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string(5461) "For those of you who keep a training log, you might be surprised to realize that not all athletes record every minute they train. Sometimes as little as half of a session might be logged – or none at all.br /br /In a recent email correspondence with a friend, I mentioned that I don’t bike very much in a big volume week because it doesn’t count as full-time. This fueled the following dialogue:br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"If you ride constantly for an hour, why wouldn’t you log an hour?/spanbr /br /When you go down a hill while skiing you are gliding. When in a tuck however, you are still required to use strength and balance. When on a bike, especially on a road bike, a downhill does not require as much. Biking is also non-weight bearing; your body does not have to hold itself up because you are on a seat. 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Our team brought up this question to our coach and we did a field test to figure it out.br /br /Our coach took lactate tests throughout a strength workout, taking blood samples from all athletes during both rest and active times. 4-6mmols of blood lactate is typically L3 (threshold). This is the highest effort that your muscles can clear all lactic acid. Much higher and you start to feel “the burn” which is acid pooling in your muscles and you move into L4 (race pace).br /br /Throughout this strength session, some of our readings got up into the 12mmols! Mine were between 6 and 8 and only lowered into the high 4s during rest periods. We determined that during that strength protocol, not only should we count the whole session (100% time), but consider it a hard workout. We would not want to schedule it just before an important race, for example.br /br /Because of that test, I log my strength as full time, marking half in L1 and the other half as L3 (even though my lactates read into L4 at times).br /br /As far as other activities counted as partial time, I always stop my watch when I stop to refuel or talk to a coach. The hike up Hyndman mentioned in a previous article was logged as 5 hours. That does not include lunch at the summit or swimming in the river.br /br /Spenst usually takes about 45 minutes but I count it as 30. We do it as a group and sometimes I am waiting for my turn to jump hurdles and the like. I don’t get too carried away with starting and stopping my watch, I just estimate the on-time.br /br /div style="text-align: center;"a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SNFjckGAiCI/AAAAAAAAAQM/MF2w8cAqcdQ/s1600-h/simi.jpg"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SNFjckGAiCI/AAAAAAAAAQM/MF2w8cAqcdQ/s400/simi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247084383239702562" border="0" //aspan style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"How would you count this?br /br //span/span/divdiv style="text-align: center;"div style="text-align: left;"I have not figured out how to count something like hot yoga or tele skiing. These are activities that are definitely not XC ski specific, but I do them so rarely that they really make me sore! Hot yoga might not be cardio, I will admit to that, but if it makes me unable to walk the next morning it has got to be some sort of strength. So far, I note that I did an activity like yoga but have not counted it in my overall total time.br //divbr /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SNFjcI0kWFI/AAAAAAAAAQE/w_oI4SFREHo/s1600-h/reid.jpg"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SNFjcI0kWFI/AAAAAAAAAQE/w_oI4SFREHo/s400/reid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247084375918794834" border="0" //aspan style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"Does this count?br //span/span/divbr /Anyone out there have any insight? I realize that this article might be a bit controversial (especially saying that biking shouldn’t be counted 100%) so feel free to comment and get a discussion going. 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string(4984) "a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SatBEsfAS2I/AAAAAAAAAjE/s6K-SBE1Bjk/s1600-h/IMG_0575.JPG"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SatBEsfAS2I/AAAAAAAAAjE/s6K-SBE1Bjk/s200/IMG_0575.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308408134702746466" border="0" //aI am getting back into training with the help of Koth Physical Therapy (THANKS John!). Tomorrow is my first day back on skis, but I have not been staying away from skiing completely... I was out watching Western State Championships this morning where the best of the west put their game faces on.br /br /div style="text-align: center;"a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/Sas5jPFxMCI/AAAAAAAAAiU/ewdzGdAk2NE/s1600-h/IMG_0583.JPG"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/Sas5jPFxMCI/AAAAAAAAAiU/ewdzGdAk2NE/s400/IMG_0583.