Author Archive | Rosemary Shea-Cobb

BKL Woodstock Sweetheart Race

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 10 February, 2020 in BKL Race Blog

Kate, Pippa and Tessa leading the 5/6 girls race.

There was great snow, lots of glitter, and a good showing of MNC BKL Racers at Sunday’s Woodstock Sweetheart Race. Bundled in buffs, the 5/6 MNC girls started fast off the line, kept up the pace, caught a few boys on the way to finish 1, 2 & 3. Way to go girls!

Matias Citarella and Jonah Gorman raced in the boy’s 5/6 race. Jonah used a lot of V-2 on the flat sections of the course and propelled himself into a second place finish. Matias bounced back from an early fall, passed most of the field and got himself a 4th place. Amazing skiing boys!

Mia Diller skied in the 7/8 race and her mom, Coach Emilie did the “Try It” first timers race (and won it!). Great racing to everyone!

Jonah showing some great skiing technique. That’s Matias in the back working his way up the pack.

Matias passing skier after skier as he works his way back into the pack.

BKL Practice 2/11 – 2/15/2020

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 9 February, 2020 in BKL Training Schedule

Tuesday, 2/11: Classic

With all this new snow, it’s going to be a great day on skis today! Waxing could be tricky (warm temps) so be sure to send any child with waxable skis into the Walker Building to find out what we are using today.

Thursday, 2/13: Skate Mini-Marathon!

In our mini-marathon, kids see how many laps (or k’s) they can ski in a practice. We will all start together (on skis by 4 pm)* and kids will keep track of their loops. We set up a food table of snacks & drinks to help kids keep the energy up. This event is always a lot of fun!

Parents– send snacks to share and a NAME-LABLED full water bottle that your child can leave outside by the snack table to drink from when they ski by.

*If you usually arrive late, consider picking up early from school today so all the kids can start together.

*We need two parents to monitor the snack table and help kids write down their laps. Email Coach Rosemary if you can help!

Saturday or Sunday: No practice this weekend.

No races this weekend and Coach Rosemary is out of town and the other Racer coaches are busy. This is a good weekend to get in some distance. The skiing is great everywhere, so take your kids to Sleepy Hollow, Catamount, Trapps, Craftsbury or Rikert or out in the backcountry and go for a nice long family ski!

BKL Parents- We need your help Feb. 22!

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 3 February, 2020 in BKL Race Blog, BKL Training Schedule

Hi BKL Parents! Our MNC Skiathlon race is coming up on Feb. 22nd. This race raises money for our scholarship fund and will be held at Sleepy Hollow Inn & Touring Center in Huntington. BKL has been given the task of running a small concession stand for lunch. We really need one person to organize the concession (make a sign-up genius, be there to set it up), a few more volunteers to help run it and lots of people to donate crockpots of chili, cornbread and homemade snacks. If you can help, please email Lisanne Hegman at lhegman@gmavt.net

Thanks so much!!

-Coach Rosemary