Teams and Bibs are Published

For the first time, you can plan your team buying strategy before you get to the bar at the Calcutta and you can start moaning about your bib number on the first lift up Saturday morning. Team and bib lists are on our website now. Click here for all the details! The Calcutta starts at 5 pm Saturday in the South Lodge.

*Our esteemed Chair sets a good example by helping to clean up after a long day of training!*

Adult gate training is at 9:30 am and 1:00 pm Saturday. The afternoon session replaces the Sunday morning session because of the GDHL race. These opening sessions of the nine week program are normally very well attended, so please stick to the session for which you are registered. We will be training on Big John both morning and afternoon.

The adult technical training will be at 9:30 am on Saturday and Sunday. Meet at the National chair.

The GDHL race is GS on Sunday at 10 am on Big John. Inspection will start about 9:15 and close about 9:45. The interclub race is Sunday at 1:30 pm on Big John.

Self Improvement

Here is a very short video clip of a racer executing a kick start. Note that the elevation of the feet comes not from jumping up with the legs but from pushing forward with the triceps against the poles after the tips of the skis are moving down the start ramp.

And there is a more detailed article here. It encourages more emphasis on skating out of the start rather than the start itself, which is sound advice on hills like Big John that are flat at the top of the race course.

Good luck on the weekend!

James Mathers