Hope you've had a great summer, but it's time to think skiing! Read on for news about our special fitness event next weekend, signing up for winter programs at the Club, our new adult head coach and more.
Hopefully you're remembering about Lori and Sally from the last couple of newsletters. (Check them out on our website here if you've had a busy summer and are fuzzy on the details.) Our event is on Saturday, 17 October at Hard Candy Fitness Toronto. A special group exercise session will start at 1:45 pm, so arrive before then to get changed, or arrive even earlier if you would like to participate in Lori's Tornado class at 10, Hard Drive (cycling) at 11 or Electric Yoga at noon. We will also have a special session with Sally Belanger, who specializes in helping athletes activate under-performing muscles. Hard Candy is conveniently located in the very tall Aura retail and condo tower on Yonge Street at Gerrard (College subway). There may have been a time in your life when you could ski to get fit, but those days are long past. You need to get fit to ski, and this is a great chance to learn from some experts and check out your competitors. Less than a week to go. See you there!
The next countdown is to get the early bird discount for winter programs. The Club has extended the deadline for the discount to 15 November, but that doesn't mean there's more room in the popular programs. Sign up now for Christmas Camp and Saturday morning gate training! And this year the calendar allows a three day pre-Christmas camp (should be mid-season snow conditions with a bit of luck) and a ten week weekend program, beginning immediately after New Year's Day. And if you qualify, consider the new Fast & Female program - race training for women only during the Christmas Camp and the ten week program (or the ever-popular Adult Technical Training, especially if you aren't female). Finally, the under-30 GDHL discount is now available to everyone under 35, and for only $79 for seven races, how can you go wrong?
And who's in charge of all these programs? We are pleased to welcome Sandy Nattress as our new head coach for adult racing programs. Sandy is known to many of you, having had two stints coaching in the junior race programs at Craigleith. He has also coached adult and junior racers at Blackcomb, Bishops University and Devil's Glen and most recently served as head coach and program director for Kelly Vanderbeek Racing. We look forward to Sandy building on the great foundation we have for adult racing at the Club, thanks most recently to the leadership of Jacques Reid, who has taken on new responsibilities as head coach of the junior extended programs at the Club.
And don't forget that time is ticking on signing up for a Pratte camp before skiing starts at Craigleith. Three week-long sessions in Copper, Colorado begin on 25 October, two sessions at Sun Peaks begin on 22 November and a session at Tremblant begins on 6 December. Click on Michel's logo to link to his website for more details!
Finally, another video visit with Ted.
See you at Hard Candy on Saturday!
James Mathers