Old Duluth East Nordic

I hope all of you are having a wonderful winter break with lots of time with your family and friends and the ski trails. Note: Please check the team hot line at 728-3434 everyday for important messages. What's happing on the East Nordic Ski Team. Monday Dec. 29. For those going to Telemark, Cars will leave the East parking lot at 8:30 a.m. The trip to Telemark will be lots of fun. For everyone else, Dave Isreal, the father of one of our skiers, will be holding technique training at 1:30 at Snowflake. It will be on classic technique but bring your skate skis if it isn't possible to classic. Workout: B - 60 min CP, G - 45 min CP, R - 30 min CP Tuesday, Dec. 30 Workout on your own. Workout: B - 90 min CP, G - 60 min CP, R - 45 min CP Wednesday Dec. 31 New Year's Eve. Dave Isreal will be holding technique training at 1:30 at Snowflake. It will be on classic technique but bring your skate skis if it isn't possible to classic. Workout: B - 60 min CP, G - 45 min CP, R - 30 min CP Thursday, Jan. 1 Workout on your own. Workout: B - 90 min CP, G - 60 min CP, R - 45 min CP Friday, Jan. 2 Team practice at 10:00 at Snowflake. We will wax skis for those who want to after practice. Saturday, Jan 3 ELY TIMBERWOLF RELAYS The bus will leave the East parking lot at 7:00 a.m. ELY TIMBERWOLF RELAYS Saturday January 3, 2004 Hidden Valley Nordic Ski Area Coaches Meeting 10:15, Varsity/JV Boys 11:00 Varsity/JV Girls 11:45 JRH Boys/Girls 12:30 Awards 1:30 We are going to try to keep this schedule. Some of the relays will overlap. Varsity Format: Relay Dualthalon Pursuit Teams of two skiers, skier A and skier B. Each skier will ski one classic leg of the race, and one freestyle leg of the race. Skier A will ski the 1st and 3rd leg of the race, skier B will ski the 2nd and 4th leg of the race. Each skier will change into their freestyle equipment while their teammate is on the course. The race is continuous. 1st and 2nd leg of the race are classical, 3.2km 3rd and 4th leg of the race are freestyle. 3.2km Junior Varsity: 4 x 3.2 relays, four skiers per team 1st and 2nd leg of the race are classical, 3.2km 3rd and 4th leg of the race are freestyle. 3.2km Junior High: 4 x 2.9km relays, four skiers per team 1st and 2nd leg of the race are classical, 2.9km 3rd and 4th leg of the race are freestyle. 2.9km For the week of January 5 we will have practice at 4:15 at Snowflake. Friday Jan. 9 we will have a short meeting and team dinner after practice. Cost $4 Saturday, Jan. 10 Mesabi Invite. This is one of two races we can enter a limited number of skiers. We will be taking the top 10 boys and top 10 girls. That's all for now. Think snow! -- Bonnie & Dave Duluth East Nordic Ski Coaches e-mail: tagalong@computerpro.com Phone: 724-2775

Lets go to Telemark! Trip roster: Room 1 (Coaches) Dave Kask Bonnie Fuller-Kask Room 2 Cam Mitchell Gus Downs Josh Schuder Jason Kask Room 3 Jake Boyce Even Kuross Chris Lund Ted LaFrance Room 4 Max Jeronimus Tommy Spehar Chris Choquette Karis Jones Room 5 Megan Miller Caroline Lund Stephanie LaFrance Bria Kask Room 6 Katie Tholke Sarah O'Connor Amy O'Connor TRIP DATES: Monday, December 29 - Meet at East High School 8:30 a.m. Wear ski clothes and bring a bag lunch. We will ski before room check-in at 3:00 p.m. Drivers we have to Telemark: Dave, Bonnie, Karen Schuder, Robin Downs, Cathy Miller Wednesday, December 31 - Check out of rooms in the morning and go skiing. We can change in the locker rooms. Leave Telemark at 2:00 and arrive at East High at about 3:30 - check the phone line for exact time. 728-3434 . We need at least 2 additional parent drivers to bring skiers home from Telemark. Please send me an e-mail or call me at 724.2775 if you can drive. Or else we will have to draw straws to see who gets to stay at Telemark! Drivers for the way home so far: Dave, Bonnie, Karen Schuder FOOD: One dinner will be provided Tuesday evening. Our suggestion for other meals - Bring one cooler per room and stuff to eat for breakfast and lunch (cereal, bagels, yogurt, milk, juice, sandwich meat, bread, peanut butter, jelly, fruit, snacks etc.) Talk to your roommates and make a meal plan. There is a dinning room, we suggest you bring money to eat dinner in the restaurant each evening. They serve full dinners, hamburgers, pizza etc. CLOTHING: Bring at least two complete changes of ski clothing. Plan on COLD WEATHER. We will be skiing at least twice a day. Bring a bathing suit - there is a great pool and whirlpool. Bring warm clothes if you want to buy a ticket and use the tubing hill in the evening. EMERGENCIES: Telemark's phone number is 877-798-4718 or 715-798-3999 MONEY: Bring enough money for dinners and other meals. Not much else to spend money on unless you want to go tubing. I'm looking forward to a great trip. Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays -- Dave Kask & Bonnie Fuller-Kask Duluth East Nordic Ski Coaches e-mail: tagalong@computerpro.com Phone: 724-2775

