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BKL Practice 12/13-12/18

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 11 December, 2022 in BKL Training Schedule

It’s getting colder and there is snow in the forecast for the weekend! This week we’ll be doing some fun dryland so we ‘re ready when the snow flies!

Tuesday 12/13: Mill River Park, Rte. 15, Jericho:

Penguins, Jack Rabbits, Arctic Foxes & Racers

Penguins’s first day!

Wear your sneakers, dress in layers, and BRING A HEADLAMP! It will be dark for much of our practice and there are no lights here. We will do more team building, fun dryland activities, hiking and running.

DEVOS: Practice with the Juniors: Possible ski at Sleepy Hollow. Check the JR TRAINING DOC

Thursday 12/15: Location Change: Mill River Park!

Jack Rabbits, Arctic Foxes, Racers & Devos

Everyone should bring classic ski poles today and your headlamp!

Wear your sneakers, dress in layers. More dryland activities and team building.

Saturday: Racers at Craftsbury, 10:00-11:30 am

Update: Sunday: Racers at Sleepy Hollow, 1:30-3pm Skate

Rosemary is at the Lake Placid Eastern Cup with the Devos, so Andy Crawford (Oakley’s Dad) & Brian Sprague (Ansel’s Dad) will lead practice today. You will play a warm up game and do some distance skiing. Conditions should be very good at Craftsbury with some new snow!

BKL Practice Week of 12/05- 12/11

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 4 December, 2022 in BKL Training Schedule

Tuesday 12/06: Penguins, Jack Rabbits, Arctic Foxes & Racers: Mill River Park 3:45- 5:15

Possibility of cancellation due to rain. Check back here before you venture out! I will post any cancellation by 2 pm.

Location of Park: Rte. 15, Jericho

What to Bring/Wear: Headlamp, sneakers, raincoat. Racers should bring classic ski poles for bounding. We will do some team building and some fun dryland games & activities.

Tuesday DEVOS:

Meet Kristen and Adam at Sleepy Hollow from 4-6 for bounding under the lights. Wear sneakers and bring short bounding or classic poles. Check out this JUNIOR TRAINING DOC. before you go to find any changes. Adam updates it regularly and DEVOS will usually go where Juniors are on Tuesdays until we are all at the Range together.

Thursday 12/08: Jack Rabbits, Arctic Foxes, Racers & Devos: The Range, 3:45-5:15

Dryland activities, team building and getting ready for the snow. We’ll have lights tonight!

DIRECTIONS TO THE RANGE

Saturday 12/10: Racers, Devos & anyone who wants to Race*: Silver Fox Trot Race at Craftsbury

Citizen’s race in the morning, BKL race in the afternoon, beginning at 12 with the 1/2 graders.

Feeling like you haven’t skied enough to race yet? Everyone is in the same boat unless you happen to live in Craftsbury! There will be lots of kids participating who are skiing on snow for their first time this year! Come and do it for the fun, the experience and the chance to be on snow again!

Registration & Info: at SKIREG until 12/08 at 11:59 PM, Day of Race Registration also available (increased fee)

Technique: Grades 1/2: classic. Grades 3-8: Skate

Let me know you are coming: RACE SIGN-UP SHEET

(I will send you details on where to meet me, wax recommendation, etc).

Plan to arrive at least 1 hour before your race start so you can ski the course, get your bib, etc.

*Everyone is welcomed to race, even if you are not a Racer.

BKL SubGroups Posted

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 4 December, 2022 in BKL Race Blog, BKL Training Schedule

Find your child’s group by checking this document: BKL Sub-Groups

*If you don’t find your child’s name in a group, please email me: sheacobb19@gmail.com

*Remember that groups are not static and we may switch kids if we find they would benefit from being in a different group.

BKL Fun Fridays Recap

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 27 November, 2022 in BKL Race Blog

The MNC BKL kids have been getting out there having some fun already this fall. From soccer and coordination pre-ski activities to “Camouflage” in the fading light, we had great fun at Mill River Park on a lovely warm November Day. Our next BKL Fun Fall Friday was cancelled due to rain, but we were rewarded by having enough snow to ski on our last BKL Fun Fall Friday (which was actually held on a Thursday). A bunch of us made it over to Tomasi’s Field in Underhill which is going to be a great early snow site for BKL. BKL Coach Peter Davis grooms it and on the day we skied it was pretty darn good for only 2-4 inches of snow! The terrain features some nice rolling hills with a total of about 2.5 k of looping trails. Check out the pictures!

Soccer is always a favorite at Mill River Park!

Tomasi’s Field

It was a fun evening skiing under a dramatic darkening sky!

BKL Fall THURSDAY- On Snow Adventure!!

By Rosemary Shea-Cobb on 16 November, 2022 in BKL Race Blog, BKL Training Schedule

We are going for an early snow ski adventure! Peter Davis is rolling Tomasi’s Field which is next to Casey’s Hill in Underhill. The grass has been mowed very short so the 3-4 inches of snow we got on Wednesday should be enough to ski on. It will be fun to get on skis and check out Tomasi’s!

Time: 3:45 to 4:45 pm (come early and/or stay as long as you want)

Location: Tomasi Field/Casey’s Hill. 16 Mountain Rd., Underhill, VT 05489.

Parking: There is small lot for a few cars at the 16 Mountain Rd address by Casey’s Hill. If the lot fills up, drop off your kid(s) and go back and park at Underhill Central School. I have been told that it’s possible to ski through the school fields and then some other fields across the road to link up with Tomasi’s. We might be able to shuttle as well.

What to bring: Any skis are fine for today, but if you have a choice, bring some no-wax classic skis. I will bring some TOKO yellow for anyone who has waxables and needs wax. I am also going to throw my rock skate skis in the car just in case the skating is doable. Feel free to bring extra skis- it will be a good day to try things out!

BRING YOUR HEADLAMP!! It will definitely be dark when we finish.

See you there!