Thursday, November 19, 2009

CRMS Telemark Crushes the Red Hill Time Trial!

The dryland season came to an end with the 3rd annual Red Hill Time Trial. It was a beautiful bluebird day with a winter chill in the air and snow on the north facing slopes... the perfect setting to step into the hurt locker and get fired up for the winter season.

The men's record of 20.02 was CRUSHED by 2 and 1/2 minutes this year by Luke Falcone!

On the women's front, Aisha Weinhold snuck ahead of record holder Jacklyn LaRoche to take this years women's title.

Across the board the Telemark team gave it their all and ended the dryland season in flying colors.

2009 Results:

Luke Falcone, Telemark 17:30
Max Stevens, Alpine Coach, 18:16
Gus Griffin, Nordic 18:30
Peter Madigan, Telemark 21:09
Ludwig Ragnarsson 21:52
Joy 22:53
Charlie Boyne, Telemark 23:08
Sam Kaufman, Nordic 23:28
Grady Lenkin, Telemark 23:44
Aisha Weinhold, Telemark 23:51
acqueline Larouche, Alpine 24:00
Middle Schooler (Sorry I forgot her name) 24:33
Meghan Detering, Telemark Coach 25:57
Florentina Arthuber, Alpine 26:00
Kelsey Freeman, Telemark 26:05
JJ Whorley, Telemark 27:07
Sam Bell, Alpine 27:34
Peyton Heitzman, Telemark 30:11
Catherine Masters, Alpine 31:07
Emily Bartlomiejczuk, Nordic 31:22
Lilly Reed, Alpine 31:22
Mima Strong, Nordic 31:46
Maggie Devany, Nordic 31:46
Aubrey Mason, Alpine 34:06
Tamsin Pargiter, Nordic 34:18
Michaela Craig, Nordic 34:20
Julia Williams, Alpine 35:04
Coleman Spence, Nordic 36:42

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Foam and Plastic are the New Powder

This year we thought we would take a different approach to preseason training by taking advantage of the aerial facility in Copper.

The crew getting an introduction to the facility.


Woodward combines trampolines, ramps, and foampits as a venue to learn the aerial aspects of skiing in a benign way.

Escaping the pits of dispair.


It was a skiers equivalent of Disnyland, and the excitement of the crew was tremendous as we made the transition from skiing Copper Mountain to Woodward.

Getting a feel for skiing on carpet.

Luke Falcone about to drop in on the big ramp.



Unfortunately the day would not finish with out tradgedy. It was heartbreaking to see one of the most enthusiastic members of the team, Evan Marcus, dislokate his knee, and in doing so tear almost every ligament, on a trampoline.

Medals Testing!

Medals Testing is a fitness test and set of criteria set by the US Ski team that allows athletes to monitor growth in fitness and also simply creates a couple days of great work outs.

The test includes:
40 yards sprint (100% = 4.4 sec)
440 (100% = 1 min)
Mile (100% = 6 mins)
Hex Jumps
Box Jumps ( 100% = 110 in 90 seconds )
Sit Ups (100%=65 in 60 seconds)
Push Ups (100% = 90 before breaking rythm)

Previous CRMS Telemark Team Records:
40
440
Mile
Hex Jumps: Men 17.19 sec, Jake Sakson, Women, 21.43, Meghan Detering
Box Jumps : Men 83, Jake Sakson, Women, 57, Meghan Detering
Sit Ups
Push Ups

2009 Results (new records are indicated in pink):

40
Luke Falcone
Kelsey Bohannon
Kelsey Freeman
Weaver Frelicher
Kelsey Lewis
Even Marcus
Aisha Weinhold
Juan Pablo Alcocer
JJ Worley
Charlie Boyne
Peton Heitzman
Peter Madigan
Gracyn Overstreet
Adam Hobby
Hannah Horn
Thorne Warner
Jared Carlson
Grady Lenkin
Meghan Detering

440
Luke Falcone
Kelsey Bohannon
Kelsey Freeman
Weaver Frelicher
Kelsey Lewis
Even Marcus
Aisha Weinhold
Juan Pablo Alcocer
JJ Worley
Charlie Boyne
Peton Heitzman
Peter Madigan
Gracyn Overstreet
Adam Hobby
Hannah Horn
Thorne Warner
Jared Carlson
Grady Lenkin
Meghan Detering

