race team Telemark

I have to say, it was pretty incredible to be skiing at -10 in the third week of October. Wow. Anyhow, we have some changes for this week due to there being an actual groomed trail at Telemark (no, it won’t last long, but Mike, in his amazingness, groomed anyways).

T2T (Train to Train) Tuesday we’ll be skiing CL at Telemark. Bring rock skis and headlamps.

T2T (Train to Train) Thursday we’ll be running at Knox. No poles for this session.

T2T (Train to Train) Saturday athlete schedule – big day. Show up at 10 ready to help out with the Telemark Work Party. Bring gloves and trail clearing tools if you have them. Also bring running clothes. Schedule:

10:00 – 12:00 Help maintain our awesome club!
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch and goal setting
1:00 – 1:45 Athlete wax clinic (on the red fence next to the groomer shed)
2:00 – 3:30 Adventure run

Saturday parent schedule – Yes, we have fun for you too!

10:00 – 12:00 Help maintain our awesome club!
12:00 – 12:15 Grab your lunch
12:15 – 12:55 Parent wax clinic (on the red fence next to the groomer shed)
1:00 – 2:00 Telemark AGM

L2C (Learn to Compete) Skiing Tuesday Classic and Wednesday Skate at Telemark. Early Season Skis are highly recommended. Saturday TBA.

And, as if that’s not enough, Don’t forget the ski swap at Kelowna Cycle!

Ski Swap Weekend. The weekend of October 31st and November 1st we will be hosting a ski swap outside of Kelowna Cycle. This will require a lot of team volunteers to run.

Please Signup to Volunteer Here!

Current Details are:

Annual XC Ski Swap at Kelowna Cycle

Main Consignment 5pm to 8pm Saturday Oct 31st.

Early-bird consignment at Kelowna Cycle Friday and Saturday during open hours.

Swap 11am to 4pm Sunday Nov 1st

Equipment & Cheque pick-up 6pm-8pm Sunday Nov 1st

consignment fee of $2 per item.
20% goes to the Club as a fundraiser

Internal Ski Swap – If you have gear or clothing (including team clothing) which has been outgrown please bring it early Tuesday and Saturday. It might be a good time to figure out what you will need for the coming season. Coaches can provide some advice.

October 29th Telemark Team Clothing Discount Deadline There is a discount code for the delivery if on orders before October 29th. The discount code is TELEMARK2020. Details about ordering the clothing are found on our website here! This year there is a Puffy Jacket option which will only be available until October 29th. The Puffy Jacket will also be delivered to the club in one group shipment instead of the individually. The Puffy is a rebranded “Sport Tech” jacket so it should fit similarly to the older “Sport Tech” jackets we have around.

L2C (Learn to Compete) Athlete Meeting.
Time: October 26th 2020 05:00 PM Kelowna

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6517419242

Meeting ID: 651 741 9242

As you might have noticed, it is puking down snow outside. Who roller skis when it’s snowing? NOBODY! We are switching to skiing at Sovereign tomorrow.

Sovereign is closed, so you’ll need to be self sufficient. The yellow gate is closed, but there is parking on the right just before the gate. Classic skiing in the morning. I would put on three thin layers of Super Blue or Blue Extra. We can top if that does not work.

L2T/Track attack: Meet at 10:00.
T2T: Meet at 10:00
L2C: Meet at 9:00

If you’d like to skate ski in the afternoon, bring gear. There won’t be an organized session but I’m sure there will be people to ski with.

Unfortunately we’ll need to postpone the coaching clinic. More details when we know them.

The internal ski swap is also postponed. Again, more details when we know them.

Hello Ski Fans, If anyone has skate roller skis which are not being used please bring them to the morning training session.

What to Bring: In General it looks like Saturday could be relatively cold so please come prepared with lots of appropriate clothing and fresh dry gear to change into between sessions.

