July is always one of our biggest months of training and this year has been no exception! In the annual rhythm of the nordic athlete we start out with easy training in the early summer and gradually crank up the intensity and volume as the summer rolls on.  We have also been cranking up the Fun this July! 

So far this month we have rollerskied into the Park and up the road to Targhee, had our annual Bring your Dog to Practice Day, jumped in cold alpine lakes, summited peaks in the Tetons, practiced our golf swings, and bushwhacked all around the greater Snow King area!  The best way to train and acquire skills is to have fun while you are doing it, which has been our goal this summer.  We also had a great visit from the Tahoe Endurance nordic ski team, which is a super strong crew based out of Tahoe City, California.  We collaborated on some workouts, made new friends, and had a great time.  It is always great to meet new people and have a bigger group to train!

 

This month we had a group of JHSC middle school athletes travel to attend a fun youth-oriented training camp organized by BSF in the mountains outside of Bozeman. We sent athletes to this camp last year but this year was much bigger, with clubs from all over Intermountain sending kids. 

 

 

The week was awesome with tons of swimming in Hyalite Reservoir, rollerskiing technique, runs in the mountains, and games at the camp they were staying at. There were also nightly presentations about training and other ski-related topics from the BSF Pro Team coaches and athletes. The kids came home worn out, happy, and stoked to train for skiing which is all we can hope for! 

 

 

While most of the team is laying down some base training at home, some of our teammates have thrown on bibs and participated in some races!  Charlie von Maur-Newcomb ran the Rendezvous Mountain Hillclimb this past weekend and had a great race, summiting JHMR in less than 1 hour and 20 minutes! Simultaneously on the other side of the Tetons, Koven Post-Holmberg absolutely crushed the Pierre’s Hole 50k mountain bike race, getting SECOND overall (all ages) in a field of over 200 racers! Nice work to both of these JHSC Nordic athletes, it is so awesome to see nordic kids crush it in other sports during the summer!

 

On the other side of the country, Olin Hugo competed in the 2026 US Biathlon Summer Nationals in Jericho, Vermont.  This event uses rollerski loops and a range to simulate biathlon racing, just in the summer. Olin skied well and had mixed shooting, placing 7th in both the individual start and the pursuit races. Great work Olin!