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308399863295193122" border="0" //aspan style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"SVSEF, receiving a team awardbr //span/span/divbr /div style="text-align: center;"a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/Sas5Hw1qy9I/AAAAAAAAAiM/cZej-GMk9ps/s1600-h/IMG_0580.JPG"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 356px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/Sas5Hw1qy9I/AAAAAAAAAiM/cZej-GMk9ps/s400/IMG_0580.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308399391318133714" border="0" //aspan style="font-style: italic;"span style="font-size:85%;"Maddy takes the podium!br /span style="font-size:100%;"span style="font-style: italic;"br //span/span/span/spandiv style="text-align: left;"span style="font-size:100%;"I have a centralized bulge, one that does not require surgery or injections, YES! My race season, although never really getting started, is over. I am told, however that come May 1, I should be training with the team as an athlete at 100% so 2010 is not out of the picture.br /br /The first thing that John and I tackled in PT was getting movement and feeling back into my arms and shoulders (an injury from jumping into swimming full throttle).br /br /Cross-country skiers, regardless of swimming hours, could probably all use a good stretch across their front. Almost everything we do involves strengthening (aka tightening) our chests. That is one reason why we do so many upper back exercises in the gym (to balance things out). Here are a few stretches to get things started:/spanbr /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/Sas-T48gH-I/AAAAAAAAAi0/wGbK4fsIWfA/s1600-h/IMG_0571.JPG"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 168px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/Sas-T48gH-I/AAAAAAAAAi0/wGbK4fsIWfA/s200/IMG_0571.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308405097210847202" border="0" //aCorner stretch - stand in a corner or doorway and stretch forward, bringing shoulder blades together and feeling the stretch across the chest. Hold 3-4 times for 30 seconds.br /br /Sleeper - lay on your side with your head supported. Your torso should be 90 degrees to the floor, your bottoma onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/Sas-bQkuChI/AAAAAAAAAi8/bMPssRujYeY/s1600-h/IMG_0568.JPG"img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 82px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/Sas-bQkuChI/AAAAAAAAAi8/bMPssRujYeY/s200/IMG_0568.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308405223812631058" border="0" //a arm, 90 degrees from your body and bent at 90 degrees. gently push your bottom arm towards the floor. Hold on each side, 3x20 seconds.br /span style="font-size:100%;"br //spana onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/Sas-Tlu0mNI/AAAAAAAAAis/EbTI4ztTUz4/s1600-h/IMG_0566.JPG"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 88px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/Sas-Tlu0mNI/AAAAAAAAAis/EbTI4ztTUz4/s200/IMG_0566.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308405092053194962" border="0" //aFoam roller - lay on your back with your arms out to the side. Relax and feel gravity pull your shoulders towards the floor. Rotate palms up and palms down a few times, holding for 20-30 seconds.br //div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4299718529371785873-2711837195686000174?l=in-the-arena-kate.blogspot.com'//div"
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string(4695) "a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYSuozq98lI/AAAAAAAAAg0/umw_UEVY6IE/s1600-h/Mom+and+Kate,+circa+1985.jpg"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYSuozq98lI/AAAAAAAAAg0/umw_UEVY6IE/s200/Mom+and+Kate,+circa+1985.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297551077782975058" border="0" //aOne of my a href="http://mchisam.com/"fellow ITA teammates/a has asked for some answers on developing athletic expertise in order to prepare for a lecture. I do not necessarily consider myself an expert on skiing, but am always willing to help out a fellow athlete.br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"1. What is the athletic background of your parents and family?/spanbr /My mom (seen with little-me, left) has always been recreation only. My dad grew up racing motocross and got into skiing when he met my mom (the things boys do for girls). He now competes in local running and ski races.br /My friends have always been split - some are athletic and some are not. Of course I have friends from sport but I find it refreshing to hang out with non athletes as much as possible. I can only handle just so many type A folks in one room!br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"2. When did you begin participating in your sport?/spanbr /3 maybe? Fun competition started around age 5br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYSuVh_glkI/AAAAAAAAAgs/pM4fx6fR330/s1600-h/09k8FS+sunvalley+-+KW.jpg"img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYSuVh_glkI/AAAAAAAAAgs/pM4fx6fR330/s200/09k8FS+sunvalley+-+KW.