In just a few hours we’ll be packing up the van to drive to Fort Kent. Our training camp continues there for the next two weeks. This is the first time we’ve had a three-week long June camp, so instead of diving headfirst into the biggest volume week of the year right away, this time the pacing is more conservative. That being said, I’m still pretty tired after finishing a week with three quality interval sessions and some level 1/2 distance workouts. I’ve really tried to maximize recovery between workouts (and on our off day, today, although we’ll be traveling for most of it) by hitting the ice bath after interval sessions and taking naps in the afternoon.

There’s nothing like doing intervals with 8 other girls to test your fitness level. While the treadmill workout on Tuesday was done solo, we did an uphill level 4 skate workout on matched DMS rollerskis on Thursday and level 3 bike intervals on the long hill from Keene to Lake Placid on Saturday. In between, we had some endurance strength/technique sessions with focus on V2, no pole, or double pole as well as a couple of easier distance sessions. The rollerloop in Lake Placid is currently being repaved so we weren’t able to train on it this week.

Over the next two weeks the volume will increase and we’ll be using the rollerloop at 10th Mountain Center almost daily. We’ll be doing a time trial later in the week and I’m anticipating a few backwoods adventures in the County. It’s been about a year since I was a member of Maine Winter Sports Center and I’m looking forward to spending some more time up there.

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