School's out for SUMMER!

Well we got no choice, All the girls and boys, Makin all that noise, 'Cause they found new toys, Well we can't salute ya, Can't find a flag, If that don't suit ya, Thats a drag. School's out for summer, School's out forever, Schools been blown to pieces!

Just like the great Alice Cooper song "School is out for Summer". Everyone is finally done with school even our youngsters who just finished 8th grade! Practice has been going great and we have been able to get some great work done. Even though school just finished Stefan already had

to leave for Colorado and the Air Force Academy. He will be greatly missed and was an important part of the foundation that has helped shape the program in to what it is today. We all wish him the best of luck and look forward to skiing with him when he comes home on break this winter.

Last week we got through our first real interval sessions of the summer. We spent the first three weeks getting use to being back on our skis, and focusing on technique and base fitness. The weather has been great and the kids have really been getting after it.

This summer is already been amazing! Just seeing over 20 kids on roller-skis all working together in Rochester is awesome and is still just the tip of the iceberg! In addition to roller-skiing we have been making our way to the local alpine resort for some ski walking sessions. We have also found time to play as well. There is nothing better than a cold swim after a hot hard workout.

Don't forget to enjoy it and get your Twerk ON !!

Back To Work

We got back to work last week with our first official practice of the summer. Everyone was ready to rock so we wasted no time and got down to business with our baseline test. It was good to see the returning athletes trying to better there previous results and it was awesome seeing all the new comers riding the “Pain Train”.

(It's all about setting goals and working hard to achieve them! Most of our athletes goals are to make it to JO's next year in Minneapolis.

I have to say that I’m really excited about this summer. We have a great group of kids and I can tell already they are ready to work. We started roller skiing this week and everyone is looking great! Here are the results from the baseline test. We had a couple of conflicts since school is still in session but almost everyone was able to make it. We should have anther solid group taking the test soon including the Senior Team!

Athlete Name	Run	Sit-Ups	Push-Ups	Dips	Step-Ups	Pull-Ups
E.M.	6:28	42/41	55/32	36/35	40/42	11
S.R.	7:23	52/53	50/27	21/25	33/24	8.75
R.H.	5:46	50/48	60/30	19/25	43/50	9.0
M.N.	6:44	40/30	26/20	19/18	48/45	.1
K.S.	8:10	46/46	32/17	24/20	37/39	.7
A.S.	5:57	60/33	42/17	30/15	57/56	3
R.L.	5:43	52/31	47/17	42/36	52/47	8.69
A.L.	7:34	32/29	22/31	17/18	40/45	.1
D.H.	6:33	50/42	50/22	20/31	35/45	11
A.C.
S.Z.		55/41	66/35	45/38	42/58	15
E.H.	6:56	46/32	41/29	17/7	36/37	.72
M.W.	7:21	51/44	35/10	30/26	44/43	12.9
H.B.	7:09	49/37	61/57	30/33	38/43	3.0
V. A.
M.H.	6:40	54/53	46/15	45/16	41/45	5
M.J.	8:54	38/30	35/26	20/24	30/34	2.0
B.G.	8:03	27/32	30/22	17/14	33/35	.3
E.H.	6:49	40/30	35/23	21/18	40/42	8.9

(Pain Train! All Aboard!!)