[Alain Parent]

GREAT RACING TODAY EVERYONE. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW FAST EVERYONE WENT.

Tomorrow (Monday) is a classic race for the AB Cup races and a pursuit race for the NORAMS. Here are the race details:

WEATHER:
Min: -12
Max: -5
Should be about -10 at 9am and -8 at 11am

START TIME AND COURSES:
AB Cups:
9:00am: Midget boys, mass start 2 laps of 2.5km
9:03am: Midget girls, mass start 2 laps of 2.5km
9:10am: Juvenile boys, mass start 2 laps of 2.5km
9:13am: Juvenile girls and Junior girls, mass start 2 laps of 2.5km
9:20am: Junior boys, mass start 4 laps of 2.5km

AB Cup races are exactly the same course as today. The only exception is that there will not be any classic tracks into the 4 finish lanes.

NORAM:
10:00am course reopens for the NORAM athletes to train on
10:50am: course closed for the reminder of the day
11:00: Jr women pursuit, 2 X 2.5km Olympic + 2 X 2.5 Centennial
12:00: Jr men
1:30pm: Open women
2:30pm: Open men (same course as scheduled on Friday)

7 lane chevron at the start.

ARRIVAL TIME:
All AB Cup athletes should arrive the team room at 7:45am and be ready to ski at 7:55am. Bring some training skis if you have some (wax your own training skis with Rode Multigrade Purple).

Annika, Bronwyn and Phil should arrive 1h15 before your start.

AWARDS:
Award ceremony is following every race. Top 3 for AB Cups and top 6 for NORAMS.

NOTES:
For the pursuit races: make sure your equipment stays in the pits after you have changed to skating

And remember:
“Humankind is designed for exercise and not rest – hence the legs located below the torso. If designed for rest, we would at best have castors.”
Arthur Stewart

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