tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82917663185894797052024-03-05T03:01:55.146-05:00News From H.U.R.T. SkiersUpdates from Hudson United Racing Team Nordic Skiers.
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<a href="http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com">http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com</a>H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-13806892747390603432019-11-25T13:27:00.005-05:002019-11-26T05:49:25.584-05:00A New StartWhelp...We've been a little "blog-silent" these days.<br />
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It turns out that Saturday afternoons playing with wooden trains, riding a scooter in the driveway, and doing myriad toddler/5year old parenting tasks doesn't make for as epic blog posts as rollerski adventures, mountain-bike odysseys, or 5 hour ridge runs.<br />
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Anyway...we haven't had much from the HRT Newsroom lately. BUT!! NOW!!! WE!! ARE!!! BACK!!!<br />
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And just in time for ski season.<br />
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Here is the quick and dirty...<span style="font-size: x-small;">(I think I hear one of my kids crying...or on fire...or maybe wants a snack</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">)</span><br />
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1) Thanksgiving camp is at Gore this weekend for juniors. But that also means you can ski at the Ski Bowl. You should. Check it out.<br />
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2) The NYSSRA season opens on December 7th and 8th. Gore Ski Bowl (does not include the A climb). Check out details here and register on Ski Reg. <a href="http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/events.html">http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/events.html</a><br />
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3) HURT now offers three options for youth instruction. Glens Falls, NY, Greenfield, NY and now DORSET, VT. Yup....crossed the border and invaded New England. Check it out here. <a href="http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/bkysl.html">http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/bkysl.html</a> The Dorset program starts up on December 18th. Check out the registration forms linked on the website and sign your kiddos up for one of the two sessions.<br />
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My kids will be there....assuming they aren't on fire.<br />
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I will be there....assuming that I get them a snack before they gut me.<br />
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H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-25801367876123271082019-03-10T21:49:00.004-04:002019-03-11T16:54:37.253-04:00Champs and ChampionsTwo weekends of events to cap off the NYSSRA race season and two of the finest weeks on snow! March 2nd brought a last ditch effort by HURT masters to rally a NYSSRA club points championship from the jaws of defeat...but it was not to be. Despite the strong racing from Ed Luban, Alyson Chapman, Tim Huneck, Greg Stevens, Philip Matthews, Anna Yarsevich, Jan Mares, Eric Hamilton, DPK, Chris Yarsevich and T. Koziol... HURT fell short against the Vauhti masses and math. It was however, an amazing day with good fun and good friends. Props to Glenville ADK Vauhti for garnering the membership turnout, snatching the relay victory, and overall championship.<br />
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The night relay format offered racers something new and introduced many folks to a sweet old-school community downhill place that now features "nordic nights". Be sure you check out Maple Ridge. folks in the Albany/Schenectady area need to know about this place!<br />
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With another championship narrowly missed, all eyes are focused on HURT's future ballers. Bring on the 2019 Bill Koch Festival! Gorgeous bluebird skiing on March 9th and fresh fluffy snow on March 10th made for some of the best weekend skiing all winter. And kids and parents from around the state were treated to another new area venue. Brookhaven Golf Club and The Town of Greenfield have been working hard to make their town park a real nordic destination and these two days of skiing have a LOT of people sold on and excited about the future of this venue. </div>
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Here are a few of the many pics from the weekend! Stumble over to the social media land for the full scene.</div>
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Winter is going strong and the snowpack will make for great skiing for the next month. We may not have any events left on the calendar but skiing in the near future looks bright and the future of skiing in our area looks even brighter. </div>
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<br />H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-72586883695592816392019-01-21T22:49:00.002-05:002019-01-22T07:12:52.684-05:00Just an opportunity<div style="text-align: left;">
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In a span of 9 days I got to see the full span of the nordic community that reaches into HURT country. As someone who is geographically removed form its epicenter it was quite a thing to see.<br />
First, was the annual Mega-Relay at Garnet Hill ski center. It is truly amazing to think how this event has blossomed from humble beginnings <span style="font-size: x-small;">(cut short from 8 hours to 6 hours mid-race in year one!...shout out to those folks that remember that day! woot!) </span>to an 80+ strong race field that sits as a high mark for many citizen skiers. <br />
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One of the coolest things about this event is that it is a day for the Masters-Masters to shine. Once your laps start counting as 1.5 or even 2 you are hot commodity for a team and those slick U18/U20/SR/M1/M2's start looking like major liabilities for squads looking to leave with the tasty prize packs. This year added the competitive and growing mini-junior component of the HURT club. I don't know how many nordic 6 hour relay competitions that go from U6 to M9 there are, but HURT country might have the biggest. </div>
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Honestly though, the greatest thing about this event is that it is an <i>opportunity</i>. An opportunity to access nordic sport at any level, at any age, at any ability, with your friends and community members. It is an opportunity to ski 60K, or do 6 x 4K @ L4, or to ski 4K and hang out in the pub all afternoon. HURT has always been about creating opportunities and this is a real showcase of that.</div>
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This past weekend...a whole new community came to play in the snowy playground of HURT country. Our JNQ weekend brought out the best of the best junior talent from all around NYS and even those Green Mountain PUGS from Mansfield country. woof! woof!</div>
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It was an opportunity for a whole different slice of the nordic community. The driven. The passionate. The focused compteitor. With lactate searing through the body these 500+ skiers came to the hardest course in the area...and then stayed for racing in some of the hardest storm conditions I have ever seen. (yep...that snowstorm) A HARDY bunch to be sure. But the amazing thing was just how determined folks were to be there, to race, and to give it their best shot. They just wanted an opportunity. </div>
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Three weeks from now HURT will be looking to bring both of these parts of our nordic community together. In honor of a man who was all about providing opportunities. A year ago marks the passing of dear friend, father, and supporter of all things nordic, Nino Manzella. </div>
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While not an avid racer himself, he found the love for this sport by providing opportunities for his kids and their friends to excel and it is our goal to carry on that tradition with the Nino Manzella Memorial HURTathon. Come to Gore on February 10th. You want a tough race? We have it for you. Looking to score points for your own ski club? Yep. Are you a BKYSL youngster? We have you covered. Are you a citizen skier looking for a personal challenge without the "A" climb or the "S" turn? We have that too. </div>
