We took advantage of the nice weather yesterday to hop on our bikes for a ride out to Grout Pond, past the town of Stratton. We're in for a rainy stretch for the next few days, so we enjoyed the nice summer-like weather on our ride! A...
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Backcountry Soccer-Golf
WestonMay 8, 2012
Backcountry Soccer-Golf, Year-Round Training, and Why Skiers go Further in Sport?Yesterday was the first training session of the 2013 season for Mansfield Nordic Club athletes. It was an historic day for 2 reasons:the first-ever officially organized tr...
No, not that A-Team. (Although she’d probably kick some butt.) As discussed recently over at FasterSkier, Brooks just missed qualifying via objective criteria, as she finished 55th in the World Cup overall. That means that if she’s named, it will have to be based upon some discretionary judgement by the coaches. I think you can [...] Related posts:
Will you take us outside?
FasterSkierMay 6, 2012
"Will you take us outside?" is my favorite question to hear when I walk in the door at the Boys and Girls Club. Freeze TagThe Club didn't receive some of the funding we were expecting so we have been short staffed this week as the regular st...
XC Ski Girl
Holly BrooksMay 6, 2012
A friend and avid skier from Seattle, "XC Ski Girl" asked me if I would do a guest post 1x per month on her blog, the idea being to give folks some ideas of what my training goals for the next month is, etc. Here is a link to her blog and my post...
After our juniors crushed the SAT this morning, the whole team headed out for a bike ride near school. Starting from the bottom of the Stratton access road, we road a loop around Winhall Hollow/Old Town Rd - Rt 30 - Rt 11 - Rt 100 - Rt 30 a...
Athlete Recognition – what is needed for T2T athletes to optimize athlete development?
RStrumMay 4, 2012
Athlete recognition - what's needed for T2T athletes?Last year when I was volunteering as the Youth and Athlete Development Director on the CCA board, I advocated for and worked to create a new initiative called the Alberta Midget Talent Squad. T...
Woo hoo! Another classic specialist! Ivan Batory has been around the block a few times. The first WC race I have for him is all the way back in the 1994 season. Let’s see, I think I was a freshmen in high school that year. Among Batory’s top 30 results, 63 were classic, 31 freestyle [...] Related posts:
It's just like Dorothy says in the Wizard of Oz. No matter where you go, there's no place like home. Taking a commuter flight from Seattle on a clear spring day is finest commercial plane ride I've ever known. First you pull out across the Tacoma por...
Back to Business!
FasterSkierMay 3, 2012
Another spring has flown by and I am now back to my normal training routine. Although I stay active throughout the month of April, May 1st always marks the official start to the training season. This year our first … Continue reading →
Yesterday we broke out the rollerskis for the first ski of the year! The goal was really to get everyone's tips switched over and check out our equipment to make sure everything is in working order. Everyone on the team did both skate...
And We’re Off!
FasterSkierMay 2, 2012
Cheering one of my athletes to a win in the girl's 4x100m relayThis past month of April has been a busy one. After returning from Craftsbury and ST Finals, I jumped immediately into coaching the Junior High track team at my old school. With a team of a...
A skier after my own heart, he was! Skating? Bah! That’s for losers! Hjelmeset was the quintessential classic specialist: If you’re basically only going to do classic races, you’d better be pretty good at them, and Hjelmeset certainly was. His World Cup career included 119 classic starts, only 26 freestyle starts and another 9 pursuits [...] Related posts:
Back at it!
Holly BrooksMay 1, 2012
Like everyone else, I had huge intentions of writing a huge blog post (almost a month ago now) reviewing my season, talking about the highs and lows in detail - and covering everything in between. However, in reality, I needed time to rest - both my bo...
Audrey Mangan wrote a nice article on faster skier about our new Elite Team. Click here to read the article.
MNC – May/June Training Schedule
WestonMay 1, 2012
"Comp Team" training begins next week! Please make sure you have filled out the online registration and submitted your payment before training begins.Here is a list of dates/times/locations for our early-season training:*unless otherwise announced, ath...
Diversifying Skill Development
RStrumApril 30, 2012
Cross Country MTB - exploring how to fit this in to a year round T2T program.Variety is important to 12-13 year olds. Including varied training activities expands physical literacy opportunities for this age kid as well as appeals to the need to ...
This is by no means a comprehensive look at how we fared this year, just one perspective based on a single graph. One of the things that I pay closest attention to is depth: how many different skiers do we have performing at a particular level. The reason for this is that for relatively “small” [...] Related posts:
Weekend Bike Ride
Sverre CaldwellApril 28, 2012
After a morning of classes, we headed down to Manchester for a bike ride this afternoon. Our goal was to find warmer air (it was chilly) and gentle terrain. We succeeded on both counts and had a fine outing. Tess, Issy, Brooke, Mackenzie and...
Corrine Goes Home: Hilarity Ensues
cmalcolmApril 28, 2012
Home is a place I don’t go to very often. I was joking this spring as I sat in the Minneapolis airport during one of my many layovers as I tried to fly from the west to the east… it was the closest I had been to home in 5 months. That was…. until I [...]