Hey Everybody, Hannah's Back In Town!

We've been doing our usual thing around here, while trying our best to keep our team Coronavirus-free.  So far, so good...

It's beginning to look more like winter around here.

Sigurd in uphill time-trial mode.

Espen & Pascale

The hill-bounding feels more like skiing when there's snow on the ground.

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JC and Coach Toomas.

Time-trial time again. JC and Derek.

JC and Espen. Seems like JC was everywhere at once that day.

Last weekend Sigurd pulled into practice driving some sort of Ford Explorer, which I assume he must have bought recently. I was about to ask him about it when Hannah Rudd climbed out of the back seat - but I thought Hannah was living in Bozeman these days! I was so shocked that I forgot to ask Sigurd about his car. Hannah's spent the past week here, training with us, and her presence has added to the quality and good vibe of our sessions. It's been really nice to see her this week, and I hope we'll cross paths on the racing circuit this winter. Here she is, racing our Potter Valley uphill time trial a few days ago.

Tuva Uno

Tuva The Deuce.
The skiable ice-free section of road is getting narrower all the time.

 

In the background: the Pacific Ocean. In the foreground: Tuva

In the foreground, our rollerski road. In the background, downtown Anchorage. In the distance 300 miles away, Denali (20,320 feet)

The final sprint to the finish line.

In the hills above Anchorage.

In the hills above Palmer.

I was real pleased with the quality and spirit of the womens' intervals this morning. Here's Toom leading the final meters of one of the later rounds, with Hannah, Pascale, and both Tuvas in the mix.