No Snow No Problem

Well we are in officially in the dog days of summer. To help combat the feeling that winter is still a long way off a couple times each year we strap on the rock skis and have at it. 

                   

This has been an ongoing tradition for the last five or six years. I'm not going to say we invented it because people have been skiing across the sand, grass, and sticks long before us, but it does seem that this "grass skiing" is catching on. Recently even some national teams have been posting video of grass skiing. 

                             

If you have not attempted grass skiing it is defiantly worth it as it provides a great workout, breaks up the roller skiing and is beneficial in terms of working on some techniques. We really like to simulate classic sprinting, and work on Herringbone technique. 

                             

Here is the link to the video from the most recent Wednesday Night World Championships of Grass Skiing. In the future this may become a reality! Let's just hope not!

HTTPS://YouTu.be/j52zwqpiteo 

   

   

Back at it !!!!!!

We are not wasting any time around here and have jumped back in to summer training mode! Though most athletes have just finished spring sports and are finishing the last few days of the school year, we don't have any time to waste. 

(And we are off and running this summer! Chloe looks slightly scared of what she has gotten herself into!)

As it has become tradition we like to start of the training season with the Canadian Strength Test. It is a general strength assessment which is easily reproducible and easy to evaluate. Not only do we have a lot of info from past years but so do a lot of others around the U.S and Canada. So for that reason it is a great test to perform a few times each year. 

( Lot's of strong, fast young women joining the ranks this year) 

(We still have some familiar faces and I'm glad that one is sticking around this winter!!!!!!) 

(Game Time) 

We have A LOT of new faces this year! It's pretty awesome to see this new crop of young and motivated skiers coming along but it's kinda weird not seeing all the familiar faces that have been around since the start. A couple weeks ago I went to a COLLEGE graduation party for one of the first athletes who joined R.N.R it was pretty cool but made me realize that time does not stand still. 

(Sometimes life is a blur and it's hard to stay focused on what you REALLY want out of it. Create goals, set bench marks, and accomplish what you want!) 

When I started this club I had some goals in my mind of what I wanted to achieve. The main goal was to provide athletes who were motivated enough to train outside the hours of a high school program a place to do that. My hope was that with enough motivated athletes here in Rochester we could push those from around the state and create a higher level of skiing in NY. That would also influence how competitive the Mid-Atlantic division would be at Junior Nationals. 

This past Winter was one of the most successful for athletes from NY. They were not all from R.N.R and that's awesome because everyone needs some fuel for the fire! We did have some amazing results though, and I'm hoping that this young group of athletes will also continue to push themselves and others. 

( Not exactly sure what's going on here, but the we are all smiles)