WNSC Race Team 2025/2026

Each year seems to go by faster than the previous year... and I'm not sure why I'm always surprised by this turn of the seasons and the end of another ski season, but I am this year. It's just gone by so quickly!!! If you are wanting training plans for the summer, please email or text Coach Claire and they will be put together over the month of April. A reminder to all athletes that the month of April is a much deserved and needed break. Please give this time to your bodies! Tuesday and Thursday we're still on rock skis this week. Coaches are not responsible for ensuring that you are not on your expensive race skis. This is your responsibility. If you have skis that are damaged and can be used as future rock skis, then I recommend using those. We only have 14 pairs of revolution skis, so a few athletes will need to bring their own. Classic or skate- come prepared for both options.  Friday : Athlete drop off will be for 5:30pm at the ski club. If you're wanting to sl...

Hello everyone!! I am sure excited to get everyone together this week!! I've missed us all being together! The season is coming to a quick end in the coming 2 weeks and we have a lot to do still- like all the random practices that we haven't had yet!!! 😁 Thank you coach Doris and coach Mike for holding down the trails for us (litterally from blowing away) while we were away. 🌬🌲 I want to send out a few congratulations to the team- congratulations to those athletes who raced in Hinton this past weekend! I heard great things from multiple sources!!! Word gets around that you are all awesome and an extra shout out to coach Mike for racing on Saturday as well and placing THIRD !! 💥 A huge shoutout to the biathletes and snowshoers who raced at the Arctic Winter Games and on your ulus earned!! It's stiff competition out there and you all did an amazing job representing our zone and our club in your respective sports!! Well done!! This year is the most ulus that Wapiti's h...

I'm not entirely sure how we ended up in March already... but before we know it, the end of the season will be upon us! What a great season this has been and I cannot thank the coaching team enough for holding down everything while I was away! Thank you Coaches!! Athletes, thank you for continuing to show up for practices and races and love this sport!! I am so grateful for this opportunity to keep sharing my love of this awesome sport with you all! ________________________ To Note : 1. This is a 2 week blog 2. Athletes attending the Arctic Winter Games, please give your parents the newsletter after you've read it so that they also know what's going on!! There is a packing list in there, please check it to make sure you've got everything! 3. Our final team meal (outside of the wind up party) is this coming Thursday. Please check HERE to sign up or to see what you've already signed up for! Thank you! 4. Wind-up party is set for Friday, March 27th. Please mark your c...

My coaching heart is SO happy and grateful for you all for such a great weekend of pure heart and soul racing!! I am so proud of you all (athletes and coaches) for such a positive and fun weekend! You all raced so well and it was great to see those tights being put to good use and look so fast! Well done Wapiti's! Please note that this is a 3 week blog now. As I'm away for the next while, the coaches have everything planned and organized for you guys. So keep checking back here for daily details as there's lots to keep track of for you guys!  ___________________________________________ Arctics Winter Games athletes : please note that you will need to travel with proof of vaccination for your measles vaccination. You can apparently do this at the drug store or from your health app. At the staging event that we missed, this was a big push. Thank you Coach Krista for keeping track of the details we missed!! —————————————————————— February 9-15: GO ZONE 8!!! YOU'RE GREAT! ...

Where has this season gone?? This coming weekend is our FINAL Alberta Cup race weekend!! 🤯 We still have a lot to cover though as we're not even 1/2 way through yet!! 🙌 A huge thank you to parents and coaches for navigating the roads last night. Gaultier's, thanks for taking one for the team and filling us in on the highway chaos. I'm pretty sure your roads were worse as it warmed up last night as we cruised through. Not ideal, but I'm grateful everyone made it home safely!! Congratulations to the team who representated at Westerns!! I am so proud of you guys for racing in crowds similar (or more in some cases) than Nationals- there were over 730 athletes each day! It was pure chaos, heroic racing, and at times a bit too exciting for my liking, and I'm looking forward to a quieter weekend in Edmonton! 😎 Thank you coach Krista and Doris and Grandpa Charlie for holding down the home front, collecting our team gear, and navigating the Arctic Winter Games staging eve...

