RUDOLPH THE RED NOSE REINDEER LOPPET
IMPORTANT NOTE: Our loppet and the Alberta Winter Games Zone Trials Selection Race has been changed from classic technique, to, freestyle skate technique.
+ for more details, updates, changes to this loppet information, please check www.coachles.blogspot.com
+ this loppet is same-day, same-location, BUT, separate event from the Alberta Winter Games Selection Trial race for Zone 5 & Zone 6. For more information regarding the AWG selection trial race, contact: (Zone 6) Jonathon Alexandruk: jnalexandruk at gmail.com or (Zone 5) Laurie Hunt: laurieh at nait.ca.
WHERE? Strathcona Wilderness Centre.
WHO? Our Loppet is open to any cross country skier in Northern Alberta, Jackrabbits to Track Attackers to Youth to Juniors to Seniors to Masters...come one - come all!
REGISTRATION & ENTRY FEE: $5 in-person registration fee on Saturday morning between 11:00am-12noon. There are only 4 distance categories x 2.5, 5, 7.5 & 10kms and NO age categories; + PLUS you MUST sign a Cross Country Alberta Waiver to participate. + we are asking every family to bring a big pan or big container of home-made home-baked goodies to share at our Potluck Picnic Prizes.
WHEN? Saturday December 17th11:00-12:noon = Loppet In-person registration, Strathcona Wilderness Centre, Main Building.
Note: athletes who are racing in the AWG must register before 9:00am, so that we have time to help you to apply kick wax to your skis before 9:55am, so that can be at the start line on your skis with your waist water bottle and your wrist watch, ready to ski with Coach Les for the race trail orientation which starts at 10:00am sharp.
- 9:00-9:55am = kick wax application and testing kick...waxing assistance & support provided by Les for AWGs athletes.
- 10:00-10:30am = 2.5km loppet loop ski trail orientation led by Les & warm up on ski race course trail (for AWG skiers & loppet skiers)11:00am = AWGs Individual Starts
- 12:25pm = Loppet Safety Information Meeting and Self-Seeding (Les will direct Re-Seeding Order) in the Mass Start Stadium, or along the race trail in single file, fastest to slowest).
- 12:30pm = Mass Start for all distances of your choice: 2.5kms; 5kms; 7.5kms; 10kms
- 1:00pm = ski technique improvement clinics offered by Northern Nordic ski coaches.
- 1:30pm = Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Loppet Potluck Picnic Prizes, either at the in the Stadium Mass Start-Finish area if it is warm enough (SO Bring a Warm Coat along with you.
- 2:00pm = more ski technique improvement clinics offered by Norther Nordic ski coaches.
NOTE #1: this loppet will be same-day, same-location, BUT, separate event for the Zone 5 & Zone 6 Alberta Winter Games Selection Trial race. For more information regarding the AWG selection trial race, contact:Jonathon Alexandruk jnalexandruk@gmail.com or Laurie Hunt laurieh@nait.ca
NOTE #2: for more details, updates, changes to this loppet information, on Thursday December 15th, please check www.coachles.blogspot.com
HELP! We need a few more volunteers to help me organize this loppet, doing these jobs: in-person registration, bib distribution, paperwork for timing sheets, timing x 5 people with wrist watches & stop watches & clip boards & pencils, course marshalling, bib pick up at the finish line, pylon pick up after the loppet, potluck picnic prizes, etc.
IF you are willing to help me, please email me before 10:00pm Thursday December 15th:lesparsonsgreen@yahoo.ca to let me know what job you are willing to do. You MUST dress extremely warm for volunteering = huge winter parka & huge winter boots & huge winter hat & warm winter gloves & big clipboards & pencils & extra pencils & paper & stop watches & be ready to have FUN!
WHY? Our Loppet is offered as a race-simulation time-trial for athletes in our region to develop their race preparation routine & system. Our focus is on the "process" of race preparation and not on the "outcome" of loppet results.
