Thanks to all the racers, volunteers, BKL Families and Sleepy Hollow for hosting us!
Link to photos by Taylor Carlson (adult races)
Link to photos by Adam Popkin(BKL races)
photo by Christine Dillon
The MNC Skiathlon is coming up on Saturday! You can register on SkiReg any time before 5pm Friday at the link below, or do a day-of registration (for increased fees).
Although we’ve enjoyed a nice stretch of “winter” temps and weather lately, it seems as if that will all come crashing down this weekend with warm weather and some rain.
If nothing else, this makes waxing pretty straightforward…we’re recommending a layer of blue glide first, to harden the bases and prevent dirt accumulation. Then, unsurprisingly, a layer of the yellow glidewax of your choice.
MNC waxing squad (Rosemary and Adam) will be on-site to help with waxing, such as an additional liquid glide layer and structure patterns.
If you can put on a *thin* klister binder that would be great for the classic leg, however we will also have a roller on-site for binder as well as race klister.
Last Tuesday, Masters afternoon and evening skiers tapped into their “inner child” and had an Olympic Games Day in honor of the Youth Olympics being held in South Korea. After forming teams and coming up with a team country and cheer, the teams competed in a cone shuttle relay, speedball and relay towing. Lots of fun for all and photos are below!
Relay towing.
Speedball on the penalty loop.
Cone shuttle relay.
Afternoon speedball.
High-speed towing relays!
Women lined up for the start of the Classic Craftsbury Marathon Women’s wave.
Fifty-nine women and one hundred and fourteen men lined up for the Craftsbury Marathon Classic 25 or 50k on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. Among them were five MNC masters women and and six MNC masters men. The course would be a 13.5 km loop: two times round for the 25k and three times round for a shortened 50k. With the MNC wax trailer parked in the lot and coaches Rosemary, Adam and Kristen testing wax and dialing in the structure, we quickly klistered up everyone’s skis for good kick. Coach Rosemary then set up a bench trailside with the klister roller ready to give anyone who needed it a little more kick during the race! A little “wax security” goes a long way for a worry free race! Congratulations to Chase Rosenberg, Pascal Cheng, Michael Dillon, Craig Peppin, Jim Adkisson, Andres Torrizo (age class winner), Sara Katz, Karen Alence, Jen Adkisson, Ellie Bouffard and Liz Hollenbach (age class winner) for kick and gliding the distance and having a great time doing it! In addition, we had two Devo skiers ski the 25k with Coaches Adam and Kristen. Congrats to Liam Vile and Oakley Crawford!
This is a Marathon weekend, and that meant a skate 30 km on Sunday. MNC had twelve men and four women compete in Sunday’s skate race. Congrats to Michael Gaughan, Sam Seely, Mike Millar, Owen Lenz, Brian Sprague, Chris Howell, Duncan Dubief (Jr), Chris Flannery, Gretta Kilburn (age class winner), Sheila Weaver and Coach Rosemary (age class winner).
Extra kudos go out to Sara Katz, Michael Dillon and Pascal Cheng who all raced BOTH days, completing the “Brodhead Challenge”, skiing essentially almost 80 km over the course of the two days and proving that they are incredibly fit and tough! Hats off to all three of you!
Women head up the teaching hill.
The BKL Division start.
The MNC Trailside Klister Station!
Click through to check snow conditions at Tomasi Meadow (Underhill) and the Range (Jericho). These conditions are submitted by on-the-ground reports and are as current as possible. Read More about “Snow Conditions”…
Join us on Sunday, December 15th at Craftsbury for our Masters Mini Camp. We’ll work on both skate and classic, gather for lunch, and review video and talk technique! Read More about “Masters Mini Camp @ Craftsbury”…
Masters athletes…are you looking to build strength and train with friends and teammates? Join us at the Mansfield Nordic Community Center on Wednesday nights! Read More about “Masters Strength @ The MNCC”…