tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62953286916513393472024-03-13T22:26:56.223-07:00Ida SargentIda Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839377606711280970noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295328691651339347.post-55730551663536404112017-09-25T13:25:00.001-07:002017-09-25T13:25:48.854-07:00All the Seasons<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm hanging out inside this morning escaping the heat on a morning off from training. It seems crazy that with sunny and clear skies I wouldn't want to be outside but after enduring a long three plus hour run yesterday that combined shuffling through fall leaves with 85 degree heat and humidity, my body is suffering from a little seasonal confusion. The past few weeks have been an exciting whirlwind of travel, skiing, training and recovery. At the end of August I traveled to New Zealand for a three week training camp with my US Ski Team teammates. This is one of my favorite training camps where we are always treated to winter wonderland ski conditions at the Snow Farm, unreal southern hemisphere sunrises and sunsets, and lots of New Zealand adventures. This year a few club teams joined the fun including my Craftsbury GRP teammates so it was fun to have a large contingent of American skiers training hard together far from home! With amazing snow in a beautiful landscape it's easy to A LOT so after three weeks of hard training including some New Zealand Winter Games races at the end, I was exhausted and ready for some recovery! I arrived home to beautiful crisp fall Vermont weather and the red maple leaves were popping! Soon though the mercury began to rise and my seasons continued to transition in reverse first from winter to fall and now from fall to summer! With all of the extreme weather events happening around the nation, I count myself very lucky though, and am soaking up the vitamin D and enjoying my last opportunities to swim! I'm also feeling grateful to be able to spend the fall at home in Vermont and am looking forward to making the last preparations before the season with some quality Green Mountain training! Here are some photos from New Zealand and check back soon for fall updates!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snow Farm trails! So fun to find perfect winter in August!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skiing the Gorge trail which is one of my favorite trails at the Snow Farm. It </td></tr>
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Our US Ski Team camp plan has fallen into a predictable pattern over the past few years, returning to the same training locations at the same times of the year. This year as a women's team, we wanted to mix it up and add a new location for renewed excitement and inspiration. The goal was a shorter camp with a big focus quality hard training sessions together in a positive team atmosphere. So what better way to tune out distractions than to drive a few hours into the woods of Washington, turn down a dirt driveway, and continue for a few more miles before establishing our training base camp. That's exactly what we did as we left Seattle, WA and drove to the Methow Valley of Washington for eight days of intensity training. The training plan had hard intervals every other day interspersed with longer distance sessions that included rollerskiing up the pass and long runs in the mountains. It looked intense on paper but without super high volume and the with benefits of the quiet cabin life, it was easy to relax and embrace the training and the company of the team. Soon we were rocketing through one workout after the next. We stayed in some wonderful cabins in Mazama that were mostly free of internet and cell service (I say mostly because Jessie still had service and setup a hot spot for us all so we weren't quite offline). Pete Dickinson, a PT who travels with the team and lives in the Methow, set up a table on our porch for an outdoor PT and massage studio. And our coaches, Matt Whitcomb and Tim Baucom, kept the fridges full of food and the training plan full of excitement. Besides Sadie, who grew up a few miles from where we were staying, this was the first time spending any time in the Methow for the rest of us so we had a blast exploring new trails and roads and I'm already looking forward to another visit there! If you haven't been to the Methow Valley before, I would urge you to make a visit! From the Dolomitesque spires of the mountain peaks to the crystal clear and freezing cold rivers and the countless miles of trails in between, it is a sunny outdoor playground!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tim manning a feed zone in the middle of a rollerski OD. Tim is my wax tech in the winter but he helped Matt with coaching for at the camp. Thanks to Matt and Tim for all their working supporting the workouts, driving vans, giving technique advice, and scoping new training routes.</td></tr>
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After an awesome week of training, I headed back to Vermont and have settled into some more cabin life, living in my little cottage in Craftsbury and training with the GRP. I have a big block of time at home now so I'm excited for some of my favorite summertime training and fun in Vermont before the next adventure which is an on-snow camp in New Zealand at the end of August. </div>
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We came to Pyeongchang, South Korea to test out the 2018 Olympic trails and left so excited and inspired to prepare for the Olympics next year! Big hills and fast, technical downhills on the sprint course left me wondering if I could have imagined a more perfect course. And a weekend of hard racing under the lights and two podiums on the World Cup stage made for an exciting experience in Pyeongchang! Thanks for all the love and support!<br /><div>
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I'm writing this post from the third hotel room which I have slept in over the course of a week. It's hard to imagine that less than a week ago I was at home sleeping in my own bed, a rare mid-winter treat for a ski racer and especially one who despite a traveling lifestyle considers herself a strong home body. The holidays were over and it was time to get back to work! While it was tough to leave the snowy winter wonderland in Vermont, I could feel my competitive drive firing and was ready to get back at it! It's amazing how recharged I felt after three solid weeks of training. The time at home with friends and family, as well as the variation in mental and physical demands from the normal racing was exactly what I needed to prepare for the next part of the season. <br /><br />I flew to Slovenia and only had a couple of days on the ground before racing a couple OPA cup races. While racing a sprint qualifier soon after traveling can be a harsh wake up, especially when it starts at 9am (the equivalent of 3am in Vermont), a hard race effort is the perfect cure for jetlag, forcing your body to GO GO GO! I was also happily surprised with how it felt, and able to take a lot of confidence towards the next weeks of World Cup racing. The first day of racing was a skate sprint and I felt very strong all day but had a very frustrating crash and subsequent somersault near the beginning of the sprint final. I got up and hammered as hard as I could to catch back up but ended the day in 5th. That's sprint racing though and I'll use it as motivation for the next opportunity! The next day was a 10km skate which is perhaps my least favorite race but always a good challenge. I had a slow start and was quickly caught by a French girl who started behind me. I was then able to follow pace for several laps and skied faster through the race which was encouraging. I was also pleased with myself for understanding the splits which her coaches gave to her during the race in French. Doing the translation in my brain was the perfect distraction from the lactic acid in my legs!<div>
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From Slovenia we drove through Austria to Italy. I'm training this week in Toblach which is a cute Italian town nestled in the Dolomites and one of my favorite stops on the World Cup tour. Like most of Europe, there isn't any natural snow but they are very committed to snow farming here so there is an almost 40km ribbon of snow laid out through the valley that is growing by the day. This weekend World Cup racing resumes for me with a skate sprint and skate team sprint! Ciao!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And of course it was wonderful to spend a lot of time with Pat before we headed our separate ways for the rest of the season!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hard to leave such a wonderful place as this but I'll cherish the time spent with friends and family and the quality training logged on the Craftsbury trails and carry that strength through the adventures ahead!</td></tr>
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The beginning of the season brings a whirlwind of travel and racing. I trained in Utah at the last US Ski Team camp and then headed home for a quick week before flying to northern Finland for some opening season FIS races. Soon after those races, the World Cup began bring racing in Ruka, Finland, Lillehammer, Norway, and Davos, Switzerland. Each weekend we raced and then travelled to the next venue and quickly started training to prepare for the next weekend's competition. I hit the ground running and was on go time jumping from hotel to hotel, race to race, and training session to training session. It's easy to get caught up in the momentum and whirlwind around you and just roll along with the current. But while the races started strong, I'm still looking for more and decided to mix it up from the routine to find that extra edge. I headed home to Vermont for the holidays .and couldn't be happier! There really is no place like home! I'm skiing my favorite trails at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center, training with the Craftsbury GRP, visiting with friends and family, dancing to the Christmas spirit, and defining my inner focus to take the next step on the race trails. <br />
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The opening World Cups are just days away and as my excitement levels rise, I'm also feeling prepared and ready to go. This year I had the opportunity to come over two weeks early with my Craftsbury GRP coach Pepa Miloucheva and my teammate Caitlin Patterson. We flew over in advance of the rest of the US Ski Team, giving us time to recover from the long travel (almost 30 hours from door to door) adjust to the time change, get my skiing legs underneath us again, and even put in a bib and jump into a few races.<br />
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We started our trip in Muonio, Finland which is 250km north of the Arctic Circle and close to the Swedish border. It was a big shock to arrive in cold wintery conditions and not much daylight. That cold darkness combined with arriving on election day led to a harsh wakeup call the first day, but luckily I quickly learned to embrace any light I could find (including some fun night skis on the trails) and then wear lots of clothes! I was happy to see that winter does still exist, even if I had to ski in a LLBean down jacket for the first few days. Even that far north, there wasn't much natural snow on the ground but luckily in Muonio they saved massive piles of snow from last winter under the cover of wood chips and then rolled it out at the end of October for a 5km loop of skiing. We raced in the FIS races in Muonio right after we arrived so my body was still feeling the effects of the long travel but a great opportunity to throw a bib on and try to remember how to race or at least to not leave my jacket in the start area!</div>
