Hello,

I have learned a lot over the past few months about life and training as a professional athlete. Yet again, transitioning from one facet of life to the next, I was surprised by many things. Much like the transition from high school and junior skiing to collegiate athletics, many of my presumptions were spot on and others were not. I figured that after my four years of college and performing as a successful student athlete, that I would have skiing and my training pretty figured out by now. However, over the past few months, I still managed to learn a lot of new things about my skiing life balance.

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Much of my collegiate life consisted of planning and time management. A day wouldn’t pass without scribbling out a list onto a random scratch piece of paper. There simply wasn’t enough time in the day to get everything done. Training fell to the back burner on multiple occasions, being pushed aside by an upcoming exam or late-night homework assignment. Contrarily, there were days when I would get back from training at 11:00, and rather than going to my 10:45 class, I would go home, lay down on the couch, and close my eyes with the TV still on. Don’t tell my mother! The balance between school and training was key to being a successful student athlete. There were days when plenty of things on the list wouldn’t get crossed off, and that is okay.

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Since then, after having graduated, I have found that there are more hours in the day. It is as if professional athletes are granted that extra 4 hours that student athletes are missing. In reality, there are still 24 hours in a day, I just have less on my plate. In turn, I have the opportunity to work less and train more. This summer, I have found that the 20-hour training weeks, that in college were considered “big weeks,” are now quite manageable for full 4-week training cycles. This by far, has been the biggest surprise transitioning from collegiate to professional athletics. I knew I would have more time, but I didn’t realize that all of that extra time would equate so heavily to better recovery and higher training loads. Now, the once, “big weeks” feel like any of the “normal weeks” (15-16 hours) in college.

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So, what does this all mean? Well, I’ve gotten much more quality training in this summer than in years past. The altered work load, from school to a part time job, has helped significantly with my training and fitness. Andy has outlined a great training program and my teammates bring me up every day. It has been a hugely productive summer with some super dedicated teammates that are all ready to tear it up come snowfall.

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In a little over a week, the Pro Team will head down to Park City for a two week long training camp. The Sun Valley Gold Team and the University of Utah Ski Team will both join us. It will be a great opportunity to do intervals with many of the athletes that I will be competing against this winter. As always, there will be a bit of sizing each other up to see where people are at for the upcoming race season. I am very excited to see if all of the summer training will pay off. That’s all for now, but check back next week for another update from one of the Pro Team athletes!

Happy trails,

Logan