Thank you to those athletes who helped out with the Jackrabbits and their race on Saturday! These are future, potential teammates, so thank you for working with them! Also, thank you to Coach Krista and Coach Shannon for organizing a fun Alberta Winter Games pool party!! The next four weeks are going to be chaotic, but SO SUPER DUPER AWESOME!! I'm excited for the team! _________________________ Things to do: 1. Registration for Edmonton is now open. Please register here . It closes next week (Feb 3). Team relays will be discussed over supper on Tuesday- for registration purposes. Sunday is teams of 3 in each category to be an official team. If we don't have an official team- athletes will be put on an unofficial team!  2. Team supper is Tuesday evening. Please check here to see what you're bringing (or to sign up)! 3. Athletes attending the Arctic Winter Games- please add into your calendars our team training weekend camp in Tawatinaw set for Feb 27- March 1. We will be...

What a phenomenal weekend of racing team!! I'm so proud of you guys pushing through all the obstacles and challenges that this weekend presented to you and persevering! Congratulations athletes, please be proud of your accomplishments, you truly did so well. Thank you SO much to our coaching team this weekend for running such a great race weekend!! ___________________ 1. Registration for athletes to go to Arctic Winter Games needs to be done by Wednesday evening and forms signed and into my by Thursday at practice (or pictures of them signed messaged to me beforehand). Athletes you will receive a phone call hopefully Sunday or Monday evening. Thank you for your patience, the committee has been tied up with many pressing things and I'm hoping to hear back from everyone soon.  2. ALL athletes attending the AWG in Whitehorse are invited and strongly encouraged to attend the FREE sports science sessions provided by Sport Connection Alberta. Please register via the QR code: 3.  Reg...

Thank you parents and athletes for helping out at the Biathlon races this weekend!! All of your efforts and time pulled off a great weekend event! Thank you.  I hope that the open camp went well for those athletes who attended and for those athletes we didn't see... you were missed! ____________________ To Do: 1. Registration for Red Deer closes tonight!  2. Check the Sign-up Genius link that Amanada sent out and please bring meals for Thursday's wax night.  3. Registration for Western Canadian Championships/AB Cup 5&6 (January 29-Feb 1) is also open and closes early (January 22nd) . please get resigered for this event as soon as possible. A reminder that this event is a 3 day event so training day is Thursday.  ____________________ Tuesday : Bring your white shirt/t-shirt to prepare for our races on Friday night. We will do them after practice (we will be off snow a bit early to accommodate for this). We will classic! Yup it's going to be gross, but we have w...

Well done with the New Years Race everyone to was back. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone this week as we prepare for our next weekend of racing!!  _______________________________________ 1 . For those athletes who qualified for the Alberta Winter Games team, please note Sunday January 25th, and thank you Coach Krista for planning this event for the Zone8 team! Please text Coach Krista if you are planning to attend this event by January 22nd- 780-841-8940! 2. Those athletes racing in Red Deer , please register here ! Registration closes next week. We have our costumes & lights from last year, for the Friday Nights Lights, so you just need a white shirt that you're ok with sticking black stickers on them. We will do our shirts on our waxing night next week. Please register for this event also when registering for the AB Cup Races.   3 . The Tawatinaw Provincial Camp is a go (Jan 9-11) and if you'd like to attend, please register here . Deadline is Monday 8:00pm....

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break and are looking forward to the start of the new year! How quickly time fies and I am so shocked that there are just 3 months left in our season!! This snow has been amazing, the trails are in incredible shape and racing season is just getting started!  Lots going on this coming month with deadlines quickly approaching . If you're wanting to participate in the provincial camp in Tawatinaw, that is occuring the weekend after next. If you're wanting to volunteer with the Calforex Cup, there's still time to email Liz @ wapitibiathlonevents@gmail.com. Registration for the Red Deer race will be up shortly, so ensure that you've registered for that event. To those athletes who have qualified for the Alberta Winter Games- please ensure that you're registered in the coming 10 days.  ____________________ Tuesday : Practice will be from 5:45-7:15 . Classic skiing- distance tempo ski. Bring a headlamp and water bottle.  Thursday :...

