We are now moving into our final week of training before Nationals. Woo Hoo!
Please try very hard NOT to do any extra this week. Let's go with the extreme tapering program -  be as lazy as possible. Take elevators, lie down to study, everything you can do to give your body its best shot at peaking!
Monday:

• If you didn't race this weekend you can do a 45-1hr with a few leg speeds
• TAKE A NAP. That is the official training for the day so do it!
  • You can also add rolling, stretching, a short walk...

Tuesday:

• 5pm Corbett Gym
  • Yoga (Zoom session linked)

Wednesday: 

• 4pm Happy Jack - Skate Sharpening Intervals!

Thursday:

• 5pm Corbett Gym
  • Yoga (Zoom session linked)

Friday:

• Do what you need to do to be ready. You should consider a short ski or run, since you'll be traveling tomorrow!

Saturday:

• Travel Day

Sunday:

• USCSA Nationals!

Time to SLAY THE DRAGON!!!

WOW! What a great way to end the regular season!!! An incredible showing by ALL the UW skiers!
We're on a roll and getting ready for Nationals!

We officially into week 4 of our peaking program so things will change at times so pay attention and please don't start new activities. We only have 4 weeks until Nationals so it's time to start concentrating on staying/getting healthy, eating well, resting and focusing your energy where it is needed!

This peaking programs works extremely well if you

• If do the training properly and don't do too much (you'll get tired and not race to your potential).
• If you do the training properly and don't do too little (you'll get sick!)

Even if you are not qualifying for Nationals this will help you with the last couple of races and if you decide to do any other races!​

Monday:

• TAKE A NAP. That is the official training for the day so do it!
  • You can also add rolling, stretching, a short walk...

Tuesday:

• 5pm Corbett Gym
  • Yoga (Zoom session linked)
    
  • 5:30 Technique Video analysis
    

Wednesday: 

• 4pm Happy Jack - OD Race!
  

Thursday:

• Day off! - Take a nap!
  

Friday:

• Elite Team - 5/10km Classic Interval Start Steamboat
  
• Competitive Team = 1hr OD, technique of your choice
  

Saturday:

• Elite Team - 15/20km Skate Mass Start Steamboat
  
• Competitive Team - 1hr OD with 6-8 30 second natural intervals
  

Sunday:

• Day off!
  

Time to SLAY THE DRAGON!!!

WooHoo! Another awesome race in the books!

Now it's time to finish the Rocky Mountain Conference schedule with a big weekend!!!

We officially into week 2 of our peaking program so things will change at times so pay attention and please don't start new activities. We only have 4 weeks until Nationals so it's time to start concentrating on staying/getting healthy, eating well, resting and focusing your energy where it is needed!

This peaking programs works extremely well if you

• If do the training properly and don't do too much (you'll get tired and not race to your potential).
• If you do the training properly and don't do too little (you'll get sick!)

Even if you are not qualifying for Nationals this will help you with the last couple of races and if you decide to do any other races!​

Monday:

• TAKE A NAP. That is the official training for the day so do it!
  • You can also add rolling, stretching, a short walk...

Tuesday:

• 5pm Corbett Gym
  • Group A - Core & Yoga (Zoom session linked)

Wednesday: 

• 4pm Happy Jack  Classic Intervals

Thursday:

• TAKE A NAP. That is the official training for the day so do it!
  • You can also add rolling, stretching, a short walk..
• 5-6pm - Coe Library 511 Women's Team Activity
• 6-6:15 - Coe Library 511 Dinner!
• 6:15-7:15 - Coe Library 511 Men's Team Activity

Friday:

• 4pm Happy Jack Classic Sprint Race Prep

Saturday:

• 10am - Classic Sprint Qualifier
• 11am - Sprint Heats begin 

Sunday:

• 9am - 7.5km Skate Interval Start

Time to SLAY THE DRAGON!!!

WooHoo! What an amazing race weekend with hard, long races followed up by DOMINANCE!!!

We officially into week 2 of our peaking program so things will change at times so pay attention and please don't start new activities. We only have 4 weeks until Nationals so it's time to start concentrating on staying/getting healthy, eating well, resting and focusing your energy where it is needed!

This peaking programs works extremely well if you

• If do the training properly and don't do too much (you'll get tired and not race to your potential).
• If you do the training properly and don't do too little (you'll get sick!)

Even if you are not qualifying for Nationals this will help you with the last couple of races and if you decide to do any other races!​

Monday:

• TAKE A NAP. That is the official training for the day so do it!

