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Boulder Nordic QuickNews
February 20, 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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| Thanks Boulder Nordic Sport!
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Local retailer Boulder Nordic Sport
generously gave a little "thank you" to the volunteer BNC groomers in
the form of gift cards for them. The four main volunteers have put in
well over one hundred hours total on or around the machine while
grooming this winter and around 200 miles on the odometer. Thanks to
Boulder Nordic Sport for their kind support of volunteer operators!
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| Festivities at The SMR Stampede with "Friend Club," Grand Nordic
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GRAND NORDIC AND THE YMCA are offering a STAMPEDE PASTA/FISH DINNER on
Saturday, March 3, 2012 during the Stampede weekend. Dinner will be
served from 6:00 pm. - 7:30 pm in the Skinny Ski Cafe (upstairs in the
Nordic Center). Menu - lasagna (both meat and vegetarian) with garlic
bread, or fish and rice. Both include salad, chocolate cake, and coffee
hot tea or lemonade.
All-you-can-eat dinners are $14.00 for
adults, $8.00 for children 6 to 12, and children under 6 are free.
Proceeds go to support the kids cross country programs and the Grand
Grooming Fund.
To pre-purchase your dinner visit www.grandnordic.org
or when registering for the Stampede races. Pre-purchasing will help us
determine the amount of food to prepare. After Dinner you can go for a
Moonlight Ski or join us around the Bonfire.
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| Update from BNJRT Coach in Estonia
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Wed Feb 15, 2012
Travel from Denver to Estonia went smoothly...
almost. My flights were fine, got lots of sleep, read the first Hunger
Games book, made my flight from Frankfurt to Talinn despite sleeping at
the wrong gait and waking up as my flight was boarding... oops! I met up
with the New Englanders and our other coach, Scott Jerome from
Fairbanks, Alaska. Once in Talinn we met up with our Alaskans and
Steamboater. Unfortunately our Midwesterners' 15 minute flight from
Helsinki to Talinn was cancelled and they had to wait a few hours for
the next flight. While we waited for them, the coaches squared away a
rental car situation and tried to figure out how to pay to get out of
the parking lot (it was way harder than it looks).
We got 3
vans, little blue, medium red, and big white. Big white is our cargo van
is exactly what I hoped to be driving around Europe. Deisel, 6 speed
manual transmission, and crappy tires! I volunteered to wait for the 2
stragglers while Scott and Kate took Little Blue and Medium Red and the
rest of the kids to our hotel in Otepaa (about a 3 hour drive... in a
snowstorm). While they drove I waited. First I waited in a huge mall
(until they closed and kicked me out), then in a casino (until they
kicked me out for not drinking or gambling, then I just drove around.
There were a bunch of Estonians doing laps around the mall parking lot
drifting all the corners. I considered joining them in my rental van...
but did not. Eventually I picked up the Midwesterners at 12:30am and we
started our drive towards Otepaa.
The drive went smoothly despite
snowing and high winds for much of the drive, we arrived at our
accommodations at the Tehvandi Ski stadium around 4am.
This
morning we had a late breakfast, set up our wax cabin, walked into town,
then went for an awesome ski. The trails here are hard, lots of steep
climbs and fast descents.
We are staying at the Tehvandi Ski
Stadium. We can walk to our wax cabin, walk to the ski trails, walk to
town. There's a gym, sauna, and massage tables on site.
This
weekend is the Tartu Ski Marathon, a huge race that starts here in
Otepaa, and ends 63km away in another town. The kids are kind of
pressuring me to do it... we'll see if I sign up. Might be fun...
So
far the food's been good, interesting but good. We are supposed to be
eating dinner right now but there is no electricity... Hopefully that
comes back soon because we are getting hungry...
Oh ya, and I
signed up to race the 5000 person Tartu Marathon on Sunday. It starts
right here in Otepaa, and ends a few towns over... Not sure if that was a
good idea or not, but it'll be fun!
Thurs Feb 16, 2012
Another
day, finally feeling pretty well settled in over here. We awoke to
colder temperatures this morning, -12C when we went out for a short jog
pre-breakfast this morning, but quickly warmed up to -10C at the end of
the jog (20 minutes later). We did a quick stretch then ate breakfast.
