We continue looking through the training log for the 2019-2020 ski season to give you an in depth look at what it was like. If you want to see the overall numbers and data, you can below:
Week 5
Sunday – AM – 1hr45 min CL ski along the Mining Roads – deep snow
PM – 1.5 CL/DP on Mining Roads
Monday
AM – 1hr 45 min skate with 10x2min L4 intervals at Breck Nordic > short break to look at ski swap skis > 2hr classic ski
Tuesday
AM – Off
PM – 1.5 hr Classic at Beaver Lakes
Wednesday
AM – 1 h 45 min classic at Beaver Lakes + 20 minutes of core
PM 1.5 skate at Mineral Belt – tired afterwards
Thursday
AM – 2 hr skate – great workout on Pisten Bully groomed Mineral Belt
PM – 1 hr 45 Classic ski on Mineral Belt – skied with Christie for parts
Friday
Am – 1 hr 45 Classic + 45 skate @ Mineral Belt
PM – 2+ hours of shoveling on driveway
Saturday
Am – cold, windy, blustery, ungroomed at Mineral Belt; Went up and down steep hill by 8 mile mark 7-8x. Kind of hard and tiring (1.5 hr classic total)
PM – 1.5 hr of double poling on Beaver Lakes (steep) roads
Totals – Ski – 22 hours; Lifting – 1 hour
Up to this point, all of my classic workouts have still been on my 20 dollar, fish scale skis I bought right before winter from a very old man who lived in Leadville. They are 208 cm skis, super heavy, and the fishscales are pretty much worn out. They’ve been great for double pole workouts along the mining roads and the Beaver Lake driveway/roads. I don’t worry too much if I skid on a rock coming down (other than occasionally having to fly spread eagle into the dirt). At Breck, I was hoping to find a good waxable classic ski. I spent a ton of time looking at everything and thinking about it, but didn’t pull the trigger except to spend 60 bucks on a pair of Atomic waxless skis! My pull there is that they were so much better than the other pair I had, so they could actually function in super rough conditions. I went out and enjoyed skiing on them the rest of that day. It was one of those days where, since I skied a hard workout, then looked and tested skis, then skied for 2 hours, made it feel like the whole day was spent skiing! I was tired when I got back, that is for sure.
Looking back on this all, I’m surprised to remember that I actually did try to do a few specific workouts at this point in the year. For most of the winter, the stress of school and other things seemed to force the desire to build fitness in that way. Instead, I’d just go out and ski however hard I felt.
Week 6
Sunday
Am – 1.5 DP @ home + 30 min strength
PM – 1.5 Mtbike at home up and down same hill as on skis
Monday –
AM – 80 minute swim – 2 miles
PM – 1 hr. 40 min skate – some drills and short speeds. Beautiful evening
Tuesday
AM – 30 min run – way less pain – nothing after run
PM – 90 minute skate ski
Wednesday
AM – 1 hr 40 skate – CMC trails were nice – went fast and far
PM – 80 min Classic ski
Thursday
AM – 30 min run – felt about the same as on Tuesday
PM – 90 min classic ski before band concert in the evening – great conditions – could have stayed out longer.
Friday
AM – 75 skate CMC/Mineral
PM – 75 Classic CMC/Mineral
Saturday
Am – 2 hr classic ski from home
PM – 80 MTB
Totals – Ski – 13.5, Bike – 1.5, Run – 1.5, Swim – 1.5, Lifting – 0, total – 17.5
Week 7
Sunday
AM – 2 Hr CL + 1 hr lift
Monday
AM – 30 min run + 50 lift
PM – 90 Classic
tuesday
AM – 70 lift
PM – 90 Classic
Wed
AM – 90 skate
Pm -90 CL
Thursday
AM – 80 skate
PM – 70 CL
Friday
AM – 30 min run + 50 lift
PM – 2 hour CL
Saturday
AM – 2 hr CL + 3 hours of shoveling
Totals – Ski – 14.5, Lifting – 4.5, Run – 1
Total – 20
Week 8
Sunday
AM – 90 DP/Classic
PM – unable to train – shoveled driveway
Monday
AM – 30 run + 50 lift
PM – 100 min CL ski
Tuesday
AM – 35 run
PM -90 CL
Wed
AM – 1 hr 40 min CL @ CMC
PM – 80 min skate @ CMC before pep band
Thursday
AM – 30 run + 50 lift
PM – 2 hr and 10 minute skate ski at CMC – great conditions – fast and far
Friday –
AM – 35 min run
PM – 2 hr CL
Saturday –
AM – Relay Race with Christie – I did 4k of DP in about 13:30 – very cold – 2 hr Cl total in the morning
PM – 90 minute skate
Totals – Ski – 15, Lift – 2, Run – 2
Total – 19 hours
Part 3 – Christmas Break training is next!
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