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  • Woodstock Sweetheart Race On! A Great Chance for First-Time Racers! February 26, 2016
    Woodstock is on! Everyone is welcome and encouraged to give this race a try! Costumes, sparkles and fairy wings are encouraged and might actually make you faster. See flier for more. The race will be at the Suicide Six Alpine area in Woodstock. Registration begins at 9:30. $10/racer but Lollipoppers are FREE. Lollipoppers go off at 11:00 with the rest of the age groups (2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8) heading out afterwards. Skiers can ski the course before 11, but there will be no skiing besides the races after 11. Let us know you will be coming by putting your name on our Race Planning Doc here. Hope to see you there! Ashley & Peter WAXING: CH8 glide wax. This is a good, simple explanation for applying/ironing on glide wax For instructions on how to scrape the skis after applying glide wax, go here and forward to minute 6:22  Continue reading →
  • Race Plan for Saturday 2-27-16 and a Few Items February 25, 2016

    All,

    Hello all,

    In this winter of ever-shifting plans, our current best guess for this weekend is that we will be going to the Woodstock Sweetheart race that was originally scheduled for Valentine’s Day.  It is now going to be this Saturday at the base of Suicide Six alpine area, on a  .5K loop that is all manmade snow and can be counted on to still be there.

    They are stressing that it will be a very informal race, and it should be a great chance for kids to remember what it is like to put a bib on (or to try it for the first time!).  It will be a particularly good opportunity for kids going to the Festival  to get a race in ahead of time.  

    The general format will be mass start, multiple loop races, starting at 11:00 with each age group going off as soon as the previous one has finished.   Should be a pretty efficient day time-wise, and great fun for spectators and racers alike. (It will be one of the few races in a season where it is all visible from the start/finish line!)

    More details tomorrow when the race organizers confirm the plan — it will all be day-of-race registration, so no need to do anything now.

    Cheers!

    Jay and Heidi

    BKL FESTIVAL:

    The Festival is a highlight of our season, an event that celebrates the spirit of winter and the fun of skiing.  With competitive and non-competitive events, it is appropriate for ALL of our skiers.  This season, more than ever, we encourage your family to consider attending with your skier(s), both to support the sport of xc skiing and to support the host venue of the races.  As anyone who has attended previously will attest, the Festival embodies so much of what we promote in our program.  Our experienced coaches are ready to support all of our skiers, whether they are racing for the first time ever, are Festival veterans, or are interested in non-competitive participation.
    We have 30 racers registered for the weekend already! Awesome! Please be sure to note that the final registration deadline for the BKL Festival is this SATURDAY at 5:00 PM. Go here to register. When you register, please note that our district is CVET (Central Vermont).
    Remember, too, to add your contact information to our Festival planning document.
    And sign up to help us a volunteer here or as a volunteer for the Festival in general here.
     HEROES & MOTIVATION:

    Thanks to Jay Davis for sharing this link to Jessie Diggins’ blog. In the following blog post, Jessie not only talks about what it is like to place second in the world, but also demonstrates remarkable graciousness towards her waxers and coaches, and an infectious enthusiasm for so many things in racing and skiing that have nothing to do with race results. We strongly recommend the post to you and your children. Her sentiments teach lessons about skiing, other sports and life in general.

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  • Plan for Friday 2-26-16 February 25, 2016

    INFORMATION FOR THE FRIDAY/3 DAY PROGRAM:

    Location:   Milliken’s House – 160 Happy Hill Rd, Norwich, VT
    Time:  3:30-4:30
    Technique: dry land – wear running shoes BRING bounding/classic poles
    Wax Recommendation:  NA
    Upcoming Event/Race: See following email

    NOTES:

    We will hill bound and adventure run on Happy Hill tomorrow! Woohoo!

    PLEASE CARPOOL as much as possible and drive slowly on Happy Hill Rd – one lane and muddy/icy.

    Get ready for some fun!

