Hello Williams Nordic fans!
Big things are happening here in the Purple Valley.
The girls’ team has been going on some really stellar rollerskis
this past week, some hot and humid, others crisp and cool.
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| Hot and humid day |
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| "Stop. I'm too sweaty." |
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| Crisp, cool, and beautiful! |
We ran in a 5k xc race in the Purple Valley Classic on
Saturday morning, where we were listed as team “Unattached.” See Perry's post for pictures!
We’ve been refueling in style with a local food night in the
cafeteria (salmon! And berries!) and a “Harvest Feast” in Hannah, Hannah, and
Tsaina’s common room (fresh baked bread! And more salmon!).
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| Ivy documenting local food night at Driscoll |
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| Hannah Benson carefully preparing some delicious salmon for the Harvest Feast |
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| Ivy excitedly mixing up a dressing for her amazing kale salad ft. Hannah B.'s scrumptious fresh homemade bread in back left corner |
The freshmen are figuring out their favorite places to study
as the homework load has started to pick up. As one of my professors told me
today, “The honeymoon is over.” But don’t worry. The girls’ team has remained
calm, cool, and collected by listening to Sia nonstop.
Freshman Featurette: Meet your newest, favorite members of
the team! This week: Ivy!
Full Name: Ivy Spiegel-Ostrom
Hometown: Leavenworth, WA
Age: 18
Fav technique (V2, herring bone, striding, etc.)?
V2 alternate left side
Fav place to ski in the whole wide world?
Silverstar, BC
Ideal food day?
Breakfast: Waffles with greek yoghurt, walnuts, peaches, and blueberries
Snack: Dates
Snack: Microwaved yam with butter and cinnamon
Snack: Crackers with avocado and goat cheese
Dinner: Steak tacos
Snack: Cereal
Fav piece of Patagonia clothing?
My Houdini is pretty crucial to my layering system, plus it’s an awesome mosquito blocker.
Coolest place ever visited?
The salt flats in Bolivia.
Most likely thinking about ____ during a long ski:
Brunch
Pancakes, waffles or French toast?
Waffles in homage to my hero, Leslie Knope.
Avg. number of cups of coffee consumed per day?
1.89
Most likely to be found doing ____ when really should be
doing homework:
Watching climbing videos
Theme song from middle-school years?
Any song from the first two albums of Glee
Preferred vegetable for fighting off the zombie apocalypse?
A very large zucchini
That’s all for now, folks. Tune in next week for our next episode.