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We would love to see you there.And all the profits will go to provide opportunities for our youngest skiers and provide financial support to our Mid-A juniors pursuing their passion in far-flung locations. Let's bring together the full span of the nordic community in HURT country. It would make Nino smile. </div>
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1) <b>Great club races are up and coming</b> to a course near you. This Saturday NYSEF is hosting their season opener at Mt. Van Hovenberg where the conditions are PRIMO. Worth any price of entry to ski on these amazing December conditions. Get there. Score points for HURT and have a blast. <a href="https://www.skireg.com/nysef-season-opener0">https://www.skireg.com/nysef-season-opener0 </a>Look for more events up-an-coming here: <a href="http://nyssranordic.org/">http://nyssranordic.org/ </a> </div>
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2) <b>Maybe you are an up-an-coming ski racer? </b>If you are looking for a fun spin on ski racing or ski training, or if you are looking to enter the scene without the pressure of a full race....check out this fun event by our Vauhti frenemies. <a href="https://www.skireg.com/ghn-fun-do">https://www.skireg.com/ghn-fun-do</a></div>
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3) <b>Up-an-coming <i>in</i> HURT nation - </b>Y'all may have glanced over the results the 300+ racers that skied during the Saturday of the North Creek Nordic Fest. <a href="https://www.underdogtiming.com/vARSITY%20AND%20JV%20CLASSES%20OVERALL-2.pdf">But did you really look? </a> You may remember the name Grace Mattern who tore through NYS from Rochester last season. And you may remember the name Bailey Gengel who rose to local fame last year as well. But what about that name 4 seconds off Grace-pace! Boom! Maddi isn't just up-an-coming, she's here. And flying the green and white of HURT. <a href="https://www.kickzonemedia.com/single-post/2018/11/18/2019-NYS-High-School-Nordic-Predictions">This guy has some adjustments to make</a>. </div>
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4) <b>Up-an-coming <i>from</i> HURT nation -</b> One of our all-time favorite inventions is coming up on January 12th. THE MEGA-RELAY!!!! Woot Woot! The most fun you can have with your best buds on skis is the Mega-Relay. So much skiing, so many K's, and this year we have some fun competitive wrinkles to get you math-ologists really thinking about the best team strategy to win the coveted prize packages. Here are the new race details...</div>
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H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-42229615630894306432018-11-21T22:12:00.001-05:002018-11-21T22:30:06.137-05:00Thanks x 10Since some of the dedicated readers of this blog are planning (as I am) to mitigate 10% of your fall training with extra pieces of pecan pie tomorrow, I thought I might offer <u>10 reasons to be thankful</u> during the upcoming 2018-19 ski season. Perhaps it will motivate you to shake off the gravy-induced malaise on Friday morning as you clip into your ski bindings...<br />
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1)<b> No-vem-freaking-ber!!</b> Has there been a November so awesome for the East? I mean ever? Cro-Magnon scientific records dating back to the Pleistocene Epoch show that there was only one other time where there was this much great skiing so early.* Those in HURT-nation that want future Novembers to be so awesome should remember they need to pack up the Executive Director and ship him out to the sub-tropical Mid-West until mid-December so he can bathe in his own tears while all-y'all pile on the early K's. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">**sob**</span><br />
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2) <b>Snow-making</b> - In the last few years we have seen some serious infrastructure built to help our sport. When this club began...there was bupkis. Gore now basically guarantees Thanksgiving skiing and VanHo promises all the snow-cones you can eat as you calculate those fitbit laps. It is AMAZING. A huge thank you to all the folks that make those efforts possible.<br />
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3) <b>Groomers</b> - Come on. Toast these hearty blokes this Thanksgiving. From Crandall Park, to Queensbury, to Brookhaven, To Garnet, To Gore, to VanHo and all the other efforts in between. It is frigid work...let's make sure it isn't thankless<br />
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4) <b>Kiddos - </b>a new chapter of HURT-nation has opened in the last couple years as some of our club founders find Bill-Koch-aged skiers now hanging around their houses eating their food. Thanks to some great leadership and creativity, Greenfield and Glens Falls are sporting droves of youngins ripping on skis. And this year we get to show it all off at the<a href="https://www.skireg.com/nys-bill-koch-youth-ski-festival"> Bill Koch Festival in March</a>. Be there for this one. It will be a blast.<br />
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7) <b>The Stuff - </b>We have such great sponsors of this club. <b><a href="http://tokous.com/">Tokous.com</a></b> has opened their warehouse of awesome and given us deep team discounts (If you haven't spent time here....you should). <b><a href="https://barkeaterchocolates.com/">Barkeater Chocolates</a></b> keeps us feeling guilty. <b><a href="http://sportspageski.com/">Sportspage</a></b> continually helps bring us the best at low-cost. <b>Stewarts</b> loves or juniors and kiddos. <b>Polar and Rudy</b> are all about the SWAG. They help make our events great and skiers loving it.<br />
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9) <b>The Families - </b>We have had many "first-families" in our decade and will have many more to come. Whether or not your name is Yarsevich, Huneck, Beyerbach, Dixon, Duclos, O'Brien, Manzella, Halligan, Chrzan, Tomb, Luban, Blood, Underwood, Bordeau, Mares, Frielinghaus, D-H or P-K (and so so so many more) we have been lucky to have many incredible families bring their passion and enthusiasm to this team. While we will be hosting our 2nd annual <a href="https://www.skireg.com/hurt-athon">"Nino Manzella memorial Hurtathon" </a>this year, and it will once again be a celebration of his memory, that event is really about the families that make skiing in our area so great. You will be glad to make this a stop on your race calendar. <br />
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This fall we are unveiling a new Training Leader Incentive Program. It is all outlined here: <a href="http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/incentive-program.html">http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/incentive-program.html </a> but basically it goes like this...you are active with a small group, you share, you tag, you collect. <b>USSA, Mt. Borah</b> and <b>Stewarts Shops</b> are our first three companies featured in this program and are providing some sweet swag. (**update 10/24....we have more! <b>Barkeater Chocolates, TokoUS.com Rudy Project!</b>)<br />
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So you might wonder who is this program for?<br />
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-Perhaps you have moved to train with a group of buds in another region but still yearn for the Green and Gray buff of HURT nation?...Train, Tag, Win. You are HURT-nation.<br />
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-Let's say you are a matriculated college student with little-to-no spending cash since last weekend's "study hour" and you really need some Stewarts gas for your 1992 Toyota Corolla.... Grab your housemates and go for a "run"....Train, Tag, Win. You are HURT-nation.<br />
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-Perhaps you are pushing a double baby stroller these days and you really could use a new pair of USSA mid-weight training pants. Grab your parent-group and.....Train, Tag, Win. You are HURT-nation.<br />
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-You're retired and you and your bridge club have plans to crush the M10 competition at the Sapporo International Ski Marathon. You might as well get our free stuff too....Train, Tag, Win. You are HURT-nation.<br />