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From Muonio we traveled even farther north into the darkness to Saariselka, Finland, which claims to be the northernmost travel destination in the EU. While there we were losing 12 minutes of daylight each day and on our last day sunrise was at 10:02 and sunset at 1:54! Luckily there were kilometers and kilometers of lit ski trails! There was more natural snow there as well which gave us an opportunity to explore off the manmade loop on distance days. We raced in Saariselka twice and had some very tricky waxing conditions with warmer temperatures hovering around freezing, but I was happy to have my body feeling great again and pushing to the limit. The Russian and German National teams were also racing there so it was a great confidence boost leading up to the World Cup to be skiing hard and fast alongside those ladies. </div>
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Now I'm reunited with all my US Ski Team teammates in Ruka, Finland, the site of the first World Cups. We are just south of the Arctic Circle now and have actually gained over an hour of daylight since leaving Saariselka! I love the courses in Ruka with big uphills and fast downhills so I'm excited for the weekend racing here!<br />
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Happy Trails! Thanks for reading and thanks to Craftsbury and Pepa for a dark but productive training camp!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not one or two but five heavy tags later and all my skis, poles, boots, and stuff made it to northern Finland! Packing for a winter in Europe is challenging but thanks to United for letting me sneak (though not very secretly) a few extra pounds in each bag!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We didn't miss a beat and jumped into racing only a couple days after flying to Europe! It was crazy to be rollerskiing at home one day and putting a bib on in mid-winter conditions several days later but it was definitely a great way to beat the jetlag! (Caitlin Patterson photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We stayed in a cabin in Muonio and a condo in Saariselka which was a welcomed last chance to cook our own food and choose what we wanted to eat before transitioning to meal plans for most of the winter. Grocery shopping in a foreign country can be a bit of an adventure. Usually everything in Europe is smaller but not the case for the sweet potatoes!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using Google translate to decipher cooking instructions!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We made a Finnish feast of reindeer steak, blood sausage, lingonberry sauce, brussel sprouts and roasted root vegetables....YUM!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the many reindeer we saw on the snowy northern roads</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking down on the stadium and the base of the alpine area in Saariselka. Steep downhills, with narrow trails and tight turns made for some exciting sprint racing in this venue and was a good opportunity to remember some sprint tactics leading into the World Cup!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cruising across the line in a sprint heat Saariselka</td></tr>
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Ida Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839377606711280970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295328691651339347.post-5057157786777947522016-09-23T10:29:00.001-07:002016-09-23T10:29:22.112-07:00Season Confusion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yesterday was the first day of fall but in the past month I've gone from summer to winter to summer and finally to fall. I'm ramping up the training intensity and getting excited for the changing seasons. I returned to Craftsbury last week from an training camp in New Zealand where it was the tail end of winter in the southern hemisphere. After almost 30 hours of travel crossing 16 time zones we were treated to two and a half weeks of incredible skiing with a variety of conditions from fresh powder to hard track crust to soft slushy klister skiing. Since it is actually winter, the snow is usually faster and much more representative to what we race on, making the long travel down under well worth it. We had almost 35km of skiing at the Snow Farm, New Zealand's only Nordic ski area. The camp focus was volume with four or five hours of training most days but we jumped in some FIS races to keep in touch with some summertime racing and found a few times to get off the snowy mountain for some running and strength training. It was a great but hard camp so I left feeling quite tired and ready to chill in my airplane seat for another long travel day home. Now I'm back in Vermont for the next month before the last US Ski Team camp of the year in Park City. After a taste of skiing and racing in New Zealand and now a few leaves changing colors and a frost on the forecast for the weekend, I'm excited for fall training and the last prep period before the season! Here are some pictures from New Zealand and more. Thanks for reading! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sunrises and sunsets in New Zealand are phenomenal. Here's the end of our first day in New Zealand at the highpoint of the Snow Farm trails.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And sunrise the next morning!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Switchbacks on the Merino Glen trail, the loop that is closest to the lodge. We had amazing wintery conditions for the entire camp and thanks to the Snow Farm for great lodging and tracks!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sunny side of the valley has less snow but still a nice white ribbon of trail for us.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skate threshold intervals with Liz and Jessie. Training together as a team is one of the biggest benefits of these on-snow training camps. Learning from each others strengths helps us all get faster.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And back to summer! I beat the jetlag ripping some hot laps on the new Craftsbury singletrack with Pat.</td></tr>
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The summer is flying by and I can't believe it is already August. Long and hot training hours on the roads and trails could become monotonous, but when you feel good both mentally and physically they can zoom by, leaving a happily tired body that feels excited for the next session. And since I'm gone so much in the winter time, I feel very grateful for any time that I have at home, with my feet underneath me and settled into a routine. Consistent hard work in a place where you feel comfortable, is the environment necessary to push your comfort zone and make big training gains which is exactly what I'm doing.<div>
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That said, I did leave home for Alaska and a week of skiing on the Eagle glacier with my US Ski Team teammates. We had an amazing week of hot and sunny weather so lots of sunscreen, new tanlines, sore muscles, and slushy skiing! Alaska Pacific University runs the XC ski operation on the Eagle Glacier. We stayed on the edge of the glacier in a hut run by the Alaska Pacific University and had a distraction free week of eating, sleeping, and skiing, surrounded by some of the most amazing scenery and lots of hard working athletes! There is about 7km of skiing which they groomed twice a day for us providing excellent conditions that stayed surprisingly firm considering the beautiful sunny weather. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trail from the air. We had beautiful weather all week and thanks to Dylan and Erik from APU for hosting the team and providing awesome skiing every day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Virginia, our guest athlete from Italy, was an awesome training partner and great addition to the camp. She also taught us how to make gnocchi and gave us a delicious taste of Italy on the glacier!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skiing with Sophie on the last day! We were both pretty tired by the end of the week but good company and this amazing backdrop helped us push through for a long skate OD.</td></tr>
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From Alaska, I made a layover in Seattle for a few days where my siblings, Eben and Elsa, live. It was a great layover with my only regret being not having more time! While I was there I also visited the Madshus USA headquarters to meet the staff working there and also to do some boot fitting. Everyone was very friendly and helpful, making me grateful to be part of such a small and supportive team. The new boots are also very comfortable so I'm looking forward to skiing with them in New Zealand next month!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seattle! I had a busy and fun few days which was just long enough to see the city, smell the ocean air, meet the crew at Madshus/K2, and spend some much needed sibling time.</td></tr>
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While my trip to Alaska and Seattle was great, the travel home was not and after spending almost seven hours on the runway in Chicago for a variety of weather and air traffic control issues, I was very ready to finally make it home. I'm settling into a big block of summer training now in Craftsbury but loving every minute of it! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ahh home! It's wonderful to be back in VT. I absolutely love summertime here and feel solidly in my happy place every time I end a day with the sunset over Mansfield </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Muddy smiles on a mountain bike ride! I've done a lot of mountain biking this summer following this guy<br /></td></tr>
