Masters Update
Masters
There will be no 3:30 Masters session on Thursday 2/27 or Tuesday 3/4 but the all are welcome to the 6 PM session. There will be a classic race for all ages at Trapps on Tuesday 3/4 (Town Meeting Day) and we will have some coaches there to help if you decide to race. Our BK practice for the day will be the race.
Other Upcoming Event of interest:
March 8th: Bretton Woods Marathon
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Results Round-up!!
Holy there are a lot of exciting events happening right now, above and beyond the Sochi Olympics. If you have photos from any of these events, please send them to me and I’ll try to get as many posted as I can in a timely fashion.
VERMONT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Amazing job from so many MNC athletes last week! Champion Autumn Eastman and podium Cally Braun in D1. CVU takes the top spot in both boys and girls relays. MMU girls a strong 2nd in relay. Essex coming in 3rd in the boys relay.
Last Thursday were the Freestyle races (relay & individual). D1 Boys: Ethan John (Essex) 6th individual, Charlie Maitland (CVU) 8th overall, Casey Silk (CVU) 11th, Ethan Thibault (Colchester) 12th, Charlie Cobb (MMU) 21st, Nigel Sarrazin (Colchester) 25th, Caleb Guziak (Colchester) 27th. D1 Girls: Autumn Eastman (CVU) 1st, Cally Braun (CVU) 3rd, Amy Bruce (MMU) 5th, Abby Grab (MMU) 8th, Molly Larson (MMU) 9th, Rachel Slimovitch (CVU) 10th, Tatum Braun (CVU) 11th, Chloe Lemmel-Hay (Essex) 14th, Summer Bishop (CVU) 16, Anna Franceschetti (CVU) 17th, Emily Halporn (MMU) 31st, Lucy Leith (Burlington) 40th, Katie Moino (Essex) 50th, Sarah Tallman (Essex) 51st.
BILL KOCH FESTIVAL
Olivia Cuneo and Marika Massey-Bierman team up to win the Girls 7/8 relay! Kai Richter and Greg Burt team up to finish 5th in the Boys 7/8 relay. Tim Cobb and Conor Munns finish 11th.
Greg Burt also finishes 3rd overal in the individual skate race. Kai comes in 9th in a tight field, Conor 16th, Tim Cobb 20th, and Baxter Bishop 22nd out of nearly 70 racers!
Olivia Cuneo wins the girls skate race and Marika finishes 4th overall in a field of 66 competitiors.
STOWE DERBY
MNC coaches, athletes and parents participated in the Derby. Coach Enman and Coach Hollenbach finish 2nd and 6th in the skate. Ben Hegman 11th, Bill Harmeyer 26th, Charlie Maitland the ironman 82nd, Coach Leigh Mallory 91st, Ben Longenbach 101, and Kort Logenbach 186th.
Bill Harmeyer went out for the classic portion as well — totaling 40km of racing on the day! As did Eli Enman (7th). Ed Hamilton finished 10th in the classic, Coach Hollenbach 13th, Eliza Thomas 58th and winning her age class, and also Karen Alence 68th and second in her category!
ETHAN ALLEN BIATHLON SERIES
Nathanael Kuzio (Harwood / MNC / EABC) finished 3rd overall in the expert category (winning his age group) in the final biathlon race last Thursday. Eliza Thomas (SBHS / MNC) won the sport class for all women, and Ben Carnahan (CVU / MNC) won the sport category for his age group.
Junior Training: 2/24 – 3/9
Please note: Tuesday and Thursday training sessions are technique of choice. Dependent on upcoming races and priorities, please choose whichever technique you would most like to work on. If you are targeting a specific race in the next few weeks, I would recommend doing that same technique for your interval session this week.
Tuesday = Ski with speeds and light plyometrics, 4:00-5:45pm.
Wednesday = Recovery state skate ski + core @ Sleepy, 4-5:30pm.
Thursday = Ski with high intensity at the Range, 4:00-5:30pm.
Sunday = TBA.
Tentative plan for 3/3 – 3/9:
Note different workouts this week for J2’s and other athletes!
Tuesday (non J2)= Ski with high intensity and light plyos, 4-5:30.
Tuesday (J2’s) = Ski with high intensity and light plyos.
Wednesday = Recovery skate ski at Sleepy, 4:00-5:30pm.
Thursday (non J2)= Ski with high intensity and light plyos, 4:00-5:30pm.
Thursday (j2’s) = Short ski with speeds and fun relay practice.
Sunday = TBA. Cochran’s Nordic X Challenge???!!!
Also Upcoming:
Tuesday March 18 = Movement screening analysis 3:50-6:15pm at the Range. Please refer to 2/23 email from Dr. Sharon Henry.
BK and Masters 2/25-3/6
BK
Tuesday 2/25 – 3:30-5:00 at the Range. Skate skis. For warmup BK Racing start with 2 x 1km no poles. Jackrabbits Start with 1x 1km no poles.
Thursday 2/27 – 10:00 – 12:00 at Craftsbury to take advantage of school break. Skate skis. Bring a lunch too. We will have to purchase trail passes.
Weekend – Although we have no coaches available this weekend here are some great options.
March 1, 2014 Silver Fox Trot
March 1-3, 2014 NorAm Midget Championship
March 1, 2014 Biathlon Clinc at Strafford Nordic Center
March 2, 2014 March Madness Paintball Race
Tuesday 3/4 – Practice will be a BK Race held in conjunction with JR Nationals at Trapps.
Citizen-Coach-BKL Race Poster
Thursday 3/6 – Back at the range. Technique TBD
MASTERS
Tuesday 2/25 – Classic ski at the range but bring skate gear too…. just incase.
Thursday 2/27 – Skate Skiing at the range.
Weekend – Here are a couple of options for weekend races.
March 1, 2014 Rangeley Loppet 2014
March 1, 2014 Silver Fox Trot
Tuesday 3/4 – Two Options;
1. Regular session at the range Technique TBD.
2. Citizens Race at Trapps in conjunction with JR Nationals. Coach Rick will be there for this one. Please email Rick with a COUNT ME IN for the race at Trapps so we can plan accordingly. Details: Citizen-Coach-BKL Race Poster
