Jan 31st - Feb 6th

 Hi Everyone

Well, we are finally getting some of that colder weather which makes for great classic skiing. Sadly we had to cancel some practices last week for the younger squads because it was too cold for them to be out there for a long period of time. This has some fresh snow coming (Yeah!) but the temps some days might be a bit chilly so make sure you look at the cold weather policy. I will only send out an email if practice is delayed or cancelled.

Tuesday Feb 2^nd :

Yellow: Today you are classic skiing with poles, practice is 4:30-6pm. The stadium will be busy with Jack Rabbits until 5pm so please remind your kids to be respectful of the other groups. Also, make sure to bring your poles!

Orange: Practice is 4:30-6pm. You are classic skiing as well. Make sure to be respectful of the other groups in the stadium.

Purple: Practice is 4:30-6pm. Meet in the stadium at 4:30 and you will finish in the stadium at 6pm. You are classic.

Green: Practice is 4:30-6pm. You will be classic skiing.

 

Wednesday Feb 3^rd:

Purple and Green: Practice is from 4:30-6pm and you are classic skiing, purple if you could come up to the chalet for 4:30pm that would be great. You will go for a warm-up ski with your coaches. If it is colder then -20C we will work on technique.

Thursday Feb 4^th:

Orange: Practice is 4:30-6pm and you are classic skiing. Meet in the stadium next to the race office.

Purple: Practice is 4:30-6pm. You are classic skiing.

Green: Practice is 4:30-6pm and you are classic skiing.

 

Saturday Feb 6^th:

Yellow: Practice is from 11am-12:30pm and you will be classic skiing with poles.

 Orange: You are classic skiing from 11am-12:30pm.

Purple and Green: If it is warmer than -20C you will be skiing out at Marsh Lake. If it’s going to be a chilly day we will ski at Mount Mac. An email will be sent out later this week with more info.

Upcoming events for February:

6th Marsh Lake ski (Purple, Green and Blue)

9th Nightspeed race

20th Yukon Champs Long Distance (All squads)

23th Nightspeed

27th King of the Stadium (Yukon Champs Sprint) (All squads)

Jan 24th-30th

Great job racing yesterday! It was exciting to see Yellow, Orange and Purple zoom around the stadium. Green did a great job climbing all those hills. There were a few items left in the stadium after the race and I have them in the CCY office, just send me an email if one of the items are yours. At the bottom are some photos from the race, I'm loving the looks of concentration and smiles.

We finally might get that cold snap this week that hasn't happened yet. I just want to remind everyone that we have a cold weather policy because we can't just go inside if it's too cold. Please come dressed appropriately for the temperatures and elements.

Tuesday Jan 26^th :

Yellow: Today you are classic skiing with poles, practice is 4:30-6pm. The stadium will be busy with Jack Rabbits until 5pm so please remind your kids to be respectful of the other groups. Also, make sure to bring your poles!

Orange: Practice is 4:30-6pm. You are classic skiing as well. Make sure to be respectful of the other groups in the stadium.

Purple: Practice is 4:30-6pm. Meet in the stadium at 4:30 and you will finish in the stadium at 6pm. You are classic.

Green: Practice is 4:30-6pm. The 10 minutes later start time is to accommodate the basketball players. You are classic skiing. We are going to split into two groups, girls and boys. Girls at 4:30pm you will be at the race office for 45 mins of Sports Psychology with Tracey (remember your mask because we will be inside). Boys you will ski for 45 mins and then switch with the girls.

 

Wednesday Jan 27^th:

Purple and Green: Practice is from 4:30-6pm and you are classic skiing, purple if you could come up to the chalet for 4:30pm that would be great. You will go for a warm-up ski with your coaches. If it is cold, we will just focus on technique in this practice.

Thursday Jan 28^th:

Orange: Practice is 4:30-6pm and you are classic skiing. Meet in the stadium next to the race office.

Purple: Practice is 4:30-6pm. You are classic skiing.

