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BKL Practice Week of 1/24/22

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 23 January, 2022 in BKL Training Schedule

Tuesday, 1/25: Penguins-Classic

Jack Rabbits, Arctic Foxes and Racers- Skate

Temps in the high 20’s today, it should be a great day to ski and most groups will focus on improving downhill skills. Get ready to rip!

Thursday, 1/27: Classic for everyone.

Temps in the high teens should make for easy waxing today. Try a couple layers of Toko red with a very thin layer of Toko blue over the top or Swix v40 (Extra Blue) with a thin layer of V30 (Blue) over the top. We will have wax on site too.

Saturday, Racers Practice. 11:30 am, Sleepy Hollow Classic

No races this weekend so we will take advantage of good skiing conditions and do an easy distance classic day with fun, challenging downhills. Coach Rosemary will be in Lake Placid helping wax for the Juniors’ Eastern Cup so Tom Longstreth will coach. Meet him by the pavillion at 11:30. Dress warmly as it will be cold and bring a snack. Wax your skis at home if possible to save on cold fingers! Wax will be SWIX special green or Toko Blue or X-Cold.

BKL COVID Policy Update- Please Read

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 3 January, 2022 in BKL Race Blog, BKL Training Schedule

Positive COVID Cases:

We have consulted with pediatricians and despite the recent change in CDC quarantine rules, we are requiring that kids (and coaches) who test positive for COVID-19 should stay home from BKL practice until they are 10 days past their positive test and no longer have any symptoms.

Close Contacts:

If you are identified as a close contact of someone who is COVID positive and you are fully vaccinated, you may come to practice. If you are a close contact and you are not fully vaccinated, you cannot come to practice until five days have passed after your contact, you are not having symptoms and you have gotten a negative PCR or antigen test.

Masking at Practice:

We are not requiring masks outdoors at practice but do encourage kids to maintain social distance. Masks are required inside any building, including the Walker Building. It is also fine if your child (or you) chooses to wear a mask outdoors at practice.

BKL Practice Week of 12/06/21

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 6 December, 2021 in BKL Training Schedule

With Monday’s rain, we have lost most of our snow. The Range is busy making snow but we are unsure if they have enough for us to ski on yet, and there is not much snow in the forecast this week. So, I planned dryland practices for this week. BE SURE YOU CHECK BACK TUESDAY & THURSDAY MORNINGS TO BE SURE PLANS HAVE NOT CHANGED! This time of year is a bit touch and go!

If you don’t know your child’s subgroup, find it HERE.

Tuesday, 12/07, All BKL, Dryland, Mill River Park, Rte. 15, Jericho- 3:45- 4:45 pm

We will meet the kids, play some name games, work on building our teams and play some soccer and other dryland activities.

Everyone should bring a headlamp and wear anything you have that is glow in the dark. We will be finishing in the dark, there are no lights in the park! Pick-up is earlier because of the dark.

Kids should wear sneakers they can run in. Kids should wear a parka over their “training clothes” because after some fun name games and ice breakers, we’ll be running around and we’ll really warm up.

Thursday, 12/09- Jack Rabbits, Arctic Foxes, Racers, Mill River Park, Jericho, 3:45-4:45

UPDATED 12/08

CLASSIC! No-wax rock skis if you have them.

Bring headlamps and throw your sneakers in the car, just in case.

We will be checking pole adjustments. PLEASE PUT YOUR CHILD”S NAME ON THEIR POLES. Duct tape, masking tape or painter’s tape work well. Lots of kids have the same kind of poles, so we really need poles labelled. Thanks!

Sunday, 12/12, Racers at Craftsbury, 1 PM, CLASSIC

We usually practice on Saturday mornings on weekends if there is not a race. However the weather for Saturday is an 80% chance of rain. The weather looks a lot better for Sunday, so we will plan to go on Sunday afternoon. Everyone will need a pass and if you don’t have a Craftsbury membership, passes are only $5 for students and you can get them online HERE.

12/07- There should be great classic tracks as the race that morning is classic, so let’s take advantage of it. Meet me at the MNC wax trailer in the lower parking lot (between Cedar Lodge and the new lodging cabins). We will wax skis there at 1 PM.

BKL Racer’s Practice 12/02 Cancelled, Saturday is On

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 1 December, 2021 in BKL Race Blog, BKL Training Schedule

The weather is calling for 41 degrees and rain for Thursday afternoon and the thin base of snow at Mill River park will be slush and dissappearing. Not a good day for our first day of practice! We will set our sights on Saturday! The details:

Saturday 12/04: Racers at Sleepy Hollow Ski Center, Huntington, 10:30-12, SKATE

Conditions at Sleepy have been pretty good. Buy your trail pass HERE.

Bring your rock skis in addition to your good skis if you have them. We will start off on the manmade loop but if the skiing elsewhere is decent enough, we may venture further and you might want to use rock skis.