WHAT? Our Loppet will be a Skate Technique Loppet, because we do not have enough snow for a classic ski track. This will be a bare-bones loppet, hosted by volunteers, who will provide: in-person registration, race bibs, hand-timing with stop-watches & clip boards, handwritten results, basic trail signage x 2.5km loop, no official results and no prizes for winners...just Potluck Picnic Prizes.
SKIS: This Loppet is a "rock ski" or "old ski" or "warm up ski" event. DO NOT bring your good or new race skis, because there is a realistic chance that rocks, stones or pebbles will cause scratch damage to the base of your good race skis. We will be skiing on a thin layer of snow, so our skis will be exposed to grass, leaves, roots, branches, twigs, canine carp, rocks, etc.Glide wax your skis with Swix CH 6 Blue -6 to -12 celsius glide wax to best glide over snow, frost, ice, branches, twigs, grass & leaves.
List of Things to Bring: rock skis or old skis or warm up skis; $10 exact-change cash-only for late entry fee if you have not pre-registered on www.zone4.ca before 10:00pm Thursday December 15th; a big pan or big container of home-made home-baked goodies for our Potluck Picnic Prizes, insulated waist water bottle belt, sunglasses, a wrist watch to schedule your warm up routine, chocolate milk recovery drink, healthy recovery lunch of proteins & carbohydrates, a couple of large thermoses & three extra mugs to share hot chocolate or hot soup with other skiers during the Potluck Picnic, training journal to record your race evaluation, a change of dry clothing for after the loppet.
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ALBERTA WINTER GAMES
Sandra Mueller, muellerc at shaw.ca, 780 998 9835, is the ENSC volunteer coordinating the club's participation in the Alberta Winter Games. Please contact her for more information.
Message from Sandra:
Please email me the athlete's name, year of birth & email address if they are born in the years - 1996, 1997 -juvenile; 1998,1999 - midget; 2000, 2001- mini-midget. Once I have this information, I will continue to email only the eligible athletes.
Our zone trial race will take place Dec 17, 2011 ( Rudolph Loppet & Alberta Winter Games Zone Selection Race at Chickakoo Lake – (site of 2012 Alberta Winter Games) for Edmonton region) more information on the race will follow. If for any reason the athlete cannot participate in our zone selection race on Dec 17th please let me know ASAP. We might be able to use the time trial results from the First Flakes Loppet on Nov. 26th.
In order to participate in the Alberta Winter Games Selection, I need a pre-registration form (403 Registration Form with Waiver) completed & returned to me along with a chq for registration fees for $40 made payable to CCA. The deadline for the form, waiver & chq is Dec. 17th, 2011 (prior to the zone selection race) Please also follow the Online Registration Instructions & register on the Alberta Winter Games Website. If you have any problems or questions just let me know.
When completing the events selection online, please select all 3 events (classic, sprint & relay) for the athletes particular category. The maximum team size for the AWG is 16 competitors (8 male/8 female) per zone based on the following allocations: Category, Age, Number Mini-Midget: 11 – 12 years of age – born in 2000 or 2001, 2 males, 2 females Midget : 13 – 14 years of age – born in 1998 or 1999, 3 males, 3 females Juvenile: 15 – 16 years of age – born in 1996 or 1997, 3 males, 3 females (see sports info package for details on fill policy & event specifics)
Note the AWG`s rules: 1) Require all athletes must be members of CCA through an affiliated club. 2) Each athlete must compete in the zone in which they make their permanent residence. However, there is allowance for the exception of athletes who live in one zone and are registered with a club from a different zone. These athletes may choose which zone they will try out in. They may try out in only ONE zone 3) Accommodation policy: all athletes must stay in Games accommodation throughout the Games. The Athletes Village is part of the fun. Here is the link to the sport information package for Cross Country Skiing: http://bit.ly/nMzwae
The page contains information regarding Age Groups, Zone Team Composition, the Fill Policy, Athlete Eligibility, Registration Fees & Deadline, as well as Event Information.
Thanks,Sandra Mueller
muellerc@shaw.ca
780 998 9835
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