lillehammer

As many skiers are coming together in Williamstown with the anticipation of beginning a new school year, a few Ephs found each other in Lillehammer, Norway. Alpine skiers Emily Porter, Eirik Buraas, and Ian Simmons stopped by my apartment on their way to Trondheim. Emily will be studying at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim this semester. In case you didn't know, I will be studying abroad for one year in Lillehammer. I guess Norway is the place to be right now for Williams skiers studying abroad! Anyway, I arrived one month ago and since then have been occupied with training, school, and learning Norwegian!

I joined a biathlon team here called Team Statkraft Lillehammer. They are a dedicated group of young athletes who go all out when it comes to training. Many of them are graduates of NTG, a Norwegian ski school, and know quite a bit about ski training techniques. They will be great group to learn from this year!

I've created my own blog for tales of my experiences here in Norway. If your interested, check it out at skiskytinginorge.blogspot.com. Tomorrow I leave for a week long training camp in Vik. I'll try to keep updates coming on how things are going here in Norway, but for now I'll say; Ha Det Bra! (Have it well!/Bye bye!)