Summer Adventures

Helloooooooo!

It's been awhile since our last post... but that doesn't mean we haven't been busy! Tom is keeping us on our toes this summer with our training plan, fully loaded with instructional videos! This is Amelia, by the way, reporting live from Maplewood, MN... pardon my lack of blog-savviness because this is my first post!

About a week ago, Nora and I spent our Saturday morning skiing with one of the newest additions to our team.. Mitchell Miller! We worked our way up West River Road onto the Greenway and skied towards Lake Calhoun. We weaved our way through hoards of cyclists while answering all of Mitchell's thoughtful questions! Here is a rather unflattering picture of us post-workout...


A few other updates from other skiiers.... Liza Dawley is back home in Massachusetts for the summer! She has been spending a lot of time on the cape, and while there aren't many good roads for roller skiing, there's an awesome bike trail, she says. It starts right near her house and goes 10 miles down the Cape to Woods Hole... here are some of the beautiful views from her adventures!


 Woods Hole Harbor


Beach!


Sunset over Marsh Flats

Jake Brown is in Norway this summer, here are some pictures and comments from him! 


Rollerskiing at Holmenkollen ski trails in Oslo


On Troll's Tongue with Jake Barzen, who I traveled with, is a great guy, and is on the Ole soccer team


On a hike at the Swedish border. Coolest view I have ever seen

That's a wrap, folks! Look forward to more blog posts of summer adventures to come soon! And of course there will be an annual ski team trip to the State Fair bound to happen towards the end of summer!

Peace!


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