Hey Team! Oh my what a weekend. I hope you all had as much fun as I had. It's been a really long time since I had a weekend where work was so much fun and educational. A special thanks to Ernst, Doug, Rob and all the other great coaches and athletes for the many training tips and personable good nature. A special thank you to our own coach for actually getting us there. You are the man!
I think we all came away with more training ideas and technique than we know what to do with. Some things confused me and some things fell into place for me and clicked. Everyone should be really proud of their accomplishments this week. Thank you all for preparing properly and staying on your training plans. I was very proud to be in such good company.
As you probably realized, the running/biking sports don't apply to strength or technique we just learned but do apply to cardio and endurance that we will use during the 8k & 10k events we are facing next month. Keep up the hard work, it pays off and makes you stronger for all your sports. You should all realize the leg and abdominal strength are key and we only have about three weeks left to make any changes that could make a difference by race day so focus on leg and abdominal strength then rest up the week of the race.
Onward and upward -
I reviewed the attendance list and you might be surprised at who was on the ALL GUARD team and who are the up and coming hopefuls. Here is a hint, they are all in the top 12 finish positions. We may even see an olympian from this batch. We can say we knew them when, or they trained us and wouldn't that be cool.
So I took some notes along the way and wanted to share with you the most important ones first and the rest later in the week.
First a shout out for anyone who finds great equipment deal, please let me know to spread the word about pro team or Military discounts because we could use all the help we can get.
OK, lets go.
Next Biathlon competitions:
SKIREG.COM - schedule for nordic and biathlon events.
Regional Biathlon team sites or venues or schedules:
www.saratogabiathlon.com/nybiathlon.org
NYbiathlon.org - look at the right pane for regional schedule
www.syracusebiathlon.com
Western NY Biathlon
I'm looking for the Maine team sites, but can't find it yet. I'll keep you posted.
Ok, that should get you started, look for training sections and schedules. Anyone want to go halves with me on a rife so we don't have to share a state one?
Other useful information:
Hammer Nutrition, makers of gel and recovery products has a military discount and a deeper discount for deployed folk. Know anyone deployed?
Other great links I found and have been hoarding, sorry about that, just didn't have the time:
fasterskier dot com
skipost.com
skinnyskis.com They also have a race schedule on the right pane.
http://www.cross-country-ski.com/
http://www.bouldernordicsport.com/
http://www.cxcskiing.org/ - I'm going to purchase the coaching conditioning DVD kit for the next year, it has weekly workouts for us to periodize our efforts in the coming season for better performance.
Ok, so much more but for another day.
Remember to get out every day.
Jeff
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