Hayward Camp
By: Eric Wolcott
Currently the CXC elite crew is holding camp at Crest Hill Resort in Hayward, Wi. For most members of the team this morning’s three and a half hour over distance skate ski was the icing on the cake for one of the hardest intensity and highest volume training weeks of the summer. Along with the skate OD, the camp has been highlighted by a few tough interval sessions
Thursday morning the team headed to Telemark Resort in Cable, Wi. for some threshold ski walking intervals and shorter, harder bounding intervals. After a summers worth of threshold intervals, it is always sweet to fire up the engines on high intensity bounding repeats. All of the crew meant business during the session and by the end of the workout everyone was feeling good about their efforts.
The boys doing work
After a specific strength session and recovery ski the team cranked up the intensity again on Saturday morning and held a mock classic sprint. The workout consisted of four rounds taking place on a rolling 1.2 km course. Although there was no elimination involved the workout was an excellent way to simulate a real sprint event and compare individual times.
