AB Cup 5/6 – Saturday January 21 and Sunday January 22

ENSC is hosting an AB Cup for the first time in 6 years. The event will be held at Goldbar Park on Saturday and Sunday (January 21 and 22). As such there will be NO formal training this coming weekend for any TA’s YD’s, YR’s or Adult/Masters. Please consider racing or volunteering

Click HERE for registration (on Zone4).

For those racing, ENSC will wax your skis for you if you get them to the Wax Team by Friday afternoon for the classic race, and by Saturday afternoon for the Sunday race. ENSC will be setting up a Club tent at Goldbar. Please let me (Ulf) know if you will be dropping off racing skis (for either race). 

Unfortunately I won’t be back to Edmonton until Friday morning so I won’t be able to accept any skis this week (at training or at home) until Friday at noon at the earliest. 

Coming UP… 

• AB Cup 5/6 – January 21-22 (Edmonton)
  • NO Formal Training this Saturday because of AB Cup 5
  • Consider racing or volunteering
• Westerns – Feb 3/4 (Kimberley, BC)
• Canadian Birkie – Feb 10-11 (Blackfoot Area)
• AB Cup 7/8 – February 17-18 (Red Deer)
• Cookie Race – February 24 (Peter Lougheed Park)
• National Championships – March 11 to 17 (Thunder Bay)

This Week…At a Glance

Monday – Zoom Strength w/Carl

Tuesday – AM Masters Group at SWC, PM All Groups at Goldbar for Snow Farming

Wednesday – Go medium length but go easy

Thursday – AM Masters Group at SWC, PM All Groups at Goldbar

Friday – Active Rest Day

Saturday – No Training – AB Cup 5 (Classic Mass Start)

Sunday – AB Cup 6 – Individual SK 

The Details:

Monday January 16: Online Strength

Zoom Strength W/Carl

• Please register w/Carl to participate
• Click HEREto contact Carl directly

Tuesday January 17:

• Who: Adult Masters Tuesday AM Group
• Where: SWC
• Time: 10:00 am to 11:30 am
• What: 
  • Warm-up Routines 
    • Coach directed training
  • Technique: Up to Your Coach

• Who: All Groups Tuesday PM groups
• Where: Goldbar Park
• Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm
• What: 
  • SNOW Farming for AB Cup races this weekend.
  • Bring toboggans or sleds to move snow
  • Bring snow floats and shovels
  • Two or three areas need a lot of “Love” and we need the help of all our registered members to make this event a success!!!
  • The areas will be shared with you later this week.

Wednesday January 18: Medium Day

On Your Own:

• Distance/Recovery Training Day
• Ski/Run/Ride 1.5 to 2 hrs at Z1 depending on your Training Plan and how the body feels!!! 
• RPE of 3-5

Thursday January 19:

• Who: Adult Masters Tuesday AM Group
• Where: SWC
• Time: 10:00 am to 11:30 am
• What: 
  • Warm-up Routines 
    • Coach directed training
  • Technique: Up to Your Coach

• Who: All Groups Tuesday PM groups – W/Carl
• Where: Goldbar Park
• Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm
• What: Drills, Spills, and Acrobatics (or Strength on Skis)
  • Warm Up: 20min: 10min Z1, 5min Mobility/Activation, 
  • Work out: 
    • Technique: Classic 
    • Bring:  Classic, headlamp

Friday January 20: Race activation day

• Pre-ski the course. Do basically your warm-up routine (hit all 5 training zones) and ski for approximately 45min to an hour in total
• Bring classic skis to ENSC tent for waxing if you want ENSC to wax your skis.

Saturday January 21:

• Where: Goldbar
  • AB Cup 5 Classic Mass Start
    • Technique: CLASSIC

Sunday January 22: 

• Where: Goldbar
  • AB Cup Skate Individual Start
  • Technique: Skate