We will finish up a few updates in the schedule today so please take a look at the end of the day to make sure you are let kissing anything. We are back to some after school practices and some evenings, but they are predictable. Tuesdays-Fridays are race days at Elm Creek so we will typically race once, then have evenings the other days. Here are a few reminders and things to put on your schedule.
1. We only have a little over a month left. We need to maximize our opportunities. That means we need to be on the snow when practice time starts and stay on until practice time finishes. I have been noticing more and more people showing up right when warms ups are supposed to be done and leaving when cool downs are supposed to be going. If you cut 15 minutes out of practices every day, that is almost an entire practice a week and we cannot afford to be giving up that kind of time. All time on snow is beneficial, so we need to use it the best we can.
2. Saturday is Mesabi. If you are on the team, please make sure you know when you are starting and how you plan to get there since we are not bussing. If you have questions, let me know.
3. Sat. Jan 13 is the new ski trip date. Coach Bennett will be sending out another google form to fill out so we know who is planning to come. We need to verify if they have snow though. So we will wait to send anything out until later this week.
4. We won’t have practice everyday still because of a lack of snow. Please be sure to get out and accomplish the workout on those days we do not have practice. It is a necessary component to us maximizing our opportunities this year even if that maximizing is just learning as much as we possibly can about the sport for your future self.

Happy New Year everyone. I will try to send out a message with an assignment about New Years. In the mean time, start reflecting on 2021. Think through any lessons you can take from last year and how you can apply them to this coming year.