Howdy racers,
Finally getting around to the first blog post for the new year. We have had two early-season workouts already, a first for the SNC team. We had 5 racers on 12/10 for our initial skate workout, and 4 on 12/17 for a classic workout. Looks like we will have about 10 racers on the team this year, about half returning and half new members.
Several team families will be going to the Mazama Ski Rodeo on 12/31, but my family will not be going this year (combination of Shannon's broken foot and her mom's 80th birthday on 1/1/12). So for those racers that will be "hanging around" the Seattle/Hyak area this year, I will try to set up a workout locally for 12/31 in the morning. Watch for details on that to follow.
Our first January event is the first JOQ (Junior Olympic Qualifier) of the season, in Bend, OR. We will be setting up accomodations for those looking to share with the coach, and a schedule of events.
Welcome, or Welcome Back, looking forward to a great season!
Monday, December 19, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Bavarian Cup Videos from Jan 29/30
I've got the videos from the Bavarian Cup weekend uploaded to YouTube, here are the links:
3k Skate Race, start.
3k Skate Race, Hanne uphill
3k Skate Race, Emma and Louisa uphill
5k Skate Race, start
5k Skate Race, Elise, RuthMabel, Meg, uphill
5k Skate Race, Amelia uphill
3k Classic Race, Ben start
3k Classic Race, Hanne start
5k Classic Race start
5k Classic Race, RuthMabel and Elise, uphill
The V1 uphill shots all look pretty good - watch how everyone is stepping up the hill and making the early move to the recovery ski for the most part. Feet are still a little wide in some cases, you can step forward over the front ski without swinging your feet wide - saves energy while on a climb. Watch the Classic starts too, to see if you are collapsing on the double pole or driving the poles without sinking at the knees.
Nice racing, with almost the full team on Saturday - way to go Snoqualmie Nordic Team!
3k Skate Race, start.
3k Skate Race, Hanne uphill
3k Skate Race, Emma and Louisa uphill
5k Skate Race, start
5k Skate Race, Elise, RuthMabel, Meg, uphill
5k Skate Race, Amelia uphill
3k Classic Race, Ben start
3k Classic Race, Hanne start
5k Classic Race start
5k Classic Race, RuthMabel and Elise, uphill
The V1 uphill shots all look pretty good - watch how everyone is stepping up the hill and making the early move to the recovery ski for the most part. Feet are still a little wide in some cases, you can step forward over the front ski without swinging your feet wide - saves energy while on a climb. Watch the Classic starts too, to see if you are collapsing on the double pole or driving the poles without sinking at the knees.
Nice racing, with almost the full team on Saturday - way to go Snoqualmie Nordic Team!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Cool Bavarian Cup Video!
John Stacy created this video covering Saturday's freestyle race at Leavenworth, 1/29/11. Pretty cool John!
Untitled from johnee jumpup on Vimeo.
Untitled from johnee jumpup on Vimeo.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Kongsberger Classic Races
We lucked out on Saturday, with the feared rainshowers holding off until after we finished our post-race warmdown ski. Nice job racers, as you will see from the timing analysis below, everyone improved over their previous year's time (when we only skied one lap instead of two).
Racer 2011 4k 2010 2k (2010 4k est.)
Elise 23:01 n/a n/a
Natasha 23:41 12:10 24:20
RuthMabel 24:02 12:30 25:00
Amelia M. 29:55 13:51 27:42 [but there was some skating last year :) ]
Emma 32:20 n/a n/a
Racer 2011 2k 2010 2k
Hanne 11:38 12:36
and for Sunday's race
Racer 2011 10k 2010 10k
Elise 50:22 50:59
Hanne 1:03:28 n/a
As you can see, with just doubling the time from last year and not considering any 2nd lap dropoff, everyone STILL beat their time from last year! Way to go!
Racer 2011 4k 2010 2k (2010 4k est.)
Elise 23:01 n/a n/a
Natasha 23:41 12:10 24:20
RuthMabel 24:02 12:30 25:00
Amelia M. 29:55 13:51 27:42 [but there was some skating last year :) ]
Emma 32:20 n/a n/a
Racer 2011 2k 2010 2k
Hanne 11:38 12:36
and for Sunday's race
Racer 2011 10k 2010 10k
Elise 50:22 50:59
Hanne 1:03:28 n/a
As you can see, with just doubling the time from last year and not considering any 2nd lap dropoff, everyone STILL beat their time from last year! Way to go!
