Week 11

Skiers/Parents/Spartan Nordic Community:

I hope all are having a great weekend!  First off, it was awesome to see so many great performances Friday between the Modified, JV and Varsity races.  Keep it going! A lot of information here about the upcoming week and more.  Please look this over carefully.

First Item: Section 2 Banquet
As Coach Frielinghaus and I mentioned last week, Section 2 will be hosting a Nordic banquet Thursday, February 11th at the Holiday Inn in Saratoga. A new event for section 2, this option is open for all Section 2 skiers (JV and Varsity) including family and friends.  The banquet will include a buffet style dinner, various team and individual awards, a guest speaker, and even a raffle.  The cost will be $25.00 per person.  On a side note, the guest speaker will be former U.S. Biathlete and Olympian Curt Schreiner.  Schreiner began his career in biathlon in the early 1980s while serving in the Army National Guard.  He competed in three Olympics (1988, 1992, and 1994) in addition to winning multiple National Championships.  He is currently the new coach for Hadley-Luzerne School and the owner of  the Saratoga Biathlon Club.  I would highly encourage anyone to sign up for this event as it should be an exciting event!

The section does need to know how many people plan to attend, so I will need all Queensbury folk to sign up on the Google Sheet below.
Banquet Sign Up    

Second Item
I understand this is exam week.  I know that you will all be busy studying as prep for exams.  Though not ideal, we will still be racing at Lapland Wednesday evening.  The bus will be leaving at 12:15 as it takes much longer for a bus to make the trip.  This is the second to last race before the sectional meet.  For varsity skiers, consider this the pre-sectional meet as you will be racing the same course, distance, and technique as sectionals.  If any of you have a conflict with a 12:00 exam and cannot make the bus at 12:15, you still have the option of arranging private transportation to get there by the 3:45 Varsity start time (JV to follow).  I know this is a tight schedule, but with a bit of pre-planning you could be ready to make this happen.

Schedule for the week

Monday, January 25
- Skate Practice at the Allison Ski Trails
- Bus leaves QHS at 2:20
- Workout

Tuesday, January 26
- Pre-race practice at QHS.  Meet in cafe at 3:00.
- Short Classic ski (waxless)
- Wax skate skis for Wednesday's race at Lapland

Wednesday, January 27
- Skate race at Lapland 
- Bus leaves QHS at 12:15.
- Racer Schedule
   - 2:30 Modified Start Time, Beginners race to follow
   -  3:45 Varsity Boys, followed by Varsity Girls, followed by JV Boys and JV Girls

Thursday, January 28
- Meet in cafeteria at 3:00
- Ski at School.   Technique dependent on conditions.
- Games
- Strength

Friday, January 29
- To be announced.

Saturday and Sunday, January 30 and 31
Lake Placid is hosting the Supertour JNQ / Eastern High School / U16 Qualifier races.  Saturday is a freestyle sprint and Sunday a 5/10K Classic.  Details are here. 

Even if you are not racing it would be great to go watch some awesome competition and to get out and ski lots of hills! Given the lack of snow in Queensbury this week we will not be able to ski any elevation, so this would serve as an awesome opportunity.  Varsity - as most of you know, the state meet is scheduled on a hilly Lake Placid course again.  The best way to get faster on hills is to get out and ski them! Group up, team up, and make this happen as it will greatly help down the road! 

That's it for now,

Coach Allison