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Late-season racing @ Craftsbury

To all those still looking to suit up one last time and get the race skis out for a rip, Craftsbury will host two events this weekend!

The US National Championship 30/50k classic races (click for link) are this Saturday, run concurrently with 15/20k races for Junior skiers. Adam will be on-site and can provide wax support (see below for prep)

US Distance Nationals Prep:

Glide = Toko HF Red or Red/Yellow Mix (high of 50 but cold overnight means icy tracks and fast snow, race temps in the high 20’s. 

Kick = If possible, please iron in a thin klister binder such as Toko Base. Spray-klister is fine as well, though it is ideal to go over it with an iron on sprayed on. 

Topcoats, klister layers and hand-structure can be applied on-site. Please get in touch with Adam (adamRterko@gmail) if you are planning to attend!

If racing with the World Cup stars isn’t your thing…the Craftsbury Spring Fling (click for link) will still take place on Sunday! This event is a fun, low-key 10- or -20k freestyle event. See registration and wax info below.

Craftsbury Spring Fling Prep:

Glide = Toko HF Yellow or other yellow glide wax. 

Topcoat = Toko Jetstream Yellow or other warm glide wax. High for the day is 57!

Check out some footage from races earlier this week from Falcon Filming!

 

Masters Training 3/8 – ?

Well…Tuesday might be all we get this week due to rainy weather. Yuck! We will try to push through to hold a session though, so get in skiing while you can!

Tuesday 3/8 Skating, with a focus on uphills of varying grade and length. Transitions, carrying speed and skiing with quick movements to float up hills!

Thursday 3/10 Stay tuned…not looking great given the forecast…

Masters Training 3/1 – 3/3

Welcome to March, with the weather patterns of May and the precipitation of the Sahara! We will be skating on Tuesday and classic skiing on Thursday, hopefully after a bit of potential snowfall.

3/1 Skating: Range Marathon (event #2, with new loops and points system)

3/3 Classic: Specific strength and striding video

A few Masters took on the international racing scene in Canada at the Gatineau Loppet. Our neighbors to the north seem to have a bit more snow than us, and a few trips across the border have yielded good results…this week, the World Cup comes to Canada beginning on Tuesday with the Ski Tour Canada. If you have a free day these races are definitely worth checking out!

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Masters Training 2/23 – 2/25

Congrats to Tim Janson and Luke Shullenberger on some great finishes in the Birkie yesterday. Tim and Luke were 261st and 198th, respectively. That’s out of 3,837 racers! There may have been other MNC racers out there too…let me know. Way to bring some tough New England endurance to the Midwest guys!

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Thanks to the Biathlon Nor-Am races this past weekend, we should have an additional 1k added to our snowmaking loops at the Range…how desperate it has gotten that we’re not almost doubling our skiing by adding a kilometer…

This week we will aim to classic ski on Tuesday while temps remain colder, and shoot to skate on Thursday which is expected to be 51 degrees. Stay tuned on whether or not they close the Range loops during that warm day!

2/23 Classic technique work on the newly-opened loop: gradual striding and getting great glide on the uphills

2/25 Skate working on smooth skating in slush: flat skis, light pressure, crisp motions

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