    Ashley and Peter

     

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  • BKL Festival – March 5th & 6th February 24, 2016

    Hello All,

    It’s time to look ahead to the Bill Koch League Festival that will take place in two weekends, March 5 & 6!  The Festival is a highlight of our season, an event that celebrates the spirit of winter and the fun of skiing.  With competitive and non-competitive events, it is appropriate for ALL of our skiers.

    This season, more than ever, we encourage your family to consider attending with your skier(s).  As anyone who has attended previously will attest, the Festival embodies so much of what we promote in our program.  Our experienced coaches are ready to support all of our skiers, whether they are racing for the first time ever, are Festival veterans, or are interested in non-competitive participation.

    THE EVENT: 

    Every year the nordic season ends with an enormous festival consisting of two days of races and fun events for children (up to 8th grade). This year, the festival will take place at Great Glenn Trails in Gorham, NH, which is about 2 1/2 hrs from Hanover. For information about the festival, go to NENSA’s festival page here.  On Saturday, children will participate in classic relay races, and on Sunday the children will compete in individual freestyle races. The youngest skiers can choose to participate in the “Lollipop” category (an untimed, low-key race open to children 2nd grade and younger – and named for the sugary reward children receive when they cross the finish line). And children of any age (up to 8th grade) can participate in the “Nordic Adventurer” category if they do not want to race at all, but want to enjoy the other activities. Over the course of the weekend there will also be games on skis, an enchanted ski tour, radar runs and other fun events while children are not participating in races.

    With NH as the hosting state this year and the venue reasonably close to home, some of you may choose to attend for a single day.  There is a single registration fee whether your child attends one day or both, but you will indicate the event choices as you go through the registration process.  You can view the schedule for the weekend here. Messages from the team at Great Glen Trails reassure us that they are doing all they can to make and stockpile snow for the BKL Festival; read more here.

    The theme for this year is “White Mountain Magic” (think wizards and witches and Harry Potter). If one of you has a good, simple costume idea that we could use for our club (pieces of fabric for capes, conical hats kids could make…), and would like to take on the organization of it, let us know.

    REGISTRATION:

    Please register your child ASAP. Online registration closes this weekend, Saturday, Feb 27.  Go here to register. The dinner Saturday night is one that many of us attend, but it is up to each family to sign up as part of registration.

    GET ORGANIZED WITH US:

    To help with our own club’s organization, if you plan to attend, please add your contact information to this google doc. Also, please sign up for a volunteer job to help us get the FS tasks done. Go to our Coaching and Volunteer document here. It was such a great team effort last year! Looking forward to another good one.

    LODGING:

    FS families typically spend Friday and Saturday nights at a hotel. Many Ford Sayre families will be staying at the Royalty Inn in Gorham, NH. The official race “headquarters” are at Town and Country Inn and Resort in Gorham. Go here for more lodging options.

    BREAKFAST:

    The Royalty Inn does not provide a buffet breakfast. We have arranged a group buffet from 6am – 8am at a local restaurant called Welch’s. The cost is $9.75/person. Don’t expect gourmet, but it should do the job! It is within walking distance of our hotel. They have asked for an approximate number of attendees for Saturday morning and Sunday. Please check the columns on the contact information google doc linked above to let us know if you will eat there.

    QUESTIONS:

    Please feel free to email or call with any questions you might have. We are here to help! bkl.one.day@fordsayre.org or (603) 715-7233.

    Cheers,

    Aricca

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  • Practice Cancelled Thursday 2-25-16 February 24, 2016

    INFORMATION FOR THE 2&3 DAY PROGRAM:
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    NOTES: 

    Regrettably, we are cancelling tomorrow’s practice. Stay tuned for next week!

    INCREDIBLE that we had 65 Ford Sayre skiers (not all in the picture here) come up to Lake Morey yesterday to skate! We love your willingness to get out and do whatever it is that we CAN do to stay active. Woohoo!

    If you have a minute, please make sure to thank Jamie Hess and The Nordic Skater ( site here) for allowing us to use all of the skates FOR FREE! You can give a shout out to them on their Facebook page. It would be helpful to their business and a nice way to say thanks. We will be making a card and sending it to them once we get the skiers to sign it.

    Cheers!

    Ashley and Peter

     

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