What a busy few weeks! Early snow has made a lot of great things possible…from bluebird days at Craftsbury to rainy intervals at Sleepy Hollow…we’ve experienced all types of winter and snow conditions thus far. What will 2025 bring?
Here’s a quick recap of three cool stories from recent weeks…
1) Masters/Juniors intervals @ Sleepy
We have a very speedy group of “Onyx” level Masters skiers. They are always looking for a challenge, and Coach Sara suggested to me that maybe we could coordinate a joint Master/Junior interval session one evening. There was a HS ski race earlier in the day, which means a large portion of the MNC Juniors already got in their intensity. However, the addition of a squad of 6-8 Masters in the evening meant that the Juniors who didn’t race earlier had the same size group…everybody got to push each other, the groups mixed quite well in terms of speed, and it said a lot about the cool things a club like MNC is capable of!
Nighttime doesn’t make for the best photos but…they are off together!
2) Eastern Cup 1 @ Craftsbury
As I told our team during our evening meeting on Saturday, after the conclusion of the first EC race (a classic sprint)…different skiers, new names others might not have heard before, and a much younger team on the whole…but we picked up right where we left off!
It was an awesome first Eastern Cup weekend, with too many highlights to fit into one blog post. How about Mia and Astrid qualifying for the open heats as U16s? Or Seven winning the Junior Heats, followed closely by MNC alum Elsa Sanborn (freshman at Bates)? Or Anders making a return to the Pugs with a 4th place overall again the stacked college field? Jonah and Niko made the open heats and finished as 3rd and 4th U18s. Oh yeah, then at the end of the day Jorgen won his first U16 Eastern Cup in the first event of the season!
Gabe, Acadia, and Sylas also raced their first Eastern Cups ever, and Charlotte returned to the mix after a totally epic running season that ended in Portland at the Nike Nationals. James and Isaiah had their first top-10 races on Sunday.
And on and on…it was a fun time, and great to have things close-to-home to kick off the season. Thanks to our awesome coaching staff with Sara, Kristen, Tom, and Danny! Next up is Lake Placid in January.
3) Bluebird winter break skiing
It’s hard to beat sunny skies and sparkling snow. Our intervals on Thursday were pretty darn amazing, with images and videos that look worthy of the biggest-budget ski movies out there.
Special thanks to Meredith who joined us to help out! Now with warm temps and rain threatening our nice snow it may be back to snowmaking loops for a bit…
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