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Ida Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839377606711280970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295328691651339347.post-33044315608768176302016-07-04T12:39:00.003-07:002016-07-04T12:39:40.078-07:00Craftsbury Nordic Ski Club Training<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Being home for a significant portion of the summer this year has allowed me to be involved in coaching with the junior practices which is very fun for me and a blast from the past to return to my junior days with the club and see the enthusiasm and drive of these kids as they train hard and have fun. It is also impressive to see how the club has grown over the years and to see the momentum which our tiny little ski club from 20 years ago has now gained!<br /><br />Last weekend I was helping junior coaches Anna and Jake with a rollerski practice. I arrived at the Center a little before practice started and the parking lot was full of cars as everyone was here for Masters training, Junior Practice, yoga, mountain biking, and all of the other summer offerings. When I walked into the clubhouse, Anna was going a mile a minute outfitting everyone with rollerskis and poles while simultaneously throwing out reminders for sunscreen, helmets, snacks, and water. We had two vans ready to load up, taking kids to two different locations depending on their rollerski experience level. With over a dozen kids already there and more arriving, I made a comment about it being a big showing for practice but Anna looked kind of confused with my statement and replied that actually that a lot of people couldn't make it on that day. This was even more shocking to me as I was already blown away by the size of the group. Things sure had come a long way from the days when there were only a few of us at workouts and we would load up the back of Pepa's black Camaro and race down the road towards North Craftsbury Road or East Albany with Bulgarian music blasting. Back in those days the club consisted of a handful of families with dedicated parents and kids of similar ages and was led under the very watchful eye of Pepa who had recently arrived in the United States from Bulgaria. We had practices at the Center a few times a week which consisted of rollerskiing on the Creek Road in East Albany and the North Craftsbury Road, lots of running intervals around Lemon's Haunt and Race Loop, rowing and swimming in the lake, sweaty circuits in the little rooms in the basement of Cedar which are now used as the TV room and Pepa's testing lab, jumps up the hill followed by pushups to exhaustion, and a variety of other weekend hikes and group family adventures. The rest of the time Pepa gave us a training plan which we viewed as ridiculously hard and just assumed it was a joke which was impossible to actually complete. But despite Pepa's craziness, spending time training with my CNSC teammates was often the highlight of my summer and developed friendships as well as a love for being active and outside which I still cherish today. <br />
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Being part of the club today constantly reminds me of my time as a Craftsbury junior and BKL athlete and also amazes me with how much the club has grown and flourished! The kids are still out training hard and doing many of the same workouts that we used to do. They unfortunately cannot buy Biggy Iggy ice cream sandwiches and Doritos in the Touring Center after practice but now they have a whole clubhouse to themselves after the addition of the new Touring Center. The ski trails all have same names but now there is access to homologated loops with snow-making in the winter time and so many more kilometers of singletrack to escape onto in the summer. In addition to Pepa's coaching there are a three junior coaches, a masters coach, and GRP athletes helping out. Every week there are 10-12 separate training sessions going on as well as two BKL day camps, and several overnight junior camps. It makes me incredibly proud to see the success of CNSC skiers in the winter as well as the energy and excitement which buzzes around the Outdoor Center throughout the year!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">But maybe still using the same skis? I found my old Ski Skett Fire rollerskis with the ripping fast green wheels in the pile of club rollerskis.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">But closer look shows that Anna and Jake are leading the way and most likely are still masters of this workout after the time that we did jumped, hopped, and bounded up the hill 90 times in one of Pepa's crazy workouts </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">CNSC training on the hill before the wood chips were laid down and it was named Chip Hill</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">A big group before the start of summer training with Pepa (from L-R Alex Schulz, Sten Kaeding, Ethan Dreissigacker, Isaac Noyes, Emily Dreissigacker, Hannah Dreissigacker, Anna Schulz, Ida Sargent, Elsa Sargent, Kit Wright, Pepa, John Brodhead)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Good friends on a summer training camp in Italy (Ida, Elsa, Hannah, Emily)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">A new addition is Mountain Bike Club which Ollie started this summer and over 30 kids can be found riding bikes on the Center trails every Monday afternoon. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Video review in Pepa's house. Pepa used to live above the old Touring Center which is now the coaches office in the clubhouse so once again training and club activities have come full circle.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLfjPN9jBqPaGPNZ6LJ4ayA_5ej8QHYgN2Cn2gLVV_G71MpUXK1mbqpjDRUMJeAK6YbiQWuaD-bumoZ7exfRd3ka4cqvCGnleTYwUMdJzbtxpMjgtvhaOaOAEusyB4S_mSiey6BBvKXKO/s1600/20160702_094756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLfjPN9jBqPaGPNZ6LJ4ayA_5ej8QHYgN2Cn2gLVV_G71MpUXK1mbqpjDRUMJeAK6YbiQWuaD-bumoZ7exfRd3ka4cqvCGnleTYwUMdJzbtxpMjgtvhaOaOAEusyB4S_mSiey6BBvKXKO/s400/20160702_094756.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />Taking our Nordic skis up to Tuckerman Ravine in 1998 (and also proof that I was once taller than Ethan)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">The snow-making system at Craftsbury has made skiing at home possible so the juniors don't have to travel for early skiing but that unfortunately makes the Silver Star training camp non-existent now.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">We had training camps a couple times a year where we would spend a few days at the Center eating lots of dining hall food, raising terror in Cedar, and training more than we thought was imaginable, Here's a photo from a Christmas training camp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">The current stars of the Craftsbury Nordic Ski Club! It's very exciting to have another fast group of juniors, racing fast at Junior Nationals, highlighting the podium at the Eastern REG camp time trials, and just generally having fun and training hard. </td></tr>
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Ida Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839377606711280970noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295328691651339347.post-69405291324789783042016-06-03T05:32:00.001-07:002016-06-03T05:32:37.249-07:00Bend Skiing!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The US Ski Team coaches set a goal of 100 hours on snow for this summer training season and after just one of our four camps, we are well on the way to achieving that goal! While rollerskiing uses similar muscles, the technique, balance, and speed on snow are slightly different so the extra time spent actually skiing will hopefully give our team the edge come the race season. Thanks to a big winter of snowfall in the Cascade Mountains, we were able to once again start the training year with a camp in Bend, Oregon. There was plenty of snow and probably close to 20kilometers of trails open and we saw a big variety in conditions from frozen corduroy to new falling snow to deep, soft, slush. This camp had a big volume focus with several hours of skiing each morning at Mt. Bachelor and then afternoons spent mountain biking, running, and hitting the gym in town. We trained over four hours most days with some days hitting five to six hours!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Summer skiing at it's best! Skating on the Mt. Bachelor trails with Broken Top Mountain behind me (Bryan Fish photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">And then mid-summer conditions (Liz Arky photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Instant technique feedback- Here I am looking at an iPad with Matt to review video and then make changes (Flying Point photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Getting faster! (Flying Point photo)</td></tr>
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Not every session involved drills, skills, or technique work and the best part of the volume camp was having the opportunity to just go out and ski, and sometimes off piste We took advantage of some perfect snow conditions one day to cruise across the crust, through higher alpine meadows and up into the bowl on Broken Top mountain. The almost four hour adventure was an absolute blast with great views!<br />
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Halfway through the camp, we took a break from the ski trails to join elite track and field athletes and alpine skiers also training in Bend for a Fast and Female event. Bend has a couple great junior programs and it was fun to meet so many enthusiastic young athletes!<br />
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And while I love the opportunity to ski in May, my secret favorite part of Bend camp is probably the mountain biking! The trails are fast and flowy which is nice break from all the rocks and roots in the East. My aunt Laurie and uncle Bruce live in Bend so I spent a few extra days with them before and after the training camp and had a blast exploring some other trails and sights in the area. </div>
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I'm home in Craftsbury now for some Vermont summer training with the GRP. The heat and humidity was a shock at first but I'm getting my sweat on and loving every moment! Thanks for reading!<br />
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Ida Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839377606711280970noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295328691651339347.post-91752103154159868452016-03-31T15:33:00.001-07:002016-05-09T17:10:23.415-07:00Craftsbury Racing!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After a long winter on the road, I count down the days until I can spend time at home. This year that time came a little earlier as Craftsbury was hosting SuperTour Finals and Distance Nationals. Rather than having an additional week of travel, I was excited to be able to share my home with the top skiers from around the country. On top of the extra nights spent in my own bed, I felt a huge boost from the home course advantage. The familiarity of the courses as well as the special feeling of having my family and friends there makes a big difference. </div>
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Here's a recap and pictures of the final races of the season but first it's important to recognize the amazing work of the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. On a year when winter didn't ever arrive, they put together a world class 3.5km loop. The grooming and course condition was better than I saw at many World Cups this winter. The groomers and volunteers all worked tirelessly through the week to put on a very high quality week of racing. Thank you!</div>
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The week started with the GRP girls leading a Fast and Female event. We had a great turnout and I was impressed with the high energy that all of those girls brought. We shared stories, had some ski stations on the snow, danced a little and signed autographs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had over 80 girls and 20 ambassadors and sunshine for the event! (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</td></tr>
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The races started right after the Fast and Female with an informal Dash for Cash, a 250 meter elimination sprint on a fast icy course with a downhill, icy turn, uphill and then sprint finish to the snow pile. It was a fun way to wake my body up after an easy recovery week after Canada and it's always a bonus to leave with a little extra cash in the pocket. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pat showing he's still got it with some fast sprinting! (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</td></tr>
