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What a banner weather weekend for outdoor activities! We couldn’t have asked for a better day than the 25k in May, where a strong gathering of MNC Juniors and Masters met in Ferrisburgh to accomplish this now-traditional NENSA event.

25k in May squad

Despite the 25k challenge, most of the Juniors actually ended up doing 40k.

We’ve been through a few “generations” of high school athletes on this team, to the extent that skiers who were first Juniors when I came to MNC are now graduating college.

Different themes or attitudes have been driving factors for different generations, but this is the first generation that I believe sees themselves as SKIERS in terms of a key aspect of their identies. I mean that in a good way! For a coach, nothing is more rewarding than having skiers sit on the grass after a long rollerski and ponder what kind of training Klaebo was doing at their age in order to progress to where he is now. Or discussing different training camp ideas and dreams for themselves and the club to embark on.

Skiing like pros and thinking like pros

And most importantly, after 40k of rollerskiing on a hot day it seemed like nobody wanted to leave as we sat out on the grass scheming of the next big adventure. Eventually, we packed up and headed for the ice cream at Cookie Love, where the good times continued.

In addition to the Juniors, joining in on the rollerski fun were Katie, Tristin, Rick, and Steve. A pretty darn good showing for the club! All in all it looks like we realistically skied about 475-500 kilometers in total between us.

Masters Rick and Steve finishing up their skate roll

Flat roads (this was the same location as our 100k rollerski last year) make for easier long distance

Fueling on long workouts is important, and this team goes through more fruit snacks than a 3rd grade field trip to the aquarium

Check out more photos on our Flickr page!

Some tough MNC racers took on 3 races in 3 days last weekend up in Ripton, as the Rikert Grand Prix brought in Olympians, college skiers, BKL racers, and more! There was a 3km skate prologue on Friday, a classic mass start on Saturday, and a hillclimb up the Middlebury Snowbowl on Sunday.

With MNC athletes ranging from recent BKL Fest competitors all the way to Masters racers, the club was showing our full representation!

Steve and Katie getting ready to rock

You can find results on Bullitt Timing

With the events all concluded for the season, it seems hard to imagine anyone caught up to MNC in the NENSA Club Cup, which is great to see! Our skiers have truly raced hard and taken it to the start line all season long, across all age groups, and around the whole of New England and beyond!

The season is closing out with MNC racers of all ages competing in 3 different race events across the entire width of the continent!

Many MNC Juniors are racing this weekend in the NENSA Eastern HS Championships in Farmington, ME. Timing for this event is through BART and you can follow along with a classic individual race, a team relay, and a freestyle sprint.

Eastern HS results page

Racers from Juniors to Masters are racing the Rikert Grand Prix in Ripton, VT and you can follow Bullitt Timing for live results (during race time) as well as detailed full results. This series already kicked-off with a 3km prologue and includes a classic race and hillclimb!

Grand Prix results page

Grand Prix live results

Ava is racing at the Supertour Finals/Canadian National Championships in Whistler, BC and you can follow along with both live timing and a livestream video feed.

Supertour Finals event schedule (keep in mind British Columbia is on Pacific Time, 3 hours behind Vermont)

Supertour Finals Livestream