On like Donkey Kong!

Snow making has begun at Lake Placid ski jumps, the toll road has snow, feet of snow fell in the U.P, fast grass is found from the Green Mountains to Mt. Van Greene, and mid-season corduroy is rolled on the Tug.  All over HURT nation skiers are gearing up for the start of the race season and enjoying the early cold snap.  The December NYSSRA membership drive has HURT poised for some solid starting club points despite losing some solid masters points to the evil empire (Burt? in black?) but if you haven't wrangled your closest friend, fittest neighbor, or nearest stranger onto skis and into HURT green do it now before December 1st!  We love seeing your early season pics so when you get on snow post it up on the HURT book-o-faces.... or tweet it @hurtnordic #eastyellowstone.  Here are some of our early season favorites so far....

Mr. Mares is laughing at all us rollerskiers while he stands atop feet of Michigan white stuff.

Barb and Chris cruise the toll road!

 

MDH and Ed "Yeti" Luban enjoy a team ski on the early season white stuff

Directress #1 tests out her fastest boards on the first snow to land on the new trail system at "Mt. Van Greene".  Check out the great weight transfer!

Directress #2 hasn't found the skis yet but is wind-testing the most recent race suit technology. 

Chris Y. is keeping things rolling with Tuesday night workouts, OD skis are planned for the rest of November and with a little luck some team Thanksgiving weekend snow time is in the works.  Keep your eyes on our media empire and plan to join us!  For those at the far edges of HURT nation.....keep us posted on your season with pics and let us know when you are in town.  

Enjoy the start of the season!  Its on like DONKEY KONG!

November Training Days

Come join us for two OD rollerski workouts in November.  Both are starting from Chris' house at 9am.  We will aim for about 3 hrs of L2 skate skiing.  Mark your calendars!

Saturday November 1st 9am (the day before Sufferfest!)

Sunday November 16th 9am

Fall Time!

Fall time is a great time of year...temps get cooler, cider donuts are back and rollerski sessions get more frequent and more intense.  Winter is coming and you can feel it in your bones (along side the exhaustion, soreness and general fatigue that comes from sharing a bedroom with an infant....oh sorry....that's just me).  Fall training days are in full swing and the Directress(es) are encouraging (demanding...they are very demanding...) everyone to come out and get some good team skiing in.  Tuesday night training is still rolling with Chris, Owen, Tim and co. leading the way at SPAC and the interval sessions are starting to ramp up fitness.  We have been planning some wicked weekend training departing from the Yarsevich-Center-of-Excellence in Greenfield, NY.  The first session saw Patrick, Owen, Chris, DPK, Brian and Sean joined by HURT new-comer Eric Rogers for a 30+K roll on some of the best training roads NY has to offer. The next weekend training day will be Saturday, Spetember 27th and following it will be a fall-time-potluck-HURT-celebration for  all team friends and family.  Email Chris for potluck details and directions.  We really hope to see you there! (you don't have to wear a bright yellow shirt either.....it was purely coincidence.....I swear it).  We are working out the details for our October dates so stay tuned for details.

On Sunday, please consider coming down to Siena College to join in the NYSSRA Nordic planning meeting.  NYSSRA is looking for fresh faces and new ideas as we plan for the winter race season.  The general meeting is scheduled for 12:30 and should last only a couple hours.  HURT will again place a bid to host the NYSSRA Championship Weekend up in Lake Placid (which was a HUGE success last year) and will be looking to find ways to implement Jan Mares' great idea of adding 5K race options for adult skiers at some NYSSRA races.  (which the mothers of HURT LAYDZ have already committed to DOMINATING).  Remember....what happens in the fall pays off in the winter....just like training and racing.  When great planning happens in the fall, great events happen in the winter.  We would love for you to be part of the process so please check out the info at www.nyssranordic.org and try to make it if you can.  

September Training Update

The OD Rollerski originally scheduled for Sunday Sept 28th conflicts with the annual NYSSRA meeting!

Therefore, we will be holding the ski and potluck the day before, 9am Saturday September 27th.  We will start our ski at 9am from Chris' house and return around 11:45ish for a BBQ.

Please RSVP, so we can organize the lunch.

October Training Days

HURT Nordic will be holding another in our series of Over Distance (OD) Training on Saturday October 11th at 9am.  We will be doing some easy L1-L2 skate skiing, covering 40 KM (about 3 hrs), starting from Chris' house.

Join us and please RSVP.

September Training Days

HURT Nordic will be holding two OD training days this September.  Mark you calendars for September 7th and 27th.  We will be starting at 9am from Chris' new house, where there is crazy good roller skiing terrain (lots and lots of hills).  Email us if you need directions.

September 7th, 9am will be 2 hrs (~30km) of easy skate skiing.

DATE CHANGE: Now Saturday 9/27
September 27th, 9am will be 2.5 hrs (~35km)  of easy skate skiing.  Following this ski we will do a lunch potluck/BBQ at Chris'.  Please let us know if you are planning to attend and we can organize dishes to share.

A preview of some of the terrain.  Newly paved, little traffic, and this is not even the steep one!

Number 23

One of the great features of fasterskier.com is the athlete blogs. They are inspirational, instructional, and offer a cool window into the professional world of the sport we love.  Jessie Diggins posted a great piece on the importance and value of having a team both on and off the trails. This could not be truer.  As a way to thank the Chrzan, Mares and Hunecks for their generosity and time, along with thanking all the other wonderful people who make up the HURT family, I wanted to add a special number 23....


23) They will help you move.... and despite the change in miles, they will keep you close.


One of the great things about HURT is that we go from Syracuse, NY (and north of Syracuse) to now Manchester, VT, but we still have a way of keeping it close.  That is no little thing.  Small (and big) efforts and close friendships make this possible. Thanks to everyone for all you do to make this team great.

Thanks for helping the Directress PK and her Proxy move into their new home in Manchester! 

FOR THE FALL:  Keep an eye on the team calendar.  Chris and Tim will be leading team training on a new night (Tuesday) and there will be some Saturday/Sunday rollerskis planned and added very soon.  Those will happen through the fall. Chris' new house has access to TONS of beautiful training roads around Greenfield.  We will see you then!

Also....Keep an eye out for info on the annual SUFFERFEST rollerski race up Prospect Mountain. 

Oh....and P.S. Which one you punks stole our measuring spoons! Adam!!!!