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-Maybe you are studying abroad in some Denmarkian location and you and your new commrades decide to take a set of communal bikes instead of the government subsidized solar-powered-silent-speed-train....That's training. tag it. Win it. We will even pay for shipping. <span style="font-size: x-small;">And send you a jar of our jealousy and sadness. </span><br />
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-Perhaps you are a freshman in northern NY and you thought it was gonna be awesome being so close to the Adirondacks but then you realize all too late that all Potsdam really has is potatoes and apple trees. Live the nordic dream and Train. Tag. Win.<br />
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-Perhaps you just live and breathe to get that 45 minute head-lamp rollerski, in the cold November rain after work. Blackmail some friends and Train. Tag. Win.<br />
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Alright...you get the point. This program is for everyone with a HURT connection. We want to show how our club skis-like-an-American. We do it many ways. Fast. Slow. Young. Old. Early. Late. Often. Seldom. <br />
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Skiing like an American is more than just pre-Olympic dreamers thrashing the pavement. It is our families, friends and community getting out to enjoy the outside, vitality and the nordic lifestyle. We hope you have fun with it!<br />
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If you are a member of HURT nation you are invited to our Monday "Strength and Speed" sessions. These practices will be hosted by Coach Steve Tomb or a guest coach. These practices will include a dryland component and a rollerski component for those equipped with skis. They are open to all ages and levels and athletes are invited to take the skills and drills that are presented by our coaches and apply them at a comfortable level. This is for athletes with basic, bronze, silver and gold membership. You must be a NYSSRA member to attend a club training session.<br />
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If you are a member of the <i>Silver race team</i> (silver or gold level membership) you are invited to attend Thursday night rollerski sessions with our HURT development coach Aaron Huneck. You are also invited to participate in our 3 "mini-camps". Coach Huneck and Coach DPK will host the first camp is this weekend (held locally) and the next two will move around NYS to take advantage of training opportunities with other NY nordic clubs. Athletes should be NYSSRA members to participate at this level.<br />
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H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-82016234295483009622018-06-06T21:29:00.001-04:002018-06-07T11:05:26.729-04:00One SkierFor long-time followers of HURT-nation and readers of this blog, the name "Brian Halligan" garners thoughts that hearken back to a time when a young U16 scamp zipped around nordic trails with friends Austin Huneck and Adam Luban....the original junior juggernaut that launched HURT to the world stage.<br />
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For those friends and families who have been with us for the last five years or so, the name Brian Halligan, is synonymous with top talent from HURT nation competing at world junior biathlon and on the cusp of USA Biathlon glory.<br />
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Those new to the game know Brian Halligan as a dedicated, passionate, and talented junior coach that continually aims to instill knowledge and passion for everything nordic in others.<br />
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Oh yeah.....and he's <a href="https://www.kickzonemedia.com/">nordic media mogul </a> and exporter of the nordic lifestyle. <br />
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In looking back through the HURT archives you would be hard-pressed to find one HURT skier more central to it's success, development, and current place in the NYS skiing landscape.<br />
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One skier really can do an awful lot. It is with great pleasure that we watch Brian take on his next adventure as he moves to California to serve as Biathlon Program Director for the Auburn Ski Club. We will miss his energy, his leadership, and seeing him zip by in a race. All of HURT nation wishes him the best of luck.<br />
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On a personal note....Perhaps the finest thing about Brian's decade of involvement with the Hudson United Racing Team is that he has shown the limitless capacity to reinvent his involvement with the club and limitless capacity to creatively share his love of this sport. In my view, everyone in HURT nation has this capacity and that is what makes us work. Involvement and participation may wax and wane: juniors become collegiate-pop-ins, collegiate skiers become citizen racers, racers become parents, and parents become coaches, coaches become skiers again... the power of reinvention is what drives the HURT engine.<br />
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It is with this idea in mind, that I am happy to announce that our new Junior Program Director will be Aaron Huneck. Yes...that Aaron Huneck. The original Director. The Dictator-n-Chief....newly crowned Shenendehowa Nordic coach and adventure sport guru.<br />
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We look forward to working with Aaron and we know our juniors will too.<br />
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Bring the HURT Brian. Bring the HURT Aaron.<br />
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H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-27171263056556207842018-05-06T21:20:00.002-04:002018-05-06T21:20:30.098-04:00Lemonade from Lemons<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The HRT Newsroom regrets to inform all of HURT nation that the 2018 HURT Junior Summer Development Camp will be cancelled. Due to many conflicts, the staff is unable to comfortably support the expected number of athletes and won't be able to provide them with high caliber camp experience that has become a marker of our event the last 7 years. </span></div>
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Despite this very disappointing news, The Hudson United Racing Team has aims to still provide a quality summer training structure for committed and interested junior athletes. Instead of HURT camp, the HURT coaches have built a complete summer full of training opportunities that should provide even better continuity of training and better athlete development. We urge junior athletes to take a careful look at the options available for <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.skireg.com/Services/RedirectEmail.aspx?despa%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.hurtnordicskiing.com%252fmembership-levels.html%26emid%3D1086%26edid%3D96141%26secc%3D95024&source=gmail&ust=1525741399682000&usg=AFQjCNGsZcb6ltCKdXzHaBWYpAHIbHIyLw" href="http://www.skireg.com/Services/RedirectEmail.aspx?despa=http%3a%2f%2fwww.hurtnordicskiing.com%2fmembership-levels.html&emid=1086&edid=96141&secc=95024" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">HURT Silver team membership</a>. They should take a look at our training schedule <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.skireg.com/Services/RedirectEmail.aspx?despa%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.hurtnordicskiing.com%252fschedule.html%26emid%3D1086%26edid%3D96141%26secc%3D95024&source=gmail&ust=1525741399682000&usg=AFQjCNH9l0-0nw4gOB2crXTJ1R0zQr_3sQ" href="http://www.skireg.com/Services/RedirectEmail.aspx?despa=http%3a%2f%2fwww.hurtnordicskiing.com%2fschedule.html&emid=1086&edid=96141&secc=95024" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">here</a> as summer plans are made. Know that specific details on ALL training sessions will be made in June. </div>
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We sincerely hope to bring the HURT summer camp back in 2019 and are already looking to secure our staff and dates now. </div>
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It is HURT's aim to make this summer full of lemonade.</div>
