Head-to-Head Sprint Work
Karl Nygren
From the beautiful north woods lakeshore setting of Cresthill Resort to parking lots and suburb roads of Minneapolis training rolls on. After a great camp up in Hayward the past week and a half a couple of us got together today for a really high quality sprint workout. With fall weather in the air training is becoming more race specific. We have been incorporating many short sprints into workouts and some sprint specific workouts to develop some speed.
We have been mixing it up quite a bit to take advantage of all scenarios we might find ourselves in during races. We practiced some starts head-to-head in a large vacant parking lot and then V1 up a nice kicker.
I find it really helpful to always have a technique focus every time I get out and ski. Lately, I have been really trying to get my hips tucked up and forward while skate. I have always known they should be forward so my weight is not back but lately I have been trying to get them even further forward so I maintain a better body position. Technique improvement are always endless so before heading out training decide what nuance of technique you are going to improve.
