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BKL Olympic Games!

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 14 February, 2022 in BKL Race Blog

Hanna and the gold medal Olympic Penguins!

Penguins skied in a BKL Penguin Olympics last Tuesday and the older BKL kids participated in their own BKL Olympics on Thursday! Kids were put onto teams from Canada, Mexico, Argentina, India, Peru, Jamaica, Tanzania and Morocco. Friendly competition began with teams competing in downhill slalom, handball hockey, tennis ball biathlon and the cone shuttle relay. Penguins did some bobsled, slalom and various relays and then were awarded handmade medals! So much fun to be an Olympian for a day!

Two tries to get a ball in the bucket in Tennis Ball Biathlon!

Handball Hockey

Team Morocco pauses for a picture

The Cone Shuttle Relay

The Slalom Challenge

Team Mexico ready to attack the
Slalom!

Things that make the Skiathlon great

By Adam Terko on 14 February, 2022 in BKL Race Blog, Masters Blog

It was a chilly day, but the sun was out for our annual Skiathlon, one of our primary events of the winter. Once again held at Sleepy Hollow, this course featured great grooming, a fun series of bumps and jumps, and lots of racers of all ages.

Look for race results on the NENSA race page and below:

MNC Skiathlon BKL Final Results

MNC Skiathlon Masters Final Results

MNC Skiathlon Age-Class Final Results

Below are some photos from coach Sara, which I think highlight things that make this race great:

Friends and teammates like Pearl and Ryley

Energetic and fun leaders and coaches like Hanna

Busy volunteers (thank you!)

exciting races!

Register for the BKL Fest!

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb 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

How to watch the Olympics

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb 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

Mad River BKL Race Recap

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 24 January, 2022 in BKL Race Blog

Off they go! The Lollipopers kick off the racing at the Mad River BKL Race on a gorgeous winter afternoon!

It was another bluebird day for the Mad River BKL Race at Ole’s Touring Center in Warren, VT. Race organizers Justin Beckwith and Brie Pike-Springer planned well, scheduling all the races for the afternoon when things had warmed up after a very cold night.

It’s been a long time since Ole’s has held a race and an even longer time since I have skied there. It turned out to be a great venue with great snow and grooming. A 1.5 km loop was groomed out in the fields across from the airstrip and we had that whole side of the road to ourselves. The Races started with a challenging Lollipop race where MNC’s Daisy Tremble and others had to ski up a hill, down and around a corner and back to the finish line where they collected their lollipops. Brother Oliver Tremble skied the 1/2 classic race, easily leading the way for a first place finish. Oliver also skied the 3/4 skate race along with MNC’s Mazzy Merritt who came straight from Bolton’s alpine hill, putting in a Ski Meister day.

We had a great squad of 5/6 racers who dominated the field. Liam Vile, Fiona Repp, Oakley Crawford, and Ansel Sprague all skied incredibly well and finished at the top with Liam leading the pack. Fiona had a sprint to the finish and kept two speedy contesters at bay with her incredible tempo and push.

Mary Moyer skied the 7/8 race and did a tremendous job in a very competitive field. She and the other racers had to ski 3 times around the loop which went up a big hill, moseyed around the top and then descended steeply to the finish. She skied very hard and finished fourth for the girls! Congratulations to all these MNC racers!

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