Go Time

The temperatures dropping, and the snow guns are producing massive piles of snow at the Nordic Centre. It seems like winter is finally here, and the race season is not far off. On Monday a group of us are jumping in the team van and making the ten hour drive down to West Yellowstone, for some races. These are the first real races in North America and will feature a long list of the continents best skiers. With the first test just around the corner, I can look back on the training season and feel confident about all the work my team mates and I have put down.

After we came finished out Haig Glacier camp, and a short rest we got right back to work. A large portion of Augaust was spent in Whistler BC for out final bi

g camp of the year. The camp was a success with some descent volume as well as some key intensity and a sprint race. Heres a short clip from the race.

After whistler we spent September and October training mostly out of the Bow Valley. Again this year, the staff at the Canmore Nordic Centre have done an amazing job on what has been dubbed Frozen Thunder. basically what they do is store a huge pile of leftover snow from last year in a pit covered with saw dust. Then in the fall they truck it out and lay out a loop for early skiing. This is the third year they have done this and its getting better every year. On October 15th they spread out 1.5km of snow, which has now been expanded to close to double that.

Photo: Matt Wylie

We have been skiing for a month now, and for the past two weeks lake louise has been mid winter conditions to add to what we have in town.

the group getting ready for an intensity session in Lake Louise

Photo: Mike Caviliere

Only three days until we depart for the races, and I'm ready to go!

Ciao