On the road with the wild life.
09/02/2009
As a cross country ski racer we get to take part in a sport that is not only very demanding, but also requires year-round training even though it is a winter sport. Because of this we get to put some incredible workouts in, workouts which are very unique to the sport which require special equipment and must appear odd to someone who is not familiar with non-winter cross-country ski training. Whether it is long runs in the mountains, or big days on the road rollerskiing, or biking. most of this training is in nature and we get to see some extremely incredible stuff. This is one aspect which has made me love the sport so much, being outside and seeing things which most people only hear about.
This photo, taken by Lee Churchill of Dan Roycroft, Thomsen D’hont, Julian Locke, me on our roller skies approaching a small herd of Dall Sheep. was from one of my recent Training Camps in Canmore Alberta. We were on a classic rollerski up Highwood Pass in the Peter Laugheed Provincial Park, in Kananaskis Country when we had this encounter. Watching these sheep bolt across as we got closer and closer definitely proved to be one of the highlights of this training camp. Another highlight (without a photo) was encountering a herd of Caribou crossing the Bow River in Canmore one morning with my teammate Thomsen.Contributed by Camille Cheskey of the Callaghan Valley Training Center in Whistler BC. Photo by Lee Churchill.
