[Alain Parent]

Hi everyone,
Fun week ahead for our last week before Christmas break.

Monday: Christmas scavenger hunt
Bust out your santa hat, jingtinglers, reindeer antlers and any other festive attire you can come up with because its time for fun at the annual TA Christmas scavenger hunt!!
It is skating. In addition to your festive outfit you need to warmup your singing voice because we will do the team sing off as always at the end. BRING A HEADLAMP!!

Thursday: Zone 2 trials to AWG
Classic race, ~1.5 km for minimidgets,
UPDATE 1:30pmThursday: As of now the race is a go. Temps at the weather stations at the Nordic Center at 1:30pm are -12 C average on the race course. It is very windy so we will limit the amount of time in the open. The mini midget course is almost all in the trees because it starts at the sawdust pile. DRESS WARM with mitts, hat, and a buff and maybe one extra layer on the top. Bring a parka for immediately after the race.

WAX:
Glide wax recommendation (in order of preference):
1) Swix LF4
2) Swix CH4
3) Start green
Scrape and brush the glide zones of the skis really well.

Kick wax:
Apply 3 layers of Rode Multigrade purple covered with 1 layer of Swix blue extra. We will adjust up at the site as necessary (see below).

Arrival time:
Mini-midgets are scheduled to start first at 6pm. Bib pickup is at 5:30pm at the team room . For TA skiers (2002-2003) I recommend skiing the course at 5pm sharp and then we will go back to the team room for 5:30pm so you can get your bib. In order to do that you need to be on the snow by the end of the flags by 4:45pm (usual meeting place) so you can test your kick wax and I will meet you there and we can adjust it if required. I will leave to ski the course and do a warmup at 5pm exactly. For Intro skiers you will warmup with Milaine and Alaric at 5:10pm.

For 2002 or 2003s, if you miss us at 5pm you can join Milaine’s group for a warmup at 5:10pm. There will likely not be time to ski the course if you do the 5:10 warmup especially if your wax needs adjusting. Also the start for the minimidgets is up by the sawdust pile on the Banff trail so please keep that in mind (ie. there will definitely not be enough time to ski the course after you get your bib). Everyone must be back at the team room by 5:30pm sharp to collect their bib because the kids need to ski to the start for 6pm.

Coming up: We will do one session on the last weekend of the Christmas break. (Jan.4) . We will go for a ski in Kananaskis on some fun trails. Check back for details after Christmas.

See you out there!

Rhonda

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