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297550746619778626" border="0" //abr /span style="font-weight: bold;"1. What was your early experience with sport like?/spanbr /Family activity and fun with friends; I didn't even realize I was training until I was 13.br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"2. How instrumental were parents and coaches in the early part of your development as an athlete? /spanbr /SUPER important. My folks made it all possible and my coach (a friend's dad) gave us all the motivation, direction and discipline we needed. There would be a group of kids on a 3-hour run with intervals through the back-country every week but if you asked what we did that day, we would probably have said "played in the woods with some friends." We had no idea, only that we were having the time of our lives!br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"3. How were you introduced to your sport and how many other sports did you seriously participate in?/spanbr /Introduced through my hometown - It was the thing to do for my generation of kid back then and there. Growing up in the same place now would be different since the snow has changed and the ski area is out of business. That planted the seed and I ran with it (got me into college, post grad career, etc.). I played soccer, kayaked, swam, road bikes (mtn and road), climbing, surfing, triathlon, running... I was serious about each one during their time but never longer than a year. Skiing is the one that has stuck with me (maybe because it brings in the rent.... sort of). I do many of them still to cross-train but all in order to improve my skiing. br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"4. Is your success a product of nature or nurture?/spanbr /Both, but I think more nurture. My brothers (one older, one younger) are also skiers. My folks encouraged us and we had the same opportunities as far as coaching and equipment. We all even went to the same college... so we were all nurtured. Because of my nature however (a product of being nurtured) I am doing it now as a profession. My older brother coaches for the US Ski Team so he is still doing it as a career too. My little brother still participates but does not compete. Competition is definitely in my nature but who knows what I would have competed in if I were nurtured in a city with sisters...br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"5. Are you an expert in your field? (by your own definition)/spanbr /I am sought out for lessons, advice and tips on ski training and racing - I think that I am an expert to those people. I do not have the knowledge to be a US Ski Team coach right now though so I am far from that caliber of expert.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4299718529371785873-2040942284007688465?l=in-the-arena-kate.blogspot.com'//div"
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string(6096) "...that is the temperature for tomorrow in Sun Valley - and I am going to be there! br /br /I would be lying if I said it was easy to watch everyone race (or at least try to) all week. To watch warm-ups and finishes, team selections and victories - from the bench.br /br /I am happy for them, but it does not mean I can't feel sad for me (just for a second). br /br /I am not World Cup bound this year, but I get to head home and continue my training. There will be a time, and it will be this year, when I ski to my potential. br /br /div style="text-align: center;"a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWb4M9FDQLI/AAAAAAAAAgM/vhUIhP88RNE/s1600-h/IMG_0334.JPG"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWb4M9FDQLI/AAAAAAAAAgM/vhUIhP88RNE/s400/IMG_0334.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289187713831092402" border="0" //aspan style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"the stadium under lamp-light: classic sprint heatsbr /br //span/span/divdiv style="text-align: center;"a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWb4NVMPMdI/AAAAAAAAAgU/nqN68dRK9EE/s1600-h/IMG_0338.JPG"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"/span/spanimg style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Hopefully when we are in Fairbanks this spring, the temperatures will be slightly warmer. Okay, who am I kidding - I am hoping for at least 30 degrees warmer!/span/spanbr /br /Congratulations to all who made their goals and a HUGE THANKS to the volunteers and race organizers!br //div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4299718529371785873-2671454324095482472?l=in-the-arena-kate.blogspot.com'//div"
