(pictures are from Gary, dad of Will S...I think you can see the beginnings(?) of our mass start mishap happening in there!)
Congrats to all who did such a wonderful job racing at the range today. The mass start went off well (for most of you!) and everyone was skiing really well from what I saw. Strong up the hills, great gliding in your diagonal stride and using your double pole effectively. Thanks so much to all the parents for help with waxing, cheering, and being photographers out on the course. Special thanks also to our injured skier who still came out to cheer - we loved having you there and can't wait til you're back on the trails! We had some great results - even the big win in the boys race and a super silver in the girls race - and certainly dominated as far as team size which is great to see. I remember being asked at the beginning of the season if there were team scores and, if there were team scores, we certainly would have won the team competition today!
Looking forward to next week, our next official team race is on Sunday February 13th at your home course of Sleepy Hollow. You guys will know the terrain well and really be able to show your stuff. We will be waxing people who need kick wax on their skis the morning of the race just like we did today -- PLEASE remember to come with clean kick zones/wax pockets so that we can easily apply the wax of the day. You can clean your kick zone on Friday at CVU where waxing will be available after practice if desired. We will meet at 9am for the race with 7th and 8th graders going off at 10am and 6th graders (racing with 5th graders as well) to follow just five minutes after.
On Thursday the 10th, there is an optional race hosted by Colchester, which is a ton of fun. It's the "Colchester Night Relays". It is a freestyle race on a 1.5km loop IN COSTUME. The way it usually works is that teams of two trade off tackling the course, but it appears that for middle schoolers, they are planning just a one loop mass start race, but of course IN COSTUME. I am trying to convince the Colchester coaches to either change up the middle school race so it is some sort of a relay or see if you guys can race in the JV race if desired. The JV race does two laps each so skier A goes, then skier B, then skier A, then skier B. So the second challenge with this race (aside from the fact that they are giving you such a short course and no relay aspect as I said above) is that I can't make it due to work because it is on a Thursday. So, I am looking for a PARENT TO VOLUNTEER to be the leader for this race. It shouldn't be hard since it is a skate race. The middle school race is supposed to start at 3:45pm at Colchester High School. There is no fee for this race. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED BY SENDING ME AN EMAIL BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PLEASE SEND ME A MESSAGE AT MY EMAIL ADDRESS AND DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE AS IT WILL GO TO THE WHOLE GROUP. ANY PARENT WILLING TO VOLUNTEER SHOULD EMAIL ME AS WELL. THANKS!
Update on BKL Festival. Registration will INCREASE IN PRICE BY $10 on/after (not sure which one) THURSDAY FEBRUARY 10th, so register early. Those of you who are attending the festival will need to get together to make a team banner and figure out some type of dress up/uniform for our team. When you register, if you can remember to put NWVT (northwest vermont) for your district, that will help get you on the correct relay team.
I hope I have remembered everything. Skate practice again on Tuesday. Classic practice Friday (some of you will be helping with the younger/Friday only program BKL skiers).
Great job today!!!
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