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| Casey Savage tire truckin' |
The OMS shredder cheddars have been busy getting ready for the snow season with some serious dryland activities over the past two weeks. We've been lifting, skating, tractor tire pulling and flipping, tramping at Woodman's, and some practicing some other, rather unorthodox backwoods training tactics.
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| Taylor mid invert |
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| Bryce crossing the creek |
On that note, we had an exciting and quite eventful trip on our backwoods training day on Tuesday. We heard about an excellent hike near the Ludlow lakes and proceeded to set forth on a little adventure of sorts in the Vermont countryside. We hit the trail with a light jog, followed by some river rock hopping and fallen pine balance beam training and headed up and out of the ravine with another light jog. After about 10 minutes of running on the rugged mountainside terrain, the crew was breathing pretty heavily so we took a breather and water break. Not long into our rest, we heard the most insane shrieking noise coming from the gorge below- the ravine that we were just training in. Our unofficial team mascot Trooper (coach Luke's dog) went crazy and we knew there was something big down below as it sounded like a large cat and not the household kind. After a few minutes, the noise subsided and we were faced with the difficult decision of going back down the way we came and back onto the trail or trying to navigate a different route. We chose to go back down towards the creek that we had crossed and towards where we had heard that strange noise. After we crossed the stream and got back onto the trail, Trooper was marking his territory and where he had made his presence known, we saw some very large paw/scuff marks in the dirt and leaves. Bear or cat? Whatever it was, it was big!! Insanely enough, we followed these marks like the true vermonters we are, back down the trail and towards where we had parked our van. We soon noticed that along the way and all the way to our vehicle, were consistent and fresh nail marks scratched in rocks everywhere. Although we never saw the beast (cougar, bear, sasquatch) and made it out unscathed, the experience was pretty insane. Any input as to what it was would be appreciated...And we'll make sure to post the photos of tracks soon.
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| Taylor tire flips |
So in a nutshell, some our dryland training tactics may be different- yet they are effective! Not only do they promote being physically fit, but it is through this organic approach that allows our riders to be more in touch nature and to also develop an appreciation for the beautiful and wild environment of Vermont. Let it snow!!
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| Casey tuckknee |
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| Casey getting froggy on the runway |
On that note, we had an exciting and quite eventful trip on our backwoods training day on Tuesday. We heard about an excellent hike near the Ludlow lakes and proceeded to set forth on a little adventure of sorts in the Vermont countryside. We hit the trail with a light jog, followed by some river rock hopping and fallen pine balance beam training and headed up and out of the ravine with another light jog. After about 10 minutes of running on the rugged mountainside terrain, the crew was breathing pretty heavily so we took a breather and water break. Not long into our rest, we heard the most insane shrieking noise coming from the gorge below- the ravine that we were just training in. Our unofficial team mascot Trooper (coach Luke's dog) went crazy and we knew there was something big down below as it sounded like a large cat and not the household kind. After a few minutes, the noise subsided and we were faced with the difficult decision of going back down the way we came and back onto the trail or trying to navigate a different route. We chose to go back down towards the creek that we had crossed and towards where we had heard that strange noise. After we crossed the stream and got back onto the trail, Trooper was marking his territory and where he had made his presence known, we saw some very large paw/scuff marks in the dirt and leaves. Bear or cat? Whatever it was, it was big!! Insanely enough, we followed these marks like the true vermonters we are, back down the trail and towards where we had parked our van. We soon noticed that along the way and all the way to our vehicle, were consistent and fresh nail marks scratched in rocks everywhere. Although we never saw the beast (cougar, bear, sasquatch) and made it out unscathed, the experience was pretty insane. Any input as to what it was would be appreciated...And we'll make sure to post the photos of tracks soon.
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