Winter is on the way!

We're wrapping up the last few workouts before Thanksgiving break and winter is in the air! The 10 day forecast is for very cold temperatures and a few days with possible SNOW showers. This is good news for Craftsbury and for the Eph Skiers that are heading up there during the holiday break. Training has been great, but pretty tough the last couple of weeks as we wrap up an intensity block heading into break. All of the workouts have been going very well and we are seeing improvements in fitness across the board. Just to keep life interesting though, we did end last Friday's workout on a bit of a strange note. While running down sheep hill between the 5th and last L4 bounding interval Isaac suddenly stopped and had to sit down due to an extreme pain in his foot!!

A stick where it shouldn't be!

After a quick investigation it became apparent that a stick had driven itself straight through Isaac's shoe and into his foot. NOT GOOD! It was 1/4-3/8" thick or so where it penetrated the shoe, but luckily was a bit smaller where it entered his foot. Off to the trainer, then the health center and finally the ER in North Adams where the shoe was cut off and the stick removed. Luckily the recovery has been quick and Isaac is back up to full speed already, less than a week later! Today we are off to do some more L4 bounding, this time on Petersburg rd just to stay away from those dangerous sticks!

This is the time of year to dial in the race gear. A batch of race skis came back from Caldwell Sport yesterday and are ready for race hardening:

The coach's room is a bit cramped these days.

In other random news Jayvin decided last night during dinner to assign some of his matchbox cars to the members on the team and then to practice his handwriting skills. The members of the team are quite the celebrities in his eyes!:)

Women's Team from bottom to top:
Sarah, Tsaina, Olivia, Hannah B., Elena,
Laura, Eliza, Hannah S, Hannah C and Jenna

Or in the handwriting practice version:

Men's Team from left to right:
Jordan, Vanya, Kalle, Ben, Will
Hans, Luke, Isaac, Eli and Josh

 And the handwriting version:

Jayvin assures me that no one car is faster than another:).