The Academy just finished the last dryland camp of the season in Revelstoke, BC. Revelstoke is on the other side of Rogers Pass and offers some amazing rollerskiing, hiking, running and bounding venues all at about 500ft and not to mention the air there is THICK one of the days we did ski striding intensity, the humidity was at 87%!

For me the start of the camp was kind of hard. My heart just wasn’t in it, I know it happens at times where you have to go through the motions for a few days and then one morning you wake up and your back to being amped on life and training. Thankfully I pulled out of this lull sooner then later and started to feel like I was ready to throw down again. My advice to other athletes when this happens is don’t panic, talk to your coach or a close teammate and be as honest with yourself as you can, don’t stop training or anything. If the lull lasts more then 3 or 4 days then it might be time to take a step back and start analyzing some things, but the key here is to be brutally honest with yourself. For example, are you sleeping enough?, are there external stressors that you could have a better grasp of? are you doing the best you can to recover from your workouts? are you balancing training and life enjoyment? are you keeping your brain active?. I also made frequent stops to the “modern cafe” coffee shop to revive a bit of my energy with lattes and the “love bomb” truffles. Its amazing how chocolate can make everything better

This week is testing week! So we have a VO2 max, double pole and skate timetrial. The coolest part (yes, I’m a dorky nordic skiier who thinks testing is cool) is that our coach has added a “twist” to the standard protocol. So instead of individual starts we are starting in pairs. Which you can either turn into a negative or look at it as an opportunity to use each other to get a fastertime.

Other then that I have “recovered” from my recovery week…I hate easy weeks I always feel uneasy or that everyone else is training harder well I haul up in my house watching Gossip Girl.

Oh and I saw that they have pulled the blowers out for making snow and they are zooming around on quads at the nordic centre with purpose.

Only a few more weeks until show time are you ready?

ciao

Brooke

photos taken by MIke Cavaliere

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