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Craftsbury Marathon Wax Update 1/31 PM

By Kort Longenbach on 31 January, 2020 in Masters Blog, Uncategorized

Craftsbury Marathon MNC Wax Headquarters (Cabin 3 Lower Soccer Field Parking Lot)

The MNC forward team has secured a wax cabin which will be the central location for meeting and pre-race waxing advice. The wax cabin is located in the parking lot adjacent to the lower soccer field.

Our advance team has also been doing wax testing all afternoon to narrow down the options Adam previously posted in the blog. Overall conditions will be relatively firm, fast with abrasive snow, so we recommend the following options..

Binder: Toko Green Klister Binder (spray or tube) or similar…

Klister: Toko Red or other Violet Klister

Hardwax Cover: Final Recommendation tomorrow.

We have many skiers signed up, so if possible please try to apply the Binder and Klister this evening. Also, if someone has an extra wax bench it would be great add to our set up.

Overall, the weather and conditions are looking great. Hope everyone is excited!

Cross Country Skiing in the Sud Tirol

By Kort Longenbach on 17 January, 2020 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog, Masters Blog, Uncategorized

Interested in cross country skiing in Europe? Recently, we returned from a spectacular trip and wanted to share our experiences and express our thanks to Lumi Experiences. Lumi Experiences specializes in both self-guided and guided experiences to some of the world’s renown cross country destinations.

Lumi was founded by Garrott Kuzzy (Olympian, former US Ski team and former MNC Coach/BOD member). We worked with Garrott to design a self-guided 10-day cross country skiing vacation in Seefeld, Austria, and Seiser Alm, Italy. Aside from flights, Lumi took care of everything, including: lodging, ground transportation, passes and personalized daily trail recommendations. Lumi’s local knowledge and attention to detail made this an incredibly enjoyable and memorable experience. A vacation we will cherish for a long time!

If you want more information or to plan your own experience you can contact Garrott at the following link: Lumi Experiences.

Skiing in the Seefeld stadium area. Photo courtesy of @lumiexperiences.

Skiing at Wild Moos. Photo courtesy of @Lumiexperiences.

Skiing rest day in Innsbruck. Photo courtesy of @Lumiexperiences.

Masters Mini-Camp 12/28

By Kort Longenbach on 23 December, 2019 in Masters Blog, Uncategorized

We are excited to announce our first mini-camp of the season taking place Saturday, December 28th at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. This is a wonderful opportunity to establish an early-season technique baseline and to identify areas of focus for the coming season. This event is open to all Masters registered in either of our Winter programs. Hope you can make it!

Please RSVP to see can get a feel for how many people will be attending.

Mini-Camp RSVP

Morning Classic Session 9:30AM (waxed & on snow)

0815 – 09:15 Waxing Help/warmup on own

09:30 Start with one large group for warmup and some very basic pointers then divide into three groups for 30 minute rotating sessions starting at 10:00.

Group 1- Classic Striding – 2 Coaches one with Video/IPAD on Teaching Hill
Group 2 – Double Poling – 1 to 2 Coaches on Upper field or Lemons Haunt
Group 3 – Cornering and Downhills and Transitions – 1-2 Coaches on Dennis’ and Moss

Rotate Groups every 30 Minutes

11:30 – 12:30 Inside for Video Review and lunch

Afternoon Skate Session 1:00PM

Group 1- Agility Drills and DP – 1-2 Coaches Lower Field
Group 2 – V1 and V2 1 to 2 Coaches – Teaching Hill, one coach with IPAD to video
Group 3 – Cornering and Downhills and Transitions – 1-2 Coaches on Dennis’ and Moss

Rotate as we did in the morning with Video Review at 2:30. Finish by 3:00 plus or minus a bit.

Label Your Equipment!

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 30 November, 2019 in BKL Race Blog, BKL Training Schedule, Uncategorized

With high school teams, MNC juniors, masters, biathletes and up to 90 BKLers all using the Range, it’s likely that someone else will have equipment that looks a lot like yours and that your equipment will get mistaken and taken home by someone else. The solution? Labels!! Here are some ideas:

If you rent:

Get some Painter’s tape or masking tape that is easily removable at the end of the season and label skis, boots and poles with your child’s name in permanent marker.

If you own:

*Permanent marker on masking tape works. Permanent marker on skis & boots works well too but is harder to remove.

*Mailing labels. Sometimes hard to read because of small sprint, but so easy!

*Decorative duct tape especially on poles will make your child’s equipment easily recognizable. We take off our poles and leave them all together a lot so it’s important that your child can recognize their own.

First-Ever MNC Trivia Night a Success

By Adam Terko on 26 October, 2019 in BKL Race Blog, Uncategorized

Thanks to everyone who came out for MNC Trivia Night on Friday. From a delicious dinner spread to a wacky and engaging trivia contest, this was a great way to bring so many members (and non-members!) together.

This event was spearheaded by Victoria Priganc and Maria Nolan, with some emcee skills provided by Dave Priganc. We owe a huge thanks to Cochran’s for use of their lodge…nothing makes it feel more like a skiing event than race bibs dangling from the ceiling, goggles and helmets on racks, and medals and awards from snowy competitions hanging left and right.

We raised over $1,300 toward the MNC Van. We’re so grateful for this support, as well as the support of our member donations through the Annual Fund and multiple sponsors such as:

Green Lantern Solar

Skirack

Evolution PT and Yoga

Kickzone Media

…and of course Toko!

Please be sure to consider these companies and locales for your solar, gear, yoga, and wax needs 🙂