[Back to the Club Updates page]

EVERYONE:

Winter gear return: last chance, folks.
Summer gear rentals: juniors, please read through the new rollerski rental policy that was sent out last month. U14 families may find it useful too, so you know what’s coming. The TL;DR version: we’re moving towards not renting much rollerski gear past a skier’s freshman year of high school. You still can this year, but read that policy for details.
Registration for summer training programs: is open via your membership portal. Please make sure you’re registered before you come to practices, with the exception being if you’re waiting on us for scholarship requests. Thanks!

JUNIORS:

Spring junior team meeting: is on Sunday, May 17th, at 11am, and is REQUIRED for junior skiers + at least one parent. We’re not going to go full-on potluck for this but y’all are encouraged to bring some snacks to share.
Elmore time trial: great work! There were a whole lotta PRs out there. Times can be found here.
End-of-season survey and goal-setting: please fill it out! At the end you’ll be prompted to pick a time to meet with us, where we’ll go over your goals and how we can help get you there. We’ll do these meetings on a rolling basis through mid-June. If you’re a first-year junior this summer, please fill it out as if you were a junior, as it’s set up for everyone else to skip it (sorry; we’ll work on that next year).
Rollerskiing:
- Our first rollerski practice as a team of the year will be Sunday, May 24.
- If you are injured and trying to rollerski instead of run, please give us a heads up so we can try to get a coach eyeballing your technique before you cement any pesky habits
- If you are going to Gatineau, you should get yourself on rollerskis prior to that to make sure your gear is in good working order. Sunday seems like a logical day.
Training logs: everyone who kept a log last year, or who has already asked for one, should have a new tab for this year in their existing log. Holler at us if you don’t have one yet, with your Google-Drive-capable email address.
Training plan structure this year: we’ll talk about this at the team meeting, but if you click the “26-27 year” tab of the training plan below, you’ll see the rough plan for the year. Some of you may notice that there’s much less periodization and a lot more weeks that look the same. That’s on purpose as we try to focus on consistency of good training in the midst of all the various other things you have going on. The yearly plan is meant to be a basic outline.
Useful dates for this summer & beyond: if you like to plan waaaay ahead, check the yearly tab on the plan. Eastern Cup venues aren’t totally dialed in yet, but dates are pretty close to being finalized.

U14s:

First practice is Wednesday, 5/13! We’ll be outside rain or shine so please dress appropriately.

MASTERS/ADULTS:

First practice is Wednesday, 5/13! Normally you’ll be in the Event Barn but there’s a conflict this week so you’ll be in the AC gym instead.

BIATHLETES:

U14 practices start this week on 5/13
Jrs- please hang out after the ski meeting next Sunday for some biathlon specific summer info
Gatineau Trip May 22-24. Chelsea Nordiq biathlon club invited our club to join them for a kick off shooting camp weekend. Find info here. Hard deadline to sign-up was May 10th, so you already know if you are going.
- Susan needs your rifles at Craftsbury by Wednesday evening this week so she can get paperwork for this trip.

Training week of 5/11