We supply our own bathroom supplies at the Walker Building at the Range. If you can bring some TP or soap, please sign up using this Sign-up Genius Link. *Note: We don’t want to keep a stash of extra this year because there are mice who tend to get into it in our supply room. Therefore, we ask that you bring it on the day you signed up for and immediately distribute it to the bathroom stalls. Thanks!
Archive | BKL Training Schedule
BKL Practice Week of 1/22
We’ll be at the Range all this week. Remember to check in as EABC at the gate.
Tuesday 1/24: At the Range!
Penguins: Classic
Jack Rabbits, Arctic Foxes, Racers: Skate
Devos: Check the Jr. Training Doc
Thursday 1/26: At the Range!
Jack Rabbits, Arctic Foxes, Racers/Devos: Classic
Saturday: Devos: Craftsbury Marathon BKL
*Check with Coach Kristin for details. Registration closes on Wed. 1/25
Sunday: Racers Practice 10- 11:30am
Sleepy Hollow Ski Center, Huntington
Distance Classic w/ Coach Rosemary
BKL Practice Week of 1/16/2023
Hurray for cold and a little more snow! This week we’ll be at the Range!
Tuesday, 1/17: The Range!
Important: Check in as EABC. Adults need their Driver’s License. Please go no more than 25 MPH on base.
Penguins: Classic
Jack Rabbits, Arctic Foxes, Racers & Devos: SKATE
**Racers and others who have rock skis- bring them for games on the fields in addition to your regular skis.
Thursday, 1/19: The Range!
Jack Rabbits, Arctic Foxes, Racers & Devos: SKATE
1/22 Sunday Racers: Mad River Scramble is ON!
Sign-up HERE to let me know you are coming & to get any email updates. Registration link below.
Plan to arrive 1 hour before your race start. Coach Rosemary will be there to help preview the course, etc.
Mad River BKL Race and Fun!
Sunday, January 22th
12:30 PM – 2:15 PM
Welcome North West Vermont (NWVT) BKL skiers! We are excited to be hosting the Mad River BKL event at Blueberry Lake Cross Country Ski and Snowshoe Center—an age based wave start freestyle race except for lollipoppers and 1st/2nd Grade who will be skiing a classic race.
Blueberry Lake XC and Snowshoe Center
424 Plunkton Road
Warren, VT 05674
Registration:
Online registration is open until Friday January 20 at 9:00 pm (click the link below). Day of registration and bib pick up is open Sunday, January 22th from 11:30 AM – 1:15PM. Registration will close an hour before the scheduled start. Cost is $6 per skier. No charge for lollipoppers (K/Pre-K). All registration payments will be in person on January 22nd – cash or check.
Volunteers Needed: We need volunteers to help with various jobs, please sign up if you can help.
Race Technique & Course: The race technique will be freestyle (skate) except for lollipoppers and 1st/2nd Grade who will be skiing a classic race. Start format will be a wave start for each age group. Race course TBD.
12:30 PM – Lollipop (Kindergarten/pre-K) ~.5km
12:45 PM – Grades 1/2 ~1km
1:15 PM – Grades 3/4 ~ 2km
1:45 PM – Grades 5/6 ~3km
2:15 PM – Grades 7/8 ~4k
Results & Awards
Awards will happen in the finish area immediately following each race. Participants will receive a ribbon and a treat.
Questions? Contact the Race Director, Justin Beckwith justin@nensa.net
BKL Practice Week of 1/09/23: Updated!
Tuesday, 1/09/23: Classic in the Notch!
The bad news is that there is no skiing at the Range yet. The good news is that there is just enough new snow in Smugglers Notch for us to ski. The Notch is supposed to get a little more snow tonight. It will be cold tomorrow- a high of 16 F- so wear layers and bundle up. The wind is supposed to calm down in the later afternoon. If you’ve never skied here, its’s a lovely ski on a wide road that goes past a few pretty ice waterfalls and it’s mostly up, although very gradual at first.
The Details:
BRING A HEADLAMP! I am planning to put out the TIKI torches too.
Time: 4:00- 5:15: We will give a little extra time to get there since it’s further away.
Directions: Take Rte. 15 east through Jericho, Underhill & Cambridge. Turn right onto Rte. 108 in Jeffersonville. Follow Rte. 108 all the way up past Smuggs ski area to where they block off the road through the Notch. This is where we will meet and start skiing.
Parking: There are only a few spots at the meeting area but there is a big parking lot on the left immediately before, labelled Parking Lot #1 (for Smuggs). You can drop off the kids and park here or just park here and walk over.
Wax: Racers- be sure to take off all klister! Wax should be hardwax Swix Blue (V30) or Toko Blue.
Devos: See Junior Training Doc
Thursday: SKATE AT TOMASI’s Field
3:45-5:15 pm Bring your headlamp (no torches today).
*Parking/Meeting Spot Different this Time: Drop off or Park at Casey’s Hill: Drive past the Underhill Central School on Pleasant Valley Rd and take your next right onto Mountain Rd. The parking lot is immediately on your right. We will need to work together and park each other in. Pick up will be here too. *Please do not park along the roads. If there is no room, drop off kids and go park at Underhill Central School. It will be snowing and plow trucks will need to plow the roads.
Racers/Devos: it may be a little scratchy- bring rock skis if you have them.
Saturday Racers Practice: Skate at Craftsbury
10:00- 11:30, Meet outside the touring center. We’ll do a warm-up and a time trial!
Rosemary will be in Rumford at the Eastern Cup. Our guest coach will be: Peter Vile
Sleepy Hollow BKL Race Cancelled, Bogburn/Rikert is ON!
By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 5 January, 2023 in BKL Race Blog, BKL Training Schedule, Junior Blog, Masters Blog, Masters Training Schedule
Update Evening of 1/05/23:
The Sleepy Hollow BKL Race for Saturday has been cancelled. The Bogburn has moved their race from Pomfret to Rikert Touring Center. BKL, U16, Open Men & Women categories. NO DAY OF RACE REGISTRATION! Register up until Friday at 6 pm online at SKIREG.
Coach Rosemary will be on hand to help wax.
