It is a well deserved rest week! You have all put in some excellent volume over the past few weeks and deserve some well earned recovery time :) IMPORTANT NOTES 1) Sign up for sportlog.ca! I cannot emphasize the importance of this enough. Keeping track of your training is essential for both celebrating improvements and preventing injury. The code is xcski. Please select Chelsea Nordiq as your club and Moe, Katie and Eric (biathletes) as your coaches. 2) Gym Those athletes that have been in the gym consistently so far this year, you are now starting Meso 2. Please come to the gym prepared with the appropriate strength plan. 3) July 24th we will have another time trial, these are priority trainings. The last time trial we had only a hand full of athletes attend. This is wasted opportunity as Time Trials our our best opportunity to do race practice. You need lots of this if you are going to be successful as a racer. Please make sure that this time trial is marked on your calendar so that you're there. Registration closes Friday night. See email for link. Tuesday, July 19 Activity: Roller Ski to the Movies Technique: Skate roller ski Location: Relais Plein Air --> Cineplex Starcite Hull Time: 6:00 p.m - 9:30 or when movie is finished Notes: Remember to bring a change of clothes and money for the movie. Wednesday, July 20 Activity: Strength Technique: Gym Strength Location: Meredith Centre Time: 6:00 p.m – 7:30 p.m or 6:30 p.m - 8:00 p.m Notes: Please bring clean running shoes, $5, and a copy of your strength plan. We are starting the Meso 2 strength plan this week. If you don't know which strength plan you should be following, please ask and I will be happy to show you. Please come to the time slot that you came to last week. If for some reason you have to switch, let me know ahead of time. Thursday, July 21 Activity: Zone 4 (10x1mins) 30sec rest Technique: Classic Roller ski or double pole on skate Location: P8 Time: 6:30 p.m – 8:00 p.m Notes: Remember to bring water and a heart rate monitor. Sunday, July 24 Activity: Time Trial Technique: Skate Roller Ski Location: P9 (start line is at P10) Time: 8:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m Notes: Please wear a heart rate monitor, bring lots of water and a snack. |