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The official racing started with a 10km individual start skate race. I was very tired the day before this race but surprised myself with a 6th place finish and less than two seconds from fourth which gave me some new found confidence in distance skating.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Team Madshus- I've been so happy with my new skis this year and of course a huge thank you to our awesome Craftsbury wax staff this week of Nick Brown, Anna Schulz, Ruth McGovern, Jake Barton, and Pepa. (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</td></tr>
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The next race was a classic sprint on my favorite fast and firm tracks. Jessie proved her strength once again with fast heat times all day but I was very satisfied with a close second place finish, striding and double poling on hills that I know so well.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Striding up Moss Run in the semifnal. Racing at home is great because I know all the hills so well and after countless times running, bounding, skiwalking, and of course skiing up them, one more race isn't too hard. (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Podium jump shot after the sprint final (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So nice to have big cheers from Mom and Dad and all the other hard working Craftsbury volunteers</td></tr>
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Next up was a team 4x5km team relay with two women and two men on each team. Unfortunately all the GRP guys were racing at Biathlon National Championships so Caitlin and I teamed up with Tad Elliott and Noah Hoffman from Vail for team Vailbury Green. We finished second but were unofficial so we didn't get to win the delicious Clothbound Cheddar cheese from Jasper Hill. Each race featured wonderful local sponsors donating local food which was greatly appreciated during the week of racing!<br />
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The final race of year was the 30km US National Championship. There is no better way to end the season and empty the tank than with a long hard race! After not doing much distance racing this past winter, I was seeded 35th and a little nervous about starting so far back. Luckily it was very easy to move up in the pack and I found myself near the front not too far into the race. Jessie had already gapped the field but I settled into the chase pack with many of my GRP and USST teammates. Having not raced a 30km in two years and also having some spectacular blow ups in distance races this year, I was not sure what to expect. But I knew every turn, rise and descent on the course so well that I was surprised with how easy it felt and how quickly the kilometers flew by. Even as it got harder as the race progressed, I reminded myself of the number of times in my life I had skied and ran each section of trail and found an extra boost. With each lap I felt better and better and had enough energy to make a move on the final lap to finish second. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skiing with the pack early in the race. (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Craftsbury green! Our women's team is so strong right now and it will be a fun to carry the momentum into the summer and fall training together. (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leading Caitlin, Liz, and Kait in our chase group pack (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Post 30km carnage. It feels good to sit down in the snow after 30km of racing! (John Lazenby photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big post race hugs with my USST and former Burke Mountain Academy teammate Liz who is one of my favorite people to ski with so it was a blast to race 30km with her. (Reese Brown/SIA photo) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three GRP girls in the top 5! (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">30km National Championship podium with Jessie and Caitlin (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were lucky and raced first with the fast conditions. By the time the men raced their 50km, the sun was blasting full strength and the snow had turned to thick, slow slush. They had a long hard endurance test and I was glad to be cheering and not racing. Here is Tad Elliott racing to an impressive 2nd place finish in the 50km Classic National Championship. (Reese Brown photo)</td></tr>
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Finishing the season at home and on a high note was the perfect ending to a long winter. I swore I wouldn't ski another lap after the race on Saturday but the sun was out on Sunday so Pat and I took out our skis to appreciate the snow for one last time this winter. But now springtime relaxing and adventuring is on!</div>
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Ida Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839377606711280970noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295328691651339347.post-73115517187002418142016-03-28T12:25:00.003-07:002016-03-28T12:25:47.925-07:00SkiTour Canada <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I finished my first ever World Cup Tour last week. Normally as a ski racer my goals involve more than just making it to the finish line and instead involve some performance or result. But this Tour wasn't just any race and it was going to be an exciting challenge. I had a couple individual races during the Tour which I was focusing on more specifically but most importantly I had set my mind to racing day after day as hard as I could and crossing that final SkiTour Canada finish line in Canmore on the last day, racing strong and knowing I had given it my all. This feat would involve eight races for a total of about 60 kilometers of racing in the period of twelve days in four locations across Canada. It would involve one car ride, four bus rides and a five hour flight. Just staying healthy would be the first challenge. We would race, eat, sleep, travel, and race some more. Here's what the busy schedule looked like:<br />
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Day 1: Drive to Gatineau from Vermont and opening ceremonies with all the teams<br />
Day 2: Course preview in Gatineau<br />
Day 3: 1.6km skate sprint in Gatineau and then 2 hour bus ride to Montreal<br />
Day 4: 10km mass start classic race in Montreal and then 3.5 hour bus ride to Quebec City<br />
Day 5: Recovery day in Quebec City with some easy skiing and jogging<br />
Day 6: 1.5km skate sprint in Quebec City<br />
Day 7: 10km skate pursuit in Quebec City and then drive back to Montreal airport<br />
Day 8: Fly from Montreal to Calgary and then bus to Canmore<br />
Day 9: Training day in Canmore previewing the courses for the last four races<br />
Day 10: 1.5km classic sprint<br />
Day 11: 15km skiathlon<br />
Day 12: Recovery day with just a short run<br />
Day 13: 10km skate race<br />
Day 14: 10km classic pursuit<br />
Day 15: Tired body flying home to VT<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opening Ski Tour Canada with a skate sprint in Gatineau, Quebec (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I unfortunately ended the first day in my quarterfinal after getting tangled with Hanna Falk from Sweden. I raced as hard as I could to catch back up to the pack after the crash but couldn't regain contact. (Toko US photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luckily some of my teammates found more success and Jessie and Simi both ended the day on the podium! (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We raced in a park near the center of the city which was a cool back drop but unfortunately the course was too narrow for a mass start race. There was a big pile up a few hundred meters into the race and I went down again for my second fall in two days. When I got back up I realized that the front of my ski was broken in half! By the time I got a new ski I was in the back and spent the rest of the race fighting my way back up into the pack! (Toko US photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I finished the race skiing with my Craftsbury teammate Kaitlynn Miller who had an incredible winter of fast racing and was competing in her first ever World Cups in Ski Tour Canada! It was really fun to ski with her and sprint to the line together. (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beginning of the Tour was so busy that despite going to three different cities in Quebec there was very little time for sightseeing. The third day was an off day and Noah and I explored Quebec City on a morning jog. (Noah Hoffman photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Montreal and Quebec City were snowy and cold and it was the most natural snow I had raced on all winter! Here is Noah with the St. Lawrence River behind him.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Racing in Eastern Canada and so close to home was a highlight of the winter for me because I was able to share the experience with so many friends and family. There were so many familiar faces lining the trails and the cheering rivalled Scandinavian World Cups in my opinion but maybe I'm just biased ;) (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good luck hugs from Mae</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And my cousin Abby and her family visiting from New Brunswick</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And more sprint racing on a very fun course that circled in front of the Parliament building, along the walls of the fort and across the Plains of Abraham </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had a really good sprint in Quebec but just missed a lucky loser time in a fast heat and the opportunity to advance farther along that day. (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the sprint it was on to skate distance racing. This is normally not my favorite race but I had a blast racing in a big pack until someone stepped on my pole and broke it on the last lap at which point I had to put my head down and hammer to the finish alone. (Reese Brown/SIA photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After Quebec we were halfway through the Tour and the fatigue from the racing and travel was building up. For recovery we did massage, stretching, ice baths, and short jogs every day which made for a busy schedule of racing and recovery. Ana, Meg, and Steph kept our muscles going with wonderful massage and physical therapy work. Thank you ladies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another huge thank you to our incredible wax staff that were up early and working late every day preparing fast boards! I work with Tim Baucom who got sick during the Tour but kept working just with a buff over his face to prevent anyone else from getting his germs! (Reese Brown/SIA photo)<br /></td></tr>
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After the Quebec City races we travelled across Canada to Alberta for the last four races. We left the city racing for the mountains of Canmore and the cold and wintery eastern conditions for hot sunshine in the west! The last four races were really hard but great experiences. I struggled with the altitude and the heat and did not find the results I was looking for in all of the races but there were still many highlights like a fast classic sprint qualifier and some exciting pack skiing in the distance races. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Classic sprinting on an awesome but very challenging and long sprint course which was made extra tough for the heats when the conditions turned to slop. This sprint was the last of the winter and I finished the World Cup season ranked in the top 25.</td></tr>
