Sophie Caldwell: Park City Camp Update

Camps in Park City are always busy. Between training, eating, sleeping, and meetings, our days are usually filled right up. It's a good busy though, and we are lucky to be able to take advantage of the resources the U.S. ski Team offers while we are here - the C.O.E. gym, one of the nicest I've used, a U.S. Ski Team chef who makes meals at the C.O.E. each day, P.T.'s, sports psychologists, nutritionists and coaches. We're pretty lucky!

The 2015 U.S. Ski Team A and B team

Since getting healthy again last week, I've been really psyched to wake up and train each day. It's a good feeling to be genuinely excited to be doing this and to find something new to work on each day. Everyone on our team has different strengths and we've learned that the definition of "winning" a summer workout isn't necessarily being the fastest that day. Winning the workout is accomplishing your goals for the day and doing what is smart and best for you. No one wins the workout every day. Based on our strengths and how we're feeling each day, we know when it's our turn to lead, when it's our turn to follow, and when it's our turn to put our head down and hold on for dear life. Regardless of which role we fill, we're making gains as a team and that's a good feeling.

Hold on to Jessie for dear life in double pole intervals and then ski back and have lunch together

Take a quick power nap after a tough workout.

First four hour OD of the year is no problem with good company

Staying on our feet!

Mid ski selfie with Jessie and Caitlin

Our Team

Okay, enough of the sappy team stuff. The training has been going well. We've done a lot of easy distance skiing, some speed work, strength, two threshold workouts, and a really hard double pole workout. I'm ending the camp tired and looking forward to a couple days of recovery. Everything is a little sore, but that means I'm doing something right. There are areas where I want to make big improvements this summer and I'm ready to work on them. I'll be here through the weekend to make up the treadmill testing I missed when I was sick earlier in the camp, then I'll fly to Vermont and stay there until we leave for New Zealand on July 7th. I can't wait to be back with my SMS T2 teammates in Stratton and I hope the warm weather I've been seeing pictures of sticks around, because we could sure use a little after this camp!