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Tuesday 2/5: Skate & Classic

*A good day to check the website before you head to practice (rain in AM).

It’s time to practice ski changes for the MNC Skiathlon (Sunday, Feb. 10)

Penguins: Bring Classic

Jack Rabbits Grades 1 &2: Bring Skate only (no ski change at Skiathlon)

Jack Rabbits Grades 3 & 4: Bring both Skate & Classic

Arctic Foxes: Bring both Skate & Classic

Racers: Bring Both Skate & Classic

We will not wax any waxable classic skis, we will practice our ski change with double poling on our classic skis, after that we will skate for the rest of practice.

Penguins: Classic. Rockin’N’Rollin with Coaches Julie & Chris. Last week the tunes were blasting, the slalom poles were set, and the stuffed animals came out of hiding for some fun on skis! Who knows what Coach Julie has in store for this week, but it’s sure to be fun!

Jack Rabbits: Grades 1/2 will skate today: No ski change practice needed- These grades do a classic race only at the skiathlon.

Jack Rabbits Grades 3 &4: Bring both sets of skis and poles. Everyone will practice a ski change. Then we will skate for the rest of practice

Arctic Foxes & Racers:  Even if you are not racing, we will practice a ski change, because it’s fun and it’s a good thing to know how to do well. After, we will skate and play games.

*Racers: If your racer child raced 3 – 5 races in the last 5 days, you should let them take the day off to rest and recover.

Thursday 2/7: Skate & Classic

*Another good day to check the website before you head to practice. A messy weather day.

Everyone bring both skate and classic. If you have no-wax classic, bring those as your classic pair and we will try to do some classic after we practice ski changes. If you don’t have no-wax, we’ll klister your skis.

** Everyone doing the race must CLEAN their classic skis before Sunday. We can’t do it at race site. Rosemary will be available to help you CLEAN your skis after practice on Thursday. Here is a video on how to do it:  https://youtu.be/xXTmPjtlpwg

Sunday 2/10: MNC Skiathlon at Craftsbury!

It’s our club race!

Sign-up to bring food HERE. Register your child for the race and find out all the details HERE.  Registration for BKL: 11:30- 12:30,  Races start at 1:00 with the Lollipop Race. Raffle & ribbon awards immediately after all the BKL races end. Email Coach Rosemary to let her know you are coming HERE.  Rosemary & Coaches  will be on hand to help wax classic skis and to help kids warm up. Look for us at the Mansfield Nordic Tent in the lower stadium.

Tuesday 1/29: SKATE  (Penguins: Classic)

Jack Rabbits: Coach Andy is away, Coaches Peter, Emilie and Amanda Repp will lead the show! Count on some fun games, a little agility and lots of skiing!

Arctic Foxes: It’s time to learn some V-2 Alternate and play a game of “Stones”

Racers: Older racers will practice some sprints. Younger racers will work on V-2 alternate. Racers will join the Foxes for “Stones” at the end of practice.

Thursday 1/31: CLASSIC

Bundle up today, it is supposed to be in the single digits! Hats instead of headbands, mittens instead of gloves, buffs, hand warmers and insulated jackets are good ideas!

All groups will keep moving today and we’ll try to get some hot chocolate going inside to help kids warm up when they come in. You can count on some touring, but we may stick to some shorter loops so we don’t get too far from shelter.

Weekend Racing: Craftsbury Marathon 2/2 & 2/3

It’s a crazy weekend of racing for Middle School Racers with the Tour de Chittenden and for Biathletes with the Jericho NorAM.  No regular BKL races, but there is the option of doing a BKL 15 km Craftsbury Marathon. Classic on Saturday or Skate on Sunday, your choice. BKL skiers need a chaperone to ski with them. If your child plans to do it, register on SKIREG by 1/30 (Wed). Great post race meal included!