• Extra warm clothing
• Roller skis, poles, boots, gloves, helmet, high-vis clothing
• Lunch
• Running clothes
• More extra warm clothing
• Any skis, boots, poles, clothing, roller skis that you want to sell to your awesome teammates
• Some way to pay for the skis, boots, poles, clothing, roller skis that you want to buy from your awesome teammates

Track Attack will be meeting at Glenrosa Middle School at 9 am for a intro to roller skis session. Required equipment for the Roller Skiing Session: Skate Ski Boots, Helmet, Gloves and Running Shoes. Skate Poles could potentially be used dependent on skiers progress. They will then transition to Telemark for other dryland activities including a Games and Poker Running after their Lunch Time. If you have Skate Roller Skis bring them. We will try to round up enough pairs of skis that everyone will get to try them out. Done by 2 pm.

T2T (Train to Train) will also meet at Glenrosa Middle School at 9 am for their Skate Roller ski session. They will be skiing to Telemark and doing a time trial a long the way before the lunch break and the other dryland activities including a Games and Poker Run. After this we will transition to approximately an hour and a half of trail clearing; bring gloves that you can work in. Done by 3:30 pm.

L2C (Learn to Compete) will start their classic roller ski from the Gellatly Nut Farm at 8 am. After Lunch they will lead the activities for the Track Attack and T2T. The L2C will transition to approximately an hour and a half of trail clearing; bring gloves that you can work in. Done by 3:30 pm.

Coaches will be heading down to Glenrosa Middle School for a technical coaching session. This session is open to all Telemark coaches who are comfortable with roller skiing. Details and homework are available Here!

Internal Ski Swap – If you have gear or clothing (including team clothing) which has been outgrown please bring it Saturday. It might be a good time to figure out what you will need for the coming season. Coaches are around at the beginning of the lunch break for advice.

Telemark Team Clothing has been sorted out today. There is a discount code for the delivery if one orders before October 29th. The discount code is TELEMARK2020. Details about the clothing are found on our website here! This year there is a Puffy Jacket option which will only be available until October 29th. The Puffy Jacket will also be delivered to the club in one group shipment instead of the individually. The Puffy is a rebranded “Sport Tech” jacket so it should fit similarly to the older “Sport Tech” jackets we have around.

Ski Swap Weekend. The weekend of October 31st and November 1st we will be hosting a ski swap outside of Kelowna Cycle. This will require a lot of team volunteers to run. There will be a volunteer signup available for this event later this week. Current Details are:

Annual XC Ski Swap at Kelowna Cycle

Main Consignment 5pm to 8pm Saturday Oct 31st.

Early-bird consignment at Kelowna Cycle Friday and Saturday during open hours.

Swap 11am to 4pm Sunday Nov 1st

Equipment & Cheque pick-up 6pm-8pm Sunday Nov 1st

consignment fee of $2 per item.
20% goes to the Club as a fundraiser

Hello Ski Fans,

Fall is here, and that means that it is starting to get dark during our evening sessions. Last year we had a handful of athletes and coaches pick up interesting scars while trail running without headlamps.

Headlamps are required for evening dryland training! We will be enforcing this strictly this year.

Evening roller ski sessions: Reflective gear is now required. Sessions that continue after civil twilight also require a red blinky facing backwards and a white light facing forwards. Full details can be found here: https://race.teamtelemark.ca/roller-ski-safety-policy/

It is the responsibility of the athletes and the parents to ensure that we can run safe and effective sessions. As much as we have no desire to exclude athletes from a session, we will do so if they arrive without what they need to safely train.

We are ordering some spare skis for the club’s Track Attack program. If you want to order Swenor Skate (~$320 with NNN Bindings) or Swenor Classic Roller(~$440 with NNN Bindings) Skis, New Wheels Skate(~$120) or New Roller Ski Tips ($25). These prices include tax and shipping; exact price depends on the size of the group order. Contact me by email before Wednesday October 7th 2020. adam_elliot556@hotmail.com Thanks, Adam Elliot

Details of Roller Skis can be found HERE

Congratulations to all the great results from the Testing Session. Hopefully you have made improvements from last year and we can work to improve your results more before the snow flies. This is a Link to the 2019 Testing Results.

National Average for 2019 Run Jump Pull Results is available HERE.