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Perfect conditions for Jumping!

The Range is home to an old alpine slope that is unused nowadays. Dan Westover of the National Guard was kind enough to groom across the road and and nice GS-style run down the slope for us to use yesterday. Some of us built jumps in the non-groomed areas since the powder landing was deep and soft. THe BKL’ers, Juniors and many parents got to watch as the athletes took flight. Pretty cool.

The fun continues tomorrow (Thurs) when we join the BKL, Juniors and UVM ski team for some fun relays and perhaps some more jumping!

Ethan John — donning the new Vermont Team jacket from EHSC’s — puts the finishing touches on a jump that we’re saving for Thursday

Amy Bruce was having fun (even though she looks a bit terrified here)

one of the BKL skiers doing a 360*

Tim Cobb testing snow depth

Young Miss Haydock getting over the jump in her own manner

Bill Harmeyer jumping the mountain

Amy Bruce

Bill Harmeyer overhead

Henry Harmeyer

Charlie “Birdman” Cobb

Kai Richter is psyched to build jumps on a beautiful day!

Dakota leading the charge. Perfect corduroy thanks to the National Guard groomer Dan Westover

Connor Munns going BIG. Look at his shadow!! Nice soft landing, too 🙂

Some of the athletes and parents making their way up

J2 / Eastern HS Qualifier Photos

By Adam Terko on 11 February, 2014 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

Congratulations to all the MNC skiers that qualified for the “post-season” earning spots on the Vermont J2 Team and the Vermont Eastern HS Championship Team. Photos from the qualifier races – held last weekend at Breadloaf – are below. All photos are form Gary Solow, thank you Gary!

Ben Longenbach

Proud pop Kort Longenbach

Peter Unger

Cally Braun

Tatum Braun

Leigh Mallory – Chief of Competition

Will Solow

Charlie Maitland

Amy Bruce

Eliza Thomas

Ben Carnahan

Marika Massey-Bierman

Junior Photos and Update

By Adam Terko on 8 February, 2014 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

Thanks again to Gary Solow for help taking photos at the Trapp’s Eastern Cup last weekend. There has been a lot of sickness going around so our group was a bit smaller this weekend. It is February now and everyone is getting laser-focus on the most important races of their winter in the next 5-6 weeks. THings kick-off tomorrow with the EHSC/J2 qualifier races. Then we have the final Eastern Cup weekend of the year over in NH next weekend. After that are State Championships, Juniors Nationals, Eastern High School Championships and J2 Championships! It is going to be an exciting time for all the MNC athletes participating and excelling at a variety of levels! And staying healthy by missing a race here or there is a necessary part of that success.

Ben Hegman pushing it in

Henry Harmeyer in qualifying

Bill Harmeyer getting in the zone

Parker Francis down the final stretch

Olivia Cuneo (MNC / GMVS) skied an incredible weekend with top results in the U16 category even though she is a U14

Annavitte Rand on the other side of the lens from normal!

Forrest Hamilton coming home strong

$Will Solow showing his awareness at the finish line - lunging for every fraction of a second$

Will Solow showing his awareness at the finish line – lunging for every fraction of a second

Henry Harmeyer coming home 3rd in the Junior heats (2nd J1). Notice the 4-armed skier on the right!

Forrest Hamilton after winning the J2 boys sprint

Photo Roundup

By Adam Terko on 19 October, 2013 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog, Masters Blog

Two weeks ago was an “intensity week” which included the hardest bounding workout of the year (pics below). This past week included easier training and some fun training to allow the athletes to recovery from the physical load. We did some games and relays which serve as a bit of a mental break, as well. At this time of year, rollerskiing isn’t always fun since some of them have been doing it since May or early June. We also worked a lot on no-pole skate skiing which helps with balance and improves leg strength.

Bill leads the group working on a fast-feet skate drill

Tatum and Molly working on skate body position – and trying to push harder than one another

Last Tuesday was the hardest bounding workout of the year. Everyone did between 6-10 repeats of 3-4 minutes really hard!

Greg checking his heart-rate at the end of an interval

Abby Grab working on a striding drill. Really nice ankle flex, forward body lean. Great!

Charlie Maitland out in the lead – no pole skate relays.

Friday evening clouds at MMU yesterday

Look closeley: Henry is in the air! This is a core exercise in which the athletes “hop” while holding a plank position

Bear crawl race on Thursday at Mud Pond.

Nathanael Kuzio and Peter Unger won the contest for synchronized 360’s during warmup!!

The gals trying to synchronize their 360’s

Tuesday warmup included some agility and coordination: jumping and doing a 360* turn

The whole group heading home on Tuesday out near Round Church.

Junior Training: 10/21 – 11/3

By Adam Terko on 19 October, 2013 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

I have yet to receive any notification from the National Guard regarding usage of the Range, so we are still using alternate training venues again this week. Athletes should wear bright clothing when we rollerski on the roads. It is getting darker and colder in the evenngs, so please be prepared with proper attire!

This coming week is an INTENSITY week:

Tuesday 10/22 = Bounding intervals at Research Forest, 4-6pm.
Thursday 10/24 = Classic roll at TBA, 4-6pm.
Friday 10/25 = Juniors help w/ BK practice at Mill River, approx 3:30-5:00pm.
Saturday 10/26 = BONUS Bolton Hill Climb #2, approx 10:00-11:30am.
Sunday 10/27 = Rollerski with Specific Strength at TBA. 9:30-11:30am.

Followed by a RECOVERY week:

Tuesday 10/29 = Classic rollerski + Specific strength and sprints at TBA, 4-6pm.
Thursday 10/31 = Skate rollerski + Specific Strength at TBA, 4-6pm.
Friday 11/1 = bonus HR zone test, strength, games at Essex HS, 4-5:30pm.
Sunday 11/3 = Skate intervals at Mud Pond, 9:30-11:30am.