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string(2958) "Spring in Vermont; something I miss terribly. I flew into Burlington for my "little" brother's birthday (little in age but 6'4" in height). We had some fun at his place in New Haven and I had the chance to catch up with some college friends.br /br /After a few great days in the green mountain state, we headed home to surprise my folks and to catch up with our big brother (for my mother's birthday).br /br /Happy Birthday Mom, and Jake!br /div style="text-align: center;"br /div style="text-align: center;"object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-1101e28becea5cae" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"param name="movie" value="http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAAJRKzAPfu3a7ks9WIkYJqTEzsg9Ay3sBA8HIvC4wBuUVblgFZJ_K3TR92Zq5I6mAbLSfDy8xY_NY0qbGqAdOWYJjniAfJoP7WIcC9aMsL1cGAnxgD9GEWZ1Riq99RtK-wpUiWP3llLjw1eYO7-POINex1jx_jIloIDN9XSSxiD-WRWwS2HqA0jt1vgKivqPBzjRbwsoNkCDD-7CHzkYj3IAQLusg4fM-PeBWksAWJdnZ%26sigh%3D5XfCTUgI2J12-qGVsG34Zz-m4lM%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0amp;nogvlm=1amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1101e28becea5cae%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3D9AQ8ZXOdLxShyIG1RTDYxmYwqhoamp;messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den"param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAAJRKzAPfu3a7ks9WIkYJqTEzsg9Ay3sBA8HIvC4wBuUVblgFZJ_K3TR92Zq5I6mAbLSfDy8xY_NY0qbGqAdOWYJjniAfJoP7WIcC9aMsL1cGAnxgD9GEWZ1Riq99RtK-wpUiWP3llLjw1eYO7-POINex1jx_jIloIDN9XSSxiD-WRWwS2HqA0jt1vgKivqPBzjRbwsoNkCDD-7CHzkYj3IAQLusg4fM-PeBWksAWJdnZ%26sigh%3D5XfCTUgI2J12-qGVsG34Zz-m4lM%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0amp;nogvlm=1amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1101e28becea5cae%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3D9AQ8ZXOdLxShyIG1RTDYxmYwqhoamp;messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"/embed/object/divbr /span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"Some of the highlights from the Vermont portion. /span/spanbr //divbr /Training is going well, I am back in Idaho and my back is feeling roughly 75% these days (which is great)! I hope everyone has a good case of spring fever!br /br /I have started coaching again (Girls on the Run) and training for the current year. The game is still on! More to come.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4299718529371785873-781415205963805692?l=in-the-arena-kate.blogspot.com'//div"
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string(5461) "For those of you who keep a training log, you might be surprised to realize that not all athletes record every minute they train. Sometimes as little as half of a session might be logged – or none at all.br /br /In a recent email correspondence with a friend, I mentioned that I don’t bike very much in a big volume week because it doesn’t count as full-time. This fueled the following dialogue:br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"If you ride constantly for an hour, why wouldn’t you log an hour?/spanbr /br /When you go down a hill while skiing you are gliding. When in a tuck however, you are still required to use strength and balance. When on a bike, especially on a road bike, a downhill does not require as much. Biking is also non-weight bearing; your body does not have to hold itself up because you are on a seat. Both of these factors move biking further away from being applicable to cross training for XC, which is why many athletes count bike training as little as half-time.br /br /It has been a long debate with coaches for me, since I feel as if I am in L4 every second of a mountain bike ride and most of my road rides are trying to catch the pack in front of me. I have long since given up the argument and simply count races at 75% time and rides at 50%. Some recovery spins (on a road bike), I don’t count as time at all but make sure to note the activity.br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"Are there other activities that you don’t count, or log only partially?/spanbr /br /There is a debate on how to count strength in a log. Some athletes log half-time because you do an activity and then rest. Some count 70% or even full time because rest is necessary and maybe heart rate is still up... Our team brought up this question to our coach and we did a field test to figure it out.br /br /Our coach took lactate tests throughout a strength workout, taking blood samples from all athletes during both rest and active times. 