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<b>HURT CAMP:</b> This year we are changing things up a bit for HURT camp. Instead of a 6 day camp at the end of July, we are offering a <b>4 day camp at the beginning of July</b>. Camp will run from July 9th to the 12th at Camp Meadowbrook in Queensbury. We are excited to add Mr. Tim Whiton, head coach of the University of Maine at Presque Isle, to our coaching roster and looking to bring you 4 days of intense work and nordic specific training. Registration is open now: <a href="https://www.skireg.com/hurt-nordic-junior-development-camp">https://www.skireg.com/hurt-nordic-junior-development-camp</a> and the camp will close at 40 participants. We do expect it to sell out, so register today.<br />
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<b>MINI CAMPS:</b> We have shortened and earlified(?) HURT camp to allow for two additional 3-day mini camps for those in in the HURT silver team program. Check the calendar here: <a href="http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/schedule.html">http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/schedule.html </a>to see the preliminary dates for those camps. Our goal is to hold one of these camps out in western NY to co-mingle and co-train with our nordic mates at RNR and the other mini-camp will be held either in Lake Placid to train with NYSEF or in Vermont to train with our pug friends at Mansfield Nordic. Stay tuned for details and sign up for the silver program to take part of this training opportunity. This mini-camp will be a great way to continue the hard work of HURT camp through the whole summer into the start of your school year.<br />
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Speaking of "Silver team"...you may be wondering...what is that? <br />
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HURT has levels of participation. Basic. Bronze. Silver. Gold.<br />
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<b>Basic:</b> For an annual membership of $5.00 you can sell your soul to HURT nation. You are on the team. You can order gear at wicked discount prices. Sportspage will hook you up. You score points for us in club races when you ski for HURT. Anyone and Everyone should be a basic member.<br />
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<b>Bronze: </b>Your soul is sold. And you get a training plan. All for $80.00. You will receive a generic 6 month off-season training plan (May-October) or (June-November) made appropriate for your age. <b> </b><br />
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<b>Silver: </b>Soul, yes, we have it. Hours of your life too. You get a training plan and a tailored strength program. And the opportunity to train twice a week with dedicated juniors like yourself. And technique coaching. All for $180.00. As a Silver member you can do the Strength and Speed sessions as well as Thursday night technique coaching in July and August. And the mini-camps. We recommend this for experienced juniors with lofty goals.<br />
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<br />H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-29158683243597904762018-03-26T21:01:00.000-04:002018-03-26T21:57:01.240-04:00You never knowI think I had just finished toddling around on a pair of "World Tour" fishscales when someone sent me the preview of "Generation X-Ski" in 2002. A video made by some hot-shot a couple years my junior named Andy Newell. Long before youtube and insta-tweets, and long before I knew my proper way around a nordic race.<br />
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I watched it over and over again.<br />
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And I was seething mad.<br />
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And immediately infatuated.<br />
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Infatuated with a sport that was made to look so badass, so hard, and so fun. This moment was my fall down the rabbit hole into the nordic lifestyle. Then came the videos; The world cup races; The dry-land drills; The camps; The training logs; The clinics; The long snowy drives to races; The cars-driven-into-snow-banks at races; The lost keys in the snow at races; The bitter cold races; The slushy puddle races; The hours of school skipped; The hours of work skipped; The coaching clinics; The wax clinics; The club teams; The amateur videos; The nonsense blogging; Pinching pennies for skis; sacrificing beer money for better boots; buying stiffer poles than I really need. And nothing has changed since then. And I still want more.<br />
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And I was seething mad because I was 20-something-whatever watching a younger genius on skis and I felt liked if only I had found this awesome sport earlier in my life, I would have been truly great. okay fine... pretty good at it. but still. Thanks Obama. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">**</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">**for the record ... this was long before Obama. It was more like "thanks mom and dad for knowing nothing about nordic racing." or "thanks, high school coaches for not knowing anything about real nordic racing and training". Either way....a truly childish and excuse-filled sentiment. </span> <br />
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So what is this rambling all about? Two of my personal nordic giants are stepping away from The US Ski Team. Kikkan Randall with her unapologetic style and awe-inspiring strength, and the afore-mentioned Andy Newell. Both are turning a page on great and inspiring careers and...<br />
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The real message here is for the young kids who read this. You never know who is watching you. It may be a young BKYSL skier who you share a passing hi-five with. Or a peer who sees you training insanely hard. Or a wannabe adult who admires your sportsmanship and selflessness around a teammate. Inspiration is funny like that. Sometimes you inspire someone you know and work closely with. And other times it is from someone who sees a glimpse of you from Alaska. So for all the "real_nordic_skiers", "unreal_nordic_skiers", "surreal_nordic_skiers", and "fake_nordic_skiers"...keep doing what you do and be as creative, fun, unapologetic and awesome as you can.<br />
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H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-31955650769212566952018-03-18T20:51:00.004-04:002018-03-26T09:05:32.078-04:00March FTWSo the NYSSRA points series didn't exactly end up the way HURT nation had hoped, but that doesn't mean that the ski season slunk away into a miserable-mud-fest-of-an-unskiable-and-unbikable-March as many of us had feared and anticipated. Quite the contrary. Has there ever been a better March of skiing? I mean....ever?<br />
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From our extensive <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(3 minute) </span>research the only potential candidate for better skiing in March was 1899 and Fischer's "carbonlite" game was not on point according to Thorleif Haug. And waxing technology was still in the "bear-grease" phase of development.<br />
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HURT athletes and coaches jumped in to the resurgent winter with the U16 Championships at Gore. With a small but feisty group of HURT and non-HURT juniors, coach Brian Halligan and DPK shepherded the up-an-comers to some podium spots and top tens. HURT U16's included <b>Sam Bordeau, Lucas Jenkin, and Paul Lindsay</b>; and they were joined with Saranac Lake skiers, LP skiers and a troupe from Rochester. It was awesome to get to know everyone. The three days were jam packed with a 5K freestyle, 5K classic, 1.5K "skier-cross" and mixed relay. Racing at Gore was at its finest. For the coaches, it wasn't always pretty, with quick moving temps, snow squalls and track variations, but everyone came away with big successes and big lessons...<br />
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Not to be totally outdone by motivated juniors...some HURT Masters, alumni, and friends, got in on some Loppet action in Lake Placid. It is yet to be determined if they were there for the competition or the beer and fried chicken served afterwards. Sightings were made of <b>Pete Pedrotty, Chris Lamothe, Bernadette O'Brien, Richard and Sherry Dixon, DPK and Brian Chrzan</b> at varying speeds, techniques and times throughout the morning. Thanks to some handy pack placement and internet thievery <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(thanks Mt. VanHovenberg and SMS) </span>we have these pictures for you to enjoy...</div>
