A Trip to NY: Skyscrapers and Cement

The team was able to pull together another great week of training at Prospect as the snow rapidly depleted. After a solid double pole session one day and a practice with some local BKL skiers the team was primed for the Supertour races in Lake Placid, NY or a solid block of training at Mt. VanHoevenberg for others. Unfortunately, Lake Placid was not immune to the unseasonably warm weather the Northeast has been experiencing and the races had to be moved from the Olympic Nordic venue to the manmade snow loop at the Ski Jumps. Being a native of New York, I was psyched to be back on home turf, tearing up some familiar courses, and admiring the beauty of Upstate NY and the Adirondack Mountains. As it was a week off from the Carnival circuit, we had the flexibility to choose between racing, for those who felt they needed more practice, and a couple quality workout sessions for those looking to stay primed deep into the season.

Aside from racing well, another goal of mine for the weekend was to convince fellow freshman Braden Becker of the astounding diversity and natural beauty of New York State – he couldn’t help but profess his love for the state by the end of the weekend.

In case anyone needs more convincing. Above: view from Wright Peak

Sickness kept me from racing the sprints on Saturday, so I joined the crew heading to Mt. VanHoevenberg instead, where the conditions were great for training (not quite enough snow to hold the races) on all of the unbeatable trails that VanHo has to offer. 

Meanwhile, the Williams contingent showed the big guns of the Supertour circuit a little bit of the Purple Valley’s finest. Congrats to Hans and Luke for making the heats, and Sonya for making the U18/U20 heats! On another note, the restaurant competition heated up on Saturday night with Lisa G’s surging into the lead with a great meal had by all. A larger group raced on Sunday for the 10k classic interval start race, but the balmy beach weather that NY treated us to and the challenging 2.5k loop were no match for the Ephs. Congrats to Braden, Nick, and Tsaina for their top 30 finishes, and again to Braden for being the fastest U20 out there on the day!

Everyone is looking forward to charging back onto the Carnival circuit this weekend at the UVM Carnival to continue our awesome run of domination.

Thanks as always to Jason and Perry for the fast skis and world-class coaching. And thank you to everyone who follows and supports us!

-Evan Carr

P.S. In response to Perry including a quote in his post below I leave you with this…

“Polls are for strippers and cross-country skiers” –Sarah Palin

I’m not really sure what she’s getting at exactly, but I think it might have something to do with not letting past results hold you back and prevent you from doing great things in the future, and she mentions cross-country skiing, so I like it.