I am very pleased to tell you that the CXC Elite Team’s third training camp of the summer was located in Marquette, MI. It was wonderful to be able to train hard with the team, cook in my own kitchen and sleep in my own bed. The CXC Junior Team joined us the first week for a bunch of volume with a little less intensity. Most of the Elite team athletes hit over 20 hours of training.
It was a lot of fun having the junior team around. During some of the workouts we had a group of over 20 skiers. The week was mostly all business, but some of us managed to make it to the beach on our afternoon off. Kristina Owen and I brought a cooler filled with Jilbert’s Dairy ice cream and we stayed until it was all melted. The team almost missed dinner because we couldn’t pull Coach Fish away from the cliff jumping.
The week ended with a fun (but serious) sprint race in the parking lot of the Superior dome. Everyone completed a qualification lap, a semifinal and a final. Gus Kaeding took the men’s victory while Jesse Diggins was the female champ. The Junior Team had to take off on Sunday, but I am confident that many of them will be back here to take a closer look at Northern Michigan University. The sun was shining every day and it was a very easy week to fall in love with Marquette.