Green: Practice is 4:30-6pm and you are classic skiing.

 

Saturday Jan 30^th:

Yellow: Practice is from 11am-12:30pm and you will be classic skiing with poles.

 Orange: You are classic skiing from 11am-12:30pm. Have an extra buff in your pocket to swap out if the one on your face gets wet.

Purple: Practice is 11am-12:30pm. You are going for a classic ski and make sure to have an extra buff in your pocket to have a dry one for the downhills

 Green: You are going for a classic ski and practicing for the Ski marathon. Practice is from 10:55am-12:25pm

 

*Right now the weather is looking pretty chilly for Saturday, the cold weather cut off for Yellow and Orange is -25C at 9:15am and -30C at 9:15am.* I will send out an email right after the cut-off time if practice is cancelled.

17th- 23rd Jan

 Hi Squad

First off great job to everyone that raced on Saturday. It was really exciting to watch the mass start and see everyone skiing hard. Everyone did a great job and was exciting to be at a new venue! Also, some photos taken from the race are below the schdule.

This week will be full of classic skiing in prep for the race on Saturday. All the kids will get a chance to ski their course no matter what day they practice this week. Later in the week, I will send out start times, warm-up info and waxing info.

Tuesday Jan 19^th :

Yellow: Today you are classic skiing, practice is 4:30-6pm. The stadium will be busy with Jack Rabbits until 5pm so please remind you kids to be respectful of the other groups. Also make sure to bring your poles!

Orange: Practice is 4:30-6pm. You are classic skiing as well. Make sure to be respectful of the other groups in the stadium.

Purple: Practice is 4:30-6pm. Meet in the stadium at 4:30 and you will finish in the stadium at 6pm. You are classic.

Green: Practice is 4:30-6pm. The 10 minute later start time is to accommodate the basketball players. You are classic skiing.

 

Wednesday Jan 20^th :

Purple and Green: Practice is from 4:30-6pm and you are classic skiing, purple if you could come up to the chalet for 4:30pm that would be great. If you can’t make it for 4:30pm we will be meeting at 5pm on Olympic and the extension (close to the parking lot). We’ll being doing some classic intervals.

Thursday Jan 21st :

Orange: Practice is 4:30-6pm and you are classic skiing. Meet in the stadium next to the race office.

Purple: Practice is 4:30-6pm. You are classic today and going over the racecourse and doing some race prep.

Green: Practice is 4:30-6pm and you are classic skiing. You can go into the wax room at 4:10pm to get ready. You guys will be doing race prep.

 

Saturday Jan 23rd :

Yellow, Orange, Purple and Green: Classic race day! There will be a few emails sent later in the week about start times and recommended wax.

 

*If you aren’t racing there is no regular practice but you can still come cheer on your friends!*

Jan 10th - 16th

 Hi Squad

So a few notes for this week:

1- Jackrabbits and Bunnies start this week and run until March Break so the stadium will be a little busy on Tuesdays. Their program runs from 4pm-5pm after that the stadium will be good to go. Squad we want to set a good example for the younger skiers and be respectful of their practice. Please don't get in the way of their games and drills, so no zooming down the bumps or skiing down the backside of the berm where the flag poles are.

2- The Nightspeed series is starting up again!!!! They will take place on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. The races are 10$ each and the registration is online through Zone 4. The registration closes the day of the race at 12pm. The pre-race meetings/info session is at 6pm in the stadium. I don't have the registration link yet and have not seen it on Zone 4 but I'm sure it will be up either later today or tomorrow.

More info:

Race start at 6:15pm (in stadium)  

Mass Start: Mass start area will open 2 minutes prior to the race start and all racers must keep physical distancing. (**depending on the number of racers there will be 1-3 mass starts, with each being a minute apart and a few staging areas)

Enduro style Freestyle Race (preferably skate, but can be classic if they choose) - How many laps can you do in 45min. (**if a racer makes it back to the Finish Line before the 45min mark they can go for another lap that will count towards their total as long as they finish it before 60min has elapsed)

The course will be about 1.5km long and everyone will use the same course in the same direction.

