Hi!

I’m Nat Herz, and I’m a collegiate skier at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, in midcoast Maine. Fasterskier.com decided to trust me with a blog, so I’ll use this site to bring you updates on training, racing, and hopefully some other exciting things, like epic weekend hiking excursions.

Currently, I’m living in Brunswick for the summer working in the planning office of a nearby town. During working hours, I’m generally splitting my time between exciting outdoor work like exploring sweet streams and trails and unfortunate office stuff like sitting at a computer.

My goals for the upcoming season are to train a full 550 hours and record it all diligently, as well as to score at least one NCAA point, which entails a top-30 finish in an EISA (Eastern Intercollegiate Skiing Association) race. I still haven’t broken into the top fifty before, but hopefully with some focused, high-quality training over the summer and into the fall, I’ll be able to make some progress.  Also, I have a career skiing goal of one day winning the Bogburn, so I might take a crack at it this year. Beating a bunch of Colby skiers this season would be pretty sweet, too.