4-6mmols of blood lactate is typically L3 (threshold). This is the highest effort that your muscles can clear all lactic acid. Much higher and you start to feel “the burn” which is acid pooling in your muscles and you move into L4 (race pace).br /br /Throughout this strength session, some of our readings got up into the 12mmols! Mine were between 6 and 8 and only lowered into the high 4s during rest periods. We determined that during that strength protocol, not only should we count the whole session (100% time), but consider it a hard workout. We would not want to schedule it just before an important race, for example.br /br /Because of that test, I log my strength as full time, marking half in L1 and the other half as L3 (even though my lactates read into L4 at times).br /br /As far as other activities counted as partial time, I always stop my watch when I stop to refuel or talk to a coach. The hike up Hyndman mentioned in a previous article was logged as 5 hours. That does not include lunch at the summit or swimming in the river.br /br /Spenst usually takes about 45 minutes but I count it as 30. We do it as a group and sometimes I am waiting for my turn to jump hurdles and the like. I don’t get too carried away with starting and stopping my watch, I just estimate the on-time.br /br /div style="text-align: center;"a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SNFjckGAiCI/AAAAAAAAAQM/MF2w8cAqcdQ/s1600-h/simi.jpg"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SNFjckGAiCI/AAAAAAAAAQM/MF2w8cAqcdQ/s400/simi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247084383239702562" border="0" //aspan style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"How would you count this?br /br //span/span/divdiv style="text-align: center;"div style="text-align: left;"I have not figured out how to count something like hot yoga or tele skiing. These are activities that are definitely not XC ski specific, but I do them so rarely that they really make me sore! Hot yoga might not be cardio, I will admit to that, but if it makes me unable to walk the next morning it has got to be some sort of strength. So far, I note that I did an activity like yoga but have not counted it in my overall total time.br //divbr /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SNFjcI0kWFI/AAAAAAAAAQE/w_oI4SFREHo/s1600-h/reid.jpg"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SNFjcI0kWFI/AAAAAAAAAQE/w_oI4SFREHo/s400/reid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247084375918794834" border="0" //aspan style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"Does this count?br //span/span/divbr /Anyone out there have any insight? I realize that this article might be a bit controversial (especially saying that biking shouldn’t be counted 100%) so feel free to comment and get a discussion going. 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string(3614) "a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYdOA-d9FWI/AAAAAAAAAhM/XMOdSjRBf-U/s1600-h/IMG_0526.JPG"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYdOA-d9FWI/AAAAAAAAAhM/XMOdSjRBf-U/s200/IMG_0526.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298289265300280674" border="0" //aMy 5th graders made the Alpina dealer's catalog for 2009!br /br /Dorcas Wonsavage, my Alpina rep and friend from back east, is great about sending stickers and tattoos for the students. I make sure to take lots of pictures and have parents sign photo release forms at the a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYdOTftj7QI/AAAAAAAAAhU/TXmk8uDKlcI/s1600-h/IMG_0522.JPG"img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYdOTftj7QI/AAAAAAAAAhU/TXmk8uDKlcI/s200/IMG_0522.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298289583461756162" border="0" //abeginning of each year. Apparently the release forms were a good idea because they are now in a National Magazine (cover shown above)!br /br /The elementary school has started their winter ski and board program on Friday's. The entire school goes skiing each week and since I am home, I get to go too.br /br /My back has healed to the point of being able to ski freestyle although classic is still out of the question. The smallest thing can still set it off though, so I continue to be very careful about my daily activities.br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYdN2vlGJwI/AAAAAAAAAhE/MDbXkqWpL0Y/s1600-h/IMG_0523.JPG"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 158px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYdN2vlGJwI/AAAAAAAAAhE/MDbXkqWpL0Y/s200/IMG_0523.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298289089505011458" border="0" //abr /div style="text-align: left;"With the increase of certain activities (skating, swimming, spinning) and the omition of others (running, classic skiing) my body is under a lot of stress. Skiing freestyle everyday really takes it out of my legs, where as swimming has pretty much shot my shoulders and rotator cuffs. I can't stand to be on my trainer for more than a few hours at a time - and ability to do strength is limited. My body is in desparate need of some varitey.br /div style="text-align: center;"a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYdNjprR0RI/AAAAAAAAAg8/FI3yoxABROY/s1600-h/IMG_0531.JPG"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYdNjprR0RI/AAAAAAAAAg8/FI3yoxABROY/s400/IMG_0531.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298288761502814482" border="0" //a span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"Robbie Durtschi, getting in some ks during our afternoon jaunt/span/spanspan style="text-decoration: underline;"br /br //spandiv style="text-align: left;"span style="font-size:100%;"Congratulations to teammates both abroad and stateside. I hope to be mixing it up with you guys come March./spanbr //div/div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4299718529371785873-6339810403433276162?l=in-the-arena-kate.blogspot.com'//div"