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I usually try not to have dramatic finish line displays but for the last race I couldn't help it and I laid in the snow for quite a long time, trying to cool my body off from the hot racing and lacking any energy to make it one step farther. I was in the most exhausted state I have ever experienced. The last race was more of the toughest races I have ever finished with big hills at altitude, a tired body, and some heat exhaustion on top but the feeling of satisfaction I felt lying in the finish area was like none other. It was a new level of tiredness that I could not have begun to fathom was possible. Fortunately with extreme exhaustion soon came a boost of endorphins like none other. After a few nights of 11+ hours of sleep and a couple days of moving as little as possible and eating and napping as much as I could, I am so thankful for the experience and excited for another World Cup Tour in the future! But first, the SuperTour finals and Distance Nationals at home in Craftsbury!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A visit to the Madshus factory in Biri which was really interesting to see the inner workings and the magic behind the ski production. It was also great to meet the rest of the Madshus team.</td></tr>
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Ida Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839377606711280970noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295328691651339347.post-27967047354146971772016-01-24T13:26:00.000-08:002016-01-24T13:31:46.395-08:00An inspiring start to 2016!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Late January and early February is an easy point in the winter to get bogged down and feel a mid- winter lull. The excitement of the beginning of the season has worn off and you can't even get jazzed up listening to Christmas music anymore. The sunny anticipation of springtime hasn't hit yet either brining it's own excitement. For those of us living out of duffel bags in Europe, it's that time when you get really sick of all the tshirts you have and you would give anything to be able to put your entire bag into a big washing machine rather than doing anymore sink launday. This is normally the time when I feel the homesick vibes or mid winter blues. But luckily, this is not the case this year! I'm feeling more energized and fired up than ever before. Maybe it's just because I spent the day spent watching my teammates finish second in a 4x5km relay, followed by an OD ski getting lost on the hundreds of kilometers of trails in Sjusjoen, Norway finishing it with a hearty dinner of salmon and potatoes. But it's not just today that has left me feeling inspired! 2016 has taken off to a great start and I feel so grateful to be working hard chasing my goals and surrounded by many of favorite people!<br />
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Here's a brief catch up of the past month. January began with the Tour de Ski, 8 races at 4 venues in 3 countries! I only raced the first five races of the Tour but it was an exhausting and fun series for me including two top 20 finishes, one broken ski, about 35km of racing, and watching two of my teammates win World Cups! Sophie and Jessie are following in Kikkan's footsteps and proving to us all that with hard work and belief our goals are achievable!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fog rising at the start of the Tour de Ski in Lenzerheide</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Jessie does it a few days later!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finishing my Tour with a broken ski and a creative javelin ski handoff from Jason Cork.</td></tr>
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After I finished racing in the Tour, I stayed in Toblach, Italy for about a week with the other sprinters. The Dolomites are an amazing area to explore! There wasn't much natural snow but a local marathon coincided with our stay and the organizers laid out about 50km of manmade snow for the event so we had plenty of trails to ski!<br />
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From Toblach we travelled to Planica, Slovenia for a sprint weekend including an individual sprint and team sprint. I did not pace the course well in the individual sprint and was disappointed with my race after fading in the final meters. But luckily I got another chance the next day in the team sprint. I was motivated by my racing the day before and planned my attacks to move up in each round on Sunday in the same area where I had struggled on Saturday. I was excited to race with Sophie and to have another opportunity to ski my heart out on a challenging but fun course! An added bonus of the Slovenia weekend was having Eben, Natalie, and Pat there cheering! I feel so lucky to have such supportive friends and family!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Training the day before the race with Erika, Sophie, and Chelsea. Planica was one of the most beautiful venues I have ever skied in surrounded by the sharp peaks. The trails were also very fun and challenging to race!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soph and I jumping for joy after our 5th place team sprint finish!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Despite a low snow year in Slovenia they still skied this couloir shown to the left of the peak on the day after the races! I can go fast on skinny skis but I think he's the best skier in the family.</td></tr>
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From Slovenia, I headed to Sjusjoen, Norway for some a training block before the Period 3 World Cups. With so much racing, we don't always get the opportunity to just go out and ski. But the past week I've skied A LOT, taking advantage of the endless kilometers and perfect tracks here for some long ski tours and really productive training. I'm looking forward to more racing again soon but right now I couldn't be happier to be outside skiing and following my passion!<br />
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I'm used to spending a lot of time away from home especially in the winter but it's always a little harder at this time of the year. I grew up with so many holiday traditions that can be hard to replicate on the road. Even the little things like sitting as close as possible to the wood stove first thing in the morning when the rest of our wood heated house is still a little chilly is a really special feeling. So I always dread not being at home at Christmas even if I'm doing something I love. But that said, I had a wonderful Christmas this year. I spent the ten days between the Toblach World Cup and the Tour de Ski with my teammates in Davos. We rented a really nice apartment and had a great break together cooking delicious meals, skiing, ice skating on Fluella pass under the full moon, and enjoying the sunshine. Winter hasn't really arrived yet in most of central Europe so we skied on a manmade loop in Davos but enjoyed sunny weather every single day! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the last World Cup we drove from Davos to Zurich via Innsbruck where we stopped for some groceries. It was cheaper there than in Davos so we stocked our kitchen for the week and also had a scenic drive through Innsbruck in search of a bigger grocery store.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andy, Noah, and I at the dinner table. We don't often have kitchens or the opportunity to choose what we want to eat so we took advantage of this time and had some awesome meals including burgers, curry, fajitas, mushroom risotto, pad Thai, and sushi bowls!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were just out of town at the base of the Jacobs Horn gondola so it was an easy walk to the ski trails or grocery store.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A strip of snow in green grass. There was about 8km of manmade snow in Davos. The temps were freezing at night so they were making new snow most nights and many of the trails (not this one) were shaded so the conditions held up extremely well.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas eve dinner with the Capol family is a highlight of our Swiss Christmas. Jurg Capol works for FIS and is the mastermind behind the Tour de Ski. He lives about 45 minutes from Davos with his wife and daughters and they have graciously welcomed us into their home for a wonderful meal. Jurg's wife Michaela taught herself how to cook a turkey just for us and I think her turkey's may be the best that I'v ever had!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delicious food and great company</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The moon shining on the snowy mountains on the top of Fluela pass! We ice skated on the top of the pass under the Christmas full moon!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pretty drive to Lenzerheide from Davos for interval training on the next World Cup sprint course </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost looks like VT</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from Lenzerheide. Today we drove 45 minutes from Davos to Lenzerheide for the start of the Tour de Ski.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Tour de Ski starts here this weekend! The entire tour is eight races in ten days in three countries! I'm only planning to race the first five or six races and then will stop in order to recover for the following World Cup weekend in Slovenia.</td></tr>
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Ida Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839377606711280970noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295328691651339347.post-44020324044774387292015-12-23T08:55:00.003-08:002015-12-23T08:55:55.553-08:00Sprint Racing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Sprint racing can be incredibly fun but it also can be incredibly frustrating. Sometimes it seems like tactics and speed happen effortlessly while other times it feels like this weird combination of being frantically stuck, spinning your wheels without making progress. My last couple sprints have felt more like that latter. I've finished sixth in both my quarterfinals and I've crossed the finish line wanting just a little more or feeling like I had more to give. In a longer race there is always enough distance and time to give your all and leave everything out on the course which isn't always the case in sprinting. Sprints are fast and exciting but leave less margin for error and sometimes they are over before you're ready. The competition is tight on the World Cup and often times first through 30th place are within five seconds of or less of each other in qualifying. Cruising through quarterfinals and semifinals doesn't happen and it's game on from the minute the gun is fired.<br />
