Day 1 is in the books

This afternoon the team was out on snow for a distance skate ski. The track conditions held up quite well despite the temps pushing 50 degrees with bluebird sun beating down on us. The bonus is that we all got to work on our mid-winter tan a bit! More teams are showing up daily (Bates, Harvard, UNH, UMPI and UVM are all here) and the track is getting busier, but the one way flow of traffic really keeps things from getting too congested and there is plenty of room to work on technique and to ski your own pace. Our afternoon training session was followed up by another delicious meal at the Craftsbury Dining Hall. It is so nice to have these gourmet meals waiting for us three times a day to power us through the volume week of training! Tomorrow the team will hit the trails early for a classic ski and will follow that up in the afternoon with a distance skate. We'll have the cameras out there to capture the first on snow video of the year. I'll try to post some video, but the internet has been a little spotty. It's also Casey's 22nd birthday and Thanksgiving, so it will be a busy day! Check back soon for more updates from the Northeast Kingdom:).