Hello ski preppers!

We’re super excited for winter, though our cold weather we had a couple of weeks ago has shifted to sunny warm days which I also love, so truth be told, winter can wait a bit. Plus, it will give us time to get uberfit for the season. I sent an email out last week, but if you joined ski prep since then, you can view it here. There’s a little overlap with this email, so if you got it last week, you can skim; that said, if you haven’t done your homework from the last email, the links you need are forthcoming (and no judgment!).

As we get going, I wanted to run through a few housekeeping details. The member area access of our website will be your home base for the duration of the program. Click the login tab on any page to access it. There you’ll find the links to the weekly emails, videos, Zoom links and recordings, and anything else we think will be helpful. Anything that comes up between weekly emails will be dropped there.

-Please fill out this form so we can apply the correct plan to your TrainingPeaks account and get to know you a little better. Speaking of TrainingPeaks, most of you have created an account, but if you haven’t, please do that here. A premium account is included with the training, so don't upgrade, even if they prompt you. It won't accept our upgrade until your trial is over so just ignore the emails.

-If you’re unfamiliar with TrainingPeaks, you can check out the article Alison wrote here. They have a great selection of help articles and videos on their website as well. If you’re not into all of that part, don’t worry, it’s certainly not necessary. We won’t be checking your plans on the platform, but it’s a great tool to use as a training log to track your progress and have all your training-specific thoughts in one place. You’ll get email notifications of the next two days’ workouts, and the app is very user friendly. If you run into any issues that you (or we) can’t find an answer to, their customer support is also very good.

-We have a Private Slack Channel where you can interact with everyone in the group. If you can, pop over and say hello, where you’re from, and a goal for the program. Slack is a great forum to ask questions, share info, find folks in your area to train with, or anything else. No question is silly; if you have a question about something, likely someone else does too.

-Some of you are training for Nordic skiing, some downhill and/or backcountry, so if you see a question that doesn’t make sense with your plan, don’t fret.

- We’ll email the group every Monday morning with an overview of the coming week’s training goal as well as sharing info on other related training topics such as nutrition, suggested podcasts, and other good stuff. Please make sure that you check your spam and junk folders since the emails are generated by our website, and sometimes get filtered to weird areas.

- Finally, you’ll get as much out of this group as you put in! Please reach out at as we get started with any questions either via email at alison@cascadeendurance.com or via Slack.

More soon!

Alison and Sam