Missed the BKL Festival? Watch this great video form the Carlson’s!
BKL Festival 2015 Good Times Video from Mansfield Nordic Club on Vimeo.
BK and Masters 3/24-3/29
This will be our last week of “official” ski practices but there is a chance that we may be able to get a few days at the range in April. Check the blog for updates.
Pick your technique again this week. We will have the MNC wax box with klister if you need some help getting skis prepped.
Tuesday 3/24
BK will do Mini-Marathon – we will have a course set up and kids ski as many laps as they can between 3:45 and 5:00 using what ever technique you choose. Each lap as you pass through the stadium find your name on the list and put a check mark on the sheet to help us count laps. Parents: We will place a table or two next to the trail to put snacks and water out for the kids. So if you can bring something to contribute it would be greatly appreciated.
Masters – we will drop down 1-2 coaches this week and will help those that want to do a little more technique work but also finish up with a fun relay.
Thursday 3/26
BK will finish up the season with a group ski with all ages followed by games, jumps etc.
Masters will finish up the season with a social ski and for those planning on racing at the Spring Fling we will ski easy with a few short pick-ups and discuss ski prep for wet conditions predicted for the race.
SATURDAY – Spring Fling 15/30 km skate race at Craftsbury http://www.craftsbury.com/general/about-the-center/news/detail/1448/ Coach Eden will lead younger BK skiers that want to do the 15 km. Be sure to email her if you want plan on going and want some support. eden_shullenberg@hotmail.com. We will have some other coaches there to compete and we are happy to help the kids and masters. Look for the MNC tent.
SUNDAY – MNC End of the Season Ski Party at Craftsbury. The center is also hosting sprint biathlon competition that day for skiers 12 and older. http://www.craftsbury.com/general/about-the-center/news/detail/1466/
J2 Championship Photos
Last weekend up in the far, far north of Maine (Fort Kent), several of our MNC skiers participated in the annual New England J2 Championships. For many, this trip is the first taste of “post-season” in that the athletes actually have to qualify for this event based on races earlier in the winter. It’s also one of the first “travel teams” that these athletes qualify for. They travel on a big coach bus with 40+ other Vermonters and spend a couple nights crammed into hotels eating lots of sugar, then race 4x in less than 48 hours!
The skiers compete for their state against ME, MA, NH, NY and an assortment of athletes from other places. To be clear, it’s a really strong field of skiers. From what I heard, the weekend was lot of fun for athletes and spectators. The 10th Mountain Ski Club are excellent hosts and organizers. Typically the entire community helps to host big events like this.
MNC athletes had lots of success. Full results are available at BART Timing. All 4 of our MNC boys finished in the top-21 of at least one race (out of over 90 competitors!). And both the MNC gals finished in the top-16 in at least one race. Greg Burt won 2 of 3 individual races and was crowned the boys overall champion of the weekend. Will Solow raced to a strong 11th place in the 5km skate, followed closely by Kai Richter and Baxter Bishop in 18th and 21st, respectively. Conor Munns also skied to a strong 4th place.
Marika Massey-Bierman was the top Vermont gal in the 5km classic. She was followed by Eliza Thomas in 16th place overall (3rd Vermonter). Both gals also skied great relay legs on Sunday.
Thanks to Gary Solow for excellent photos of all the excitement. Visit our MNC Flickr Page to view that photos!
MNC Club Apparel Inventory
For anyone interested, we do have some left over apparel for purchase. Please e-mailif interested.
Mammut Puffy Jackets
Men’s Large (Qty 1) Price $175.00
Podiumwear Race Suits & Warm-Ups
Race Suit (1 Adult XS, 1 Adult Large) Price: $160
(2 Youth Large, 1 Youth Med) Price $110
Warm-Up Jacket (1 Adult Med) Price $140
Warm-Up Pants (1 Adult Large, 1 Adult Med) Price $100
Skiing March 17 and 19
The fun isn’t over yet! Winter is still here and we will ski this week. Congrats to all the kids that skied at the Grand Prix http://barttiming.com/XCski/fmnc2015.htm and at Cochran’s Nordic Cross.
Masters
Choice of Technique again this week.
- The forecast is all over the place this week but I will bring some spray-on klister if anyone would like to classic ski.
- On Thursday the masters workout will be the Nordic Sprints (see flyer below) but you are welcome to just ski.
- On Sunday Craftsbury is hosting a 30 km Spring Fling https://www.nensa.net/calendar/index.php?id=1715. This one will be fun.
BK
We have received an email from Coach Marge that the NYSEF Nordic Kids Festival WILL NOT take place this year. Too bad. It’s always a fun event. However….
Tuesday – Ski with the UVM Nordic Team. Bring skate skis and join in on the fun skiing with some of the best NCAA skiers and coaches.
Thursday – Bring skate skis and stay late if you can try the Nordic Sprints – that will be hosted by the Ethan Allen Biathlon Club.
