What another fabulous weekend of racing in Edmonton!! Thank you Coaches Shannon, Theresa, Doris and Krista for an exceptional organizational job. Thank you parents for getting athletes and gear to and fro and again, everyone made their start! Again, there will be NO weekend practice for any athletes staying in GP, most coaches are in Red Deer again. Read for all the details please.
Race registrations: If you have a team and are wanting to participate in the partnered Friday Night Lights fun (U12-16) or individual (U18 and up), glow in the dark/dress up race, please register your athlete in this event. It was a lot of fun last year and Coaches are included in this! There is a nominal fee but seriously a good fun event.
2. Red Deer please register here.
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Tuesday: Same as last week, come early to find your gear. Ski and wax night. We will classic ski from 5:45-6:30 working on technique and just getting out on our trails! I'm guessing rock skis- but bring your own gear too! Please plan to stay a bit later this evening as we will be cleaning off the classic skis and then waxing them for Red Deer (but not scraping them, unless there's time). Classic ski 5:45-6:30 on classic race skis, clean off the grip wax, glide wax with rex blue wax and then go home is the plan.
Thursday: Skate ski, wax/pack up night and team supper!! Plan to eat supper even if you're not going to Red Deer.😃 Skate ski 5:45-6:30, then glide wax them with rex blue, while waiting for them to cool, scrape off your classic skis, the scrape off your skate skis. Please clean your workspace, then pack up your gear and then help out the next athletes. This will be a usual late night as there's a lot of packing up to do!!
Friday: Meet at Red Deer Nordic, golf course for 2:30pm, ready to skate ski. We will skate ski the course, do some pre-race day prep and then depart. I will need parent support for "waxrooom" set up help please, again. This takes a team of 4, but it's slick when you get everyone helping, while we're out with the team on the course. Thank you to everyone who helped in Edmonton!! Team meeting will be via zoom, I'm guessing 8:00, as the past two weekends we were late. The zoom link will be sent out via Teamsnap as that seemed to work best for everyone.
Saturday: Race times will be identified the evening before as it's a mass start, each category will have the same start times, so check in with each other to discuss your warm-up and cool down plans (check in with Ft. Mac athletes again too). Please ensure that you're at the wax room with 2hours to spare. You will test your skis for grip wax approval (or disapproval) and then do your warm-up, and then race. You are in charge of your gear and your race. Coaches will be out on course, and we will have someone at the start line to touch up waxes as needed again as this seemed to work best.
There will a team supper: TBD
Sunday: As it's a skate day, I'm asking that you show up at the wax room 1 hour before your race so that you can have a great warm up. Again, ensure you discuss your warm-up and cool-down plan with others in your age category so that you aren't on your own and check in with Ft. Mac too!
We generally try to hang around after each other's races to cheer however, as we're all rushing back, once your racers are done racing and have checked in with Coach Claire or Coach Shannon, cleaned up their gear and packed away their skis and poles, you can head on home.