August 24th, 2008
Testing week continues and in between we had some Olympic inspiration.
The second test day of the CVTC testing week included the double pole and no poling test at the access road up to Whistler Olympic Park. It’s a gradual climb with a distance of 1km. First out is the double pole test on classic skis. Everyone takes off together and after 4-5 minutes you reach the finish line. 30 minutes later you do the same course again but with skating skis and without poles.
The team did a great job again and after three tests so far we have seen new personal records by eight out of nine athletes, awesome!
As recovery between the first two test days the whole team headed up to the Nordic venue for some Olympic inspiration. After a request by Chandra Crawford, who was there together with some of her teammates, to get some cheering during a running sprint relay. Morgan jumped in at the work out and did a great job. For shorter periods we also had some of our guys jumping in behind. It’s a good experience to feel the speed and the energy and also to realize that these guys are fast, but not unbeatable. Testing week continues on Tuesday with sub-max and VO2max tests on the treadmill.
