I cannot thank coaches Theresa, Shannon and John enough for an amazing week at the Arctic Winter Games!! A massive congratulations to all of our athletes for a phenomenal week of racing and I CANNOT wait for you to all show off to your families and the rest of the province what you have learned this past week and how quickly you all skied! With the odds seriously against us this past week, you all rose and performed to an incredible level, I am so PROUD of each of you for racing your hearts out and leaving it all out on the ski trails!! I cannot be more proud of you all than I am now!
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Things of NOTE:
- Red Deer registration closes Feb 13th (Alberta Cup 7&8). There is also a fun Friday night race as well, that we will be attending as a club. For those U10 there is an epic skills course, for those U12-16 there's a 2x 1.75km relay course and yes, this time I will bring the relay tights! U18 and up (coaches included) can do it solo. It's a great way to prep for races for the weekend and will be our race prep. Costumes are a must and I encourage glo-sticks, light up anything and it starts at 6:30pm on Friday. To register for the races, click HERE. I will be staying at the TownePlace Suites (6822-66th St)
- This Sunday is the Choose Your Own Adventure Duathlon! What does this mean? It means that you are encouraged to register on zone4 HERE, and come out and try your hand at snow-shoeing AND skiing! OR bring a partner and they do one thing and you do the other. You also decide on how many laps that you would like to do and how far you want to go. There will be a hotdog roast at the fire pit and ALL are welcome to participate.
- February 25 & 26th we are hosting a Regional Cross Country Ski Camp. I have been talking about this for a while now and have mentioned it a few times. But it's actually happening! We have people from High Level, Dawson Creek, Fort Vermillion, Fort McMurray and maybe Athabasca who will be joining us. Some of these athletes will never have seen a ski track before, will not know what skate skiing is and have never been to the city before. Other athletes are coming to learn how to be a better skier and to have fun with kids their age as they come from small communities and others are coming to be a part of a race (Sunday) as they have never participated before. The hopes of this camp is to boost youth interest, but also to build up interest in XC Skiing within our zone as we prepare to host the Alberta Winter Games. I will have the athletes talk about their experiences as racers, their time at the Arctics as well as help teach some of these athletes how to ski. It's going to be a busy weekend but I'm hoping a fun filled, laughter and ski loving weekend! Please see posters in the lodge for more details.
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This week we will be in recovery for a bit. We need to get some easy skis in and recover your energy. It is so important to ski this week, but nice and easy.
Tuesday: Skate- long distance ski. We will be unpacking as well.
Thursday: Maybe classic... we will see how the trails are doing after this heatwave that we're going through.
Saturday: Skate- it'll be fast and furious and I'm excited about it!! :D We're all going to feel like we have wings!
SUNDAY: DUATHLON!! 1:00pm start.