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string(4695) "a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYSuozq98lI/AAAAAAAAAg0/umw_UEVY6IE/s1600-h/Mom+and+Kate,+circa+1985.jpg"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYSuozq98lI/AAAAAAAAAg0/umw_UEVY6IE/s200/Mom+and+Kate,+circa+1985.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297551077782975058" border="0" //aOne of my a href="http://mchisam.com/"fellow ITA teammates/a has asked for some answers on developing athletic expertise in order to prepare for a lecture. I do not necessarily consider myself an expert on skiing, but am always willing to help out a fellow athlete.br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"1. What is the athletic background of your parents and family?/spanbr /My mom (seen with little-me, left) has always been recreation only. My dad grew up racing motocross and got into skiing when he met my mom (the things boys do for girls). He now competes in local running and ski races.br /My friends have always been split - some are athletic and some are not. Of course I have friends from sport but I find it refreshing to hang out with non athletes as much as possible. I can only handle just so many type A folks in one room!br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"2. When did you begin participating in your sport?/spanbr /3 maybe? Fun competition started around age 5br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYSuVh_glkI/AAAAAAAAAgs/pM4fx6fR330/s1600-h/09k8FS+sunvalley+-+KW.jpg"img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SYSuVh_glkI/AAAAAAAAAgs/pM4fx6fR330/s200/09k8FS+sunvalley+-+KW.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297550746619778626" border="0" //abr /span style="font-weight: bold;"1. What was your early experience with sport like?/spanbr /Family activity and fun with friends; I didn't even realize I was training until I was 13.br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"2. How instrumental were parents and coaches in the early part of your development as an athlete? /spanbr /SUPER important. My folks made it all possible and my coach (a friend's dad) gave us all the motivation, direction and discipline we needed. There would be a group of kids on a 3-hour run with intervals through the back-country every week but if you asked what we did that day, we would probably have said "played in the woods with some friends." We had no idea, only that we were having the time of our lives!br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"3. How were you introduced to your sport and how many other sports did you seriously participate in?/spanbr /Introduced through my hometown - It was the thing to do for my generation of kid back then and there. Growing up in the same place now would be different since the snow has changed and the ski area is out of business. That planted the seed and I ran with it (got me into college, post grad career, etc.). I played soccer, kayaked, swam, road bikes (mtn and road), climbing, surfing, triathlon, running... I was serious about each one during their time but never longer than a year. Skiing is the one that has stuck with me (maybe because it brings in the rent.... sort of). I do many of them still to cross-train but all in order to improve my skiing. br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"4. Is your success a product of nature or nurture?/spanbr /Both, but I think more nurture. My brothers (one older, one younger) are also skiers. My folks encouraged us and we had the same opportunities as far as coaching and equipment. We all even went to the same college... so we were all nurtured. Because of my nature however (a product of being nurtured) I am doing it now as a profession. My older brother coaches for the US Ski Team so he is still doing it as a career too. My little brother still participates but does not compete. Competition is definitely in my nature but who knows what I would have competed in if I were nurtured in a city with sisters...br /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"5. Are you an expert in your field? (by your own definition)/spanbr /I am sought out for lessons, advice and tips on ski training and racing - I think that I am an expert to those people. I do not have the knowledge to be a US Ski Team coach right now though so I am far from that caliber of expert.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4299718529371785873-2040942284007688465?l=in-the-arena-kate.blogspot.com'//div"
