With 1/2 of the team away putting in a TON of hours (8 this past weekend), we're going to be taking it a bit easier this week. :) I said a bit... let's not get too excited. As nearly everyone will be racing this weekend, there will be no practice on Saturday again.
*Please note that Ptarmagin athletes will be joining us again this weekend. So please introduce yourselves, they have all sorts of ages of athletes racing along side!! Please cheer for both clubs this weekend! 🥳
Tuesday: Please come to practice early to clean your classic skis off and wax them with Rex Blue. We will be skate skiing and doing less than 10km of long sustained distance skiing.
Thursday: Waxing and packing night!! We will do a 30 min skate ski practice with some speed and movement in the stadium area and then packing and waxing. ALL athletes are required to help each other out. If you have waxed your classic skis on Tuesday- please wax your skate skis, scrape your classic skis and then scrape your skate skis. This should take each athlete a max of 30minutes. Gear is packed into a few vehicles and travels with coaches so that it can be set up and managed for you. You will arrive in Edmonton, to your skis waxed and prepped for you. I'm hoping to be done by 8:15pm. All hands on deck is greatly appreciated!
Team Supper: Cheryl and I will be bringing main course (I'm bringing meatballs and rice but it's not on the sign-up). Can we please have someone sign-up for the other bits? You can sign-up here for it. Thank you!
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Friday: We will meet at Gold Bar Park for 2:00pm to do a training session and review the trails. We will find out where we will be putting up our waxing tent and where you can all find us for when you need your race skis! We will have a team zoom meeting (click here) at 7:30pm.
Saturday: Mass Start Classic race. Please plan to be at the venue (that has no parking) 2 hours before your start. People can drop off athletes and bags and then park in Capilano park and walk down (about a 1km walk). You will get all the details the night before in the team meeting.
Team supper is booked (40 spots!) at the Pasta Pantry (101 Granada Blvd) in Sherwood Park. They will have a team meal for the athletes and a kids option as well. Team meal is $19.95, (includes drink) and kids is $8.95 plus $3 for a drink. Team meal is all you can eat. Parents can order from the menu. Thank you Lynda for organizing this! Team meeting will be at the restaurant or via zoom if not everyone can make it to dinner. This includes Ptarmagin athletes as well!
Sunday: Individual Start Freestyle (skate) race. Please plan to be at the venue for 1-1.5 hours ahead of your start time. Please stay to cheer on other athletes and for awards. When you're done racing and are wanting to leave the venue, please let one of the coaches know so that we can account for you.
Safe travels racers and families and we're excited to have 17 Wapitis and a flock of Ptarmagin with us! I hope to see some of the rare, elusive Wapigans out on the trails! 😜