A few photos from last Saturday’s F’banks Town Race Opener. With the near -20 temps, the goal of the day for most everyone was just to ski no faster than breathing through a neck warmer, balaclava or face mask would allow. Despite the cold, conditions were fairly fast, so many folks chose to skate the freestyle race.
This is actually old news but its been a busy stretch and I haven’t gotten around to putting up these pictures. Thanks to Goldstream Sports for putting on the Trike Race for team night.
Kipp and Helen were the fastest athletes on the trikes
Nick F going by in a blur
Pete getting into it
Wipe out!
Here are a bunch of pictures from my camera
Joe's Halloween hair
Early morning intervals
The view from the back of the pack
Best Movie Ever: Actually its pretty bad…
The Scene on Halloween
It has been an impressive transformation over the past couple of years as the athletes in the Comp Team have gotten significantly stronger from when FXC was in its infancy. I guess that’s what happens. It is really nice as a coach to just be able to sit back, watch and be impressed from time to time. It is probably also an indication to reexamine what we’re doing and see if there are other areas we need to focus.
We didn't have anyone who could do five muscle-ups back in the early days...
Strength Face...
...equals effort...
...turns into strength
Right now we are working on changing all the strength work from the summer and fall into strength on skis. That means more motions that mimic skiing and a lot of faster movements in the strength room. Oh, and a bunch of skiing and specific strength too (lest we forget what we’re really after).
Nick's DP Pull-down machine is becoming a great asset
And a great way to work one-on-one on developing good mechanics
Weighted squat jump
V-Sit throw
V-sit Throw 2