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string(2101) "div style="text-align: center;"a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SXIpRtYDcZI/AAAAAAAAAgk/kGMC6J4MG-s/s1600-h/IMG_0385.JPG"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SXIpRtYDcZI/AAAAAAAAAgk/kGMC6J4MG-s/s400/IMG_0385.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292337896328753554" border="0" //aspan style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"cruising around Billy's Bridge, north of Ketchum, IDbr /br //span/spandiv style="text-align: left;"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-size:100%;"I am home, recovering and training. Things are progressing and the weather is perfect. Blah, blah, blah. The real news is up north, Whistler Olympic Park where the rest of my team is competing in the World Cups.br /br /Yesterday was a classic individual sprint and COLIN WAS 27th!!! and scored his first WC points. Way to go Col!!! a href="http://crosscountry-vancouver.com/crosscountry/results/tabid/264/language/en-CA/Default.aspx"FULL RESULTS HERE/a/spana href="http://crosscountry-vancouver.com/crosscountry/results/tabid/264/language/en-CA/Default.aspx"span style="font-style: italic;"/span/a/span Other US guys: Newell 7th (after a fall), Chris Cook 21st, Torin Koos 23rd, Kuzzy - although I was told DQed results show 29th.br /br /Today is the 15/30k pursuit. a href="http://www.cbc.ca/sports/livevideo/?n=cbcsportsca_1amp;p=world_cup_cross_country_skiing_on_cbc_vancouvermens_pursuit_streamingamp;dt=2009_01_17%7C11_50amp;s=http://authmfile.akamai.com.edgesuite.net/akamai.stream.auth/35018/wm/cbcwm.gen/v001/reflector:61860.js"WATCH IT LIVE on CBSsports.ca/a. br /Tomorrow is the freestyle team sprint.br /br /Good luck to all.br /span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"/span/span/div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4299718529371785873-9059079894689308113?l=in-the-arena-kate.blogspot.com'//div"
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string(6096) "...that is the temperature for tomorrow in Sun Valley - and I am going to be there! br /br /I would be lying if I said it was easy to watch everyone race (or at least try to) all week. To watch warm-ups and finishes, team selections and victories - from the bench.br /br /I am happy for them, but it does not mean I can't feel sad for me (just for a second). br /br /I am not World Cup bound this year, but I get to head home and continue my training. There will be a time, and it will be this year, when I ski to my potential. br /br /div style="text-align: center;"a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWb4M9FDQLI/AAAAAAAAAgM/vhUIhP88RNE/s1600-h/IMG_0334.JPG"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWb4M9FDQLI/AAAAAAAAAgM/vhUIhP88RNE/s400/IMG_0334.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289187713831092402" border="0" //aspan style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"the stadium under lamp-light: classic sprint heatsbr /br //span/span/divdiv style="text-align: center;"a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWb4NVMPMdI/AAAAAAAAAgU/nqN68dRK9EE/s1600-h/IMG_0338.JPG"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"/span/spanimg style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWb2nuspRvI/AAAAAAAAAf8/vIf6hrDSmPg/s400/IMG_0323.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289185974803842802" border="0" //aspan style="font-style: italic;"span style="font-size:85%;"another men's heat, lead by Mikey Sinnott, after the bridgebr //span/span/divbr /div style="text-align: center;"a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWb2ndV60BI/AAAAAAAAAf0/A13a4cFeQXg/s1600-h/IMG_0306.JPG"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 156px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWb2ndV60BI/AAAAAAAAAf0/A13a4cFeQXg/s400/IMG_0306.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289185970145120274" border="0" //aspan style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"Sun Valley junior, Miles Havlick, skiing with the USST in his heatbr //span/span/divbr /div style="text-align: center;"a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWb2nPFKeAI/AAAAAAAAAfs/ZY70Y_6GzUk/s1600-h/IMG_0290.JPG"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 192px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWb2nPFKeAI/AAAAAAAAAfs/ZY70Y_6GzUk/s400/IMG_0290.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289185966316746754" border="0" //aspan style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"Nicole DeYong, finishing up her qualification roundbr //span/span/divbr /div style="text-align: center;"a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWb2m7dq37I/AAAAAAAAAfk/A5qmVZKcj34/s1600-h/IMG_0224.JPG"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWb2m7dq37I/AAAAAAAAAfk/A5qmVZKcj34/s400/IMG_0224.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289185961050824626" border="0" //aspan style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"Colin Rodgers, taking his prelim out strongbr //span/span/divbr /div style="text-align: center;"a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWb2min2xxI/AAAAAAAAAfc/duNn9npoFGE/s1600-h/IMG_0179.JPG"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Hopefully when we are in Fairbanks this spring, the temperatures will be slightly warmer. Okay, who am I kidding - I am hoping for at least 30 degrees warmer!/span/spanbr /br /Congratulations to all who made their goals and a HUGE THANKS to the volunteers and race organizers!br //div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4299718529371785873-2671454324095482472?l=in-the-arena-kate.blogspot.com'//div"