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Two weekends ago we raced at altitude in Davos, Switzerland. My legs did not recover from the morning's qualification quite like I had hoped and going over the last hill in my heat my legs flooded and I felt like I was barely able to stand up much less ski well for the last few hundred meters. This past weekend racing in Toblach, Italy, I felt like I had the opposite problem when my legs felt great but my tactics on the last couple corners were less than stellar. So I was eliminated each day sooner than I had hoped. I left the race course wishing for a do over button but I held on tightly to valuable lessons and experience from each day which I will use in a future sprint. Part of the process is simply standing up to the plate with a bat in a hand and ready to swing with all your might. With enough tries you will connect and be the one who finds the opening through the pack, has an ounce of extra punch over the top of a hill, or blazes down the finishing lanes in the lead. Racing may be over for 2015 but I'll be back at it in 2016 fired up for more races and new opportunities. <br />
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Here are a few pictures from Davos and Toblach. Happy holidays to all!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Caitlin decorated my drink belt!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Our awesome wax staff also happens to play together in a band! Here are JP, Jessie, Andy, Tim, and Andrew playing a little concert for us at the Hotel Kulm in Davos.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Mountains grass and some mamade snow in the stadium in Toblach. The race course climbs up and over the roof of building with the flags on the right of this photo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Evening jog with the ladies on a night before one of the races. Mama Kikkan came to visit us for the past two weeks!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Some of the hard core Italian fans coming out to cheer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">PODIUM! Simi skied so smoothly and powerfully, making the amazing result look easy! I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot more of these results from him this winter!</td></tr>
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Ida Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839377606711280970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295328691651339347.post-20112898188937329872015-12-03T06:00:00.001-08:002015-12-03T06:00:09.987-08:00And the World Cup begins!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The 2015-16 race season season has begun! The World Cup circuit opened last weekend with a mini-tour of races in Ruka, Finland. I've raced in Ruka many times before and love the steep uphills and fast downhills on the course. I was pretty nervous though before this year and wasn't sure what to expect after having gotten sick in Gallivare. My cold lingered for quite awhile and I didn't feel any improvements until the day before the first race. Even then, I skied around the courses and tried to do some easy intensity to warm up my body but just felt flat and slow. Simply skiing up the hills slowly felt extremely tiring and I won't even try to explain what skiing faster felt like. I tried to tell myself that I was at least very well rested but it was difficult when basically every skier on the World Cup zoomed by me as if I was in slow motion. The warmup for the race wasn't that much better but with each new warmup interval, qualifier, or heat, I gave myself a fresh start and a new focus. I barely squeaked into the top 30 in 30th but then felt better and better with each heat and I had so much fun racing head to head again with the best women in the world. It's a very inspiring feeling to fight for every inch the entire length of the course. I ultimately just missed the final, finishing just tenths of a second back in third place in my semifinal which put me in 7th place overall. Last year I finished fifth in this race but I felt stronger and faster this year, a reminder that the results list doesn't show everything. The rest of the weekend included more fast and hard racing up the steep hills of Ruka with some solid results all around for the team. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Classic sprinting! <br />
(Noah Hoffman photo from <a href="http://www.noahhoffman.com/" target="_blank">www.noahhoffman.com</a>) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite Finnish meal of mashed potatoes, sauteed reindeer and lingonberry jam. The picture doesn't really do it justice but it's super delicious and was the perfect way to refuel in the middle of the mini-Tour</td></tr>
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The day before the races started, I gathered with my fellow competitors from many different countries to show support for the UN Climate Conference which is taking place this week in France. The effects of climate change are very visible to a winter sport athlete. While we are all responsible for making responsible and sustainable decisions I hope that change will occur at COP21 that will reduce the harmful effects of climate change. For more information check out this article <a href="http://www.fis-ski.com/cross-country/news-multimedia/news/article=international-athletes-want-action-cop21.html" target="_blank">http://www.fis-ski.com/cross-country/news-multimedia/news/article=international-athletes-want-action-cop21.html</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Athletes uniting in the stadium</td></tr>
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From Ruka we travelled to Lillehammer, Norway via two bus rides and two flights. After a couple weeks of darkness, we finally found the sun! Lillehammer is still quite far north relative to home but compared to Gallivare and Ruka there is so much light! There is only a short man made loop in Lillehammer for the races which is extremely challenging with literally no flat outside of the stadium. It's a great place to do intervals but for longer distance workouts we've been skiing in Sjusjoen and Nordsetter where the terrain is a little easier and the conditions have been wonderful! I forgot my camera the first day but I went for an awesome ski with Noah Hoffman and Brayton Osgood in Sjusjoen who were both more prepared (Brayt even brought chocolate) and took the following photos.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue sky! (Brayton Osgood photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And SUN!</td></tr>
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Happy December! Yesterday afternoon we walked around town and checked out the Christmas decorations! Jessie and I are rooming together this week and have found our holiday spirit blasting the Christmas carols. This weekend the races are 15/30km Skiathlon and a 4x5km relay.<br />
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Ida Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839377606711280970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295328691651339347.post-71988426934019028922015-11-21T11:47:00.001-08:002015-11-21T11:47:19.602-08:00Resting up in Gallivare<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The race season officially started for our team today in Gallivare, Sweden. I had been looking forward to this date for quite some time and it was hard to mask my disappointment and frustration this morning when I woke up sick with a sore throat. There wasn't anything I would rather have done than put on my new stars and stripes race suit with a bib on top and hammer til my lungs burned. It didn't seem fair that I got the achy lungs without the satisfaction of a hard effort. I longingly looked out over the fresh snow which had fallen over the last several days and settled into perfect ski conditions. As a ski racer, everything seems to revolve around the delicate balance of staying healthy. Colds or other bugs which would be minor to most quickly turn devastating to Nordic skiers. My mind started to wander toward the what ifs and worries from missing races and training. So I spent the day coming up with ways to stay busy and happy in a lonely European hotel room far from home. Here's a list of some of my top activities from the day<br />
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<li>Organizing my email inbox</li>
<li>Reading Shantaram, a 946 page novel that I highly recommend</li>
<li>Coloring in a coloring book- surprisingly soothing and healing</li>
<li>Seeing how slowly I can chew raw garlic</li>
<li>Drinking cup after cup of tea</li>
<li>Researching online graduate school classes</li>
<li>Short walks</li>
<li>Yoga </li>
<li>And of course.... blogging!</li>
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I have my fingers crossed for a fast recovery so I can be back on the ski trails soon! Here are some pictures of Gallivare from earlier in the week and from a walk earlier today.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Skiing! So much fun to be back on snow in winter and can't wait to get out there again!<br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Hellner Stadium in Gallivare on a snowy day! Swedish skier and Olympic Champion Marcus Hellner lives and trains in Gallivare</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My room at home :) My parents put a new mattress in my bedroom at home and sent me the picture of my room which stirred up some strong feelings of homesickness. Time to focus on the good adventures ahead!</td></tr>
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Ida Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839377606711280970noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295328691651339347.post-66443915302531562162015-11-17T11:13:00.002-08:002015-11-19T08:01:38.130-08:00Training training training- Long overdue update from the last month!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
As I sit down to write this blog and scan through pictures, I'm realizing how much has happened since my last update. The dryland season finished with a big altitude training camp in Park City and then some high intensity workouts at home to prepare for the race season. There is more hard training ahead but it feels good to know that I've done a lot of quality training and I'm feeling good as I count down the days until the start of the season. The really fun part of this job is about to begin!<br />
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But first here are some pictures from training over the last month or more.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We started the training camp with a lot of volume training to take advantage of the high altitude and lack of oxygen in Park City. The mountains in the area are perfect for lots of adventures like this 3.5 hour run/hike we did on the Crest trail which was at almost 10,000ft. (Caitlin Patterson photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we turned up the heat at the end of the camp and finished with a 3 day mini-tour Soldier Hollow. It was great practice to prepare for Tour racing this winter and hammering up the big hills of the 2002 Olympic courses at SoHo is about as hard as it gets! (Tom Kelly/USSA photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I returned home after Park City to some chilly and grey November days. It's not the prettiest time in VT but I love shuffling through the leaves! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But then Indian Summer arrived and I got one last dose of the sun before travelling to northern Scandinavia. Pat and I hiked Mt. Mansfield on a beautiful day and had the amazing summit panoramas of VT and the Adirondacks all to ourselves.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In years past, I've skied on natural snow on the Notch Road in Stowe during early November but today we were on the top of VT in shorts which was a bit of a scary reminder of the effects of climate change.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We did find a little bit of snow though and you can see Pat pointing out a few flakes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then after driving a few hours north we found a lot more snow! I travelled with my Craftsbury GRP teammates to Foret Montmerency for a short training camp on the snow which was a nice break from rollerskis. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Foret Montmerency saved snow from last winter, insulating large piles with sawdust over the summer which they then spread out over 2.5km of trail at the beginning of November. It was surprisingly good skiing and well worth the trip!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Mountain Creamery will be my headgear sponsor again this winter. If you haven't tried their yogurt yet, DO IT! The maple is my favorite but all of flavors are really good!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Packing disaster! I will be in Europe for almost four months continuously this year so packing is quite the ordeal! I somehow managed to fit it all into one ski bag and a duffel bag and neither of them were overweight!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the road and back to winter! We are starting the season this year in Gallivare, Sweden, north of the Arctic Circle! There is not much daylight here at this time of the year but lots of snow and great skiing.</td></tr>
