From stuffing to snow

Another eventful and productive week is in the books for the Williams College Nordic Team. Starting off the week, most of us were able to get home for a few days to spend time with family around the dinner table, as we chowed down on some Thanksgiving classics and fueled up for the big weekend ahead in Craftsbury. Although the team arrived a couple days later than expected due to weather uncertainties, we made sure to stake claim to the rich Vermont soil.

Hundreds of laps of the .5 kilometer loop were broken up by good food, laughs, and some school work too.

It was great to see the coaches get involved in some shenanigans as well, as it was clear that we were the team having the most fun in the dining hall. 

The Craftsbury Outdoor Center did a great job of making the best of difficult circumstances to give us some solid conditions for both skate and classic training. 267 laps in, sticky klister on their hands and fresh, local Vermont produce in their stomachs had Eli and Jordan feeling a certain kind of way. 

It was exciting to get a taste of the racing season on our last morning with a little showdown against Harvard and UNH, in what can only be described as a one-of-a-kind racing format with an undisclosed number of laps and a nontraditional start. Great job to everyone, especially my fellow freshmen in the Class of 2019! Below: post-race with Luke, Nick, and Braden.

Thanks to the coaches for organizing another great week of training and to my teammates for some awesome memories.

-Evan Carr