Burlington High School is looking for a Nordic Ski Coach for this winter. If you are interested please contact Jeanne Hulsen at jhulsen@bsdvt.org.
MNC Skiers at Lake Hortonia
MNC Skiers at Lake Hortonia Aug 24th, 2013
Mid-week update and Photos
As summer draws to a close, we are shifting our training focus from base & endurance and now we are adding in more moderate intensity work. We are still doing a variety of activities as well as our normal strength and technique work. Below are several pictures from our last week of training:
Eli, Lukas, Bill, Sam and Henry (L to R) practicing a sprint start today.
Abby Grab, Kate Moino and Tatum Braun (L to R) on the sprint start today
Liam et al doing skate sprints last Thursday
Parker and the gals doing some hill sprints last Friday
Sam and I doing some technique work last Friday after our run
Greg Burt, Ben Carnahan, Will Solow and Dakota Amblow (far to near)
Sam and Ben with Camel’s Hump in the background. Midway through our 25 mile Monday morning ride
Ben Longenbach, Will and Coach Rick Costanza with a view down Bolton. After ski-walking intervals last Saturday
Henry followed by Ethan Thibault and Ethan John last Saturday
Murray, Charlie and Will (L to R) praciting sprint starts
Summer BK Wrap Up
Here are some pics from BK activities from the summer of 2013. The summer started off with a bike trip stating from Grand Isle State Park with stops for food and treats followed by swimming and a picnic at Sand Bar State Park. Ben, Kai, Andy, Rick and Jim Grossman did a 40 mile loop while some of the younger kids completed a smaller distance.
Mid-summer we had a wonderful hike up Mt Elmore and a swim at the beach. If anyone has some pics of that trip please send them to Rick.
In August we had an awesome hike from the top of the App Gap to the single chair on Made River Glen and back.
As for the Fenway Park pic. No it wasn’t an MNC trip but it was pretty cool to see the Burt family on TV. The pic was taken from the TV screen. (and yes the Red Sox won that game 6-1 over the Yankees).
Thanks to the parents for organizing these trips.
We will have our FAll FRIDAYS in Underhill beginning in October. Details will follow.
Kai and Ben on Grand Isle Bike trip
Greg, Aiden and Lisa on top of Mad River Glen
Lisa and Tike
Tike on a hike!
Aiden
Aiden and Greg entering the cave on the Long Trail south of the App Gap.
Guess who had seats behind home plate at Fenway….
Epic App Gap Ride!
This summer we’ve incorporated cycling into our formal training routine, and we capped off many weeks of training with a 38 mile ride this morning. Now 38 miles might not sound like all that much, but we did climb App Gap which means we had approx 3000′ of vertical amidst the 38 miles.
We had a huge group of riders — over 20 in all — that made the summit. Of that number, I believe 7 or 8 of them were “first ascents” of the Gap. It was a really impressive sight to see so many fit kids out on the bikes. Applause goes out to Amy Bruce for cranking up that whole darn climb and dealing with the frustration of being stuck with me for many miles! Also to Will Solow and Ben Carnahan for being the “young bucks” and sticking with the old-farts. We were lucky to have a few of the GMVS athletes join us, as well as Hallie Grossman (Bates / Stratton), a couple parents, and a friend Michael who is a triathlete who attends St Olaf college with Liam and Sam. Great day and we even finished before the rain!
Jake leads the boys on our Monday ride
A huge group on the summit of App Gap today!
Amy grinds up the final pitch while being cheered on by Tony Julianelle