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Ida Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839377606711280970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295328691651339347.post-62389750850793950382015-10-19T20:17:00.001-07:002015-10-20T12:08:40.925-07:00Leaf peepin'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Once again I have fallen behind with updating my blog of recent adventures. Summer seemed wonderfully endless and then almost overnight the foliage popped and the leaves changed from green with a few rusty earth tones mixed in to vibrant red, yellow, and orange. This is perhaps my favorite time of the year when the nights get colder, leaves swirl down in the breeze, post workout swimming becomes a chillier challenge and overall the anticipation of the upcoming season heightens. It's also the time of year when the training intensity rises with more hard intervals on the schedule. Morning workouts included hard bounding intervals and rollerski time trials. With races closer on the horizon, we become familiar with the pain cave as the colder air burns through lungs and energizes the screaming and lactate filled muscles. I was happy to spend over three weeks after our Ramsau training camp in Vermont, enjoying the hard work at home surrounded by beautiful fall foliage.<br />
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I don't have many training photos of the past few weeks but here are some leaf peeping foliage shots thanks to my mom!</div>
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While I was pretty busy with training, I also had time to visit a few of my old school stomping grounds. I returned to Burke Mountain Academy for a day to help coach at a Fall Nordic Camp that BMA coach, Kate Barton organized. We did some agility on rollerskis in a school parking lot and I was very impressed with how well everyone was skiing. I didn't have the confidence to attempt a 180 on rollerskis as a high schooler, much less a 7th or 8th grader! After rollerskiing we returned to campus in time for brunch which brought back great memories of my time as a Burkie!</div>
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October 7th was International Walk to School Day so I returned to my old elementary school with the Safe Routes to School program. I read <i>Clifford Takes a Walk</i> to kindergarten and first grade students and discussed rules for walking to school safely. My mom was a school librarian so I tried to channel her nurturing voice as I read to the kids but mostly I was amazed by their energy!</div>
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A huge and very exciting change for me this fall is a switch to Madshus skis and boots. I started testing Madshus product this summer on rollerskis and then skiing in Austria and I was blown away by the feel of the skis and boots. The skis were fast and responsive and very fun to ski on and the control of the boots is great. I'm looking forward to being part of an extremely welcoming Team Madshus and it makes me even more excited for the winter! For more information, check out this article <a href="http://news.madshus.com/2015/10/01/us-ski-team-athlete-ida-sargent-joins-team-madshus/" target="_blank">http://news.madshus.com/2015/10/01/us-ski-team-athlete-ida-sargent-joins-team-madshus/</a><br />
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Finally, fall also brings the Drive for 25, a fundraiser for the National Nordic Foundation, a grassroots organization that funds XC skiing development. The money raised in this drive supports the Nordic pipeline in our country funding World Juniors, U23 World Champs, OPA Cup trips, and B-team World Cup skiers. Please donate on my fundraising page and support our future skiers! Check out this link for more information<br />
<a href="https://support.nationalnordicfoundation.org/fundraise?fcid=529218" target="_blank">https://support.nationalnordicfoundation.org/fundraise?fcid=529218</a></div>
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Ida Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839377606711280970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295328691651339347.post-69684663023600907742015-09-26T12:45:00.001-07:002015-09-26T12:50:09.169-07:00Ramsau Training Camp<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
At the beginning of September I travelled with my Craftsbury Green Racing Project teammates to Ramsau, Austria for a training camp on the Dachstein glacier. Last year we had a camp there at the same time and had incredible skiing conditions with everything from extra blue midwinter hardwax skiings to the more common sunny summer glacier skiing in t-shirts. There was a 8-9km loop groomed on the glacier every morning and it couldn't have been more perfect! This year as we packed to leave VT, we heard rumors of a melting glacier and questionable ski conditions. With plane tickets, rental tickets and lodging already booked so we set out for the airport with fingers crossed for colder temps and new snow. And the weather gods came through and our timing and we lucked out with a big snowstorm hitting the glacier just as we arrived in Austria. We waited out the storm with dryland training in town for the first couple days and then the next morning we set out early for the first tram up to the glacier. It's about a 5 minute tram ride that rises about 1000meters up into the mountains. We were surprised with very fast and firm conditions. The loop was shorter than last year with only 3-4km of switchbacks but the skiing was excellent! Each switchback also ended with a very fast 180degree turn so it was an incredible opportunity to practice corning! <br />
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We had a little over a week of excellent ski conditions but each day the weather was a little warmer and a little sunnier. Since there wasn't that much snow to begin with, the skiing didn't ever turn to sloppy slush as is common with glacier skiing but each day the snow looked a little dirtier and the glacier ice underneath the snow seemed closer and closer. The last day we went up it was very warm and as we skied puddles started forming on the trails and by the end it started to resemble water skiing in parts. The temperature was hot for the rest of the day and the rest of the snow melted that afternoon. When we looked at the webcam the next morning we saw blue ice where we had skied the day before. The Russian team went up just to check it out but didn't even finish a lap before they decided it was unskiable. A low snow year and a warm winter created an obviously horrible combination and the difference between this year and last year was incredibly scary. The Dachstein glacier is a very famous and popular summer ski location for Nordic skiers but it was terrifying to see it in that state.</div>
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We didn't ski again for the last four or five days of the camp. The weather remained hot and sunny which was perfect for dryland training but not for reforming the snow pack. Despite our original intentions of skiing, all of the training in Ramsau is amazing. We went for many long runs and hikes in the mountains. There are hiking trails all over town including through our front yard and the trails quickly ascend into beautiful mountain landscapes. There is also an awesome rollerski track in town with huge uphills and fast curvy downhills. Front the top of the hills the descent looks terrifying. Trees even fifteen feet off the trail are covered in pads! But the track is very well designed and the corners are banked perfectly so just letting your skis go its easy to carve through the turns. We also rollerskied up the mountain passes for some serious elevation training. One day I climbed over 3000ft in less than an hour and a half and another day I think I had close to 3000' of elevation gain in a double pole workout!</div>
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It was hard to leave such an incredible place but luckily the start of fall in Vermont is really nice too!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heather, Em, and Alex watching the clouds clear off the glacier. There was a huge downhill down from the tram house to the trails which then became a tiring ascent back up at the end of the workout.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The town square in Hallstat with lots of open air cafes, flower boxes, and tourists like ourselves</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pair tree growing on the side of a house that was lush with delicious looking pears but unfortunately all of the low hanging fruit had been picked so I couldn't sample.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Girls at the base of the tram after an afternoon rollerski uphill climb (Pepa photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This picture almost looks fake but I swear it wasn't staged at all! Liz is running along the top of Sinabell Mountain at 2350 meters.</td></tr>
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Happy Labor Day! I celebrated in perfect style today by going for a ski! I'm currently in Ramsau, Austria with my Craftsbury Green Racing Project teammates. The weekend's snowstorm settled and we were greeted with fresh powder on the Dachstein glacier for the first ski of our training camp. Despite the wind ripping across the glacier creating a fast tailwind in one direction and a brutal head wind in the other, it was so much fun to be sliding across the snow, enjoying the best part of the job.<br />
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Labor day also traditionally marks the end of summer so as I put on my ski tights, jacket, gloves, hat, and buff this morning, I quietly bid adieu to a great summer. The season seemed to get a late start this year with a very cold and rainy June followed by spending most of July in winter in the southern hemisphere. But when I returned from New Zealand, I walked off the plane into a wall of Eastern heat and humidity and I couldn't have been happier!<br />
