The Dinos UoC cross country ski team will start the week of September 15, 2014. Exact schedule will be posted in early September.
All UoC students who any any interest in getting in shape for xc skiing this winter in encouraged to join. The team mainly races local Alberta and BC loppets.
The majority of the practices will be running in the fall.
For more information contact Charles Curtis dinos@xcski.ca
From Cross Country Alberta:
Alberta College University Nordic Championships
Points – Points System will follow the Alberta Cup points system. 1St place in ACUNC gets 25 points, 2nd gets 22 points, 3rd gets 20 points, 4th gets 18 points, 5th 17 points, 6th 16 points etc. in both male and female categories. The aggregate winner in each category will be the person with the most points from 3 of the 4 races. An overall School ranking will take the top 3 males and top 3 females from each school from the aggregate totals (again 3 of the 4 races)
Races
#1 – Alberta Cup #3 Red Deer interval start Jan. 25th.
The distance for the Series will be 10km Freestyle (have to be entered in either jr men/women of sr men/women)
#2 – Canadian Birkie Feb. 8th
The distance will be the 31km Edmonton Journal for both the men and women to accumulate points towards the ACUNC
#3 – Ole Uffda, Camrose, Feb. 15th 16th
The distance on Feb 15th will be 15km classic for both men and women to accumulate points towards the ACUNC points
Additional Inter Collegiate Event – Camrose February 16, 2014
Sunday Feb. 16th will be a team relay for university and college teams. The format will be Team sprint freestyle. One male, one Female skier do 3 laps each of 1.25km tagging off between each lap. Schools can enter as many teams as they want. We will also have mixed teams …
#4 – Lake Louise Loppet March 2nd
The distance for men will be 20km classic to accumulate points towards the ACUNC. The distance for females will be 10km classic to accumulate points towards the ACUNC
Any university of Calgary student who wishes to race with the team needs to let the coach know what events you wish to participate in. Please contact me as soon as you can. I know things will change a little over time but I need to know rough numbers.
There is no funding from the university. All costs have to be covered by those attending the individual trip.
Charles Curtis
charles@xcski.ca
The University of Calgary Ski team is open to any student with an interest in cross country skiing. We train on Tuesday and Wednesdays in the fall. See training calendar.
The majority of the team is interested in racing the loppets within a couple hours drive. These are fun events for skiers of all abilities.
Please do not hesitate to join us or ask for more information.
Charles Curtis
Coach
charles@xcski.ca
The first team workout of the year will be Tuesday September 17th. Meet at the olympic oval main entrance at 5:00 pm for an easy run down to and along the Bow River.
All team workouts are posted on the training calendar section of this website.
All university students who have any interest in cross country ski racing are welcome to join the team. Many of the team members race the southern Alberta and BC loppets.
For information or questions contact Charles Curtis. charles@xcski.ca
Tuesday – Easy run from UoC oval at 5 pm.
Wednesday – Intensity skiing at COP at 5 pm.
Saturday – Long ski (optional intensity) at Lake Louise. Meet at Moraine Lake Rd at 10:00 am. We will meet at Moraine Lake rd but will likely ski other trials.
The original plan was to go to Canmore NOrdic, but with the biathlon race and limited trails the skiing would be less than ideal.
Charles
The conditions are very good (rock skiing) at Shaganappi golf course. There is approximately 6 km of trail packed for skating. To take advantage of this good skiing in Calgary intensity is moved to the Shaganappi golf course from NoseHill park.
See you there at 5:00 pm.
Charles
Tuesday – Easy run from UoC oval starting at 5:00 pm. We run down to the bow river and usually run towards downtown till the Crowchild pathway to the south side, we return on the south side of the bow to edworthy park, then back to the oval.
Wednesday – Intensity at Nosehill park. Meet at 5:00 pm to warm up.
Nov 7th – zone 4, 5 x 4 min (men) 4 x 4 min (women)
Nov 14th – zone 3, 3 x 10 min (men) 2 x 10 (women)
Nov 21st – zone 4, 5 x 4 min (men) 4 x 4 min (women)
Nov 28th – zone 4 + speed
Saturday – Skiing (all locations subject to the weather)
November 10 – Ski at Moraine Lake Rd, Lake Louise. Meet at 10:00 am for an easy, long ski.
November 17 – Ski at Moraine Lake Rd, Lake Louise. Meet at 10:00 am for an easy, long ski.
November 24 – Ski at Canmore Nordic (Hopefully not Frozen Thunder). I will plan a time trial for anyone racing the first Alberta Cup weekend. Meet in the lodge by 10:00 am.
November 17 and 18 I am planning a mini camp. I will be in lake louise all weekend and encourage everyone to come out at least one day. I will run team workouts Saturday am and pm as well as Sunday am and pm. If there is interest we will discuss getting hotel/hostel accommodations at practice.
Charles Curtis
This November 17 and 18 will be the fall on-snow training camp. I will be in Lake Louise all weekend. Team members are encourage to drive out to Lake Louise at least one day on the weekend. At practice over the next two weeks we discuss carpooling at interest in booking rooms (hotel or hostel).
Charles Curtis
The winter racing calendar is being developed. See updates on the “Racing Calendar”. The events that I will attend (support team athletes) will not be completed till mid to late December.
Charles