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| Amelia charging for the finish |
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| Emma getting into perfect double pole position |
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| Elise, Natasha, and RuthMabel cruising on the 2nd lap |
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Mazama Ski Rodeo!
Howdy racers!
We had a great turnout in the Methow over New Years, with many team members and SNC friends in the valley. It seemed like every other person that Shannon and I saw on the trails or at the race was a friend from teaching or racing. We had some fun get togethers, including a New Years Eve potluck, a swim session at the River Run pool, two nights of Sticks 'n Pucks at the Winthrop ice rink (what a blast!), and of course ski outings and the race on Saturday morning. Congratulations to all the SNC racers, some of whom skied a full 9km on Friday and then raced 5km on Saturday!
Full results can be found at this link: http://www.mvsta.com/winter/results.html
5km race results for the SNC team were:
FJ3
1 330 Carolyn Lober Seattle 0:31:55
FJ2
1 319 Andi Zontek Wenatchee 0:16:56
2 315 Olivia Ekblad Winthrop 0:17:38
3 310 Elise Putnam Winthrop 0:17:56
4 322 Kealani Paton Cashmere 0:18:52
5 302 Meg Englert Seattle 0:25:31
6 306 RuthMabel Boytz Seattle 0:27:40
7 323 Amelia Miller Seattle 0:28:54
8 313 Sarah Lober Seattle 0:30:14
FJ1
1 307 Helen Miller Seattle 0:25:34
MM3/MM4
1 305 Paul Nelson Carnation 0:31:55
Everyone turned in a great effort and laid down some base times to shoot for over the rest of the season. It was cold, about +10F at race time, and the snow was a little slow and scratchy, but what a beautiful day for racing! We waxed up six pair of skis with blue glide wax the night before, and that helped get us a little better glide than we had the day before during the workout. I was very proud of all our racers, and also the family members that braved standing around in cold weather to ring cowbells, hold jackets, and take pictures!
There are lots more photos available at the MVSTA website, and we'll get a few more up on the blog later. Thanks for a great pre-season outing, and I'm looking forward to our official Week 1 workout this Saturday. Updated schedule post will be up later tonight (this morning?).
We had a great turnout in the Methow over New Years, with many team members and SNC friends in the valley. It seemed like every other person that Shannon and I saw on the trails or at the race was a friend from teaching or racing. We had some fun get togethers, including a New Years Eve potluck, a swim session at the River Run pool, two nights of Sticks 'n Pucks at the Winthrop ice rink (what a blast!), and of course ski outings and the race on Saturday morning. Congratulations to all the SNC racers, some of whom skied a full 9km on Friday and then raced 5km on Saturday!
Full results can be found at this link: http://www.mvsta.com/winter/results.html
5km race results for the SNC team were:
FJ3
1 330 Carolyn Lober Seattle 0:31:55
FJ2
1 319 Andi Zontek Wenatchee 0:16:56
2 315 Olivia Ekblad Winthrop 0:17:38
3 310 Elise Putnam Winthrop 0:17:56
4 322 Kealani Paton Cashmere 0:18:52
5 302 Meg Englert Seattle 0:25:31
6 306 RuthMabel Boytz Seattle 0:27:40
7 323 Amelia Miller Seattle 0:28:54
8 313 Sarah Lober Seattle 0:30:14
FJ1
1 307 Helen Miller Seattle 0:25:34
MM3/MM4
1 305 Paul Nelson Carnation 0:31:55
Everyone turned in a great effort and laid down some base times to shoot for over the rest of the season. It was cold, about +10F at race time, and the snow was a little slow and scratchy, but what a beautiful day for racing! We waxed up six pair of skis with blue glide wax the night before, and that helped get us a little better glide than we had the day before during the workout. I was very proud of all our racers, and also the family members that braved standing around in cold weather to ring cowbells, hold jackets, and take pictures!
There are lots more photos available at the MVSTA website, and we'll get a few more up on the blog later. Thanks for a great pre-season outing, and I'm looking forward to our official Week 1 workout this Saturday. Updated schedule post will be up later tonight (this morning?).
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