What to do about shoulder season and the lack of daylight after school and work? Adam Terko, head coach of the Mansfield Nordic Club, shares some ways to fit in quality (and fun) training in the dark.
Mansfield Nordic seeks to hire a Development Team Leader to drive our top youth skiers toward higher level skiing on our Competition Team. This Team Leader will be a high‐energy skier with strong communication abilities among individual athletes, groups, parents and volunteers.
Mansfield Nordic Club seeks to hire a Junior Team Development coach to lead our top youth skiers toward higher level skiing on our Junior Competition team. Our new coach will be a high-energy skier with strong communication, leadership and interpersonal skills.
Mansfield Nordic Club seeks to hire a Junior Team Development coach to lead our top youth skiers toward higher level skiing on our Junior Competition team. The position is for approximately 15-20 hours per week, November 2014-March 2015
Our Official New Website:We are transitioning to our new website in an effort to bring the entire club into one online presence. MansfieldNordic.orgJunior blog = http://www.MansfieldNordic.org/category/juniors/ [bookmark it!]Drive for 25:This is a fund...
This past week we had a focus on volume and continuous skiing at low- to moderate-intensity. In spite of the shortened days and the venue changes, we were able to get some quality workouts. Thanks to good attitudes from the athletes and help from sever...
This morning we did our second double-pole test of the year up Greystone Rd in Richmond. It was cold, damp, and breezy with the temp around 39˚. We last did this test in August (9th and 15th) on two days that were both beautiful, sunny, and 70-8...
Training 10/29 - 11/4: "Recovery Week". Please wear bright clothing and bring headlamps/taillights if you own them.Tuesday 10/30: 4-5:45pm at Round Church. Skate rollerski + speeds and pack skiing.Thursday 11/1: 4-5:45pm at Round Church. Skate rollersk...
Congratulations to some awesome performances by MNC skiers yesterday at Thetford! Full results are here.Patrick Hickey, Nathanael Kuzio, and Autumn Eastman were each amongst the top-6 in their division and helped their teams win the D1 Boys, D2 Boys, a...
Training 10/22 - 10/28: "Race Week" with State Championships or "Intensity Week".Tuesday 10/23: 4-5:45pm at the Round Church. High-intensity skate intervals.Thursday 10/25: 4-5:45pm at the Round Church. Classic ski: easy day for State Champs racers; hi...
Training 9/24 - 9/30: "Volume Week" with 0-2 running races dependent on athlete & team.Tuesday 9/25: 4-6pm at the Range. Continuous skate skiing with focus on technique + strength.Thursday 9/27: 4-6pm at the Range. Continuous classic skiing with fo...
Nice job to all the skiers that raced yesterday at the Essex Invite. Full results are found here. MNC skiers were all over the place, including something like 9 of the top-30 boys D1. I was glad to see a lot of folks out there! Coach Paul Allison threw...
With the arrival of XC Running and other fall HS sports, I want to share some information with everyone to stay abreast of the happenings in the Nordic ski world. First, a list of fun and useful websites. Following, a short calendar of important events...
Skate sprint at 2005 Junior NationalsScoreboard at U-23 World Champs in 2004Here are a number of exciting events that take place every season. They are in order by ascending age (and degree of difficulty to qualify!):BKL Festival: A weekend-long festiv...
This past weekend we had our last training of the summer session, followed on Sunday by the Catamount Trail fundraiser "Race to the Top of Vermont" which is either a running or mountain bike race up the Mansfield Toll Road (Stowe). There were a ton of ...
Yesterday was a perfect morning for training at CVU. Fall sports are going through tryouts, so there was a lot of activity beyond our training. After warmup, the crew did a circuit-style plyometric and strength routine. The athletes jogged between 5 st...
A doctor at the Mayo Clinic recently published some thoughts on a subject that I find intriguing: should "deconditioning" (a fancy term for being out-of-shape) become a medical diagnosis? An excerpt from his article in the Journal of Physiology:"Physic...
Saturday 8/19 we had about 22 people gather for a hike up Mt Mansfield. The days started cool and cloudy and breezy. Once we reached the ridge we encountered nice views towards Stowe - it was entirely clear to the East. We skirted around the summit on ...
Training 8/20 - 8/26: (last week of Summer Training)Monday: 8:30 - 10:30am. Classic rollerski at the Range.Wednesday: 8:30 - 10:30am. Running & skiing at CVU. Bring rock skis (classic) and poles/boots. Fun relays!Thursday: 5:00 - 7:00pm. Skate roll...
We only had about 18 athletes do the double-pole test last week, so today we went back to Richmond and had another opportunity to ski the course before fall sports begin. I was worried that we might have a small group today -- boy was I wrong. I ...