Training week of 6/24

EVERYONE:

  1. Attendance form: you got this

  2. BKL camp is this week, which means coaches may be a bit more scattered/slower to respond to things than usual

JUNIORS:

  1. Easy week! Also BKL camp week, and coaches will be gone this weekend. All those things together = we’re only practicing as a team Tues/Weds/Thurs.

  2. Helping with BKL camp: if you wanna help coach at this camp, message us to let us know. The most helpful junior “coaches” are those who are very familiar with the trails and The camp schedule is here.

  3. Another reminder on THE WORMS (things you should bring to every practice):
    Towel - in case we go swimming
    Heart Rate Monitor (or watch)
    Eats - real food! Lunch! Snacks!

    Water (and a pack to carry it with you)
    Outfit - for running and biking
    Running Shoes
    Meds - if needed
    Sun Protection

  4. Big summer dates for your planning:

The costume box came out at last year’s campout on Great Hosmer Pond!

  • 7/7 - Lost Nation Roll, skate rollerski race @ COC (registration is here). Totally optional and geared towards more experienced rollerskiers.

  • 7/17-7/18 - overnight campout/training weekend based out of tents and an off-grid cabin on the lake, down the road from COC

  • sometime the week of 8/5 - day trip to the White Mountains for a big ol’ hike

  • 8/12-8/16 - Lake Placid training camp trip based out of a collection of rental houses in downtown LP.

    At some point we will take head counts for these excursions, but we’re just giving y’all a heads up for now. These trips have been super fun the past few years and we look forward to them all summer.

U14s:

  1. Take a good look at the schedule this week—it’s a little funky. It’s BKL camp week and coaches will be gone this weekend. All those things together = we’re moving some stuff around.

  2. Be prepared with THE WORMS: see explanation in the junior section above.

BKL:

  1. For those of you doing BKL camp: in our experience, camp is enough, and kids are usually fried if they try to do the regular weekly practice in addition to BKL camp. Kids have done it and survived, but we don’t recommend doubling up.

  2. Tuesday TNR kids’ races: some of you have already figured this out, but every summer Tuesday at 6:00pm there is a ~3k kids trail running race at the Center in conjunction with the adult 5k. All free. If you’re chomping at the bit for more activity, check ‘em out!

  3. Please remember the attendance form!

BIATHLETES:

  1. Juniors: Thursday we will again integrate shooting into ski practice. This time it’ll be intervals.

  2. U14s: note the slightly wonky Thursday schedule. Reach out with questions about it.

ADULTS/MASTERS:

  1. Back to regularly scheduled practices this week!

Anna Schulz