Tuesday, January 24, 2012

First NVC race!

What a great weekend.  The weather was mild and we had our first race of the season!!  Everyone did an amazing job!  The trek over the pond and back from Smuggs was a great addition to the day.  Great job to all the athletes who raced and we are looking forward to a great weekend ahead.  You can check out all the results at www.vara.org


Tuesday, January 17, 2012

wicked cold weekend

howdy J5/6 blog followers

So our past weekend was quite a chilly one!  We made the most of it though!
On Friday we trained GS on SL hill to get ready for Smuggs race next weekend.   By doing a tuck course up on top and starting the second course at the knoll this really simulates race day.  A few big turns on a steep start then a big delay is their usual set up :)

On Saturday we were blessed with some beautiful, bountiful snow.  14 inches to be exact!  We will take it!!  The skiing was good, but it sure was chilly.  With a nice temp of -23 at the top of the gondola it wasn't for everyone :)  We ended up just free skiing all day...too soft for gates!!

On Sunday it was another brisk one!!  The skiing was again, unreal, and the gondola was a great place to be on that one!!  The highlight of our morning was popping into the woods off cliff trail and seeing a moose.  Jeffery was the first to sight him, and boy was he surprised...both of them were :)  The moose went along his merry way and so did we.  The J5's had their first step up day with the J4's on Main Street and the rest of us had another session of epic GS training on SL hill.

On Monday we had another fabulous morning!  The weather cooperated with us, and we got in a good 2 hour session of GS training on SL hill.  It was a great holiday weekend!

Cheers
Michy

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Holiday Break!!

The J5/6's skied a lot this week and worked really hard!!  Nice job everyone!  Tuesday thru Friday we had a GS progression to get them ready for the Cruise into New Year race.  With a full length course on Friday they were ready to race on Saturday.  Everyone did an amazing job.  From Poppy Sargent and Eli Smith racing in their first race to Flynn Kearney sweeping the field coming in 19th place overall.  Everyone has made great improvements!  I could not be more proud!  I also want to take a moment to thank the J5/6 staff!  This group is amazing!  Thank you for all your hard work.





On Monday we began our SL progression.  With all our new equipment I could set a brush course first, a SL stubby course second, then go back up to set a long pole course at the top.  The kids had a blast!

Let's not forget our annual CIRCUS DAY, what a blast we had!  This is one of my favorite days of the program thank you to all who dressed up and participated in the event!

Cheers
Michy