Booster club meeting dates

The Andover Nordic booster club has setup meetings for the next couple months. These will be at Andover High School at 7:00 p.m. in room A-105 or A-107.  The January meeting is on Tuesday 1/14/14 and the February meeting is on Tuesday 2/11/14.  The tentative date for the year end banquet is 2/25/14.

Thursday's Meet

Here is the information on Thursday's meet at Woodland Trails in Elk River:

3:30 - boys 7.4 km classic

3:45 - girls 7.4 km classic

4:00 - boys 5.0 km

4:15 - girls 5.0 km

 

Boys 7.4 K skiers: 

 Lucas, Ian, Erik, Sam A, John Pahr, David, Sam B, Jesse, Michel, Noah, Nate, John Portesan, Jacob, Mark, Aaron, Parker, Bas, and Tom.

Girls 7.4 K skiers:

Maddie, Alexis, Katie B, Ashley, Madeline, Kylie, Jenny L, Maria Z, Katie F, Brynna, Skylar, Rachel J, and Alysse.

The bus will leave the high school at 1:40. The high temperature is expected to be around 1 above so dress warmly. One layer under your race uniform is not enough!

Recent race results

Holiday Relays results

Grade Level Classic race 12/17 results

Christmas Break Practices

Tuesday 12/24: We will not be holding an official team practice. Captains will organize an activity for the skiers who are in town.

Thursday 12/26: Once again no team practice. Skiers should get out for two hours of skate or classic skiing.

Friday 12/27: We will have a team practice. The bus will leave the high school at 8:15 and we will be going to French Lake Park. We will ski for a little over 2 hours and return to the school.

Saturday 12/28: This is the first of our two-a-day practices. We will leave for Wirth at 8:00 AM and ski for 2 hours, take an hour or two for a lunch break on site then have another skiing session.

Monday 12/30: Another two-a-day at Wirth. We will be leaving the school at 8 AM.

Change in Practice Time for Monday (12/23)

On Monday the bus will leave for Wirth at 9:00 AM. We will ski there for about two hours then come home.

Practices Thursday - Monday (12/19 - 12/ 23)

Thursday: We are tentatively scheduled for a skate practice at Bunker, however if the snow there is not good enough to ski on we may relocate to Wirth. I will let the kids know more at the end of practice.
Frioday: We will be busing to Theodore Wirth after school. The bus will pick up the high school kids then the middle schoolers. We will be skate skiing.
Saturday/Sunday: one of these days needs to be a long ski, the other will be intervals. More detail will be provided on Thursday.
Monday: We will be busing to Wirth again. I'm planning on a normal practice time, but this may change due to skier's availability.

Board Meeting Tuesday 12/17 @ 7 PM

We are holding a board meeting on 12/17 at 7 PM at AHS in A105. The meeting agenda follows:

Treasury report - Rick
Items left to purchase - Coaches
Andover Nordic hats/buffs - Rick
Social Media report - Mike
Fundraising - Jeff
Meet logistics - Jeff/Coaches
Open forum - All

Cub food bagging update

Thanks to the 17 athletes that came out today for cub food bagging.   The team raised $885 which was a very close race between the morning and afternoon sessions. The morning session made $435  and the afternoon session made $450.  Thanks to Mike Cofrin for organizing and putting in a pair of glasses for a drawing which was won by Katie Fourniea. Special thanks to Laura Fourniea and Kelly McKeefry for their time spent helping at the event.

Jeff

Monday (12/16) & Tuesday (12/17)

Monday: We will be classic skiing at Rum River Central. For those on the field trip to the middle school the bus will pick you up there. It is your responsibility to get your skis to practice.
We will be waxing after practice with first priority going to experienced skiers.

Tuesday: Age group classic at Elm Creek (5K) boys will start at 3:30, girls at 3:50, and first year skiers at 4:15. As with most ski meets these times are not set in stone. I will let you all know it things change.

Holiday relay schedule

Holiday relays are tomorrow at Trollhaugen ski resort in Dresser WI.   The schedule is found at

http://www.enduranceunited.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-Holiday-Relays-Info.pdf

The boys have a classic and skate team and the girls a skate only team. The first race for Andover is 10:45 am the boys classic.

Tuesday's Meet (12/10) Back at Elm Creek

We have anther change in the meet venue. We meet has been moved back to Elm Creek. Experienced boys skiers will start at 3:30 and experienced girls at 3:50. First year skiers will start at 4:15.
The bus will leave the high school at 2:00 then go pick up the middle school kids.

