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BKL Sleepy Hollow Race Recap

Sleepy Hollow BKL Race 1/27

It was a cocktail of klister for the classic race at Sleepy Hollow on Friday evening! With good kick, fast skis and some awesome double poling, MNC skiers had great finishes- in fact all our skiers placed either first or second in their age classes! The 1.2 km loop was fast and featured some big snowmaking “bumps” in the lap lane.

Kate Carlson wore her “Jessie Diggins socks” and was so pumped for the race, she flew out of the starting gate in the 1/2 race. Brady Morigeau quickly put a lot of distance between himself and the other racers and had a lot of fun skiing the bumps on the lap in the 3/4 race. Niko Cuneo (skiing up), Taylor Carlson, Virginia Cobb and Carly Trapenni were up next in the 5/6 race. I was really glad to see that the double pole work we did in practice this week paid off because they all looked great and hotly pursued each other, double poling in all the right places. Niko was so fast, he even caught the high school fore-runner! Next skiing for MNC was Esther Cuneo who decided to give herself a challenge by “skiing up”. Despite getting blocked in at the start, Esther’s strength soon put her at the fore front, chasing down a couple of fast 7/8 boys.

Thanks to Sleepy Hollow for hosting such a fun race under the lights. We all had a great time! Thanks also to Coach Jen for helping me get everyone waxed up quickly. Look for results on the MNC Results page.
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BKL Practice 1/23-1/28

Great job racing at the MNC Duathlon at Craftsbury on Sunday to all the BKL kids that raced and there were a lot of them!

Duathlon Results & Photos:   BKL by Grade: All 1-2 | Boys 3-4 | Boys 5-6 | Boys 7-8 | Girls 3-4 | Girls 5-6 | Girls 7-8  |  Photos

Tues/Thurs BKL Groups

Tuesday:  Skate

Thursday: Classic-  Conditions look similar to the race day, so it’s ok if you don’t clean your skis yet. Check back later in the week because the weather may change and subsequently the wax!

3-Day Kids & Everyone:  Sleepy Hollow RaceFriday afternoon and this race is open to everyone!

Friday Foxes  

Planned to be on at the Range at 3:45.  Contact Eden (eden_shullenberg@hotmail.com) with questions.

Mont Sainte Anne 2016

Some photos and clips from a fun, snowy, productive volume camp at MSA!

We have been in a traditional East Coast winter weather pattern for about the past month: a few inches of fresh snow and good hardwax skiing, followed by a thaw/freeze cycle leading to a few days of klister and ice. Depending on the day of the week you could be skiing on extra blue or a goopeyklister/hardwax cover.

This wasn’t much different in Canada, as we did experience a little bit of everything! That makes for good productivity not just with training but also getting comfortable on new skis and with different conditions before the heart of the race season.

We arrived to 143km of amazing trails, and as a special treat we received a 2′ dump for our last day. It was incredible to ski for hours each day without crossing the same trail twice. We did some classic drills, some speeds, a timetrial with CSU, and a lot of kilometers of easy skiing at “Norwegian Level 1”.

Powder-blasting on a long classic ski

Powder-blasting on a long classic ski…this particular ski involved 2 layers of blue hardwax and 2 hours of smooth tracks and snow so soft that a fall on a downhill made no noise at all

Trying to decide which trail to take...they make it easy here: Green = flat campground, Blue = Steeper flowy trails, Black = wall-steep ups and downs on old World Cup courses

Trying to decide which trail to take…they make it easy here: Green = flat campground, Blue = steeper flowy trails, Black = wall-steep ups and downs on old World Cup courses (photo: Dave Priganc)

Dialing in the sauce of the day. They've got a gigantic wax room here, but it was still quickly filled up with the 150-person CSU "army" so you really had to lay claim to a bench

Dialing in the sauce of the day. They’ve got a gigantic wax room here, but it was still quickly filled up with the 150-person CSU “army” so you really had to lay claim to a bench

Taking a swing-break on day 1. By the last day the snow was well above the swing seats...shoulda taken a before/after!

Taking a swing-break on day 1. By the last day the snow was well above the swing seats…shoulda taken a before/after!

Team fondue night in Quebec City hit a small snafu when my roof box didn't quite make it through the parking garage. Ken and I had to do a quick removal and adjustment

Team fondue night in Quebec City hit a small snafu when my roof box didn’t quite make it through the parking garage. Ken and I had to do a quick removal and adjustment

Despite being right across the street from the hotel, I resisted Tim Hortons all week before finally succumbing to the call of the cappuccino on the last day. Luckily it was open early even after the big blizzard rolled through as you can tell by the snow!

Despite being right across the street from the hotel, I resisted Tim Hortons all week before finally succumbing to the call of the cappuccino on the last day. Luckily it was open early even after the big blizzard rolled through as you can tell by the snow!

Morning paper at Tim's. Main story? Quebec being "paralyse"d by the blizzard. The inside scoop on the top left? Quebec possibly hosting World Cup Finals this year! This is Alex Harvey's hometown and he is a big star (rightfully so!)

Morning paper at Tim’s. Main story? Quebec being “paralyse”d by the blizzard. The inside scoop on the top left? Quebec possibly hosting World Cup Finals this year! This is Alex Harvey’s hometown and he is a big star (rightfully so!)

About that powder...

Back to the skiing. Did I mention that it snowed a ton before that last day??

Can't complain!

Can’t complain!

Here are a few video clips. This week it’s back to business as usual in the snowy USA!

 

 

Range Snow Report 12/6

Remember: Masters and Junior training can be found on their respective Google Docs!

Masters

Juniors

As of this morning, trails have been groomed initially but it is requested that we not ski. This directly from Range Control:

All,

The trails at CEATS will be closed this week (and weekend) as we try to get our snow base groomed in.  Crews are working with some man made and snow natural snow now and should hopefully have something worth skiing on by next week.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

SFC Jared LeBlanc

MNC “Remind” App: This year’s edition

Hello all MNC members and families,

For the second year, we will be utilizing the “Remind” app system for members interested in up-to-the-minute news on snow conditions, weather warnings, and practice cancellations. Our webpage blogs and Google Docs (Juniors and Masters) will still be primary avenues for communication, but for those interested in utilizing Remind services our coaches will make an effort to convey info here as well.

What is Remind?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya-Ft2BMNnQ

How do MNC members sign up? See below!

MNC Masters

MNC Juniors

MNC BKL

 

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