Hello Skiers! First, I would like to congratulate all who skied the Duluth East Invitational Relay Saturday. Everyone skied very well and we had very good results. Second, I would like to thank all the parents that helped with the race on Saturday. Without the registration workers, timer button pushers, number writers, course resetter uppers, bus parkers, bib takers, course directors, skier helper, runners, ... well you get the picture ...It takes a lot of parents to put on a race. I thank you all! We, yes that is all of you, managed to pull off a race of about 250 skiers with no glitches. Now for what is happening. The next race is Ely on Saturday, January 3. It will be a 4 x 3.2 km relay race. The first two legs classic and the last two legs skate. For JV and Jr High each skier will ski one leg. For Varsity each skier will ski a classic and a skate leg. So sign up by Friday December 26 at Snowflake or send us an e-mail. We need to know if you want to ski classic or skate and if you want to be in the Jr. High division. Today, Monday Dec. 22 Practice 4:15 at Snowflake. It is another Mentor Monday. Get your mentor groups together and have a wonderful ski. Workout: Black (B) 60 min CP, Gray (G) 45 min CP, Red (R) 25 min CP Tuesday, Dec 23 Practice 4:15 at Snowflake. Workout: B 90 min with 6 x 5 min at level 3, G 60 min with 4 x 5 min at level 3, R 45 min with 2 x 5 min at level 3 Wednesday, Dec 24 Practice 10:00 a.m. at Snowflake. We will work on technique - check the phone line for skate or classic Workout: B 60 min CP, G 45 min CP, R 25 min CP Thursday, Dec. 25 Merry Christmas Go have lots of fun with your family and friends and if you end up on the ski trails it can't get much better than that. Friday, Dec. 26 Practice on your own. Workout: B 90 min with 3 x 4 x 15 sec hill sprints, G 60 min with 2 x 3 x 15 sec hill sprints, R 45 min with 3 x 15 sec hill sprints. Remember have 5 min of CP skiing between sprints. Saturday, Dec 27 Practice on your own. Workout: B 60 min CP, G Off, R Off Sunday, Dec 28 Practice on your own. Workout: B 75 min CP, G 45 Min CP, R Off Monday, Dec 29 Leave for Telemark Practice on your own. Workout B 30 min CP, G 30 min CP, R 20 min CP Tuesday, Dec. 30 Practice on your own. Workout B 60 min CP, G 40 min CP, R 35 min CP Wednesday, Dec 31 Practice on your own. Workout B 30 min CP, G 30 min CP, R 20 min CP Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004 New Years Day Practice on your own. Workout B 60 min CP, G 40 min CP, R 35 min CP Friday, Jan 2 Practice at 10:00 a.m. at Snowflake Ski waxing for race after practice. Workout: B 30 min with 5 x 100 meter speeds, G 30 min with 5 x 100 meter speeds, R 25 min with 5 x 100 meter speeds Saturday, Jan 3 Race at Ely. Bus leaves East High School at 7:00 a.m. Races start at 11:00 Bring a lunch and we will ski after the races and stop in Ely for dinner. Remember to sign up for the ELY RACE by Friday, December 26! SEE ABOVE That's all for now. -- Bonnie & Dave Duluth East Nordic Ski Coaches