Monday 19 February 2018

This week in Blue Squad

Hello everyone, I hope the return to school was smooth for those of you who returned late last night from Kelowna.

Here is the schedule for the week:

Monday at 4.00: ski in classic and meet to do some speed as a group.

Tuesday at 4.00: Tim Horton Queen/King of the Hill race set up. Watch the Yukon Olympic chat followed by a race from the ski stadium to Sarah Steele Hut for the Blue Squad skiers! Snacks provided at Sarah Steele Hut afterward.

Thursday at 4.00: ski in skating and work on downhills and cornering technique

Saturday at 11.00: please bring a small day pack with snacks and drinks as we will go for a long slow ski for training. Technique to be decided based on temperature and grooming done Saturday morning.

Coming events:

February 21st Olympic Team Sprint with Emily and Dahria

March 3 will be Yukon Championships with skate races

March 7 departure date for skiers traveling to the Ski Nationals (all travel has been finalysed)

March 10 Yukon Ski Marathon (see details on Ski Club website)

March 16*** AWG departure for Whitehorse based skiers and travel day from Thunder Bay to Fort McMurray for skiers going to the AWG from the Ski Nationals

March 24 return to Whitehorse from the AWG

April 3 Volunteer recognition and last Tim Horton race of the season