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Winter is going to be here for a few more weeks. Even when snow leaves your yard you should remember that the great venues in our area are flush with the white stuff, and the mountains are buried. And they will be through the end of the month. We know many of your non-skiing friends, loved ones and social media acquaintances are hating it and potentially you. But come May, you will be dreaming of this March.</div>
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<br />H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-29941906938606212102018-02-25T13:40:00.002-05:002018-02-27T19:23:05.291-05:00On paperOn paper, most connoisseurs of world cup skiing would not pick Jessie Diggins to overtake Stina Nilsson in a 100 meter drag race at the end of a sprint.<br />
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On paper, most folks in Section 2 would not have picked the 2018 Section champion to be someone other than <b>Emily Atamanchuk</b> or <b>Anna Weidman</b>.<br />
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On paper, the only winter sport that <b>Dave PK</b> should ever beat <b>Brian Halligan</b> in is competitive ice-checkers (maybe).<br />
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On paper, HURT nordic should never <a href="http://nyssranordic.org/2018/02/25/miracles-on-snow/">lose a club points series</a> to the much smaller GVH-ADK Vauhti team.<br />
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Nordic skiing isn't done on paper.<br />
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And because you actually have to <i>show up</i> in this sport, we learned a few things: thanks to the unrelenting grit and dogged determination of the US women a new era of nordic skiing is born in the U.S.A, and the name <b>Bailey Gengel</b> is particularly interesting at the State Meet next week, and DPK can wax a real pair of boards for slush-mush conditions, and the once-deemed unbeatable HURT nation can lose a points series, if they don't show up.<br />
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<b>You have to show up. </b> There are no "givens" in this sport.<br />
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There is no "given" that <a href="https://www.kickzonemedia.com/">kickzone media's</a> speed rankings determine the results at States.<br />
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There is no "given" that the next ski race will even happen.<br />
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There is no "given" that snow today will be around tomorrow.<br />
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There is no "given" that NY will always have a citizen nordic series.<br />
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There is no "given" that NY will come in last at Eastern High School Championship and U16's and that Vermont will always walk away with the regional titles.<br />
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This sport thrives when folks show up. It thrives when they step out the door and clip in to their touring skis. It thrives when they<span style="font-family: inherit;"> encourage their kids to go to park and play around in the dwindling snow piles. It thrives when folks like the <span style="background-color: white;">Schreiners manage to piece together a race course after a massive thaw. It thrives when folks volunteer at ski races to help time, record bibs, register, monitor course or sort prizes. And it thrives when folks show up to race, not because they are in prime shape to win, but because there is strength, </span></span>camaraderie and community in numbers.<br />
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Winter racing may be over for most....or we may get one last blast. But if you have a chance to be on that <a href="https://www.skireg.com/u16-championship-ny-team-signup">U16 team</a>, or <a href="https://www.skireg.com/new-york-state-eastern-hs-championship-signup">EHSC team</a>, or ski in Spring race, or get out in the back country...we hope that you decide to show up.<br />
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There is a new era in U.S. Nordic. and we want to see it thrive.<br />
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<br />H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-58677124185944235162018-02-03T21:35:00.000-05:002018-02-03T21:35:57.539-05:00From the desk of Captain Obvious<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"This Junior Team from HURT Nordic is super awesome and we are crazy proud of how hard they have worked." - C.O.</div>
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HURT Nordic is sending a host of talent to the Mid-A team for this year's Junior Nationals in SoHo. Many others will be skiing for the NY team at the Eastern High School Championships and U16 Championships. A shout out of all the names include: <b>Brian Beyerbach, Michael Halligan, Dan Manzella, Seamus Tomb, Alex Fragomeni, Ava Anderson, Emily Atamanchuk, Anna Wiedmann, Annalise Beyerbach, Lucas Jenkin, Sam Bordeau, Bryce Beyerbach. </b><br />
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Many Thanks go out to the great group of parents that support the goals and dreams of these kids and for shlepping them to-and-fro with ample nourishment and moral support.<br />
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And a special shout out to <b>Coach Brian Halligan</b> who has managed the lions-share of the Junior effort. And to the crack wax team both in Lake Placid and Rochester. <br />
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Extra special thanks to <b>Suzanne Tomb</b> who ushered Directesses 2 around the course after she finished testing top coats and tongue-testing the Rochester start line gatorade....which allowed DPK a chance to focus for a few minutes on making some fast boards. <br />
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Race teams nominations, links to final points standings and trip registration info can be found here: <a href="http://nyssranordic.org/2018/02/03/qualified-athletes-for-jns-ehsc-and-u16-championships/">http://nyssranordic.org/2018/02/03/qualified-athletes-for-jns-ehsc-and-u16-championships/</a><br />
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<br />H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-82575519145381988302018-01-22T22:29:00.001-05:002018-01-22T22:36:41.797-05:00And the winner is.......we can't decide.<br />
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HURT nordic had some serious contenders for MVP this past weekend and the HRTnews room and group of social media posting elves need your help in picking the winner. A case can be made for the following contenders...<br />
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1) "Brangelina" was taken so I guess we are going to have to call them "<b>Brattamanchukbach</b>"? Anyway....they are HURT nordic's powerhouse-couple and a couple of powerhouses. These two tore up Lake Placid on Saturday and Sunday's JNQ's and netted top podium spots...forever having their names etched in Harry Eldridge lore.<br />
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2) For those of you that weren't there and missed it...with 45 minutes left in the Mega-Relay, <b>Rachel Yarsevich</b> rolled into Garnet Hill with two kids under 7 needing to get dressed for winter, bearing homemade baked goods, amidst a chorus of "are you gonna ski?" queries and...as cool and calm as Yankee's stud Ardolis Chapman...she got two kids winter-ready, skied a lap, (with time to spare) and turned certain defeat into stunning comeback in the Mixed Relay division of the Mega Relay. The late arrival snatched a full sweep from the bloody jaws of Peru Nordic who dominated the Men's and Women's division races. If that isn't MVP worthy, I don't know what is. </div>
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3) She has brought loads of championship gene contributions to the HURT team and now she snaps killer photos. Her photography jumps off the screen and....I am just gonna say it....damn, she just makes us look good!!! <b>Kristin Halligan </b>and her growing photo business are now on hand to show you the best of our team in true MVP style. Check out her stuff and use her for all you snazzy photo needs!</div>