We
classic skiied again today, cause it's so good and many
eastern/midwestern skiers haven't had great classic skiing conditions.
Extra Blue was kicking great! We stayed off the incredibly difficult
race courses and skied on some trails that connect the town and roll
through potato fields. This allowed us to ski well, without
over-exerting ourselves. We skied for about 90 minutes and did some
short bursts to get the feel for going fast.
After an afternoon
trip into town and/or naps we went to the gym for a quick strength
session, see pictures below. We did some hip mobility and core, then
some of us waxed before dinner. After dinner everyone wanted to go out
for a night ski, since you have to pay to use the sauna at night and
there's not really much else to do in our Bunker... Hope things in
Boulder are great! See you soon!
Check out the BNJRT blog at:
http://www.bnjrt.info/BNJRT/BNJRT_Team_Blog/BNJRT_Team_Blog.html or the
J1 trip blog at: usaj1team.blogspot.com for more updates and pictures!
Adam St.Pierre, M.S.
Head Coach
Boulder Nordic Junior Racing Team
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| Eldora Nighthawk Races: Game On!
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It's time for that 6 week segue from deepest darkest winter to the
earliest glimpses of Spring known as the Eldora Nighthawks race series!
The first race is Wednesday, 1/25, then we have 5 (yes 5) races in
February. When will we have 5 Wednesdays in the month of February again?
All the more reason to come up and experience the exhilaration of
racing (freestyle XC or snowshoes) under the lights at Eldora. Races
start at 6pm, are 5 - 8km, and are followed by the most fun raffle
drawing this side of Peterson Lake. Come up and join the fun.
Pre-registration available at www.prerace.com or day of race. Questions to nordic@eldora.com attention Peter Marshall.
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| News from Snow Mountain Ranch
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- The Salomon Snow Mountain Ranch Classic race is coming up on February 11th; click here for more info and to register.
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Madshus Snow Mountain Ranch Stampede is scheduled for March 3-4th.
Freestyle events will be on Saturday the 3rd and classic events will be
on Sunday the 4th.
- The Colorado Biathlon Club is hosting a
clinic at Snow Mountain Ranch on February 5th; participants can earn
their safety certification and become a member of the Colorado Biathlon
Club.
- Camp Chief Ouray is hosting a Ski and Snowshoe Weekend
for 11-13 year olds during the weekend of February 10-12. The total
cost of the weekend is $100 and includes lodging, food, transportation
and activities.
- Stay two nights and get the third night free in cabins, yurts
and lodge rooms from Dec 1, 2011 through May 31, 2012. Not valid for
cabins, lodge rooms and yurts during holiday periods or the month of
March. Call 800-777-9622 to make a reservation. Not valid for group
reservations.Details here: http://ymcarockies.org/specials.htm
- Stay overnight and receive free cross-country or snowshoe trail passes. Lodging details can be found here: http://ymcarockies.org/smrlodging.html
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passes available for $200 (covers everyone in a household): includes
lodging discounts, reservation priorities and access to all recreational
and program facilities at both Snow Mountain Ranch and Estes Park
Center. Details here: http://ymcarockies.org/membership.htm
- Check our trail conditions online here: http://ymcarockies.org/smrtrails.htm
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| Devil's Thumb Ranch 2011/12 Winter Calendar of Events
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For sustainable winter fun that's easy on the pocket book and the
environment, head to Devil's Thumb Ranch 65 miles west of Denver and 15
minutes west of Winter Park Ski Resort and recreate on more than 100km
of groomed and tracked cross country ski and snowshoe trails. The Ranch
hosts a number of events throughout the season that include the annual
season kick-off Tommelfest party to full moon ski and snowshoe tours, a
Ski, Sip & Spa Day, skijoring clinics (you and Fido skiing
together!), Grand Huts Progressive Ski/Snowshoe Dinner and the famed
Governor's Cup ski race with options and distances for all ages and
ability levels. For more information on dining, packages, recreation and
events visit www.devilsthumbranch.com or call 970-726-5632.
