Mansfield Nordic Club
Ski coaching, training and playing in the shadow of Mt Mansfield for all ages and abilities
It’s Official! UVM Fun Day is when UVM’s Division 1 Nordic Ski Team comes and sets up some fun activities for us and we all get to ski and play with Catamounts! This is always a lot of fun! Don’t miss it! Regular BKL practice time: 3:45- 5:15. If we have to postpone our awards day, we will also do that on this day.
We will play games, present awards & celebrate with a party. Potluck snacks! Everybody bring something!
This is our last “Official” practice. The Range will still be open for skiing on Tuesdays and Thursdays as long as the snow holds out and Rosemary will be there to ski with kids unless noted on the BKL training schedule.
How far can you ski in one hour? Get waxed up quickly and get out there because after a quick warm-up, we will all start together. We will use the 1,2 & 3 km loops and kids will keep track of their laps on our lap counting clipboards. After about a half hour, we will open up the snack table so kids get some refueling.
Wax: High of 16F, so you can wax at home the night before with a SWIX Blue or V30, or TOKO Red. An Oslo wax might also be great today if you have that. *If you can, iron in a binder or use a spray binder!!
We need: 1) PARENTS (2-3) to help kids mark down their laps and to monitor the snack table. Email Rosemary if you can help.
2) A Card Table (Email Rosemary if you can bring one)
3) SNACKS: Fruit, trail mix, crackers, cookies are all good. Everyone bring something.
4) WATERBOTTLES: This year, everyone should bring their own water. Leave labelled water bottles at the snack table or carry them if kids have a water bottle holder.
With Mixed precipitation changing to rain, we think they may close the Range this day and we are just going ahead with a different location: Bolton Valley XC Center. Passes will be $6 and we will start at 4:00 to give everyone a little more time to get there.
You will all do some back-country skiing & the best skis for that are classic no-wax. We will bring extras for NNN style boots.
We will explore the trails, practice some on some fun tricky downhills and also practice relay tags for the Festival goers.
Juniors will be at Bolton too.
Middle School racing is over and let’s celebrate with a fun back-country day at Bolton!
Meet at 10 AM at Bolton XC Touring Center. Buy a trail pass.
Bring no-wax classic skis. If you don’t have any, borrow some or email Rosemary, we might be able to find you some.
We will ski until about 11:30.
Email Rosemary if you are going! sheacobb19@gmail.com
Congratulations to all those kids that raced this weekend in our MNC Skiathlon! It was awesome watching you all ski! Check out the BKL Blog for a recap and pictures coming soon!
We’ll be switching back to hardwax by the next time we classic which will be on Thursday. Here’s a tutorial on how to clean the klister off skis:https://youtu.be/DicChDocWWY
A big snow storm is supposed to start late this afternoon and continue into Wednesday. Check the weather before you come to determine if you will be OK driving to & from your home and of course, check the MNC website. At this point, the storm isn’t supposed to really get going until later in the evening so I don’t foresee that we will need to cancel.
VIDEO DAY: Vince Franke is a videographer form Peregrine Productions and has kids in our program. He has volunteered to make a Video of our BKL program for me and is going to be videoing our BKL skiers and probably interviewing some of them. We plan to post this video on our website. If any parent would like us NOT to film their child and post it online, please email Rosemary: sheacobb19@gmail.com
We’ll be playing lots of games, practicing tucking on the downhills and racers will be practicing how to pass skiers.
Coming up: Tuesday 2/19- Our Annual Mini-Marathon! We will need everyone to bring snacks (to share) and a couple of parent volunteers to man the food table and lap counting sheets. E-mail Rosemary if you can help that day: sheacobb19@gmail.com More about the Mini-marathon next week!
With a high of 31F predicted, we will probably be waxing with Swix purple or a mix of Toko Red & yellow.
Middle school racers have a championship race on Saturday, so we’re going to have practice on Sunday down at the Rikert Touring Center where the Eastern Cup races are happening and I will be helping Adam wax for the Juniors. Tentative plan is to meet at 12:00 and watch the start of the Open Men’s 15 km race, then ski out to watch and & cheer and go for a ski. I will email later in the week to confirm plans.
*A good day to check the website before you head to practice (rain in AM).
Penguins: Bring Classic
Jack Rabbits Grades 1 &2: Bring Skate only (no ski change at Skiathlon)
Jack Rabbits Grades 3 & 4: Bring both Skate & Classic
Arctic Foxes: Bring both Skate & Classic
Racers: Bring Both Skate & Classic
We will not wax any waxable classic skis, we will practice our ski change with double poling on our classic skis, after that we will skate for the rest of practice.
Penguins: Classic. Rockin’N’Rollin with Coaches Julie & Chris. Last week the tunes were blasting, the slalom poles were set, and the stuffed animals came out of hiding for some fun on skis! Who knows what Coach Julie has in store for this week, but it’s sure to be fun!
Jack Rabbits: Grades 1/2 will skate today: No ski change practice needed- These grades do a classic race only at the skiathlon.
Jack Rabbits Grades 3 &4: Bring both sets of skis and poles. Everyone will practice a ski change. Then we will skate for the rest of practice
Arctic Foxes & Racers: Even if you are not racing, we will practice a ski change, because it’s fun and it’s a good thing to know how to do well. After, we will skate and play games.
*Racers: If your racer child raced 3 – 5 races in the last 5 days, you should let them take the day off to rest and recover.
*Another good day to check the website before you head to practice. A messy weather day.
Everyone bring both skate and classic. If you have no-wax classic, bring those as your classic pair and we will try to do some classic after we practice ski changes. If you don’t have no-wax, we’ll klister your skis.
** Everyone doing the race must CLEAN their classic skis before Sunday. We can’t do it at race site. Rosemary will be available to help you CLEAN your skis after practice on Thursday. Here is a video on how to do it: https://youtu.be/xXTmPjtlpwg
It’s our club race!
Sign-up to bring food HERE. Register your child for the race and find out all the details HERE. Registration for BKL: 11:30- 12:30, Races start at 1:00 with the Lollipop Race. Raffle & ribbon awards immediately after all the BKL races end. Email Coach Rosemary to let her know you are coming HERE. Rosemary & Coaches will be on hand to help wax classic skis and to help kids warm up. Look for us at the Mansfield Nordic Tent in the lower stadium.
The Mansfield Nordic Community Center (MNCC) is our club’s resource for strength training, events, meetings, and more! But how do you get there, and where do you park? Read More about “Parking at the MNCC”…
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”…