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By Adam Terko on 15 September, 2013 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

Coach Brendan Copley ran a 15:23 5km to finish 4th in his meet and he was the top runner at Quinnipiac. http://quinnipiacbobcats.com/sports/mxc/2013-14/2013_Shawn_M._Nassaney_Memorial_Race_-Men-s_Results-.pdf

Taylor Spillane 3rd overall running 18:02 at Cornell. http://cornellbigred.com/documents/2013/9/13/9-13-13_XC_Results65.pdf

Sam Longenbach runs 18:50 in the St. Olaf Alumni race. http://www.stolaf.edu/athletics/crossctry/men/media/2013-14/results/2013-09-07.htm

CHS’s Jordan Lamay coming down the homestretch of the Bulington Invite yesterday at North Beach

CHS’s Nigel Sarrazin finishing strong

CHS’s Andrew Pike off to a good start

CHS’s Ethan Thibault towards the front of the field

HU’s Nathanael Kuzio in black

Cally (r) and Tatum Bruan doing some agility work on Friday

Peter Unger doing some 1-pole work on Friday

Tatum mid-figure-8

Henry, Will, Bill and Ethan working on speed-skater drills

Cally finishing a double-pole interval today

Greg Burt nears the top

Will Solow looking strong

Molly Larson (r) and Tatum working together through the intervals

Ben Carnahan getting up high

Junior Training 9/16 – 9/29

By Adam Terko on 14 September, 2013 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

This coming week is a “Speed Week”

Tuesday = classic roll + short intervals at the Range. 4-6pm.
Thursday = Skate w/ technique, agility and speeds at the Range. 4-6pm.
Friday = bonus Run + striders. 4:00-5:15pm at On the Rise in Richmond.
Saturday = bonus Bolton Uphill Run. 9-11am at Bolton Ski Resort.
Sunday = Classic roll w/ long speeds & Sp.Str. @ Mud Pond. 9:30-11:30am.

Tentative Plan for 9/23 – 9/29 (volume week):

Tuesday 9/24 = Classic roll w/ long L2/L3 intervals @ the Range, 4-6pm.
Thursday 9/26 = L2/L3 Ski walking @ Bolton (headlamps?). 3:45-6pm.
Friday 9/27 = bonus Road run, Round Church. Wear bright clothing. 4:00-5:30pm.
Saturday 9/28 = bonus Road bike ride. Bring friends/family. Depart Dorset Park at 10:00am. Loops can be anywhere from 12 miles to infinity! Tim’s group will ride a popular 35-mile route (the “Tuesday Night Worlds” loop).
Sunday 9/29 = Long rollerski @ Bear Trap Road (Milton). 9:30am-11:30ish.

Pictures from the past Week

By Adam Terko on 13 September, 2013 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

Below are a bunch of photos from the past week of training. Last Saturday we had approx 8-9 athletes join me and coach Paul Allison in the Essex Invitation Citizens’ Race. Later that day, a boatload of our MNC athletes competed in the official high school races, as well. On Tuesday we went back to the UVM Research Forest and did another bounding workout. It was dark and gloomy so the pictures turned out bad. And yesterday we were back at the Range doing a long speed session. Everyone completed approx 20 repeats of 15-30 seconds (dependent on age and their training/racing schedule).

Thanks to Paul Massey-Biermann and Don Harmeyer for taking photos while I raced last Saturday.

Peter Unger bounding

Ben Carnahan

Abby Grab and followed by Tatum Braun

Bill Harmeyer and MMU running/ski coach Sarah Waterman

Coach Tim talking to Charlie Maitland after the 5km race

Bill Harmeyer around the 3km point

Ethan John striding it out

Henry Harmeyer around the 4km mark

Coach Tim

Henry Harmeyer followed by yours truly

MNC / Essex HS coach Paul Allison ran a blistering race — right around 16:30 on a tough course

Ben Carnahan and Chloe Lemmel-Hay working on “speed skaters” at the Range back in August

Tatum Braun and Marika Massey-Bierman racing last Saturday

Forrest Hamilton, Henry and Bill Harmeyer doing 20x 30-second speeds yesterday

Charlie Maitland followed by Peter Unger

Abby Grab and Tatum Braun stride up a hill

Cally Braun gliding it out

Molly Larson followed by the other gals

Ethan John moving to fast to capture in focus

Ben Carnahan followed by Ethan John

Will Solow demonstrating nice DP form

Tatum shows great technique through the transition

MNC Girls at Fast and Female

By Adam Terko on 10 September, 2013 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

On what turned out to be a beautiful day, Eleven currant and former MNC girls participated in the Fast & Female events in Lake Placid last Sunday. A small group also arrived early with Andy and Rick for a hike up Cascade Mtn before heading to the Olympic Training Center.

Parents and a couple of MNC coaches were treated to a presentation by US Ski Team coach Matt Whitcom while the girls were cranking up the ZUMBA with some of the top female skiers in the USA.

A Red Eft – larval form of the red spotted newt on the Cascade Mtn trail

Tatum and Abby on Cascade

Tatum, Abby, Andy, Tevor, Ryan on the summit of Cascade

Quincy and Marika at Fast and Female

Desperados!

MNC Athletes, Coaches Excel in Local Races

By Adam Terko on 9 September, 2013 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

The summer wrapped up with a few major events including the Race to the Top of Vermont (run/cycle up the Mansfield Toll Road) and the Green Mountain Stage Race (one of the biggest multi-stage bike races in the Northeastern United States). Since skiers are notoriously some of the most fit endurance athletes, it is natural to see that MNC athletes and coaches posted some amazing results in both of these events.

And this past weekend marked the beginning of the XC Running season with the Essex Invitational. Dozens of MNC athletes participated and some ran incredibly fast times (especially considering many of these athletes identify themselves as skiers that run to get in shape for the winter!).

Check out the pictures below, and beneath that a partial list of “Skier Sightings” in recent local events!

Olympian Garrott Kuzzy leading the group in a dynamic warmup

NCAA Champion Juergen Uhl talks about the bounding workout

Coach Jake Hollenbach (left in the blue) en route to victory in the GMSR Pro Men’s Criterium on Labor Day

Ethan and the group working on skate agility

Cally assumes the “football lineman” position before starting her agility course

Stretching before our skate rollerski at Round Church

Skier Sightings in Local Races:

Race to Top of VT:

Justin Freeman (2x Olympian)
Gordon Vermeer, Scott Patterson, Pat O’Brien, Jake Barton, Andrew Dougherty, Ethan Dreissigacker, Peter Hegman all of the Craftsbury Green Racing Project
Liz Stephen (2x Olympian and current US Ski Team member)
MNC athlete Ben Hegman finished 6th overall
Marc Gilberton (2x Olympian and Craftsbury coach)
MNC Coach Eli Enman 14th overall
Eric Darling
MNC athletes Henry Harmeyer and Bill Harmeyer
World Cup top-10 skier Ida Sargent
former World Champion Kasie Enman (mountain running World Champ)
Liz Guiney, Clare Egan
Sabra Davison (former MNC coach and Little Bellas founder)
Abbie Harris
Kathy Maddock
Peter Davis
Charlie Cobb
Seamus Nolan
Cally Braun and Tatum Braun along with parents John and Cricket
Callie Douglass
Annavitte Rand and sister Karin
Trina Hosmer and Judy Geer
Ben Longenbach and dad Kort (MNC athlete and board member)
Jim Adkisson (MNC board member)