Tuesday:

• 20min morning Check-in run
• 5pm Corbett Gym
  • Group A - Core & Yoga (Zoom session linked)

Wednesday: 

• 3:45pm Stadium Parking Lot Skate Intervals

Thursday:

• 20min morning Check-in run
• 5pm Corbett Gym - Core & Yoga (Zoom session linked)

Friday:

• Leave for Leadville and race prep.

Saturday:

• Team Sprint on the golf course!

Sunday:

• 8.5km Classic Team Start

Time to SLAY THE DRAGON!!!

Wow! What an awesomely beautiful weekend of racing - the trails, the weather, and the people!

We have officially started our peaking program so things will change at times so pay attention and please don't start new activities. We only have 5 weeks until Nationals so it's time to start concentrating on staying/getting healthy, eating well, resting and focusing your energy where it is needed!

This peaking programs works extremely well if you

• If do the training properly and don't do too much (you'll get tired and not race to your potential).
• If you do the training properly and don't do too little (you'll get sick!)

Even if you are not qualifying for Nationals this will help you with the last couple of races and if you decide to do any other races!​

The workouts we have on the schedule are not all team practices BUT if you want to be at your best for the ski season they are ALL super important! Team Training will be in Green bold italics

Monday:

• 1hr Active Recovery

Tuesday:

• 20min morning Check-in run
• 5pm Corbett Gym
  • Group A - Core & Yoga (Zoom session linked)

Wednesday: 

• 20min morning Check-in run
• 3:45pm Stadium Parking Lot Classic Agility & Technique

Thursday:

• 20min morning Check-in run
• 5pm Corbett Gym - Core & Yoga (Zoom session linked)

Friday:

• Leave for Crested Butte and race prep.

Saturday:

• 9:25am Collegiate 21km Start

Sunday:

• 9am WCU 5km Classic

What an AWESOME week of racing! Congrats to everyone who raced! HUGE races with incredibly fast skiers!!!
We are on our 3rd peaking week so we'll be taking away a few additional trainings, like morning runs.

REMINDER: We have officially started our peaking program so things will change at times so pay attention and please don't start new activities. We only have 3 weeks until Nationals so it's time to start concentrating on staying/getting healthy, eating well, resting and focusing your energy where it is needed!

This peaking programs works extremely well if you

    If do the training properly and don't do too much (you'll get tired and not race to your potential).
    If you do the training properly and don't do too little (you'll get sick!)

Most of the other RMC teams will be there! Super exciting!

Training for Week:
Monday:

• Off - Take a nap!

Tuesday:

• 6pm, Core & Yoga! Zoom Link: uwyo.zoom.us/j/577505810

Wednesday:

• 30min Morning run
• 4:10pm:  Happy Jack, Classic herringbone intervals!

Thursday:

• 6pm, Core & Yoga! Zoom Link: uwyo.zoom.us/j/577505810

Friday:

• 4:10pm: Happy Jack, Infamous OD Race!!!

Saturday:

• TBA, will depend on travel plans for Owl Creek Chase (OCC)

Sunday:

• OCC! 19km skate race!

We hope that you all had a great week of training and are starting to feel a little more recovered after that beastie weekend at the Alley Loop!

We are moving into our peak training because, why not? Might as well see how it treats everyone and that way you should feel great for the few remaining races. We are on our peaking program so things will change at times so pay attention and please don't start new activities. Ideally this time of year we would only have 5 weeks until Nationals so you would want to start concentrating on staying/getting healthy, eating well, resting and focusing your energy where it is needed. This year is very different but if you'd like to see how the peaking will work for your going forward you can behave as if you are working towards a culminating event.

This peaking programs works extremely well if you

• If do the training properly and don't do too much (you'll get tired and not race to your potential).
• If you do the training properly and don't do too little (you'll get sick!)
  

This coming weekend we'll be doing something a little different, with the Elite Team headed to SOHO.

Training for Week:
Monday:

• Off - Take a nap!

Tuesday:

• NOTE: We really want you to do a run on this day. This is important for keeping the running muscles in shape so a switch to running for a warmup or evening run does not cause undue soreness. This scenario happens ever season!
• Morning run or ski - short active recovery
  
• 6pm, Core & Yoga! Zoom Link: uwyo.zoom.us/j/577505810
  

Wednesday:

• 30min Morning run
• 4pm:  Happy Jack, TBA
  

Thursday:

• NOTE: We really want you to do a run on this day. This is important for keeping the running muscles in shape so a switch to running for a warmup or evening run does not cause undue soreness. This scenario happens ever season!
  
