The weather had been kind to the North players over the first five days of their Utah camp - perhaps a little too kind.
Sunny skies and mild conditions disappeared on Saturday (Utah time), making way for a massive snowstorm that painted the team's hotel white.
While the locals headed indoors, the Kangaroos' travelling group continued on, the convoy making it down to Salt Lake City's Liberty Park to be welcomed by a frozen lake and freezing conditions.
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Pre-season is pre-season though, and by the time the players started the first of their four runs all eyes were on one thing, getting to the front of the pack.
Under the watchful eye of coach Brad Scott, Jamie Macmillan burst out of the blocks to win the first two-kilometre time trial, while Shaun Atley took out the one-kilometre run.
Macmillan claimed bragging rights over his housemate on the reverse course, before emerging forward Mason Wood highlighted his impressive aerobic ability by taking out the final test of the day.
Looking back to peak fitness after suffering a broken leg early in the year, Macmillan described the session as the 'toughest of the camp so far'.
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