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Summertime at home in Vermont is my perhaps my favorite time of the year. I quickly made a goal to swim every day until I left for Austria, a task that proved not much of a challenge. The Craftsbury Outdoor Center is located on Big Hosmer Pond, making it easy to jump in and cool off after steamy training sessions. I live in a cottage on Little Hosmer and frequently went for a quick swim in the evening before bed. My parents live near Lake Willoughby and there is a big pond in the woods behind our house so it was always easy to find swimming locations when I was home in Barton. I love the feeling of floating in the water for a long time, cooling my body temperature off after sweating like crazy in a hot training session.<br />
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Another reason I adore summer is the plethora of fresh fruit and vegetables, (of course interspersed with maple creemees galore!) The payback for the hours spent planting, weeding, and preparing in the garden, hits hard in August. We were over our heads with summer squash, zucchini, basil, kale, and cucumbers. Every morning I started my day topping my yogurt and granola with fresh blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries. Corn on the cob was ready to go before left Vermont. And despite a late season tomato blight, we were still picking ripe cherry tomatoes off the vine and eating them like candy.<br />
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Finally, the past month has been a great opportunity to spend time outside at home with friends and family. Eben came home for a week early in the month and then Elsa and Linden were in Vermont a few weeks later. Alice Nelson, a friend from my days at Burke visited for a wonderful weekend of catching up. And after spoiling myself with a new mountain bike, Pat and I have been been exploring lots of new singletrack around Vermont. <br />
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Here are some pictures from the past month. Check back soon for more Austria updates.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family picture on the summit of Mt. Mansfield after the Race to the Top of Vermont. This 4.3 mile race climbs up the toll road on Mansfield and has turned into an annual summertime sufferfest for me This year Linden and Elsa finished their vacation travels with the race, Dad hiked up to cheer, and I was psyched with running a fast time up the mountain. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We built lots of fun new singletrack at Craftsbury this summer that I recommend everyone check out! Here I am riding with Sheldon and Ollie on "Woodward's Wheelie." </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooling off in the river after hard rollerski intervals.</td></tr>
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Ida Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839377606711280970noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295328691651339347.post-29339648735145807572015-07-27T07:22:00.002-07:002015-07-27T07:23:37.021-07:00More New Zealand photos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm back in Vermont now adjusting to the 16 hour time change, remembering what it feels like to sweat in humid weather, eating delicious veggies and berries from the garden, and swimming several times a day. But before I get fully settled into summer, here are a few more photos from winter training camp in the Southern hemisphere.</div>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;">On an off day we drove to Queenstown but a snowy morning made for a long drive and with many a few stops to chain up along the way.</dd></dl>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;">The view from the beach in Queenstown.</dd></dl>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;">Classic striding from afar (Bernie Gardner photo)</dd></dl>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;">Anouk and I working on classic technique with some no pole striding. (Bernie Gardner photo)</dd></dl>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;">An ominous cloud bank rolls in over the lodge. The exposed landscape at the Snow Farm made the sunny days incredible and the stormy days as intensely extraordinary. We were lucky and timed both of our off days with the storms, escaping skiing through the extreme whiteouts and howling winds. (Bernie Gardner photo)</dd></dl>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;">Clear skies and fresh corduroy for a late afternoon ski. We couldn't have been any luckier with the snow conditions an finished the camp with more powdery fresh snow. (Jessie Diggins photo)</dd></dl>
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There's an old saying the XC skiers are made in the summer. But sometimes, it's best to find winter in summer. Rollerskiing is great but it's not skiing and the time spent on snow, working on technique and logging quality kilometers is invaluable. Every time I start skiing after a few months break, I'm amazed by how awkward, long, and slippery my skis feel. Little stabilizing muscles immediately scream out after being dormant and unused on the stable and firm pavement. The classic rollerski ratchets are gone and it's time to remember how to make wax work again. And of course there is always the pure enjoyment and love of skiing, the blissful feeling of a ski gliding along the snow. For the past few years the US Ski Team has traveled to Alaska in July for some glacier skiing. This year we decided to go to actual winter and so we made the longer southern journey down under to find it. I quickly lost track of the hours spent traveling, especially when we crossed the international date line and jumped into tomorrow. But many many hours later we arrived on New Zealand's South island and all the hours on the plane were immediately worth it. I'm also a competent plane sleeper and was in snooze mode for over eight hours of the twelve hour flight from San Francisco to Aukland, so I arrived relatively fresh and was ready to ski!</div>
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We flew into Queenstown, New Zealand and then drove up into the mountains to the Snow Farm, New Zealand's only Nordic ski area. The lodge, where we are living for the camp, is 14 kilometers up a road that serves as a rally race course in the summer time. The switchbacks can be treacherous, especially for those susceptible to car sickness but at the top the landscape opens into an unreal panorama of white rolling hills backed by views of the larger Southern Alps. Apparently it is the best snow year in over a decade so the skiing has been incredible with over 30 kilometers of trails open. The first week was cold and clear and we had a long string of extra blue conditions. Then a front came in with some warmer temps bringing klister conditions for a couple days but the warmer weather was followed by more snow so we should finish the camp off with more hardwax skiing. We live directly on the trails which creates the perfect training environment conducive to large amounts of skiing, eating, and sleeping and not much else. Most days we spend over four hours skiing and logging lots of easy distance. The altitude here is only 5000' which isn't too high compared to many summer skiing destinations so we have a couple time trials and interval sessions built into the training plan each week. There is a small gym up here too but we usually drive into Wanaka, the nearest town, a couple times a week to go for a run and hit up a larger gym. On our off days we've had time to get off the mountain and explore the local area but with this much training it isn't possible unfortunately to head off on any bigger adventures or sightseeing trips. We have four more days of training left here before debarking on the big journey back in time and north to summer. How's that for confusing?</div>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt" style="-webkit-user-drag: none;"><a data-mce-href="http://greenracingproject.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/unnamed-13.jpg" href="http://greenracingproject.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/unnamed-13.jpg" style="-webkit-user-drag: none;"><img alt="New Zealand from the air! After so many hours of travel, these views were an energizing start to the trip." class="size-full wp-image-7136" data-mce-src="http://greenracingproject.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/unnamed-13.jpg" height="428" src="http://greenracingproject.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/unnamed-13.jpg" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="428" /></a></dt>
<dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;">New Zealand from the air! After so many hours of travel, these views were an energizing start to the trip.</dd></dl>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;">The girls enjoying a sunset ski at the Bob Lee hut. Anouk Favre-PIcon from the French National team (far left) joined our team for the camp which has been awesome! Her English has made huge improvements and I've tried to speak a little French as well. (Chris Grover photo)</dd></dl>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;">Here is the view from my bedroom room. We're lucky to have such great training just out the door. It's just like Craftsbury in the winter time with great skiing, eating, and living, except with a few less trees.</dd></dl>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;">It was a shock to go from lots of summer daylight to midwinter darkness. Now instead of waking up with the sun streaming through the windows, it's still dark when I get up but the bonus is lots of incredible breakfast sunrises like this one here.</dd></dl>
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You know it's been a successful training camp when lying on hard pavement feels this good! We had places to be and things to do but after a hard set of double poling intervals with the sun finally out, nobody felt like moving!<br />
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I'm on my way home now to Vermont after finishing the first training camp of the year in Park City with my USST teammates. Due to a horrible snow year in the Pacific Northwest, our annual on snow camp in Bend, Oregon was moved to Park City, Utah for dryland training at altitude. Formal training for year starts on May 1st and the beginning period is always a tough transition with lots of sore muscles and out of shape feelings after the off-season. And this year, after an extended recovery for a concussion, these feelings were extra strong as I returned to training. Having a training camp with the team, though, was exactly what I need to find the motivation to get the ball rolling again, push through the sore muscles that laid dormant through April, and build the foundation for next season. Having teammates and coaches together made a huge difference as we finished our first four hour OD workout of the year in the rain, hung on to the back of the treadmill for a few more seconds at the end of a VO2max test, skated uphill to our condos at 8200' at the end of a long ski, fought for one more pullup in the gym, or hammered out L4 double intervals. I am 100% healthy again and feeling more and more of my normal self and fitness return with each run, rollerski, or strength session! I'm looking forward to returning to Craftsbury now for some sea level training with my GRP teammates, summer weather, cottage time, and of course Craftsbury Outdoor Center dining hall meals!<div>
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