Good Bye for now

Our season has ended and we forgot to say goodbye for now. Dustin, Matt, and Dakota all finished up the season skiing in the Kortelopet  and the Riverview Loppet and did a great job. They are training for mountain bike races coming up in May. Neil and Jenna are in track and both running the mile. 

We hope more kids join us next year and stick with it all season.

State Meet in Minocqua, WI

The State meet was a learning experience for us today. It is the end of the season for the other teams and only our second race. We placed 16th out of 19 teams in the pursuit (classic and freestyle combined score) and classic, and 15th out of 19 teams in the freestyle.  Dustin did pretty well, taking 53rd out of 122 in the freestyle race and 74th out of 118 in the classic, 61st out of 122 in the pursuit ranking . Dakota did well in the classic race (97) and showed potential in the freestyle race (103)  and 100th overall.  Jenna finished 32nd out of 51 in the MS  freestyle girls race and 45th in the classic . Neil, well, he sucked today, finishing 104th overall and had one of the worst sporting events of his lifetime. Also, thanks to Matt for spending 6+ hours of time waxing the skis!  Next practice we will work on some intervals, technique, and maybe a TT. Congrats everyone. There's always next year to improve and meet your personal and team goals. -Neil

In the mean time we'll keep skiing. We will be volunteering at the North End Race tomorrow and skiing at Telemark on Monday after school, unless it's raining. -Mary

First race today! In the high school boy's 5k Supertour race, Dustin did well, and so did Neil.

They hope to improve their times next weekend at the WI Championships. 

We have practice tomorrow after school, and we'll be doing distance. Tuesday we're doing speed work. Hope to see you there!

Tuesday January 27

The trails were perfect at Telemark today. Saw some of the CXC elite team skiing. 

Only Trevor showed up for practice. He skied the 4 K Birkie loop. 

Tomorrow some of us will be at the Drummond trail. Meet there after school. 

Monday, Jan 26

Today at practice we did a very long ski, and tried out the Korte trail. Neil, Dustin, and Jenna showed up. It was freezing, just like yesterday, but it was a great workout. The snow had just been rolled on the birkie loops, and the snow on the korte was very hard.

Tomorrow we'll probably do speed work or time trails. On Wed. we're thinking about classic at Drummond trail.

Monday January 26, 2009

The plan for Monday is to meet at 1 p.m. at Telemark and ski for a couple of hours, if the weather permits. If it is really cold again, we'll take some breaks to warm up.  

Saturday and Sunday January 24-25

Saturday- Neil was the only skier from our Drummond club that showed up at 1 p.m.. After a 2 K warmup, he did a 5 K Time Trial with Matt. Then Neil and Mary did the Bauer trail. It was so cold the water bottles froze up, and so slow, it seemed to take forever.  A total of 15 K for Neil. Telemark was pretty busy with people tubing and skiing. 

Sunday- Neil and Jenna skied 5 K Birkie loop with Mary at 2 p.m. Matt was there skiing too but we were late and missed him.