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So there are our top three nominations for weekend MVP. What's your vote? Do you have another nominee? How about those coaches stuck in the trenches battling changing conditions and icing kick wax on Saturday? Should they get the nod? How about an MVP for "resilience" in our athletes who battled it out for precious JN points when the going got tough? How about a vote for coaches Huneck and Halligan for getting the waxing done, and using "coaches training" to post strong results on Sunday? How about Chris Y and DPK who removed toppled trees and blow-down from Garnet Hill early on Saturday? How about the US postal service for getting top quality waxes from far flung locations to HURT coaches on a short notice?</div>
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Pouring rain Friday...sleet Friday night...snow Saturday...blue skis Sunday<br />
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This past weekend had it ALL for the intrepid crew who went out to Rikert for the tune-up races before the next two weekends of JN qualifying. Coach Halligan and PK battled 25 mph wind gusts, ice rain and tricky snow to give the crew slick and kickable boards during the classic sprints on Saturday and inhaled enough cold flouro powder on Sunday to last them at least a couple days. <br />
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The pics from Kristen Halligan on Sunday show the scene. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Side note - Does any nordic skier's mom make them look as good as Kristen makes Mikey look? She takes some seriously good pictures. #putthatinyourmothersdaycardmikey</span><br />
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Other swaths of HURT nation spent Sunday at Saratoga Biathon Club for a skiathlon on firm fast conditions. <b>Chris Y, Tim H, Greg S, Eric H and Tyler K </b>laid it down for the HURT squad and kept pace in the NYSSRA points series. With home-race advantage at the Mega-Relay next Saturday and big junior weekends in Lake Placid and Rochester coming up, HURT looks poised to once again stamp their dominance in the NYSSRA points competition. <br />
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<br />H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-77376787829235077102018-01-10T19:34:00.001-05:002018-01-10T19:34:35.716-05:00Out of the deep freeze, into the heat.The race season is heating up just as the temps get a major bump. Now that you have crawled out of fetal position after skiing in the -36F temps of the weekend, take a look at the upcoming events (and event changes) that January has in store for you.<br />
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This weekend you've got three great options for racing. Rikert is hosting two days of NENSA Eastern Cup action with a classic sprint on Satuday and freestyle 5K/10K on Sunday. HURT coaches will be on hand to wax world class boards. <br />
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The weekend also features two great NYSSRA events at Saratoga Biathlon club: The Shenendehowa Classic race and the GHN-ADK skiathlon. Both should be stellar races and details and registration can be found on skireg. <br />
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So....either book a place in Middlebury, VT or head over to Day, NY this weekend. The racing will be stellar. <br />
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JNQ, JNQ, JNQ, JNQ.....and Mega racing at Garnet Hill.<br />
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Lake Placid and Rochester are hosting back-to-back JNQ weekends for juniors looking to make their way to Soho for JN's, Maine for EHSC, or Gore for U16's. The race will be fast and furious as Mid-A has never looked so deep and stacked with podium potential. With the Gore cancellations the JN qualification route has changed. Be sure you read <a href="http://nyssranordic.org/u16/">here</a> to know what is going on. Again, HURT coaches will have your back for fast boards so if you are a junior looking for support, reach out to us. <br />
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<b>Saturday, January 20th </b>we are hosting the fan-favorite MEGA-RELAY at Garnet Hill. Garnet Hill has never been better and new ownership has the place vying for the top destination in the region for great skiing. If you haven't been there recently, shame. on. you. Make up for it by spending a day at the Mega-Relay. It is also the race with the race with killer prize packs that will feature <b>Barkeater Chocolate</b> and Nut butters from <b>Vermont Peanut Butter Co. </b>As well as adult-gatorades, snacks, desserts, ski items and gift certificates. <br />
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The HURT Laydz have yet to lose, or be challenged in the Women's division. Will this be the year?</div>
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Saturday, <b>January 27th</b> come on back to Garnet Hill. <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Barkeater Chocolates</b> and HURT Nordic are bringing you the Garnet Hill Pursuit Race. Join us on January 27th for a continuous pursuit nordic ski race. The race will be a mass start race beginning with a 4.5K Classic loop followed by a 4.5K freestyle loop. The race will begin at 9:30 from the Ski Lodge. Following the conclusion of the race we there will be a 2.5K Bill Koch Youth Ski League Race. Plan to stay all afternoon for some great skiing and fine refreshments in the Garnet Hill Lodge. Garnet Hill Lodge will provide a host of prizes for race participants and great food items as well.</span></span><br />
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A 3k Try-it citizens open race is FREE with purchase of a day pass or your season pass. Competitors will Walk away with great prizes from Barkeater Chocolates in North Creek as well as other great prizes from the companies that sponsor and support HURT. </span></span><div>
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H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-74427665767171152362017-11-24T07:55:00.001-05:002017-11-24T07:58:10.822-05:00Happy Waxing DayNow that you have finished your <i>Thursday Thanksgiving feast</i>, your 9pm <i>"just one more plate of stuffing" snack</i>, and your 2am <i>cry-in-shame-piece-of-pumpkin-pie</i> it is time to welcome in the start of the season. No, not the holiday season....the ski season.<br />
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The all-mighty powers-that-be at HURT Nation would like to formally dictate the day after Thanksgiving to be Waxing Day and thanks to some great developments in the New York Racing Scene the last few years your traditional waxing day festivities won't go unrewarded. Here is your official guide to Waxing Day...<br />
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<b>1) Gore is Ready. </b> They have got 1.5K of groomed corduroy and the Nordic Center is open. Coach Underwood and Coach Allison are hosting a Saturday/Sunday Thanksgiving camp for junior skiers looking to make that transition from rollerski to snow. And pass-holders and Masters skiers are welcome to ditch the bike trainer and running shoes in favor of their winter boards. So come on out!<br />
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<b>2) Lake Placid is Ready. </b>Thanks to the magic of the Van Ho garden hose there is now a majestic pile of white ready to be spread on a 1.5K loop at Van Ho. And you've got a waffle cabin. What's not to love? Take the drive and enjoy the start of winter.<br />
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<b>3) Ready for the Racing Season. </b>Maybe you have decided that tangling up at the Craftsbury Season opener on Nov. 25th isn't you thing...that is okay. December 8th, 9th and 10th is the start of our local race season and there is some great racing and spectating is to be had at the North Creek Nordic Fest. Saturday the 9th will feature a Classic 5K/10K and Sunday the 10th will have some citizen sprints. A fun way to kick off the racing season! Read more about it and find registration links here: <a href="http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/events.html">http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/events.html</a></div>
