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September 2012

The fun stuff that happens when I get to come home

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Wow, I LOVE being home! I forget sometimes how wonderful fall in Minnesota is, and it’s so beautiful driving through Afton with the trees turning leaves and hanging over the road. Especially since there’s so many people out enjoying the good weather – I must have seen at least 30…

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That’s a wrap! Also, clinic coming in hot

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Aaaaand now Lake Placid camp is over! It was a good shock to the body with a lot of hard interval sessions and time trials, and now I’m going home to give myself a recovery week to let all the training sink in. While I’m home, I’ll be doing a…

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Some annual Lake Placid camp activities

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There are some training camps that we do every year…with the same workouts in the same places with basically the same group of people. This is really nice because it’s so familiar and you know exactly what you’re supposed to accomplish with the session. The only downside is that sometimes…

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How I got my adrenaline fix for September

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Every so often, I really, REALLY need a jolt of adrenaline, and my favorite form of this happens to be cliff jumping. Yesterday a group of us drove to the Flume, just a little ways out of Lake Placid training center, and hit up some fun jumps. For the record,…

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Apple Picking! A staple of fall activities.

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Yum! In between some L3 intervals where the SMS T2 team hammered around while being observed by the NENSA coaches symposium, and afternoon strength, we went apple picking. All photos from Eric Packer.   Apples are Erika’s favorite food so she was super excited! And I love picking fruits and…

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15,000 Pole Plants

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On Sunday, my SMS T2 teammates and I finished our longest rollerski workout…ever! We skied 100 kilometers, and it took us 6 hours and (approximately, by our math) 15,000 pole plants, 3 jugs of gatorade, and at least 50 Powerbars. And the fundraiser was a success! Thanks to everyone who…

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