[Sara Renner]

Hello Track Attack Parents,

Welcome to session number one of Track Attack. For Monday, Sept 12 and Thursday, Sept 15 sessions, we will be playing games. Please have your child dress according to the weather and wearing running shoes. Send the kids with drink belt of water or a bottle in a backpack. Please feed your child prior as we won’t be stopping for snacks.

Heads up. On September 19, there is a mandatory information session in Haig Room of the Bill Warren Training Center. A program information session will be held for parents from 5:30-6:00 pm. The kids will be brought in from the woods to join the parents at 6:00 pm for a “Creating an Upstander Culture” workshop. Attendance is mandatory. For more information on the Upstander Workshop: click here

Pods and meeting spots are below as well as an email that you should have received.

POD 1- Fall meeting spot Cross Country Stadium, east end stadium where the ice rink is in the winter
Eira Dent
Dahlia Simson
Sophia Curry
Cedar Aikman
Kara Mishra
Marin Paterson
Genevieve Kurek
Eli Kurek
Tas Burke
Maya Grandi
Elsie Barrand
Owain Rapcewicz
Ada Driedzic
Eli Jenkins
Birch Robins
Mattias Giannandrea
Connor Giannandrea
Fawn Karlos
Ewan Slater
Clara Mah
Mathys Bresee
Louis Ste-Croix
Beatrice Kirouac

POD 2: Fall meeting spot Cross Country Stadium, east end of flag row across from Trail Sports
Asher Esarte
Eva Burrell
Ayla Charchun
Stevie Heal
Maeve Purcell
Sequoia Heinrichs
Jude MacInstosh
Jackie Allen
Anya Holeczi
Tighe Preece
Linna Bouwmeester
Adelaide Downing
Connor Faupel
Alessandro Giannandrea
Gemma Pickard

POD 3- Fall meeting spot Cross Country Stadium: Bike bridge in middle of the stadium
Annika Jenkins
Elliot Chan
Gabi Grandi
Leonard Drolet
Isabelle Marie Werner
Chloe Beaulieu
Samuel Tessier
Leif Faerden
Jakob Varieur
Max Gmoser
Farren Martland
Olive Kirouac
Elizabeth Kain
William Reed

Hello Track Attack Parents,

We’d like to introduce ourselves and give you all a little more information on the Track Attack program that will be starting this coming Monday Sept 12 and running through until March 16, 2023.

The coaching team will be led by myself, Sara Renner. I grew up in the Canmore Nordic community, competed for Canada for many years and am a skier for life.

The main organizer, head of logistics, and communication of all good things will be Leslie Simson.
We also have a number of parent coaches and athletes helping this year. There will be 3 pods of approximately 20 kids. The fall sessions will depart form the Canmore Nordic Centre Cross Country Stadium and the winter sessions will depart from the Biathlon stadium. Each pod will have a specific meeting place. Sessions begin at 5:00 pm sharp and finish at 6:30pm. Please be on time for both drop off and pick up.

Fall Meeting places will be in the Cross Country Stadium
POD 1 Intro Track attack – East end stadium where the ice rink is in the winter
POD 2-East end of flag row across from Trail Sports
POD 3 – Bike bridge in middle of the stadium

Intro to Track Attacker (1st year) in the fall.
Mondays from Sept 12- October 17.
No sessions October 17 until November 17.
Monday/Thursday from November 17-March 16.

POD 2 and 3
Monday and Thursdays from Sept 12- March 16.

PLEASE check this page for meeting place for each session, as well as for other info that will be valuable for you and your child to know.

The main goal for all Track Attackers including the coaches and parents, is to maximize the enjoyment of cross-country skiing through a fun and focused learning environment with the emphasis on creating a culture of community. There are racing opportunities that are fun, foster community and improve skiing skills. It’s about fitness, fun and physical literacy.

For the fall dry-land sessions your child will need a good pair of running shoes (no skate or court shoes please), water bottle and carrier, as well as some warm clothes for when the sun goes down during training. More details about equipment will be presented on September 19 in which parents/guardians are required to attend.

Important dates
Monday, Sept 12: First session
Monday, September 19. Mandatory parent/athlete meeting
-5:30 pm: Program overview. parent attendance mandatory.
-6:00 pm: Right from the start. parent and athlete attendance required.
Thursday, October 6: Rollerskiing for POD 2 and 3. Boots and poles required. Rollerskis provided.
Saturday, October 15: Banff Day. Hike up Sulphur+swimming at Banff Center. Parents and siblings welcome.
Monday, October 17: Last fall session for POD 1
Friday, November 4 and Saturday, November 5: Canmore Nordic Ski Swap
Monday, November 7- First day of skiing for POD 2 and 3
Friday, November 11-Sunday, November 13: Lake Louise overnight camp for U2011
Thursday, November 17: POD 1 resume on snow
December 10 and 11: Alberta Cup Canmore
Feb 03 – Feb 05: Kimberely Races
Mar 04 – Mar 05 Alberta Youth Championship. U2011 and 2012
March 16: Last Track Attack

No sessions: Statutory Holidays, school breaks and the Monday after race weekends or camps. No sessions on October 10. November 10, 14, Dec 12, Dec 26, Dec 29, Jan 2, Jan 5, Feb 6, Feb 20, Feb 23, March 6

One last piece of information I’d like to ask you to share with your child. For this program to work well, and for us to keep all of our great coaches enthused and able to do their best, it’s very important to have a discussion with your child about listening and paying attention during training. It takes an incredible amount of energy and focus away from the group when one or two individuals are not listening or distracting others. Please take the time before the first training session to have this talk – Thanks!
Look forward to seeing you all soon!

High five!

Sara and Leslie

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