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Masters Training 1/19 – 1/21

By Adam Terko on 18 January, 2016 in Masters Blog, Masters Training Schedule

Masters training will be skating this Tuesday and classic this Thursday. Snow expected Tuesday, and generally pretty cold temps…dress warm! We will have a wax clinic on Tuesday fro 6-6:45 led by Coach Adam and Dave from Toko. Masters can take part in the clinic (with some hands-on opportunities) or choose to ski during the clinic with the other coaches. Adam will be on-snow for the second half of practice. Bring both skate and classic skis if you’d like to actively participate in the clinic, though this is not required!

Tues 1/19: Skate skiing. V1 work, intervals, speed and agility. Wax clinic (for skate and classic) from 6-6:45. Bring any skis (skate or classic) you’d like to wax!

Thur 1/21: Classic skiing. Striding, specific strength and agility. Right now looking like a cold hardwax day; green or blue kick!

Here is a photo from Jen of a Masters Ski at Trapps this past weekend! Missing a few faces in the photo…reports were that it was snowing the whole time!

MNC Masters at Trapps

And a bit of Masters striding video from last Thursday:

MNC Club Racing: Zak and Club Cup

By Adam Terko on 12 January, 2016 in Masters Blog, Masters Training Schedule

Calling all MNC racers and interested future-racers! As one of the largest clubs in New England, Mansfield Nordic has quite a strong presence with the NENSA framework. We encourage as many of our members as possible to get out there, try a ski race no matter WHAT level you are at, and get in on the fun! We live in the best region in the country for fun, competitive, social adult racing and we’re excited to have Mansfield Nordic Club represented across New England at events large and small.

But there is a side of our club that in some ways has never been tapped to its full potential…our opportunities to score points in the NENSA Zak Cup and Club Cup standings! We have many talented racers at all levels, but the Zak and Club Cup standings are not determined by fast skiing alone…participation is key, and with a large member base we can really make our mark.

Here’s how it works, in a nutshell:

Zak Cup points are determined by the top 15 finishers within each age group in a sanctioned Zak Cup event (the MNC Duathlon, for example!). Racers also need to have completed a minimum number of races within each season for these points to count: participation is rewarded!

NENSA Membership at the time of the race is required for Zak Cup Scoring.

Club Cup points are given to all NENSA members competing in a sanctioned Club Cup event (the MNC Duathlon, for example! Again!), with 10pts for first, 9 for second, and so on. However, after 10th place every skier for a club still gains 1 point, so the more competitors a club has in a race, the more points they will get!
To read more details on how the Zak and Club Cups work, check out the NENSA pages by clicking HERE

In essence, the Zak Cup and Club Cup present ways for experienced and newer racers alike to get out there and compete for fitness, fun and the thrill of the race! This season, I’d encourage anyone in the club who has not raced to give it a try…chances are you will have a memorable experience, and you may just get hooked!

Masters Training 1/12 – 1/14

By Adam Terko on 10 January, 2016 in Masters Blog, Masters Training Schedule

MNC Masters training has been geared around “themes” for each session. After Sophie Caldwell’s World Cup victory this week (followed up by Jessie Diggins winning two days later…wow!) the confident downhill abilities of Mrs Caldwell could not be ignored. We chose that as our focus for Thursday with some “reverse-intervals”…repeating the same loop but trying to go faster on the downhills each round.

Tactics, confidence and speed are all great to practice in training so that they come easily in the hectic throngs of a race. And for those who do not race, they make skiing in general all the more fun and fluid.

You can see the World Cup classic sprint below. Witness Sophie racing the final at 1:20:00 in the video! (Bib 3 white/blue suit/black headband)

This week, the final stage of the Tour De Ski will provide the basis for Tuesday’s training: efficient uphills! This comes straight on the heels of the grueling climb up the Alpe Cermis to conclude the tour.

On Thursday we will classic ski but have a focus on double poling, though we are hoping for good tracks!

Tuesday 1/12: Skate skiing with uphill focus: video repeats on Badger loop, drills and efficiency intervals.

Thursday 1/14: Classic skiing with double pole focus: sprint loop laps for power and timing, towing for forward hips.

MASTERS TRAINING CANCELLED 12/29

By Adam Terko on 29 December, 2015 in Masters Blog, Masters Training Schedule

The report from the Range is ice and slush with more freezing rain coming down. Not enough to groom and hazardous to run. Given the road conditions as well, training is cancelled for this evening.

For the intrepid skiers (drive with caution) Sleepy Hollow plans to roll out their 5km loop this morning. We will plan to do dryland training this Thursday evening since the temps will rise once again and likely melt what snow the Range received.

The good conditions at Sleepy Hollow do bode well for the Santa’s Revenge race this Sunday! This is a really fun event and coach Adam plans to participate. Race-minded Masters should definitely check out this option for a fun competition.

Masters Training 12/29 – 12/31 (UPDATE TUES 11AM)

By Adam Terko on 27 December, 2015 in Masters Blog, Masters Training Schedule

Note: Tuesday may feature unsafe weather for driving during our regular training hours. In the event of a cancellation, notifications will be made on the MNC blog, as well as the MNC Remind App.

Tuesday 12/29: Training cancelled due to hazardous roads and icy/slushy trails that can’t be groomed 🙁

Skiing IS available at Sleepy Hollow! Drive carefully.

Thursday 12/31: Pursuit-style session, a workout that is part SkiErg and part Bounding to get both upper- and lower-body working! Bring running gear and (optional) shorter bounding poles!