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EC Openers: Wednesday Status
14.Dec.2011 At this point in time, we are relying almost exclusively on manmade snow for our open terrain. The snowmaking plan is presently focused on creating one quality race loop. This loop currently sports a foot of snow depth for around a kilometer. We hope to extend it to its full race course length this afternoon - just under 1.5k.
We intend to race both of Saturday's events on one course of the same distance, for both men and women's classes (approx. 1.4k for the morning's sprint qualifier and ~3k for afternoon prologue). This decision mandates the following changes:
Start Order: Having all classes racing the same distance will enable J2 girls and boys to be seeded in with the open women and men, and therefore able to earn NRL and FIS points if they are appropriately licensed. This has changed the start order slightly. The start order for both Saturday races will be: J2 girls/open/masters women, followed by J2 boys/open/masters men.
Start Interval Reduction (Saturday morning ONLY): In addition to the start order shift, we have shortened the start intervals for the Saturday morning sprint qualifier to 15 seconds for all classes. The Saturday afternoon prologue retains a 30 second start intervals for all classes.
Prologue Start Time moved 30 minutes earlier: We will begin the afternoon's race 30 minutes earlier than published previously (check most current schedule). Sunday's Men's 10k Start moved 30 minutes later: Men get underway at 11:30am on Sunday.
We will post any further updates to the Virtual Team Captain's Page as well as our website. Course maps for both days will be posted Thursday evening.
We're looking forward to hosting the New England ski community this weekend, and appreciate your patience as we work to bring the event into being. Think snow! (Or at least cold, snow-making weather!)
NENSA news item
NENSA's Eastern Cup Virtual Team Captain's meeting page
Link to updated schedule for weekend
Craftsbury Eastern Cup information
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