Wednesday (12/11) - Saturday (12/14)

Wednesday: Practice at Bunker, Classic the bus will leave the high school at 2:45

Thursday: Practice at Bunker, Classic the bus will leave the high school at 2:45

Friday: Practice at Elm Creek, Classic the bus will leave the high school at 3:00, then pick up middle school skiers

Saturday: Holiday Relays. This year we will have boys classic and skate teams and a girls skate team.

Monday and Tuesday next week (12/9, 12/10)

Monday: we will be busing to practice at Bunker on Monday. We will be skate skiing.

Tuesday: The meet that was originally scheduled at Elm Creek has been moved to Baker Park Reserve and has been changed to a skate meet. The bus will be leaving the high school at 1:15 then pick up middle school students. The meet will start at 3:30.

Parents: plan on the team busing to practice every day next week.

Practice Saturday 12/7

Rather than holding a time trial Saturday we will be meeting at 10:30 at Rum River Central park for a practice. We will be skate skiing. Temperatures are expected to be below Zero tomorrow and the park does not have a chalet so dress warm! Practice will end at 12.

Tuesday (12/3) Meet

The meet on Tuesday 12/3 has been canceled. We will hold practice at 3:00 at the high school instead.

Practice Info for 12/1 - 12/7

Monday (12/1):
Practice will start at 2:00 PM at the high school. There is a dance competition and we will not have access to the locker rooms after 4:15.
Tuesday (12/2):
It is very unlikely that we will have a meet on Tuesday, plan on a practice at the high school
Wednesday (12/3):
We will not be holding practice on Wednesday this week.
Saturday (12/7):
We will have a roller ski time trial on Saturday. We will meet at the activity center parking lot at 9:00 AM. Experienced skiers will go first, followed by first year skiers.

* If we are lucky and get enough snow to ski on this week we may have a practice on Saturday rather than a time trial.

Cub Foods Bagging 12/15 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

We have an opportunity to bag at Cub Foods Riverdale on 12/15 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. We will break the schedule into a 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.   We will need two parents per shift along with the skiers.  Please use the link below to sign up.

Access the signup sheet here:

https://docs.google.com/a/podiumsportsmarketing.com/forms/d/1tUVzWDf2DyM6UZmyS80RNViT3DD8Ukq5d9zb-knKU5U/viewform
Thanks,

Jeff

Water/Snack/Hot Chocolate signup sheet

Here is the signup sheet for bringing water, snacks and hot chocolate to the meets this year.  There could be multiple people signed up for snacks.  There are about 45 skiers this year, so looking to get about 3 cases of water and about 50 packets of hot chocolate.  For snacks, looking for healthier choices granola bars, bananas, rice krispy treats, gold fish, bagels/cream cheese.  Please sign up using the link below, it will take you to a google excel worksheet.


https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApmgDIoC66nIdHhPTjJMSUViRkFtVzRrNVB2bDNzdWc&usp=sharing

Thanks,

Jeff

Thanksgiving Weekend Workouts

On Friday (11/29) There will be a captains practice

From Thursday (1128) to Sunday (12/1)

Do two long runs, wheel workouts, or skis. A long run should be about 60 min for experienced runners and 45 min + for inexperienced runners. For those on skis, roller skis, or roller blades it is 1.5 to 2 hours.

Do one threshold workout.

For skiers and roller skiers (skate): 20 min, 10 min, 10 min. 5 min recovery between them. Make your total skiing time for this workout 2 hours.

For runners: 3 X 10 min with 5 min recovery after each one.

*Remember, at threshold pace speaking in complete sentences is impossible

Goal Sheet

Goal 1:

           

Steps to achieve it:

Goal 2:

           

Steps to achieve it:

Notes on goal setting:

1.     Athletes should have at least one goal that is achievable and one that they believe is slightly out of their reach.

2.     Each goal should have at least two steps (sub-goals) that need to be achieved in order to achieve that goal.

3.     Each athlete should have a copy of the goal sheet for themselves and hand in to the coaches by Thursday (11/14).

4.     We will go over goal progress as the season goes along and at the end of the season.

5.     Boys and Girls need to get together and discuss TEAM goals. This is what the team feel is necessary for this year to be a success.