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| 2011-12 Biathlon Schedule and News (from the Colorado Biathlon Club)
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Need a challenge? Bored with just skiing around with the herd? Join the
movement to the most popular Winter spectator sport in Europe,
Biathlon!
Colorado Biathlon Club Winter schedule- October 22, 2011, Safety Cert Clinic, Snow Mountain Ranch Nordic Center, upstairs, with Andy Wilkens
- Saturday, October 29, 2011, Biathlon Clinic with Olympian Haley Johnson, Devils Thumb Ranch
- December 3, 2011, Safety Cert Clinic, Snow Mountain Ranch, Nordic Center, upstairs, with Elizabeth Pike
- Saturday, December 17, 2011 Sprint
- Saturday, December 31, 2011 Mass Start
- Saturday, January 14, 2012 Sprint
- Sunday, January 15, 2012 Pursuit
- Saturday, January 28, 2012 Relay
- Saturday, February 18, 2012 State Champs. Sprint
- Sunday, February 19, 2012 State Champs. Pursuit
- Sunday, March 11, 2012 Individual
*Please Note: Safety Cert Clinic is required to use a .22 rifle at the CBC ranges (SMR & Eldora)
See http://www.coloradobiathlon.org/schedule.html for details.
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| BNC Sponsors: Thank You to These Partners!
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Visit bouldernordic.org and click on "Member Benefits" in order to learn more about what these valuable BNC partners offer Boulder Nordic members:
Boulder Nordic Sport Devil's Thumb Ranch
The Boulder Running Company Snow Mountain Ranch
Podium Custom Footwear Eldora Mountain Resort
Boulder Eyes/Beyer LASIK Grand Lake Touring Center
SkiTrax Magazine Liz La Femina, structural intergration/rolfing
The Boulder Center for Sports Medicine Fitness Bootcamps
Crested Butte Nordic Center Frisco and Breckenridge Nordic Centers
LifeSport Chiopractric Rehabilitation Dragonfly Gardens
Quinlan Computing Services Alexander Technique with Julie Rothschild, ATI
One Boulder Acupuncture Neuromuscular Strategies
Thai Yoga Massage with Karuna Health Get Rolfing (Adam Mentzell, CAR)
Boulder Deep Tissue University Bicycles
Inn at Lost Creek and The Madeline (Telluride)
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Boulder Nordic Club, 501c3, mails to over 1000 contacts--join us by
becoming a partner sponsor! Contact Karen Brown at brownxc@comcast.net |
| Boulder Nordic Sport News
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 Boulder Nordic Sport web site.
For more information, please visit BNS or call 720.227.9400. www.bouldernordicsport.com.
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| Sit Ski Lending Program
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Central Cross Country Ski Association, or CXC,
generously donated two sit skis to the Boulder Nordic Club in order to
lend them, free of charge, to skiers without the use of their legs. Boulder Nordic Sport also donated time and materials to providing skis and mounting the sit skis.
Currently,
BNC volunteers are coordinating with pilot users in order to get
feedback on the use of the adjustable sit skis, pole selection, and
other details. The intent is to lend the sit skis to skiers at no
charge for a period of time that makes them available to as many users
for as long as possible.
For details please contact
info@bouldernordic.org and thank you to the BNC's partners, CXC and
Boulder Nordic Sport for their collaboration.
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| Support Boulder Nordic Junior Race Team without donating $$!
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King Soopers gives 5% back to BNJRT. You can help BNJRT to collect more
of this money simply by using a Re-Loadable Gift Card. If you are
willing to load the card at the store and use it, BNJRT would love to
give you one of their cards!!
Please email Michelle Considine at
michconsidine@yahoo.com with your address and she will send you a
card. For more details, read below:
These cards come loaded with
$2.50. You take them into any King Soopers or City Market and use your
credit card to load them (getting your miles or cash back!) If you
put, say, $400 dollars onto your card, you will be able to spend $400
dollars. The cards can be re-loaded over and over again. King Soopers
will send the 5% to BNJRT directly. We ask that you commit to loading at
least $100 onto your card so that BNJRT recovers their cost. Thank you
in advance; this money can really add up for BNJRT. (The more you ski,
the more you eat!) You can send any questions to Michelle at the above
address. Thanks again, from BNJRT. |
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