It will start in the Stadium then head out the tunnel, up Ketza to copper, right on copper to the bridge, left up Olympic. Then it will turn left and head up the Night hawk hill to the WC 5K, take 5K to interchange hill then drop down to the lower Skookum trail and ride all the way back into the stadium.

Tuesday Jan 12^th :

Yellow: Today you are classic skiing, practice is 4:30-6pm. The stadium will be busy with Jack Rabbits until 5pm so please remind the kids to be respectful of the other groups.

Orange: Practice is 4:30-6pm. You are classic skiing as well. Make sure to be respectful of the other groups in the stadium.

Purple: Practice is 4:30-6pm. Meet in the stadium at 4:30 and you will finish in the stadium at 6pm. You are skating.

Green: Practice is 4:20-5:50pm. You are Skate skiing.

 

Wednesday Jan 13^th :

Purple and Green: Practice is from 4:30-6pm and you are skate skiing. Also, if you are late the group will meet at Telemark for some hill drills at 5pm.

Thursday Jan 14^th :

Orange: Practice is 4:30-6pm and you are classic skiing. Meet in the stadium next to the race office.

Purple: Practice is 4:30-6pm. You are Skate today and doing some drills.

Green: Practice is 4:20-5:50pm and you are Skate skiing. You can go into the wax room at 4:10pm to get ready.

 

Saturday Jan 16^th :

Yellow: Today you will be classic skiing in your group. Practice is from 11am-12:30pm

 Orange: You will be classic skiing. Practice is 11am-12:30pm

 Purple Mount Mac: If you are not racing at Biathlon you have a regular practice. Practice is from 11am-12:30pm and you will be classic skiing.

Green and Purple Biathlon: I will send out an email later this week with the info about the race at Biathlon.

Jan 3rd-9th

 Happy New Year Everyone!

Hope you all enjoyed your break and recharged for the rest of the season. We have a fun month ahead of us filled with racing and events.

*Also Purple, Orange and Yellow don't forget to fill in the Christmas Ski tracker by tomorrow!

Tuesday Jan 5^th :

Yellow: You are Skate skiing today and no poles! Be ready to go in the stadium at 4:30pm and finish in the stadium at 6pm

Orange: Practice is 4:30-6pm. Meet in the stadium near the Race Office. You are Skate skiing.

Purple: Practice is 4:30-6pm. Meet in the stadium at 4:30 and you will finish in the stadium at 6pm. You are skating.

Green: Practice is 4:20-5:50pm. You are Skate skiing.

 

Wednesday Jan 6^th :

Purple and Green: Practice is from 4:30-6pm and you are skate skiing. Also, if you are late the group will meet in the stadium at 5pm for speed so you can go do your own warm-up if you miss the group. Today you guys will be working on relay and how to do an exchange.

Thursday Jan 7^th :

Orange: Practice is 4:30-6pm and you are Skate skiing. Meet in the stadium next to the race office.

Purple: Practice is 4:30-6pm. You are Skate today and doing some drills

Green: Practice is 4:20-5:50pm and you are Skate skiing. You can go into the wax room at 4:10pm to get ready.

 

Saturday Jan 9^th :

*Will announce Technique on Wednesday evening

Yellow: Practice is from 11am-12:30pm

 Orange: Practice is 11am-12:30pm

 Purple: Practice is from 11am-12:30pm

Green: You are doing a time trial today, we will use the same loop from the Don Sumanik. I will send out an email on Wednesday evening or Thursday about which technique you will use.

Up Coming Events:

12 Jan: Nightspeed series starts (when we have more details we will send it in an email)

16 Jan: Skate race at Biathlon (for older squads)

23 Jan: All squads race (Technique will be announced Wednesday before race)

26 Jan: Nightspeed race