Merry Christmas everyone !  Thank you parents for getting your athlete(s) to Canmore safely. I'm sorry not everyone was healthy and I hope that you can all take this time to recover from the weekend and santize ourselves to not get sick! Please get/stay healthy and eat well this week! Athletes, I cannot express enough just how proud I am off each of you for showing up and racing in Canmore! With all the barriers that we've had this season, you all did an amazing job. It is such a joy to watch you all push yourselves to gears that you didn't know were possible and accomplish amazing feats of athleticism. Please be proud of what you accomplished this past weekend, because us coaches sure are!!! You guys are fit and now that we hace snow and warmer temperatures coming after Christmas, we're ready to get some technique in! And maybe a proper classic lesson in before our next race! 😀 _______________________ Tuesday : will be too cold to practice. PLEASE COME AND PICK UP ...

Thank you everyone for your patience and perseverence this week with the weather keeping us on our toes!!  This week everyone will be headed to Canmore on different days. Please keep up-to-date with teamsnap for immediate updates. Otherwise most of the information that you will need can be found here.  _____________________ If you are planning on trying out for the  Arctic Winter Games   team, registration closes on December 16th for the Alberta Cup Races in Canmore. Please register  here ;  and if you're U16 and older you MUST have a Nordiq Canada race licence found  here . Happy registering- we will need 3 days of day passes, and parents if you're wanting to ski as well, please add in your day licenses to your athlete's registration as it's cheaper than purchasing one at the day lodge. Yes, you will need to pay for the snow enhancement fee (everyone does).  If you are driving down to Canmore you will need to purchase a Kananaskis park license (i...

I am SO happy that we have snow... now we just need the weather folks to be wrong about the cold snap coming our way... stay tuned to TeamSnap for changes to practice as things warm up!!!🤞 TIMECHANGE! PRACTICE STARTS ON SNOW AT 5:45-7:15. BRING YOUR OWN EQUIPMENT, WAX, AND BE ON SNOW ON TIME !! _____________________ TO DO: Alberta Winter Games trials are this coming weekend! If you are NOT trying out, please come and do your interval sets on the race course. 😄 See how I did that? If you are trying out, there is no registration until you make the team, then you will need to register and pay the $80 registration fee- which will be emailed out to you!  If you are planning on trying out for the Arctic Winter Games team, registration is open for the Alberta Cup Races in Canmore. Please register  here  and if you're U16 and older you MUST have a Nordiq Canada race licence found  here . Happy registering- we will need 3 days of day passes, and parents if you're wanting ...

Thank you for helping us be creative for ski practice team!! There may be enough snow this week to get us out on the trails- I will send out a teamsnap though if there's any change. For now, we ski where we can.  _____________________ TO DO: If you have a paper for the pins art work on it- please bring it on Tuesday to practice. If you are planning on trying out for the Arctic Winter Games team, registration is open for the Alberta Cup Races in Canmore. Please register here and if you're U16 and older you MUST have a Nordiq Canada race licence found here . Happy registering- we will need 3 days of day passes, and parents if you're wanting to ski as well, please add in your day licenses to your athlete's registration as it's cheaper than purchasing one at the day lodge. Yes, you will need to pay for the snow enhancement fee (everyone does).  If you are driving down to Canmore you will need to purchase a Kananaskis park license (if you attended nationals last year, y...

LAST CALL FOR 10% DISCOUNT FOR SKI CLUB MEMBERSHIPS. Memberships can be purchased here .  _____________________________ I'm missing a few sets of roller skis and vests. Please go through your belongings and bring them to practice this week. Biathlon is looking for volunteers for their race that they're hosting on January 10 and 11th. The race team will be volunteering during practice time on the Saturday  morning and they're in need of parent volunteers. I will be forwarding an email this week for parents to please reply to and commit. Athletes will be runners, recorders, given a biathlony job, or  cheerers if they're not racing. 😊 We will then have a later practice in the afternoon that day, so mark your calendars!  ________________________________ Tuesday : Meet at Muskoseepi. Bring runners, water bottles, headlamps, short ski poles and be ready to get your snow dance on...  Thursday : 5-6:30 Meet at Muskoseepi. With the cold weather snap, we will focus...

