Monday, 20 January 2025

Week of Jan 20th - Polar Vortex

   


That's Brisk Baby!!!

What a fun weekend in North Bay and a great Team Hardwood effort all around.

The North Bay Nordic Ski Club did a fantastic job of changing the schedule for the weekend so you could race twice in the milder conditions on Saturday.

Sunday, for those that stayed, was a "Classic" winter's day with bright sunshine, brisk temps, but almost no wind!

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.

Tuesday - Skiing at HSB

We will look to Classic Ski again on Tuesday.  Please meet at The Chalet at 5:20 PM so we can get skiing by 5:30 PM and practice will run until 7:00 PM.

Projections right now are for around -15C at the time of our practice with snow in the air.  Be sure to leave extra time for travel.

Be sure to clean ALL the grip wax off your skis from Saturday as we used a VERY sticky wax that WILL pick up too much snow at the projected temps for Tuesday night.

A Blue Wax, maybe with one layer of Green on top, will be the ticket.

Bring a HEADLAMP as we will do some agility work on the Chalet and then WILL be heading out onto the trails

While on the trails, we will do some "intervals" and it will likely be cool and snowing, so please wear a good hat, gloves, and an outer layer that sheds snow well.

Saturday and Sunday – Racing around Southern Ontairo

Building on the experience we gained this past weekend in North Bay, we will have two racing options this weekend, but please note that skiers are NOT required to do both races below.

Saturday - Skate Race at Monora Park just north of Orangeville.  Jason and Jamie will support skiers at this race and you can register HERE.

Sunday - Classic Race at Mountainview Ski Club in Midland and you can register HERE.  Sarah and Bronwen will support skiers at this race.  We WILL need parent support for Grip Waxing at this event.  The trailer will be there, but we will also need a few parents to arrive early to set things up like last year as Jason will be away racing at the Muskoka Loppet

Families will also need to Glide Wax their skis for both events beforehand.

If you don't have any liquid glide wax, please pick up some from HSB this week.  Something in the -5C to -10C does fine in most conditions.

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.

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