First of all, thanks to everyone who came out and helped with the long ski yesterday. James, Jeff and Luke, it was great to have you!! Now on to events this week; Jan 6^th – 10th

1. We strongly encourage athletes to wax at home before the race on Wednesday (preferably Tuesday night); we can provide you with some wax to use at home at Tuesday’s practice. We will be using Ski Go Violet glide wax for the race. This should be applied in one - two layers. For those people that cannot wax at home, we will be setting up the wax room in the middle school on Tuesday night from 7-9 pm. Please let us know if you will be able to attend.

These will be the conditions the day of the race = The snow is going to be transformed from the rain and sleet we’ll be getting, Mon – Tues and the high will be 19 degrees F the day of the race and sunny, with a low around 1 degree F the day before... This means that the people clearing the track will be clearing crunchy snow, it will be fast, and the best wax to use will be Ski Go Violet (operates best in transformed snow between 10 – 32 degrees F)

Monday (Intervals, Skate)

Insanity in the morning with Coach Beliveau

2:35pm = Leave for Pineland

3:10pm = Arrive at Pineland. Start 20 min Warm up

3:30pm = (40 min) Intervals for performed in the field loop at Pineland (10 x 10 x 10 x 10) = 10 min in zone 3, 10 min in zone 1, 10 min in zone 3, 10 min in zone 1

4:10pm = 20 min cool down

4:30pm = Leave for school

If conditions are raining / sleeting so much they interfere with practice will be cutting intervals short at Pineland and we will go back to the school early and continue our workout inside (however we may be hitting a lull with the rain/sleet at that point at Pineland, before 5pm, which is what we should hope for). Please bring appropriate clothing for training in the rain/sleet though to be on the safe side. 

Tuesday ( Endurance and Technique day = Skate = Fig. out course conditions for Wednesday)

2:35pm = Leave for Pineland

3:10pm = Arrive at Pineland and ski for one hour at Zone 1; 15 minutes at zone 3

4:15pm = Cool down for 15 min

4:30 pm = Leave for school

7:00pm = Waxing for students at middle school who cannot wax at home.

Wednesday (Race Day = Skate)

Students dismissed at 1:45pm. 

Bus leaves school at 2:00pm. Coach Beliveau will arrive with team at Pineland and Coach Kurry and Harris will meet team at Pineland

When everyone arrives at Pineland they should first get out and warm up and test the condition of the track. You really want to warm up on the race course and determine where you need to be changing your speed, transitioning into different skate gates (V2 vs. V2 alternate), etc. Get to know the course! 

Girls race = 3:30

Boys race = 10 min after last wave of girls

Thursday (Endurance Day = Classic behind the school)

Push-up camp / abs in morning with Coach Beliveau

2:45 pm = Warm up 20 min

3:05 pm = Zone 1 ,easy for one hour

4:05pm = Return to school to stretch

4:30 pm = Practice wraps up

Friday (Game Day) (Game day at Community Park!! Zombies = Classic)

We will organize vehicles like we did to go to Riverside. This practice will go until 4:15 pm. There may be some rubber chicken gaming involved; just have to ask if we can borrow it ;)

Take care folks, see you tomorrow. Hope you had a great holiday!!

Jen Harris