Well it seems that winter isn't really ready to fully show up here yet.... grrrr. BUT we're going to try skiing on Tuesday.  _____________________ If you have any vests, poles, or roller skis that belong to the team, please bring them this week to practice. Don't worry about washing the vests, I do them all together. But please rinse off the roller skis. _____________________ Tuesday : Meet at Muskoseepi- 5-6:30 practice. Come prepared to ski on rock skis. If you own any rock skis please bring them. Bring headlamps, dress for the weather and bring your runners  own ski gear . Stupid no winter... 👿 Thursday : Meet at Muskoseepi- 5-6:30 practice. Bring headlamps, dress for the weather and bring your runners. PACK SHORT POLES ALSO! Saturday : Meet at the north parking lot for 10am and mountain bike ride the new trail that's been created. Coaches- bring your maps please I don't have a clue where the trail goes! 😁

Well done with the fitness testing last week!! Great job everyone, the training is paying off! Snow is coming this week apparently... I'll believe it when I see it. Just over half of the team voted, and it's an even split between the two times so when we can actually ski we will move training times from 5:45-7:15pm. I will let everyone know when this change will occur. In the mean time- BRING HEADLAMPS! Please remember to keep on top of your fatigue levels, drink lots of water and eat healthily. It's flu season and we really need to stay healthy!! With the time change this past weekend, try to keep on top of a healthy routine and good nutrition! ______________________________ *Rememeber to dress for the changing weather! Tuesday : We will practice between 2-4pm at the ski club as it's a holiday. Bring snacks, short poles , water, and runners . We're roller skiing!!! You pick the technique. Thursday : Meet at Muskoseepi- 5-6:30pm. Bring runners and waterbottle holder...

Please remember to keep on top of your fatigue levels, drink lots of water and eat healthily. It's flu season and we really need to stay healthy!! With the time change this past weekend, try to keep on top of a healthy routine and good nutrition! _________________________ TIME CHANGE : With the time change, we usually change practice times. We won't be changing practice times yet, until we're on snow. I'd like parental and athlete feedback please on either a 5:30 start or 5:45 start- on snow, once it finally decides to show up!! Please let me know your preference by clicking here . Shirts - round 2- Coach Claire will have the final round of voting sheets at Tuesday's practice with samples to try on and/or pick from. If you missed round 1, it's too late- votes were gathered and you will have a chance to decide with round 2.  Funeral service : As I mentioned last month, one of our alumni athletes passed away and I am just informing those who knew Aaron (Arrow) who...

With athletes maybe heading back to school this week, I anticipate that you will be showing signs of fatigue for the next few weeks again. Please keep this in mind with finding healthy routines and trying to keep up good nutrition, good sleep habits, and drinking lots of water throughout the day. Let's stay healthy with this change in your routines please!!! Uniform Order : I'm not sure if people are wanting to order anything for uniforms this year. Please message me if you will be ordering headbands, buffs, jackets, pants, or ski suits. I will put in an order if we have the need for it, by November 2nd.  Team Hoodie/T-shirt/Long Sleeve : As the team has decided to not order a uniform item, I will come to practice with some options and we can vote on those. It seems that there's less interest in hoodies but more in t-shirts and long-sleeves. So we will look into those. Stay tuned! _____________________ *Rememeber to dress for the changing weather! Tuesday : Thrill Hill- bri...

Team wear : The shirt/hoodie markups have arrived. This is what was sent to me- we have opportunities to make changes- so come to Tuesday's practice with ideas on how to change these (unless you like them). Then we will vote. Most initial votes were for the hoodie- this is through our same brand as our jackets and ski suits so we can't change anything once we've decided.    _________________________ Tuesday : Meet at the mailboxes on the dunes road. You will meet where RR61 meets with TWP Rd 704A- the 3way stop. Bring shortest poles and water bottles/holders.  Thursday : Meet in the U-Haul parking lot (former Canadian Tire) with runners, water bottles/ holders.  Saturday : All athletes will meet on the Saskatoon Mountain road again (Highway 43 and RR92). This time, we will meet at the pullout just before the hill (on the left side of the road). I will need a few vehicles to stay for the duration of practice to help run athletes up and down the hill please. U10 a...