- Practice plan for March 1: One Day a Week Program February 29, 2016INFORMATION FOR THE 1 DAY BKL PROGRAM:
Location: Garipay Fields (9 Reservoir Road, Hanover) Time: 3:30-4:30 Technique: Dryland Forecast: Mid 30s - Woodstock Sweetheart Race is On! — A Great Race for First Timers February 26, 2016
The Woodstock Sweetheart Race 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 information.
The Woodstock nordic club has partnered up with Suicide Six so that the nordic community can host a simple, low-key, fun race tomorrow on a 1/2 kilometer man-made loop. It will be the perfect event to enjoy winter on a beautiful day and hop into a fun race without even leaving the Upper Valley. Registration will be on-site tomorrow and begins at 9:30. $10/racer but Lollipoppers are FREE. Lollipoppers (untimed racers, up to grade 2) go off at 11:00 with the rest of the timed age groups (1/2, 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.
Our Ford Sayre kids can wear tutus with style (Photo: 2015).Come join us for some fun on snow tomorrow!As a reminder, next weekend is the Bill Koch League Festival at Great Glen Trails (at the bottom of Mt. Washington and with the best views ever of the northern Presidential Range). The Festival is a wonderful gathering of youth skiers and their families from throughout New England and upstate New York. Some kids go for the racing, some kids go for the plethora of non-racing events (tours, hot cocoa, ski games…). Everyone goes for the fun and a chance to celebrate being outside and active in a northern New England winter. And of course there is just the excitement of hanging around with all your friends on an overnight trip with many other Upper Valley families. Please be sure to note that the final registration deadline is this SATURDAY at 5:00 PM. Do not forget that we are in the CEVT (Central Vermont) District. Register here.
Ford Sayre skiers participating in the 2015 BKL FestivalLet me know if you have any questions about either of these races!Aricca; bkl.one.day@fordsayre.org; 603-715-7233 - Woops. Two Video Links February 26, 2016
- 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
- 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.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.