Andrew Johnson backed by the sunlit Pisa Range.  6 x 4min.

Andrew Newell - high hands tend to pull the hips high and forward as well.  From this start position there is a lot of force coming down on those poles.

Britta Norgren from Sweden - top 15 at the Olympics last winter - doing some classical intervals here at the Snow Farm.

Chris Cook working on the specific elements of fitness, technique and movement patterning for the sprint.

Drop and give me 20 - Cook making them good ones.

The detail man - Chris Grover.

Abi Holt leads the SVSEF team on a distance ski at the Snow Farm - Wanaka, NZ.

Checking intensity after an interval.  Paying attention to each day, each session, each interval enables us to make sure we are getting the desired results from our work.

Wadsworth is watching.  Doing it right is the only option - the right intensity with as efficent, effective technique as possible - every day.

Feet over hips, shoulders over poles.  Power to the skis and poles.  Johnson and early morning shadows.

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