There is a conference ski race going on at Elm today. If you are heading there to ski – make it after 3:30 – racing should be concluded by then. Other options include Wirth and that is open all day.
Thanks for respecting their races, we’ll expect the same next week.
Well, it was a challenging classic race with the warmer temps. Awesome job skiing out there kids! This weekend get out and ski – Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! Monday will be a day off and Tuesday we’ll be out there skiing. Wednesday is the Conference Championships, we’ll get more details out to you on Saturday.
We are joining a pursuit race that has already started today. The first portion was held on Tuesday down at Wirth and was Skate. We’ll be joining during the classic portion today and will start interval style. This was explained to your skiers but they might not have passed that information along. Just expect the start to look a little different than a normal race. We will still have classic only times to post and to score with the other teams.
- 3:30 Boys Varsity
- 4:00 Girls Varsity
- 4:20 Boys JV
- 4:30 Girls JV
- We are skiing tomorrow! Here! Bus will load at the high school at 3:15, we’ll be back at 5:00. Classic skiing! Be ready! Wax your skis Tuesday or before or after practice on Wednesday.
- Pasta Dinner: Wednesday at the Nordahl’s house. Directions are available at practice.
- Race on Thursday is Classic at Elm Creek. Should be a great day of racing – this is our last regular season meet so come support your skiers – temps should be great for spectators!
- Friday, Saturday and Sunday – you need to get out and ski!!! The course has likely changed down at Wirth (they’ve added some extra distance on the man-made area) so varsity, we will be checking that out.
- The JV Conference Championships will not be on Monday – they will instead be on February 13th, the Monday before State. We’ll get more details as they come.
- Picture Day! We’ll do pictures next week at practice. We’ve been waiting for snow and this may be as good as it gets. We are looking at Thursday or Friday of next week right now.
- Basic rundown for the next couple weeks:
- Wednesday: 1/25 Pasta Dinner at Nordahl’s
- Thursday: 1/26 5km Classic
- Wednesday: 2/1 Conference Championships – 10 boys, 10 girls
- Thursday: 2/9 Section Championships – 7 boys, 7 girls (ER and Rogers split)
- Saturday: 2/11 JV/Jr. High Championships at Lakeville (tentative still) they need more snow! Pasta Dinner at Gatzke’s afterward!!!
- Monday: 2/13 JV Conference Championships at Elm Creek
- Wednesday: 2/15 Coaches Relay up at Giant’s Ridge
- Thursday: 2/16 State Meet at Giant’s Ridge
Changes will happen – we’ll be ready for it.
We all made it home safe – although mother nature through a little curve ball with the weather and rain/drizzle. We were able to get in some solid technique work and some good km’s up at ABR and were grateful to see the beautiful REAL snow and awesome tracks they had set. A huge thank you to parents and families that sent up contributions of food and towards food, helping arrange lodging and also thank you for the huge showing of support for the troops. We also want to say a huge thanks to Mitch and Nancy Webster and John and Julie Kallemeyn for assisting us with all the goings-on while we were up north. This may be the worst ski-trail snow-cover year in memory, but we are still making good use of what we can find available. Thank you so much for your help and for your support of your skiers – it makes all the difference.
This week: there is a LOT going on.
- Numero uno: Finals Week – yes, your skiers are students first and need to study, but they also need rest! Rest will help them in skiing but also help them to be more focused in their studies and on their finals – please make sure they (you) are getting to bed at a decent hour and getting enough sleep – stay healthy!
- Number two: Practice Monday is at Elm Creek from 2:30-4:00. That means that skiers need to be released from school at normal race time dismissal. If your skier (you) have missed to much of that class hour so far this season – we understand! This has not been an easy year for those last period classes. Let one of the coaches know that you will not be able to attend. This is the only practice slot available this week so we scheduled it but we understand the difficulty that also poses.
- Nummer drei: Our race is on Thursday this week. It will be at Elm Creek and will be a classic race again. We will let you know details as we find them out. Talk to your teachers about missing those hours if you need to.
- enfine: Pasta Dinner! There is a pasta dinner at the Nordahl’s house on Wednesday night. A great chance to get your pre-race meal, do a little more studying for finals and relax your mind a little. The pasta dinner will start 30 mins after practice is done. More details will be handed out at practice including directions. See Bella with questions.
The weather is still not looking promising. We’ll see what the rest of the evening brings but right now Woodlands needs several more inches to make it skiable. The groomers are ready and waiting as soon as that white stuff starts falling. Again – great job this weekend to those skiers up north and also to those back here that were fitting in practices and workouts around the rain/drizzle. We’ll see you tomorrow for the start of a new week – Happy Studying!!
