Last week, the trials races for the World/Youth Junior Biathlon Championships came to Jericho. For those that weren’t aware, several of the MNC team skiers are also biathletes…you’ve likely skied by them training and shooting with Coach Algis AFTER they finish their ski training with the club!
Marika, Eliza, and Timmy competed in a grueling 3-race/3-day series with some impressive efforts.
On day 1 Eliza showed she had begun a good recovery from the pneumonia it turns out she’d been suffering from all December. She hit a lot of targets and skied a blazing time to take 3rd place!
Eliza on the podium!
A great fall of training made a strong result unsurprising!
Day 3 saw the strongest performances from Marika and Timmy. Marika raced into the top-5,
while Timmy overcame some shooting trouble in earlier races to take 6th place (despite “racing up” into the Youth category even though he is still a “Boy” by the age system)
MNC suit spotted on the range!
Coming off a pretty serious foot injury from the summer/fall, Marika proved she is still a force on the trails!
Thanks to Max Cobb and Paul Bierman for some great photos!
With the conclusion of World Junior Biathlon trials at Jericho, all things should be back to business as usual at the Range. That means that as of press time (7:15pm on Sunday) we will be holding training during our typical 3:45 and 6:00 time slots this Tuesday and Thursday.
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This Saturday offers a great opportunity for some fun racing at Trapps! The Race to the Cabin, an annual favorite, is set to take place with registration at 8am and the race at 9am. Whether you decide to race hard for the glory, or simply put on a bib for a ski up the hill, the $5 registration fee is a great way to score a trail pass for even more skiing after the event! MNC will be present with Coach Adam offering waxing help at the new team tent: find registration details HERE.
Some photos and clips from a fun, snowy, productive volume camp at MSA!
We have been in a traditional East Coast winter weather pattern for about the past month: a few inches of fresh snow and good hardwax skiing, followed by a thaw/freeze cycle leading to a few days of klister and ice. Depending on the day of the week you could be skiing on extra blue or a goopeyklister/hardwax cover.
This wasn’t much different in Canada, as we did experience a little bit of everything! That makes for good productivity not just with training but also getting comfortable on new skis and with different conditions before the heart of the race season.
We arrived to 143km of amazing trails, and as a special treat we received a 2′ dump for our last day. It was incredible to ski for hours each day without crossing the same trail twice. We did some classic drills, some speeds, a timetrial with CSU, and a lot of kilometers of easy skiing at “Norwegian Level 1”.
Powder-blasting on a long classic ski…this particular ski involved 2 layers of blue hardwax and 2 hours of smooth tracks and snow so soft that a fall on a downhill made no noise at all
Trying to decide which trail to take…they make it easy here: Green = flat campground, Blue = steeper flowy trails, Black = wall-steep ups and downs on old World Cup courses (photo: Dave Priganc)
Dialing in the sauce of the day. They’ve got a gigantic wax room here, but it was still quickly filled up with the 150-person CSU “army” so you really had to lay claim to a bench
Taking a swing-break on day 1. By the last day the snow was well above the swing seats…shoulda taken a before/after!
Team fondue night in Quebec City hit a small snafu when my roof box didn’t quite make it through the parking garage. Ken and I had to do a quick removal and adjustment
Despite being right across the street from the hotel, I resisted Tim Hortons all week before finally succumbing to the call of the cappuccino on the last day. Luckily it was open early even after the big blizzard rolled through as you can tell by the snow!
Morning paper at Tim’s. Main story? Quebec being “paralyse”d by the blizzard. The inside scoop on the top left? Quebec possibly hosting World Cup Finals this year! This is Alex Harvey’s hometown and he is a big star (rightfully so!)
Back to the skiing. Did I mention that it snowed a ton before that last day??
Can’t complain!
Here are a few video clips. This week it’s back to business as usual in the snowy USA!
Open to all MNC BKL Families (Friday Foxes too)! The snow will be great and you can count on good classic tracks. We’ll break up into groups, do a tour & hopefully meet up at the cabin for hot cocoa.
Location: Craftsbury Nordic/Outdoor Center
Time: Meet at 10:30 outside the Touring Center
Technique: Your choice, but if you plan to classic, be sure to get there early to wax.
Lost: A pair of black/grey SWIX lobster claws that may have ended up in someone else’s bag (a red bag?) by mistake on Thursday night. Please check your bag and if found, contact Dave Priganc at http://dave.priganc@gmail.com
Lost: 2016 World Cup Killington hat: White & green hat w/green pom-pom. If found e-mail Carolyn at http://carolyn@trapeni.com
