Week of Jan 27th - Racing is in Fun

    

Packing to go Racing!!!

What a fun weekend in both Monora Park near Orangeville and Mountainview in Midland.

There was lots of great learning about how to ski faster, in both Skate and Classic, and great efforts on the trails.

Thanks to a great "Team Hardwood" effort, we were able to strongly support both events with pre-skis and waxing.

If you would like to take some time to chat with any of the coaches who have seen you race about how YOU can be better than YOU were before, we're always happy to chat.

We'll be taking this weekend to train, so make sure you are ready for LOTS of skiing in these great mid-winter conditions!

Tuesday - Skiing at HSB

Put on your dancing shoes as we will be doing some more Skate agility on Tuesday night.  Arrive by 5:20PM so we can leave right at 5:30PM to head-up to the Teaching Flats.

We'll do some agility there before moving out onto the Olympic side to tackle S-Turn, Snake, and a few other favourites.

You WILL need a HEADLAMP

Saturday – Team Fun Races at HSB

We will send a follow-up email with more details on the practice, including whether we will Skate or Classic, later this week.

It is our intention to run another Time Trial as part of the practice "Teaming Up" with the Seniors who are staying locally this weekend.

Arrive by 9:20AM so that we can get moving by 9:30 AM.  Meet at The Chalet and practice will until 11:15AM to 11:30 AM

Sunday – Exploring New Trails

After an energetic ski on Saturday, let's take the opportunity to explore some trails we haven't skied much this year.  Maybe The DVP Loop?  Maybe The Grind,  Or maybe someplace completely new!

We'll also make the call on Classic vs. Skate closer to the day, but this ski will likely be Classic

Arrive by 9:20AM so that we can get moving by 9:30 AM.  Meet at The Chalet and practice will run until at least 11:30AM. 

As for the rest of your week, here are some suggestions for other activities should you need them:

• Get Out and SKI as much as reasonably possible!!  Try to get to HSB for at least one more ski on your own
• Be active every day, get enough sleep, and be sure to always eat healthily
• Running – Try for 20-30min.  Treadmills are okay this time of year if you don't have a steady surface with all this snow!
• Cycling – Try for 20-30min, indoors on a Spin Bike while watching your favourite show
• Strength Training – Keep up with the exercises that we did at practice in the Fall on your own.  We would encourage everyone to keep up with doing one Run/Strength session each week.
• Be sure to keep working on your mobility either through stretching, yoga, pilates, etc.  There are LOTS of great resources online
• We know that most of you are quite active between practices, just be sure you are doing something for 45-60min most every day.

Other Resources

Local Weather - https://weather.gc.ca/en/location/index.html?coords=44.611,-79.422

Regional Radar - https://weather.gc.ca/?layers=,radar&center=44.611,-79.422&zoom=-1

Winter Road Conditions - https://511on.ca/roadconditions

Hardwood Ski and Bike Trail Conditions - https://www.hardwoodskiandbike.ca/home-page-winter/trails/trail-conditions/

Hardwood Ski and Bike Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hardwoodskibike/

Team Hardwood Provincial and National Program Blog - http://teamhardwood1819.blogspot.com/?m=1