North East ST'ers: Feb "Tour de Ski"

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It’s gettin’ cold here. Hopefully on snow soon.

It’s supposed to be 50 degrees here on Thanksgiving. I’m starting to think that Vermont winter is a myth.

-C

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Hey Dev…here’s one for the end of January. It was recommended by a friend.

http://www.craftsbury.com/skiing/marathon/home.htm

You’ll have to get out of your “comfort” zone and do it classic though. :slight_smile:

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a few things…balance (duh), done by lots of rollerskiing with no poles and working on exaggerated glide on the flats and false flats.

turnover, dont “try” to glide so much. V2 is considered second gear right, so the tempo should be pretty high. Most folks V2 slight uphills and false flats, and at this speed, a gliding ski is a slowing ski. So see my post above about the hand follow through. With a faster turnover, you dont have time for the hands to “fling” back and then recover them “high”. So do some V2 where you never let go of the pole, or flick it. This forces early power application and a quicker turnover.

Hope that helps.

Kurt

Thanks Kurt. Dev recommended some V2 without letting go of the poles as well. I think I have to work on the faster turnover and reading the terrain a little bit better as well.

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Indeed, I like the Queens toughness. Very impressive. She seems to do it every year. I only did this once

My February Grand Winter Aerobic Tour was:

  1. Winterman Tri - 20K Skate/15K Run/30K Ski
  2. CSM - 100 mile 2 day ski tour
  3. Gatineau 55

I will fully admit that I was totally baked by the time I got to the mid-way point of the Gatineau 55 that year. I remember going up the hill on the far side of Meech lake(MacDonald?) and thinking that I was going to die right there!!

Fleck

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OK, this is what I do, but does it apply to guys just learning, or do they work up to it by overexagerating the weight transfer? I agree that clicking heel to heel does feel (and is) unnatural. Would it be better to go heel of recovery ski to toe of glide ski (or close)…Kinda like catch up for swimming ?

The problem I see doing it any other way with beginner skiers is that they never actually commit weight to one ski and get on a flat ski, they just sit in between edges of skis.