Hey everyone, thanks for another great week. I know the weather created more issues, but as usual, you all handled things well. I know these things are frustrating, but you all decided to control what you can control and move forward positively.
We also had our first meet and we asked you to reflect and start thinking about how you can improve. Mental preparation is a key part of that and we will discuss these aspects in more detail in our race psychology meetings coming up (and they are discussed in a couple videos in the important links doc in the docs tab). Please feel free to use the videos and ask questions if you have them. Here are the reminders for this coming week:
1. We plan to skate on monday – wednesday,
– If skiers have combi skis, it will be best to switch to classic on thursday. you can try to put on kick wax on your own at home or you can go to the wax room before practice on tuesday. We have videos in the doc/video tab that will help you see how to kick wax correctly.
2. Wednesday is a skate race. check schedule tab for more details.
3. Thursday we have night practice, then we chase it with morning practice friday. This will be a lot of skiing, but I like being able to get both those practices before it becomes too late on friday.
4. Tuesday, we do not have practice as of yet, but I will be checking with the park tomorrow to verify that no one canceled practice there. we are still hoping to grab a practice on Tuesday night. If we cannot, we recommend getting out and skiing on your own for 90 minutes and will have a workout for you to do.
5. For the week of break, we have different practice slots (8:00-10:00am,, 12:30-2:30pm, or 4:30-6:30pm are the Elm Creek slots). I will have that schedule later in the week. We know people are busy with different things over break, but we ask that you try your best to be at practice when possible. We will post the workouts so that if you cannot make it, you can at least get the workout in. Being at practice is important because there is accountability of having your teammates and coaches is important, but skiing on your own is the next best thing. We cannot afford to miss too many practices since our ski time has been so limited this year.

If you have questions or concerns, please let me know.
Gifford
giffordm@district279.org