Mile
Luke Falcone
Kelsey Bohannon
Kelsey Freeman
Weaver Frelicher
Kelsey Lewis
Even Marcus
Aisha Weinhold
Juan Pablo Alcocer
JJ Worley
Charlie Boyne
Peton Heitzman
Peter Madigan
Gracyn Overstreet
Adam Hobby
Hannah Horn
Thorne Warner
Jared Carlson
Grady Lenkin
Meghan Detering

Hex Jumps
Luke Falcone 17.56
Kelsey Freeman 26.62
Weaver Froelicher 22.20
Even Marcus 18.56
Aisha Weinhold 20.27
JJ Worley 27.11
Charlie Boyne 17.00
Peton Heitzman 20.10
Peter Madigan 16.47
Adam Hobby 18.97
Jared Carlson 18.17
Grady Lenkin 18.40
Meghan Detering 19.18

Box Jumps
Luke Falcone 83 (tie for record)
Kelsey Freeman 38
Weaver Frelicher 46
Even Marcus 56
Aisha Weinhold 56
Charlie Boyne 60
Peyton Heitzman 30
Peter Madigan 75
Adam Hobby 50
Jared Carlson 61
Grady Lenkin 50
Meghan Detering 68

Sit Ups
Luke Falcone 55
Kelsey Freeman 39
Even Marcus 39
Aisha Weinhold 38
JJ Worley 41
Grady Lenkin 42
Meghan Detering 41

Push Ups
Luke Falcone 30
Kelsey Freeman 21
Even Marcus 27
Aisha Weinhold 10
JJ Worley 40
Charlie Boyne 40
Peyton Heitzman 23
Peter Madigan 41
Jared Carlson 17
Grady Lenkin 55
Meghan Detering 34

Monday, November 2, 2009

Tabata!!!!
(and other visits to the Pain Cave from Week 2 of dryland)


The tabata is a new form of torture that Meghan introduced to the telemark team last season. She learned the work-out her senior year at Bowdoin College from hockey coach Terry Meagher and her own personal telemark consultant, Matt O'Donnell. Simply put, the tabata is brutal. It hits balance, aerobic, and strength conditioning all at once. It might be the fastest route to the pain cave known to man.

The camera can barely capture Aisha's blazing speed at box jumps

Let's paint the scene here for a minute: a large group, spread all over the fitness room, throwing balls against the wall, slamming them into the floor, lunging, doing push-ups, crunches on a bigger ball, balanced squats on a half-ball, and the dreaded box jumps and burpees. Burpees are the demise of us all. They're where the telemark athlete's legs go to die. Laying on the floor on your stomach, jumping as high in the air as possilbe, then hitting the deck only to repeat it all over again. As a team, we've been know to look like we're collectively performing different actions of a simple machine. But on a personal level, it's much more complicated. You start to feel it in the first few sets. Eventually twenty seconds seems like an eternity, but then ten seconds becomes the blink of an eye. It's all about digging deep and not giving up, making the most of the last few reps of every set, as MC Hammer or some bluegrass version of an Ozzy Osbourne song blares in the background. (Different students come up w/ the tabata playlist each week!) All the while, the fitness room gets a little bit warmer and a little bit stinkier with each new exercise.

Tele Team alums Dillon Smith and Sam Stevens show their
love for tabata (and each other) with buddy lunges

But, the telemark team is killing it! We perform 8 different movements at separate stations. Each person stays at a station for 4-8 sets and does 20 seconds on, 10 seconds resting for each movement. We started week 1 with 4 sets and hit 6 sets this week. We'll do one more week of 6 before finishing the dryland season with 8. It's always great to have just finished the first day of it (4 sets), barely being able to stand up, and then hear, "Congratulations! By the end of dryland, you'll do that-- but double!!!" Oh yea, and there's a good chance you'll be sore for the next few days. The tabata is the ultimate sufferfest, but we love it!

In other news this week: SNOW! Lots of it. Probably 5 inches on the ground Tuesday, making for a lovely, wintry, aerobic romp around tick ridge, followed by push-up pyramids in the silent auction tent, and Grady's Abs of Steel work-out in the library. Don't worry, everyone passed the ab test at the end. Kayo dropped a book on everyone's chest and they all bounced a foot in air! We rounded out the week with an equipment fitting session at Bristlecone and game of ultimate in the snow with the alpine team. Our group was bit larger this week, but we're anxiously awaiting the return of our soccer players once their season is over.