Sunday Morning Forecast: 100% Chance of Skiing in the Rain

The local weather forecasters of the metropolis of Williamstown predicted steady rain, lively gusts of wind, and spotted rollerskiers throughout the day on Sunday. Residents were not disappointed. Exclusive photos of the meteorological event below:

Capt. Schrupp clearly follows the weather and came well prepared for the predicted precipitation

Frosh Maggie York proves her Alaskan roots by her ability to maintain a positive shin angle in any conditions

When asked for a comment about her saturating experience, Junior Sonya Jampel simply wrung out her socks, unleashing a literal waterfall onto the ground. Nothing more needed to be said.

Henry's first blog post

On Sunday 10/22/17 we began the day with a 3.5 hour classic/skate ski ending at the top of Mount Greylock.  These "wheelie skates" really are fun.

Setting Important Goals

As a new member of the women's ski team I have been comparing this team to my team from back home and I have found a very large problem.  A problem so large it is larger than Sarah Becker's back muscles. A problem so large if it had a smell it would smell worse than the van after our 3.5 hour OD's. But no problem is too large to fix when you are a nordic skier at Williams College.

This is the problem: We live in the moment too much.

I guess it's a good thing that we get caught up in the moment while roller skiing through beautiful winding east coast trails BUT I am not able to translate my mental snapshots onto this piece of online paper!

Therefore I vow to start taking more photos and attempting to capture a slice of how beautiful East Coast Fall is.

Here is a not very exciting (we will work on it) video from our double pole workout a bit ago.

We Back.

12:17 Sawyer Library, October 24. The high and tight is back, tighter than ever. Watch out world he can't be stopped. 

Want a cut like this ask Elowyn

Mountain Day, Men's Nordic 2017-2018

Mountain Day 2017 Statistics:

-total distance: 30 miles
-total time: 7 hours
-% of total time spent miserably lost: . . .

Mountain Day, Women's Nordic 2017-2018

Meanwhile, who knows where the guys were

First Edit Up

Check out the first edit of the year that gives you a preview of the early fall training:

First Blog Post!!!

I’ve been looking forward to posting on the fabled blog since I discovered it last fall (and read at least the last two years), but now that it’s my turn I have very little material.

Freshman fall has been great so far: classes, captains practices, and the wonderful humidity.

Last week we started official practice, which means that we have laundry, and almost as importantly, coaches (just kidding, having coaches is great: they tell me all of the many things that are wrong with my technique, they drive us to cool places, and they’re pretty cool people too).

I did manage to take a couple pictures of our workouts last week.

Schrupp and Connie having fun at the top of Petersburg

Double poling is hard

Franklin enjoying our ski up Greylock

It’s starting to feel like fall here. Last week I actually had to put on a jacket. Only five more weeks till snow!

I would like to end this post with an inspirational quote from Braden Becker: “Winning is fun, the process is not fun.”

Emil

Franklin forgot a blogpost title...

Our mighty captain Schrupp shows off his skills with the great team shirts he made. Thanks Jack!

Freshman Sans Franklin Spotted Eating Dinner Together in Mission Park

I felt way too much like a mom, but this photo had to be taken. 

In other new, fall has arrived! The humidity-averse among us have been enjoying the sensation of not sweating every time we step outside, and the iconic Carhartt vest has begun popping up around campus. On our Sunday distance ski I couldn't feel my fingers for a solid 20 minutes and though obviously I embraced the chance to complain, I was secretly overcome with excitement for winter and the many joyful days of frigid fingies that are fast approaching. 

Boy oh boy am I excited for these trees to turn.

Slacking hard or hardly slacking?

Lots of love,

Ivy

For the record . . . On Friday September 29, 2017 the Williams Men's Nordic Ski Team stole the legendary T-Bear from the Williams Cross Country Team. It was a historic moment, despite the fact that the Cross Country Team conducted a home invasion minutes later and stole it back. Shout out to Braden Becker and the boys of 23 Thomas St. for putting up a good fight. This is far from over.