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First, turn on the Ruka Triple. Then, dig out your favorite pair of training skis. Find the scraper stuck at the bottom of your bike tool kit. Clean off last year's klister from it. Scrape off the storage wax. Iron on a combination of CH and turkey grease. And snap a photo. Make it of the ski prep. Or of your first ski. Gore, LP or whereever the heck in Canada you are.....doesn't matter. </div>
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Post your best #waxingday photo and tag @hurtnordic from Nov. 24th-26th and Directress JJPK will select her favorite photo and send you a prize-of-something. Not sure what yet....but the thing about HURT Nordic is that.....we give good prizes.</div>
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The planning for the winter season sure is in full steam and things are getting bigger and more exciting thanks to the great folks involved with all parts of HURT-nation. We have so many folk working hard to make opportunities for young and old in our ski community. So thank you all for that! To keep you all up to date, please take note of all of ALL OF THIS:</div>
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<b>1) Brookhaven trail run: </b>You can still show up and run on Saturday up at the Brookhaven Golf course and help raise money for nordic ski grooming in Greenfield. Thanks to Rachel and Chris Yarsevich for making this race and this dream happen. Registration opens at 8:30am. <a href="https://www.skireg.com/brookhaven-oktoberfest-trail-run">https://www.skireg.com/brookhaven-oktoberfest-trail-run</a></div>
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<b>2) Nov. 12th Rollerski Race - </b>The US Ski and Snowboard association is pumped about what HURT is doing in New York and they are interested in supporting what we do. They will be sending us some giveaways and prizes for our event! Come and be part of the scene. <a href="https://www.skireg.com/nys-rollerski-champs">https://www.skireg.com/nys-rollerski-champs</a></div>
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<b>3) Thanksgiving Camp - </b>Even though we are unable to run an junior overnight camp like we did last year, Coach Underwood and Coach Allison are stepping up to run an awesome Thanksgiving weekend at Gore Ski Bowl! Be on snow on November 25 and 26th! The $110.00 includes a season pass to the Ski Bowl. Registration and full mini-camp schedule can be found here: <a href="http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/events.html">http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/events.html</a> Thanks Bob and Paul! </div>
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H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-73046198174038451792017-10-08T22:01:00.001-04:002017-10-08T22:01:06.776-04:00Not your grammy's race season...So...You know those whap-sticks that you have been using in order to shock your neighbors, cause traffic disruptions, and fantasize about coming winter glory?<br />
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1) Yes...you had the <a href="http://www.nysef.org/nysef-climb-to-the-castle-results/">Climb to the Castle </a>(you missed this....sorry)</div>
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4) <span style="font-family: inherit;">Our frienimies at <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">GHN-ADK Vauhti are holding a roller ski race! <b>October 29th</b> It is the </span><span style="background-color: white;">first annual GHN-ADK rollerski race. They have secured the car-free bike path between Rotterdam and Schenectady for 3 nice safe race distances. Check out the details here: </span></span><a href="https://www.skireg.com/ghnadkroll">https://www.skireg.com/ghnadkroll</a></div>
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Some of our juniors living the nordic lifestyle were given a chance confront themselves and ask these questions. Why are we here? What goals are we after? Why are we committed to this? Why do set our sights on a moving target of "personal betterment"? <br />
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And less-existentially, we focused on how can <i>this session, </i>and <i>this activity, </i>and how this <i>moment can </i>improve us as a skier. It is a way to create purpose in the coming dog-days of summer.<br />
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It was an amazing week as HURT camp stormed into its 7th rendition. The largest skier attendance at camp was greeted with the largest guest attendance from our homies up at Mansfield Nordic Club. and the weather didn't disappoint...HURT=hot. And the depth of junior talent, grit, competitiveness, and drive dwarfed all previous years. The words of Coach Tomb never rang more true..."<i>it was awesome</i>." Our few pics fall short of describing it all, but here is your internet glimpse of the week that was:<br />
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Coach Kate rips the agility course</div>
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As always....it couldn't be done without the great support from <b>Stewart's Shops, Price Chopper, Rudy Project, The Sportspage Ski Shop</b>, and the great nordic coaches in Section 2 who are willing to contribute their time, energy and passion to help make the week great. </div>
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<br />H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-75847261001835759532017-05-25T21:14:00.001-04:002017-05-25T21:14:17.357-04:00Ready, Set, Go!<div style="color: #222222; font-size: small;">
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1) <b>HURT CAMP: </b> Our signature junior ski camp is slated for <i>July 15-20th</i> at Camp Meadowbrook in Queensbury. Spots are filling up so if you are junior...sign up! You can find our registration packet here: <a href="http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/events.html">http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/events.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">2) <b>NYSSRA Membership </b>for 2017-18 is now available. If you plan on joining us for any of our training opportunities you should renew your membership now. Here is the link to registration: <a href="https://www.skireg.com/nyssra-nordic-membership-18">https://www.skireg.com/nyssra-nordic-membership-18</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3) <b>HURT Membership packages: </b> You can purchase annual membership online. No more slipping $5 bills to me at winter races. You can also purchase one of our three training packages. Bronze level, Silver level and Gold Level membership all can provide you with a host of training opportunities to improve your fitness and skiing. You can also make a donation to support our junior programming. Package details are found here: <a href="http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/membership-levels.html">http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/membership-levels.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">4) <b>New Suits:</b> We will be upgrading from Mt. Borah for 2018 and the quality and fit are superb. If you are interested in a suit, we will be placing the order on<b> August 1st.</b> Send an email to hurtnordic@gmail.com if you want to order.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">5) <b>Team Training: </b>Coach Brian Halligan will be leading team training over the summer. Tuesday nights will be "open" practices for any HURT skier. Thursdays will be rollerski practice for those athletes who are seeking technique coaching at the "Silver" or "Gold" level. <span style="color: black;">Practice will be held at 6:00pm at SPAC. Please see the team schedule for all details: </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/schedule.html">http://www.hurtnordicskiing.com/schedule.html</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">6</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">)</span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> SAVE THE DATE: </b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The newest venue in Saratoga County...Brookhaven Golf Course....is working hard to be a nordic destination in our area. They get snow and keep snow when others don't...and is a really fun place to ski. Chris Y is hosting the Brookhaven OKTOBERFEST TRAIL RUN. You should come and bring a friend. If we all show up and bring someone we know then Brookhaven will be able to buy the grooming equipment they need! Register here today and plan on a great time! <a href="https://www.skireg.com/brookhaven-oktoberfest-trail-run">https://www.skireg.com/brookhaven-oktoberfest-trail-run</a></span></div>
