Mansfield Nordic Club
Ski coaching, training and playing in the shadow of Mt Mansfield for all ages and abilities
It’s time to start thinking about your wax box, and Toko is here to help! We’re excited to offer MNC members great discount on lots of Toko products: visit the new menu page on the website under Member Info to learn more about how and when to submit your order for this year!
Happy waxing!
We are pleased to inform you that Adam Terko has been named the 2017 NENSA Coach of the Year. Adam joined MNC in 2015 as our Head Coach/Executive director and from the first day has embraced and embodied the core values of our club; Excellence, Passion and Fun.
Through his tremendous level of dedication, passion and playfulness he has made significant contributions to our athletes, our club as well as the local and regional ski community.
We as a club are extremely thankful to have Adam, and are proud that NENSA has chosen to honor him. Congratulations Adam for this outstanding achievement!
Note: since my computer is not having success uploading photos I am going to stick to video for this post. Sorry!
The Pugs are rolling! We started off the first week of summer training with some reintroduction to rollerskiing, some new strength training concepts and exercises, and the infamous double pole test. We saw some big efforts in the tests, and a lot of skiers were putting up great times even though it’s our first real week at the Range. What gives?
Basically, the thought is that because everyone is doing SO MUCH double poling this year, the strength is carrying over to the spring and summer with greater ease. Lots of great progress that compounds year after year is what we’re going for in anything ski-related, after all.
In the morning session we have some new and returning test-takers, and in the PM session a few more arrived to give the test ago, including Greg who was just 1 second shy of the course record. We’ll have to see how Greg stacks up tomorrow against the rest of the New England REG kids when they do their own double pole test!
Here is some video from the day taken by coach Laurel. As you can imagine, setting this test up is a little complicated but we’ve got a good system…Adam and Sara sync watches. Adam starts the test with a head start to get to the top and record times. Sara sends the skiers off based on the start list, and then starts herself. Laurel picked out a spot to film on a flatter transition. So somehow between 3 coaches we have a nice official timing crew and videographer!
Here is the Test Archive, including times from this recent event
Officially launched last week in the Eblast and on the MNC homepage, the month of June is all about the 2017 MNC Annual Fund!
This year we are going online with the fund, which makes it easier than ever to donate AND allows us to involve club members in some cool new ways.
You may have already noticed our first giveaway, where we chose two contributors from June 1 – June 5 to receive MNC long-sleeve t-shirts. Congrats to Jim and Renate who were randomly selected as the first winners! Be sure to follow the ‘updates’ tab of the Annual Fund page to stay abreast of news and giveaways.
If you are interested in contributing (as we hope you are!) we are rolling right into our next giveaway: 2 prize packs from our friends at Skirack. The prizes will be picked up tomorrow and we’ll include a photo on the Annual Fund webpage, as well as here, to let you know what these prizes entail.
We’ll again pick two winners of the prize packs, this time selecting any contributors from June 6 to June 12 (5pm) and again announcing the winners on the website, Eblast, and Annual Fund page.
A huge benefit of this online platform is the ability to quickly and easily share the campaign. We encourage you to share our fund with friends, family, co-workers, and more. Even if someone may not ski or know the club, we hope they might be interested in contributing to support our programs and the joy of skiing we strive to share. Thanks!
Thursday Masters running is off to a great start, so come out and join the group! With things getting warmer and drying out (??) we plan to start hitting the local trail networks and plan some fun after run events.
Meeting Location: Catamount Outdoor Center(fee required).
Running Route: Find a group, find a partner, pick a distance. Wether you like the single track trails or want a scenic route o the gravel trails there are options for everyone. This also is a great chance to check out the trails before before the Catamount Tues Trail Running series kicks off 5/23.
Meeting Location: Richmond Round Church
Running Route: Two options available. For those wanting a flatter route, a group will be head out on the River Trail. A second group will run the hillier Preston Forest trails. After the run, the group is planning to meet at the Stone Corral for after beverages and food.
As always watch our Masters Training Doc, for updates.
Click through to check snow conditions at Tomasi Meadow (Underhill) and the Range (Jericho). These conditions are submitted by on-the-ground reports and are as current as possible. Read More about “Snow Conditions”…
Join us on Sunday, December 15th at Craftsbury for our Masters Mini Camp. We’ll work on both skate and classic, gather for lunch, and review video and talk technique! Read More about “Masters Mini Camp @ Craftsbury”…
Masters athletes…are you looking to build strength and train with friends and teammates? Join us at the Mansfield Nordic Community Center on Wednesday nights! Read More about “Masters Strength @ The MNCC”…