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string(18) "SAME 'OL SITUATION"
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string(1407) "a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWPkXrNs4DI/AAAAAAAAAfU/xAkAJmgdHto/s1600-h/IMG_0175.JPG"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWPkXrNs4DI/AAAAAAAAAfU/xAkAJmgdHto/s200/IMG_0175.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288321482851409970" border="0" //aIt was too cold to race today, again. Burrr, is all I have to say about that. It sounds like they are again, going to try to hold the classic sprint tomorrow (Wednesday). It is needed for qualifying athletes for the coming trips and competition teams so it takes priority at this point.br /br /If you are in the area, try the Snow City Cafe on west 4th Ave. Their jam (present at every table) tastes like raspberries from the bush, no joke. The whole menu pretty much rocks, but the jam is the best I have ever tasted (except my Uncle Norm's, obvi).br /br /I gave some classic intervals a go today and found that I am not quite there yet. I will stick to skating, swimming and the gym for a while longer. No reason to rush things at this point.br /br /Be well and stay warm if you can.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4299718529371785873-4089857281974712553?l=in-the-arena-kate.blogspot.com'//div"
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string(3525) "We woke, we took the temperature and WE RACED! It was a 5/10k freestyle - top 12 results are below. br /br /My back held strong today (although I am out of shape after my time off). That is all I could really have hoped for so I am content. I was 19th, 1:15.3 out.br /br /Tomorrow is now a race day with a 10/15k classic scheduled. I will not be doing the classic events this week, but have intervals (classic) scheduled for tomorrow. It will be my third hard workout since West Yellowstone, over a month ago and my first classic interval test. br /br /Sometimes you just have to swallow today and start getting fired up about tomorrow.br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWK1tO3ZOSI/AAAAAAAAAes/iL5-Nb2As8A/s1600-h/IMG_0147.JPG"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 170px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWK1tO3ZOSI/AAAAAAAAAes/iL5-Nb2As8A/s400/IMG_0147.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287988701175560482" border="0" //aa onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWK1tSq3m2I/AAAAAAAAAe0/I3TbLzjfaCA/s1600-h/IMG_0148.JPG"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 141px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWK1tSq3m2I/AAAAAAAAAe0/I3TbLzjfaCA/s400/IMG_0148.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287988702196767586" border="0" //abr /Congratulations to Caitlyn on the win, Alexa for returning from surgery and rocking a 7th!!! and to Nicole De Yong, who looks as if she found that sweet-spot a href="http://in-the-arena-nicole.blogspot.com/2008/12/finding-sweet-spot.html"she talked/a about.br /br /div style="text-align: center;"a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWK1uHCtGAI/AAAAAAAAAfE/Zj95RaIgL0Y/s1600-h/IMG_0169.JPG"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 186px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWK1uHCtGAI/AAAAAAAAAfE/Zj95RaIgL0Y/s400/IMG_0169.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287988716255385602" border="0" //aa onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWK1ufbhuvI/AAAAAAAAAfM/aj1d9ElJlwc/s1600-h/IMG_0170.JPG"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWK1ufbhuvI/AAAAAAAAAfM/aj1d9ElJlwc/s400/IMG_0170.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287988722801949426" border="0" //aa onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWK1t0OtbgI/AAAAAAAAAe8/_EqOqYnyKAc/s1600-h/IMG_0151.JPG"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 388px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPMeqZXka1Y/SWK1t0OtbgI/AAAAAAAAAe8/_EqOqYnyKAc/s400/IMG_0151.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287988711205465602" border="0" //aspan style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-style: italic;"men racing in the foreground - start pin is just visible to the leftbr //span/span/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4299718529371785873-2150852494984869412?l=in-the-arena-kate.blogspot.com'//div"
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