The “Fall Crunch”
By Santi Ocariz
On the last day of camp vacation out in Utah several of us had the opportunity to accompany fellow friend and ski enthusiast Dave Knoop on a Nordic Dave adventure. This was the last hurrah for camp out in Utah and a great time to fulfill the need for summer adventure. Dave, Waylon, Carolyn, Jennie, and I hiked into the mountains surrounding Salt Lake City and fulfilled our desire to get some scrambling style mountain climbing in.
The mountain from a distance
Waylon striking a pose at the top
Dave and Waylon at the top
The awesome day was just the refresher needed before returning to the Midwest for the “fall crunch” as I like to call it. Mid October/Early November presents the largest training volumes of the year in accompaniment with work, ski and race preparations, family visits, ski clinics, working at Super Fit clinics around the Midwest, and of course some random fun activities.
Getting together with the family to cheer for my sisters and their team at the sectional cross country meet.
Halloween fun! (yes we went trick-or-treating)
The really exciting part of the “fall crunch” is the anticipation that there are just a few more weeks left until the race season begins!