• Morning run or ski
  
• 6pm, Core & Yoga! Zoom Link: uwyo.zoom.us/j/577505810

Friday:

• 4pm: Happy Jack, TBA

Saturday:

• We'll do some kind of fun activity!
  

Sunday:

• Off!
  
• Elite team travels to SOHO
  

ARE YOUR READY TO ROCK!!! It's time for the home race!!!!

You main focus this week should be racing but there are several around the edges things that we will need help with so be sure to watch for information and jobs. If you are not racing/don't want to race this weekend be sure to let us know so we can get your help.

​​We have officially started our peaking program so things will change at times so pay attention and please don't start new activities. We only have 5 weeks until Nationals so it's time to start concentrating on staying/getting healthy, eating well, resting and focusing your energy where it is needed!

This peaking programs works extremely well if you

• If do the training properly and don't do too much (you'll get tired and not race to your potential).
• If you do the training properly and don't do too little (you'll get sick!)

Even if you are not qualifying for Nationals this will help you with the last couple of races and if you decide to do any other races!​

Training for the week
NOTE: Please stop extra (core, strength, etc) activities this week. You can keep a very short (20min) morning run if you'd like

• Monday: TAKE A NAP. That is the official training for the day so do it!
• Tuesday: 4:30, Stadium Parking Lot - Skate, on snow strength
• Wednesday: 4:15, Stadium Parking lot - Skate Intervals
• Thursday: 5pm Corbett Gym - Recovery Yoga
• Friday: 4:15, Stadium Parking Lot - Race Prep
  
• Saturday:
  • 8:15, Meet at Happy Jack
  • 10am - Sprint Qualifier - Men Start first
  • 11am - Quarterfinals start
  •  12ish - Semifinals
  • 12:30 - Finals
• Sunday
  • 8:15, Meet at Happy Jack
  • 10:00 21km Men & Women
  • 10:10 10km Men (College Racers)
  • 10:12 10km Women (College Racers)
  • 10:15 5km Beginner/kids race

Dragon Slayage needs to be BIG on this weekend! Want a good showing in the home race!!!!

We are starting to look GREAT!

What a great weekend of racing! Congrats to the Elite Team for going head to head with the big dogs and to those of you who went to the Laramie Loppet!

​​REMINDER: We have officially started our peaking program so things will change at times so pay attention and please don't start new activities. We only have 3 weeks until Nationals so it's time to start concentrating on staying/getting healthy, eating well, resting and focusing your energy where it is needed!

This peaking programs works extremely well if you

• If do the training properly and don't do too much (you'll get tired and not race to your potential).
• If you do the training properly and don't do too little (you'll get sick!)

Even if you are not qualifying for Nationals this will help you with the last couple of races and if you decide to do any other races!​

Training for the week

• Monday: TAKE A NAP. That is the official training for the day so do it!
• Tuesday: 4:30 Stadium - On Snow Strength, Skate
• Wednesday: 4:15, Stadium Parking lot, Classic - OD Race!
• Thursday: 5pm Corbett Gym - Recovery Yoga
• Friday: 4:15, Stadium Parking Lot - Classic Intervals
• Saturday: 9am, Super Slow OD Ski
• Sunday: Take a nap!

Dragon Slaying is going super well!

Awesome job on an extremely tough race! That should be the last super long race of the year, unless you choose to do something beasty at the end of the season!

This weekend we'll be doing something a little different, with the Elite Team headed to SOHO and anyone on the Comp team that would like going to the Leadville Loppet. Fun weekend for all!

We have officially started our peaking program so things will change at times so pay attention and please don't start new activities. We only have 5 weeks until Nationals so it's time to start concentrating on staying/getting healthy, eating well, resting and focusing your energy where it is needed!

This peaking programs works extremely well if you

• If do the training properly and don't do too much (you'll get tired and not race to your potential).
• If you do the training properly and don't do too little (you'll get sick!)

Even if you are not qualifying for Nationals this will help you with the last couple of races and if you decide to do any other races!​

Training for Week:

• Monday:
  • Day Off! Take a nap! Extra hydration and food!
    
• Tuesday:
  • 4:40 Corbett Gym - Recovery Yoga
    
• Wednesday:
  • 4:15 Stadium - Skate
    
• Thursday:
  • 5pm - Stadium - On Snow Strength, Skate
    
• Friday:
  • Race Prep or Race!
    
• Saturday:
  • Racing or Natural Intervals
    
• Sunday:
  • Rest day for everyone!
    

We did some serious Dragon Slayage on Sunday. ROAR!!!