The Beat Goes On!

More good training this week!

We started the week with some great classic rollerski intervals on Summit Drive.  Each of our two trips up the climb was split into 4 intervals and 10-11 minutes of interval time. Great session, with hills as steep as race trails and great looking skiing to boot!

Looks like Riley's towing the car!

Yep, we started down in the valley you can see below.

 

 

 

 

That about sums it up - only we went uphill!

 Our Elementary crew met that night for a session over at the U.  Here are some shots from the warm-up.

Dan Bross - Jr. Devo Coach extraordinaire!

Thursday we did some wet intervals with the Comp guys over near North Tanana Drive.  The road was pretty slick so we quickly scrapped our plans for no-pole intervals and grabbed our poles.  The increased risk just wasn't worth the reduced benefit, whereas we were able to get in some solid skate training with our poles.

Our middle schoolers (who have running races on Tuesdays) met on Thursday for a session.

Van's Yoda impression as we warmed up on the slackline!

Plyos!

Relays through the woods!

Friday's specific strength workout.

The boys said they felt good and that it was easier than a month ago - always a good sign!

This morning a few of the boys met up for some uphill running intervals on Tower Direct. 

We ended up pushing a little hard a little early in the session (a learning experience for the coaches too!), so we cut the session off after 4 intervals, to make sure we were doing valuable work and not just making ourselves tired.