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Thanks to SkiPost for this information. Totally on board with wearing a hat!
The human body performs best when its core temp remains around 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius). Too cold (or too hot) and performance quickly drops. We lose heat through conduction, convection, radiation and evaporation. We constantly release heat in the form of radiation. Conduction occurs when our bodies give away heat to that other object that we are in contact with that has a lower temp, like snow or air particles. Convection occurs when we transfer het to air particle through motion i.e. "wind chill" Finally, when as we sweat, ( or get wet) we transfer heat through evaporation, as water on our skin transforms into a gas. Since our bodies naturally give away heat to colder, active particles, air particles in wind, and water particles (snow and rain) can accelerate that effect. To combat rapid cooling, we shiver to generating heat by exciting our muscles. In the cold many parts of the body blood vessels in our skin tissue constrict, or tighten up to keep blood away from the cold outer layer of the body and helps circulate warmer blood to our core areas. But this tightening is not good for peak performance and racing. Why a hat? Because areas around the head, neck, chest and groin don't constrict as effectively as the smaller ones near the skin and thus more even more susceptible to heat loss. Furthermore water is denser than air, so it absorbs more heat (up to 32 times more) than air. So when you are skiing in rain or snow you can get hypothermia quicker if the rain or snow is falling on your uncovered head and neck. That's why Nordic racing attire includes a hat and often neck gaiter. When your core temperature down to 95 degrees or below it is called hypothermia. When your re-warming reactions are not enough to overcome the cooling process, hypothermia can set in and skiing performance will decrease quickly. Mild Hypothermia includes shivering, goose bumps, difficulty with complex motor skills Moderate Hypothermia includes violent shivering, sluggish, speech problems, difficulty with fine motor skills. Severe Hypothermia includes rigid muscles, dazed, shivering has stopped, blue skin, erratic heart beat. So dress properly, starting with your first layers and finishing with a hat and neck gator to race better. Andy at SkiPost
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Yay! We made it to the Holiday Break!
While it is awesome to go home, visit family and friends, eat great food, sleep tons and generally be lazy this is a very important time for training. If you want to get all tuned up for the upcoming season you'll need to do some work! Everyone will basically be off for the next two weeks and after that the Elite team will be racing every weekend. We will send out weekly training starting the week of January 11th so watch for it! Training for next two weeks: Week of 12/18
 Men's Team looking chill at the Christmas Party It has been a rough fall, with little snow. Despite this we've had decent skiing and we're not totally abused. Now things are about to get better though because it's time to RACE!!! The first race of the season is upon us with two races this weekend in Frisco, CO. Should be super exciting!
Until then we will work our way through this warm week and hope for good skiing this weekend. Here is the group training for this week. As always everyone is welcome, just come to the appropriate place and introduce yourself! Let us know if you want to know what we're doing on any given day. If you can join us that's great but if not don't forget to check out the training schedule: Training Monday
 Lucky to have snow so close! WooHoo! The time we've all been waiting for! RACING!!!!
We have our first race coming up in just 2 weeks and we're getting ready to RUMBLE! This week we will hit the intensity hard and hope we can get some skiing again this weekend. Here is the group training for this week. As always everyone is welcome, just come to the appropriate place and introduce yourself! Let us know if you want to know what we're doing on any given day. If you can join us that's great but if not don't forget to check out the training schedule: Training Monday
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