Settling into September

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.

Hot and humid day

"Stop. I'm too sweaty."

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!).

Ivy documenting local food night at Driscoll

Hannah Benson carefully preparing some delicious salmon for the Harvest Feast

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.