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• Monday: 8:00am at Mud Pond. Road bike with Jake and Tim. Experienced group will ride with Jake from 8-10am. Beginner/intermediate group with Tim from 8-9:30am. Bad weather backup plan for all is to do a trail run and finish at 9:15am.

• Tuesday: 8:30-10:30 at Kriste Road in Jericho. You can google map Kriste Road — it is off of Packard Rd near Rte 15. Classic rollerski with plyos and games. Park near the playing field and gazebo.

• Wednesday: BONUS TRAINING App Gap rollerski challenge in Waitsfield. “Duathlon” rollerski up the Gap with both skate & classic. $5 registration. Event starts at 9:30am. Full details: https://www.nensa.net/calendar/index.html?id=1465. I am driving down and I still have 2 seats available to the first people to RSVP.

• Thursday: no organized training. 5km race in Colchester??!!

• Friday: 8:30-9:45am Trail running at Gillbrook Rd in Winooski.

• Saturday: 9:30- 12:30ish at Underhill State Park. Hike Mt Mansfield via the Sunset Ridge Trail. Bring cash for state park fee. Friends and family encouraged to join us!

SATURDAY:

• If you intend to rollerski up Bolton Access Road before our hike, please email me and let me know. Also notify me if you will need a ride from Bolton Resort back down to the base of the access road.
• Parents/drivers: if you are able to shuttle athletes down, please let me know how many. Thanks!

BONUS TRAINING NEXT WEDNESDAY:

• An awesome physical challenge: the 7th annual App Gap rollerski!! There should be a few dozen athletes participating. Cost is $5 and includes ice cream afterwards at GMVS. First 3 athletes to email me can catch a ride with me. Full info: https://www.nensa.net/calendar/index.html?id=1465

ONE FAST COACH!!

• Local coach/athlete extraordinaire, Jake Hollenbach, won the Exeter Crit race on Tuesday night. Recap: http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130626-SPORTS-306260377

Coach Curran and Amy Bruce watch as Lucy Leith does her agility test

Push-up test in the foreground and agility test in the background

Mansfield Nordic Club rollerski relays

When: Tuesday July 16th 2013
What: Classical rollerski relays
Where: Camp Ethan Allen Training Site (“The Range” in Jericho, VT)

This fun event will take place on the newly re-paved rollerski trails at The Range in Jericho, VT. Mixed teams of 3 skiers will ski a “medley relay” with varying distances for each leg, between 2km and 8km. Teams will be chosen at random and can complete the legs in any order! And to make things more confusing, teams will have to complete certain physical- and mental-challenges before crossing the finish line.

There is no cost to participate in this event, however all competitors must have valid NENSA licenses. Please register online by Monday 7/15 at 5:00pm. Check-in and warmup begin at 8:30am and the event starts at 9:30am.

Below is a picture of Jake Hollenbach leading Sam Longenbach on their bike ride this morning. It was a great day for the athletes as they had a 1:1 ratio to coaches!

Jake and Sam rode approx 28 miles this morning!

We’ll have our first road bike ride of the summer tomorrow morning at Mud Pond starting at 8:00am. Bring running shoes as a backup in case it is a total deluge. There’ll be 2 options for rides:

• Experienced riders: ~25-30 mile ride with Jake Hollenbach (1:30-2:00 total).
• Intermediate riders: ~15-20 mile ride with Tim Weston (1:00-1:30 total).

Everyone should bring their own food/water in addition to basic tools such as spare tubes, pumps, CO2, etc.

Please note that we are riding road bikes and anyone on a mountain bike will not be able to keep up with the group! Once the trails dry out, we will have the opportunity to mountain bike!