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BKL Practice 12/13-12/18

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 11 December, 2022 in BKL Training Schedule

It’s getting colder and there is snow in the forecast for the weekend! This week we’ll be doing some fun dryland so we ‘re ready when the snow flies!

Tuesday 12/13: Mill River Park, Rte. 15, Jericho:

Penguins, Jack Rabbits, Arctic Foxes & Racers

Penguins’s first day!

Wear your sneakers, dress in layers, and BRING A HEADLAMP! It will be dark for much of our practice and there are no lights here. We will do more team building, fun dryland activities, hiking and running.

DEVOS: Practice with the Juniors: Possible ski at Sleepy Hollow. Check the JR TRAINING DOC

Thursday 12/15: Location Change: Mill River Park!

Jack Rabbits, Arctic Foxes, Racers & Devos

Everyone should bring classic ski poles today and your headlamp!

Wear your sneakers, dress in layers. More dryland activities and team building.

Saturday: Racers at Craftsbury, 10:00-11:30 am

Update: Sunday: Racers at Sleepy Hollow, 1:30-3pm Skate

Rosemary is at the Lake Placid Eastern Cup with the Devos, so Andy Crawford (Oakley’s Dad) & Brian Sprague (Ansel’s Dad) will lead practice today. You will play a warm up game and do some distance skiing. Conditions should be very good at Craftsbury with some new snow!

Lake Placid EC needs volunteers!

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 10 December, 2022 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog, Masters Blog

Volunteers at last year’s MNC Skiathlon (thank you again!).

Are you a parent traveling to Lake Placid for the Eastern Cup? Please consider volunteering! It takes a ton of volunteers to host a well-run Eastern Cup race and Rikert had lots of volunteers lined up. Then had to move their race to Lake Placid and many of their volunteers had to withdraw. If you are going anyways, please consider taking a shift! Contact: Britta Pirrung, britta@frostmountainnordic.org

Everyone will really appreciate your help!

BKL Silver Fox Trot Race Notes

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 9 December, 2022 in Uncategorized

When to Arrive:

1/2 & 3/4’s : Arrive by 11 to get race bibs & preview the course. Parents should plan to pre-view the course with these kids.

If you are a 1/2 and need wax for your classic race please find the MNC Wax Trailer in the Lower Parking lot by the wax cabins. I am racing in the morning around 10 am and since they have changed it to a paired start, I am not sure when I will finish. I will leave the klister & torch on the wax table and you can come on in and help yourself. I will head there as soon as I can after my race and help and other coaches may be around to help as well.
5/6 & 7/8: Arrive by 12. Pick up your race bib and meet Rosemary at 12:15 in the Upper Soccer Field. We will preview the course together.

If you are not already registered: you can register up to 5 pm Friday ONLINE, or on Saturday morning in person up until 11:15 am.

Schedule & distances:

Lollipop: 11:30

Grades 1/2: 12:00, 1 km

Grades 3/4: 12:15, 2 km

Grades. 5/6: 1:00, 3km

Grades 7/8: 1:30, 4 km

Suggested Glide Wax:

Mid Range: Toko Red parafin or Liquid, Swix PS 7 (purple) or equivalent liquid.

Reminder: NENSA BKL WAX POLICY

-Basically, keep to your non-fluro base performance waxes & liquids, no topcoats.

-If you don’t have time for waxing? It’s ok. It’s going to be very fast tomorrow no matter what you have on!

Updates for this weekend

By Adam Terko on 9 December, 2022 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog, Masters Blog

The Kendall Classic race has been cancelled and will no longer happen on Sunday. Please note the following changes (or lack of changes!) to our weekend plans:

SATURDAY

Juniors: All are encouraged to race the Silver Fox Trot, the skate race which is still ON for Saturday. Registration is open until 5pm tonight (Friday) at the link below. The race begins at 10AM for the open categories: look for the MNC tent and trailer in the lower lot which will be home base.

Silver Fox Trot Registration

Masters: If you’re interested in racing, the Silver Fox Trot on Saturday is a great chance to enjoy what looks to be very nice freshly-made snow on a relatively tame course.

BKL: The Silver Fox Trot was, and still is, the primary BKL event for the weekend!

SUNDAY

Juniors: We will meet at Craftsbury at 10AM for a classic ski. Meet at the trailer in the lower lot, which will stay on-site overnight. Those that have not classic skied more than 2-3x this season will get in a distance classic ski. Those with more classic under them this season will do some classic intensity…exact format TBD. Note there will be no van for this session as Adam needs to remain at Craftsbury for our Masters event.

Masters: Our group ski event is STILL ON and still happening at 1pm. Nothing has changed with regard to this ski!

BKL: Snowmaking temps may have allowed other areas such as Rikert or even Sleepy Hollow to open up some terrain, so this is a good day to take a rest if you raced Saturday, or seek out some more snow!

Coming to the Range

By Adam Terko on 8 December, 2022 in BKL Jackrabbits, BKL Race Blog, BKL Training Schedule, Junior Blog, Masters Blog

Hello everyone!

While our Range days are limited in December (and the lack of snow makes it difficult to have a “traditional” session in the first place) we have access occasionally and I’d like to just put out information on the arrival process as a refresher.

If you have signed up for MNC Programming (including Range Access, not just coaching) your name will be added to our “command list” which is kept at the front gate.
When you drive in, you’ll need to show a photo ID to the gate guard and specify that you’re on the MNC/Mansfield Nordic Club list. For younger skiers, a school ID is fine! For the smallest skiers (elementary school) it’s likely ok to just have a parent in the car who can provide names.
Always remember to go the speed limit, or even better BELOW the speed limit!
Need specific directions to the Range itself? Check out this document below

Range Directions