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Race Suit Rentals Still Available

If you want to look slick racing and missed ordering an MNC suit, you still might be able to rent one!

As of this post, I have available: 1 XS, 1S, 2M & 1 XL Adult Unisex suits left. For kid’s suits I have 2 each of S, M & L. If you want to rent a suit, email me: Coach Rosemary , to reserve your size and then you will need to register & pay for it here: Race Suit Rental Form

BKL Racer Update: Race at Craftsbury 1/31

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 27 January, 2021 in BKL Race Blog, BKL Training Schedule

Crafts bury has just decided to hold a BKL race on Sunday 1/31. More details will be forthcoming, but these are the main points:

Starting at 1pm with youngest first; older kids going later; should be wrapping up around 3pm
CLASSIC (had initially said skate, but gotta take advantage of these perfect classic conditions)
Pretty standard BKL distances (lollipop does a quick rip; grades 1/2 do 1-2k; grades 3/4 do 2-3k; grades 5/6 do 3-4k; grades 7/8 do 4-5k)
Individual starts (1 racer every 30 seconds) to keep kids spaced out
Pre-registration will be REQUIRED to comply with a bunch of COVID regulations and will close Saturday evening—no day-of-race registration, unfortunately.
There will be an additional health screen form to fill out, too
Spectators are unfortunately not allowed per state rules, so please set parents’ expectations accordingly. Parents of children 10 and under are allowed to get them going but then need to make themselves scarce. Coaches can help out as much as needed.
Entry fee = $0.

**Instead of our Sprint skate time trial practice, we will do this race!

BKL Virtual Bogburn

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 17 January, 2021 in BKL Race Blog

This post is a bit overdue, but the results have finally been confirmed and I am proud to say that we had great participation by MNC and great results! In my mailbox today was a packet from the race director with a plethora of awards to hand out to our crew:

Unbelievable! We had so many firsts in this race: Sylvie and Ansel each raced for the first time. Pippa and Jonah raced a long 4 km for the first time. Pearl raced in Vermont for the first time. And this was our first race at our new venue Bolton on our re-newed trail, Picnic. In addition to that, we had three kids place first in their age groups: Kate, Liam & Pearl. We all agreed that it was a pretty tough race course (hilly!), but we are tougher for it!

It’s a little weird to race with your team mates in a time trial and then see your results stacked against kids you never saw or heard of who raced on a completely different course in a completely different place! Who knows if their course was harder or easier than ours or if conditions were faster or slower? There are so many variables, that you really can’t put much weight on these results. But it sure was fun to do a race and I know that I have a fast & tough group of Racers this year. Do you see that they are all wearing their masks while racing in these photos? They have been doing such a great job with mask wearing and social distancing at ski practices. I am so proud of these kids! Photos below. If you want to view the results, find them on the Bogburn Facebook page.

Liam- says he doesn’t like classic as much, but look how good he looks!

Riley

Ansel coming to the finish.

Jonah heading out for another lap.

Sylvie

Brooke

Kate. She is not skating- she is stepping the corner!

BKL Parent Meeting on ZOOM (recorded)

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 6 January, 2021 in BKL Race Blog

If you missed the BKL Parent Meeting, you can watch it here. Meeting starts at about the 1:00 mark.

BKL Program Start-up: 1/07/2020

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 28 December, 2020 in BKL Race Blog, BKL Training Schedule, Uncategorized

Good News! With the recent changes in VT COVID restrictions, we are able to start up our BKL programs at Bolton, as long as we have enough snow there to spread ourselves out.

Jack Rabbits, Arctic Foxes & Racers will start on 1/07/20, 4- 5:30, Bolton Valley Nordic

Penguins will start the following Tuesday, 1/12/2020, 4- 5:30, Bolton Valley Nordic

Parent ZOOM meeting on 1/05/2020 at 7:30 for all groups. Info and Zoom link HERE.

Update 1/04/2020: FIND YOUR CHILD’s SUBGROUP

Meeting Places:

Penguins: By the Sports Center Main Entrance

Jack Rabbits 1 & 2: By the Swing Set

Arctic Foxes 1, 2 & 3: By the Row of Fruit Trees in front of the Sports Center

Racers 1, 2, & 3: By the Woods between Parking lot and entrance to Picnic Loop.

We will be operating a little differently this year, so please attend the meeting to get all the details.

The Basics:

You will need to fill out a health screening form for each child before you come to each practice. Bookmark this link: MNC Health Screen Form.
Ski from your car. Kids should change and put boots on in your car and use it as a base.
There will be a meeting place set-up for each small group to meet their coach.
We will wear masks in the parking lot and while skiing. The only time we will take them off is when we are going really hard and we are 6 ft. or more apart.
Don’t congregate in the parking lot when picking up or dropping off kids and remember that there is no place to wait inside (i.e. be on-time for pick-up).