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H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-32866107004125891732017-03-19T19:40:00.002-04:002017-03-19T20:39:58.429-04:00Ain't over 'till it's over The post-Stella skiing has been the some of the sweetest of the whole year. The combination of fresh snow, comfortable temps, blue skis and longer days has everyone remembering why we love this sport so much. <br />
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We are bringing back the famed Easter Scramble! It is our signature Spring event and the weather hasn't giving us a chance to hold it since 2013. And this year we are partnering with the great folks at <b>BARKEATER CHOCOLATES </b>and <b>VERMONT PEANUT BUTTER </b>to make this a near perfect combination for a day of nordic skiing. Skiing. Chocolate. Peanut Butter. You can't beat that combo with a stick.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Event will begin Saturday, March 25th <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">11:00am. It will start with a <b>2.5K scramble</b> for kids on an easy loop at the Ski Bowl. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">At 11:30 we will hold a <b>5K mass start</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"> </span><u style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">FISHSCALE ONLY</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"> race and finally at </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">12:30 we will hold a <b>10K mass start </b>freestyle race for the skate skiers. This is the most fun event you'll have on skis and is guaranteed to have the most interesting results sheet you've ever seen. Time deductions abound and this could be your day to stand atop the podium..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">-Deductions will be made for every Spring/Easter themed clothing item (ie. bonnets, "Sunday best", white gloves, Easter-bunny-themed-garb, you wear on your body subtract 10 seconds off your race time. “Easter themed items” will be determined by the event officials. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">-For every "Easter themed" stuff animal (accepted items are bunnies, ducklings, and lambs) you ski with duct taped (or attached in some other way) to your body you will receive 10 seconds off your race time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">-For every dollar you donate to the HURT nordic junior race development fun you can subtract an equal number of seconds off your race time. Donations must be made at registration prior to the start of the race. </span></div>
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<b><a href="https://www.skireg.com/hurt-nordics-easter-egg-scramble">Online registration is open now </a></b>which has more event details. Please sign up online so we are prepared with enough prizes and eggs. As we mentioned before, <b>BARKEATER CHOCOLATES</b> is partnering with us and they are offering a chocolate egg decorating activity for kids 6-12 and there wonderful shop is located only 1 mile from the Ski Bowl. This is the perfect activity for you and the kids after skiing! AND they are giving our ski community a great discount on attending!!! Simply <a href="https://barkeaterchocolates.com/product/chocolate-easter-egg-decorating-session/?v=7516fd43adaa"><b>register here</b></a> with Barkeater chocolates to attend and use the coupon code <b>Easternordic2017. </b>Each session is for 6 kids but they will add more sessions if interest demands it.</div>
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Big prize packages await the winner of <b>HOPPER'S CHALLENGE. </b>To win Hopper's Challenge you have to sign up for both the 5K fishscale race and the 10K skate. Your combined time will be added together to get the fastest bunny of the day. The mens and womens podium winners will get a big prize pack from <b>Barkeater Chocolate </b>and <b>Vermont Peanut Butter Company </b>as well as some other ski related prizes. </div>
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This truly is the best event of Spring skiing in New York and you will leave smiling, full and tired from laughing. Hope to see you there.</div>
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Photos from 2013 Easter Scramble...</div>
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H.U.R.T nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256638072512372356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291766318589479705.post-8786934142735063682017-03-07T19:09:00.002-05:002017-03-07T19:09:29.301-05:00What's an MVP?The 2017 NYSSRA Club Championship Series wrapped this past weekend. After a <a href="http://nyssranordic.org/results/">full season </a>of club racing, once again the pressure was on for the championship relay on Sunday. At first look it seemed HURT would run away with the points series... however, the clouds of doubt came quickly rolling in before the weekend when it looked like HURT might struggle in a big way to fill the race ranks. <br />
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Most of HURT juniors were making final preparations for their week of racing at Junior Nationals and important and reliable sections of the HURT masters men team found the weekend incompatible with...life. The HURT directresses were truly wondering if a HURT victory was in the cards. And even the talking heads at HRT newsroom were wondering would HURT have an MVP for the weekend? Would someone unexpected glide in to save the day?<br />
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It made us all at the news desk ask...what truly is an MVP?<br />
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Would team Sweden call Stina Nilsson their MVP? She is currently the most reliable Swedish podium winner and shows up week in and week out of the world cup season. <br />
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Or would the Swedish MVP be "big show" Kalla who shows up at World Championships just to grab the big hardware? hmmmmm.....</div>
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It is often not cut and dry. It is very debatable. A lot goes into being the most valuable player for a team. (Unless of course you are Leigh Kentis<span style="font-family: inherit;">h <span style="background-color: white; color: #232323;">who was clearly winner of this season’s Intersport De Grandi MVP Award. I mean, he smashed 828 runs which was a mere 72 off Jack Sing’s legendary record for the most runs in a home-and-away season in 1948-49! duh!) So yeah. yeah. Not always cut and dry.</span></span></div>
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While the science is a bit sketchy, the HURT Nordic Directress has official tweetogrammed* that the old-school interval start, 15K, classic technique, HURTathon is directly responsible for bringing this region a week of the type of consistent cold weather and deep snowfalls associated with winters of yesteryears. According to her spokesperson, any denial of correlation should be viewed as a use of alternative science.<br />
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On Sunday, organizers set aside the modern trend for nordic-mass-start-sprint-race-freestyle-fast-and-furious-made-for-TV-racing in favor of a solo start 15K classic race. It was glide-and-stride on mountainous terrain in dense fat-falling snowflakes...the kind of skiing that got Sven Utterstrom up the morning. <br />
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The snows came, kick wax was perfect and 36 mighty nordies braved the tough climbs and the winter weather travel advisory to race for glory, guts and.....mountains of prizes.<br />
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Thanks to <b>Polar, Vermont Peanut Butter Co, The Sportspage, Mt. Borah, Downhill Threads, The Barking Spider Pub, Basil and Wicks, The Lodge at Gore Mountain, Garnet Hill Ski Center, Kick Zone Media, Izzy's Deli, and Swix, </b>racers were treated to great prize packages and raffle items. It made for a fun day of skiing and winning for everyone on course. Conditions were marvelous and the Gore staff made sure the place was primed for a great nordic skiing. <br />
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