Race #1 on Rogers Lake on St. Thomas' Campus/ The Heart of a Nordic Skier Haiku Challenge

• Racing will begin at approximately 3:30pm on a continuous clock. 
• 1:00 - Boys Varsity Wave Start (20s between waves) [3:31pm]
• 10:00 - Girls Varsity Wave Start (20s between waves) [3:40pm]
• 25:00 - Boys JV Mass Start [3:55pm]
• 30:00 - Girls JV Mass Start [4:00pm]

• A course map is available here. Varsity races will be ~5K (2 laps). JV races will be ~2.54K (1 lap). 

Rogers flat, white lake

gliding Simely skiers skate

hearts well warmed in snow

I challenge Caroline P. to do next meet's Haiku.

Infinity Bowl Race Tomorrow. Cheer us on to Vectory! Who has the piranha gun?

Infinity Bowl Mini-Meet This Friday 12-5

Friday Simley will host a sprint race with the Math and Science Academy on the pond just south of the football field at 3:45 pm, or when everyone is ready.  Please join us to cheer for the skiers; there isn't a bad seat in the house.  I'm expecting about 40 athletes to compete..

The combination of little snow and cold weather has made for good ice.  I drilled over a dozen holes and checked ice depth around the perimeter and center of the pond.  All show a solid 6".  I walked the course and groom a figure-eight into it with the snowmobile.

This will be a warm-up meet to make sure uniforms, bibs, skiers and equipment are ready for our Conference meet next Tuesday, Dec. 9th.  I'm guessing we will be on St. Thomas' lake with Trollhaugen closed to Nordic skiing this year,

We hope to see you there.  This is a last minute thrown together race.  Please email me if you have access to a big hot chocolate pot or have other ideas on how to make this a great day for the kids.  We hope to see you Friday. Go Spartans!

Strength training for X-Country skiing

Good theory Nordic specific strength training.  Notice the trainers emphasis on the pace of the workout.

Coach Church Wins the First Ski Award! & I Tried Grooming.

Coach Church headed to the Northwest Metro in search of snow.  Enough snow to set a track.

Still need a few more inches here, but we're getting close.  It was a brilliant day to be outside.

For practice this week we are going to try to start skiing on the turf, but will need to see if our State Championship Game bound football team needs it for practice.  Big shout out to Cale!

Please be dressed for indoor or outdoor workouts.  We will have to play it day by day again this week.  Bring your grit, for a fun filled week.

Week 1 Wrap-Up

  Coach Sedler and I are pleased to be working this years crop of skiers. Our 8-16 inches of snow didn't materialize into more than about an inch of icy frosting.  We worked out indoors, lifted weights and went on a couple of runs in.  We fitted skies and started the waxing process.  The picture is from a short game of ultimate Frisbee played to wrap up the week.

Chance of snow again on Sat.  We have permission to ski on the artificial turf if it is covered by 2 or more inches of snow.  Bring in skis if you've got them.

 Best wishes to Cale.  We hope you advance in tomorrow's football game.

Nordic Skiers Bring Home the Cross Country Running Hardware

I was fortunate enough to attend the xc running awards banquet tonight.  It does coaches' hearts good to see wonderful students doing well off the snow.  Way to go to our swimmers, tennis players and football players too. A few more are finishing up the school play season.  I hope I didn't miss any activities.  Three cheers for all of  your off season efforts.