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Register for the BKL Fest!

By on 8 February, 2022 in BKL Race Blog, BKL Training Schedule

The New England BKL Fest is coming up on March 6 & 7 in Waterville, ME. If you have not registered yet, it is time to do so!  If you don’t have lodging, get lodging first to be sure you have a place. You should get a place for Friday and Saturday night. MNC will plan to meet on Friday at 3 pm at the Venue to ski the course. We will not do our traditional team dinner due to COVID precautions, but we will plan to do potluck lunches outside for Saturday and Sunday.  Saturday’s festival dinner will be a take-out. Saturday is the classic relay (I will make the relay teams, you do not need to find your own partner) and Sunday is the skate individual.

Nordic Adventure:  If your child is not interested in competing, they can sign up for the Nordic Adventure only. There are lots of on-ski activities to do beyond the races! It’s a ski festival!

Coach Rosemary and a number of other MNC coaches will be going to help wax skis, lead course previews, keep us well organized and lead the MNC charge!

Information & Registration including Lodging Info

Special note for grades 1-2: **The youngest skiers (grade 2 and under) can sign up as Lollipop participants or if they are in 1st or 2nd grade and wish to participate in the 1k race and the relay race, they can sign up for the Grade 1&2 Race Category.**

One of the many fun things at the Festival! Julia & Virginia

MNC discount at Skirack (notes)

By on 7 February, 2022 in Uncategorized

A few notes we received from Skirack regarding our MNC discount:

We’ve been receiving a lot of orders through our website this season from Mansfield Club members looking to use their discounts on our website. The discounts that we offer to clubs are for in-store purchases. We also don’t offer free shipping with Team Pricing which is another thing that has been coming up.
This is the verbiage we currently have for the Mansfield discount:
Mansfield Nordic Club members get team pricing on skis, rollerskis, boots, bindings & poles. 15% Off Skirack’s full price on nordic clothing, wax & bags.  Discount does not apply to sale prices. 5% off Thule Boxes. EXCLUDES ONLINE ORDERS

15% off Nordic Ski/Binding Services

 
We’ve seen a lot of orders recently from the MNC members on the website which is what is prompting this note.

BKL Practice Week of 2/7/22

By on 6 February, 2022 in BKL Training Schedule

Lots going on this week! Our MNC Skiathlon is coming up on Sunday the 13th and we hope to get as many BKL kids racing as possible. The race benefits our scholarship fund. There will be races for kids and grownups! Details HERE.

Tuesday, 2/08/22:  Classic & Skiathlon Transition Practice.

All Racers and kids 3rd grade & older skiing in the Skiathlon should bring both classic and skate skis and poles for Skiathlon transition practice (grades 1 & 2 ski only classic in the Skiathlon).

Bring both sets of equipment to the stadium.

-Skiathlon Jack Rabbits will practice with Liz.

-Racers and any Arctic Foxes doing the skiathlon will practice with Rosemary and Jen.

Thursday, 2/10/22: Skate.  Get ready for the BKL Olympics!

We will make some teams and try some traditional and non-traditional Olympic events!

Sunday, Feb. 13. MNC Skiathlon at Sleepy Hollow

Everyone is invited to race!  Details HERE.  Register on SkiReg for discounted price.  Citizen races in the morning. BKL races in the afternoon.

 

How to watch the Olympics

By on 3 February, 2022 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog, Masters Blog

The best athletes in the world in all the different winter sport disciplines come together once every four years to compete in the Olympics. We get to watch all these awesome winter sporting events that we don’t normally don’t see very often on regular TV.  It helps to know when to watch and how to watch so you don’t miss your favorite events. Here are some links:

How to best watch the XC Events (Faster Skier article)

Peacock

NBC Schedule 

The Olympic Channel

 

Notes for parents: Eastern Cup #3

By on 3 February, 2022 in Junior Blog

A few key notes from the Team Captains Meeting for the Craftsbury Eastern Cups this weekend.

Specifically for Saturday’s interval start races, there are VERY strict control measures on skiing the course.

  • Athletes can ski the course, but must do so with their bibs on inside-out to denote their status as a racer
  • All skiing MUST be done in direction of travel
  • There is no group skiing allowed, since some warmups may be taking place during races happening on course. This includes coach-led tours of the course, or warming up in a “pack” of athletes.
  • Parents without a bib (aka parents who do not happen to be US Ski and Snowboard registered and credentialed coaches) may NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ski with athlete(s) on course for warmup. If this happens all of our club’s coaches will lose their coaching bibs for the entire weekend and it would make things extremely difficult. Exact wording for Saturday below:

 

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