15th Week of Practice - Last Week!

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Wow!!  I can't believe we are heading into our last week of practice!  The season went so fast!  

Thank you for dedicating the last 4 months of your life to skiing!  

I am stoked to be hosting State this year!  As a reminder, all of you are invited to come on both days of the races. 

Reminder:  We are working on peaking so if you have been doing extra workouts this is the time to scale it way back! 

Monday pm:  Classic Skiing / 45 min. Active Recovery and Cornering (this is an easy ski at a low intensity designed to leave you feeling recovered at the end!)

Tuesday pm:  Skate Skiing / 20 min. Warm-up / 10 - 30 sec. Intervals / 10 Min. Cool Down

Wednesday pm:  Classic Skiing / 1:00 Over Distance with 6 x 5 sec. pick-ups

Thursday pm:  Waxing / There will be a wax call for State!  You are required to use that wax.

Friday:  Leave for Happy Jack @ 7:30 am

Friday, February 28th:  


  • Courses open for inspection at 8:00 am

  • Bibs will be available at 8:00 am at the Warming Hut (close to the parking lot; see course map)

  • The course will close 10 minutes before the race starts.

  • Start Time – 10:00 am

  • Classic Race 5K 

  • Interval starts:  1 skier every 30 sec

  • Races will be run to completion

  • Order of start:

    • Varsity Girls 10:00 am

    • Varsity Boys after the Girls race 


Saturday:  Leave for Happy Jack @ 7:30 am


Saturday, March 1st: 


  • Course open for inspection at 8:00 am

  • Bibs will be available at the Warming Hut at 8:00 am (close to the parking lot; see course map)

  • The course will close 10 minutes before the race starts.

  • Start Time - 10:00 am 

  • Skate Race 10k 

  • Chevron Mass Start (Friday’s results will determine start placement)

  • Order of start:

    • Varsity Boys 10:00 am

    • Varsity Girls after the completion of the boy's race







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