- Plan for Tuesday 2-9-16 February 8, 2016INFORMATION FOR THE 2&3 DAY PROGRAM:
Location: Garipay – we will gather to the left as you drive in to the parking lot, please. (The one-day program will be on the right.) Bring running shoes as well, please. Time: 3:30-4:30 Technique: classic Wax Recommendation: V45 in the kickzone Upcoming Event/Race: The lack of snow is keeping us on our toes! We are thinking of joining the folks at Rikert (Middlebury) this Saturday for some racing. They have snow making there. More details to come… - Plan for Tuesday, 2/9/16: 1-day a week program February 8, 2016
INFORMATION FOR THE 1 DAY BKL PROGRAM:
Location: Garipay Fields (9 Reservoir Road, Hanover) Time: 3:30-4:30 Technique: Classic (K/1s can NOW bring poles) Forecast: High 20s IT’S STILL NOT WHITE, BUT… we are hoping that our snow dances are going to pay off soon.
We are planning to have practice on Tuesday.
If we get snow… we’re going to need at least 2-3 inches to use our skis. Given the many variations of the forecast, we won’t know if this will happen until tomorrow morning. I am very hopeful that we’ll be on skis.
But, if we don’t get enough snow, we’re going to be running with poles and playing games.
I will send a message on Tuesday morning to confirm whether we will be using our skis or running.
OTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Want to volunteer to help out? If you have a few minutes to spare at the beginning or end of practice, please help us with grade-level sign-in/out or hot chocolate. Sign-up to volunteer here!
- Ford Sayre Buffs: If your child is new to the nordic program and hasn’t yet received a buff, please stop by the K/1 table and get one (Fleece for K/1s; fabric for 2nd grade and higher)!
- Community ski event: The Harland Tiki Torch Ski is scheduled for Saturday, February 13th! This is a wonderful family-friendly event with food, a bonfire, and trails lit with tiki torches. It’s free for kids under 12, too! Check it out here.
QUESTIONS / CONCERNS:
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns about the program. BKL.One.Day@FordSayre.org
Continue reading → - Ford Sayre Jumpers at Lake Placid February 7, 2016
This is a great shot of Ford Sayre 5th grader Cam soaring on Lake Placid’s K48 jump.
Continue reading → - Plan for Friday 2-5-16 February 4, 2016
INFORMATION FOR THE FRIDAY/3 DAY PROGRAM:
Location: Richmond Middle School Time: 3:30-4:30 Technique: dry land – wear sneakers and clothes for running outdoors Wax Recommendation: NA Upcoming Event/Race: N/A NOTES:
Without snow and with the smaller Friday group, we will meet at RMS in the same place we did last time – outside the side door. We’ll do some dynamic stretching, take a jog, do some core strength work, and watch some World Cup races for inspiration.
Please pick up your kids at 4:30 in Dorcas’ classroom (same room as in the past).
Cheers,
Peter and Dorcas
Continue reading → - Practice Cancelled Thursday 2-4-16 February 3, 2016
INFORMATION FOR THE 2&3 DAY PROGRAM:
TOMORROW:
Man! Mother Nature is giving us a run for our money! We have checked out various spots around Hanover, but the wet and ice are making things sketchy. Practice is cancelled for tomorrow. We hope you can find a way to be active with a friend or two.
BANQUET DATE:
We will celebrate our season at the Black Community Center on Monday, March 14, 5-7pm. Note that there is no school in the Dresden district that day, but we WILL have our banquet. Please save the date. More to come from Ursula Slate, Banquet Coordinator Extraordinaire, as the date approaches.
FUN FROM THE HEAD COACHES:
If you want to lift your ski spirits, take a look at the following:
Go to 4×5 Women’s Relay from last week
https://www.facebook.com/USSA.nordic/videos/vb.124575080917081/1064562386918341/?type=2&theater
Sadie Bjornsen showing how it is done with downhill technique.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOjhvpKcsxs
Us Team doing Uptown Funk in their own inimitable style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSD-YUlwIco
French Biathlon team on 5 kilometer downhill with GoPro camera
And this from Jessie Diggins’ blog from the Tour de Ski (http://jessiediggins.com/tales-from-the-tour/).
I was so excited about this win because it not only proved to myself
that I am capable of skiing with the best in the World, but that every
little kid growing up in the US is, too. Because I’m not a special
person. I’m not the strongest, and I don’t have crazy raw speed or
talent. I don’t always make great tactical decisions, and my technique
has a long way to go. But I ski with a lot of heart, and I know how to
push my body as far as it will go, and then a little farther. I grew
up skiing in the Minnesota Youth Ski League club, and I raced with my
high school team in Stillwater. I didn’t do anything crazy or special,
just loved to ski with my friends. So if I can do it, you can, too!
And that’s the best message I can possibly send home…that it’s
possible for young skiers in the US to keep dreaming those impossibly
big dreams, because they’re coming true right now.