Bjørn's Strength Session for J2's
Thu Nov 13, 10:58 AM
by Kristen Westesen
Bjørn has developed a strength session for the J2’s training on their own Tuesday and Thursday mornings. “Read More” for specifics, and check out the video demonstrating each exercise
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Thanksgiving Camp details . . .
Tue Nov 4, 09:38 AM
by Kristen Westesen
ATTENTION WEST CAMP PARTICIPANTS: FEES ARE DUE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH.
Our annual Fall training camp in West Yellowstone will be from November 22 to November 30 this year. We encourage J3 and older skiers to participate in this camp. This is a great opportunity for skiers of all abilities in these groups.
Please read more for details of the camp including cost breakdown.
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InterMountain Division license reminder
Mon Nov 3, 12:21 PM
by Kristen Westesen
To all J2 and older athletes . . .
An IMD license is required for all athletes who wish to earn points toward Junior Nationals at the IMD qualifiers. The license must be purchased before the first IMD qualifier which will be January 17 & 18 in Jackson, Wyoming. You can’t earn points if you don’t have a license.
IMD license cost is $20 per skier until January 7, 2009, and after January 7 the cost jumps to $40 per skier.
Please go to the “Forms/Publications” link of this website, download an application form, and send it in to Intermountain USSA – the address is listed on the form.
Please see your coach if you have questions.
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A message from Dragan about the transition period
Mon Nov 3, 09:55 AM
by Kristen Westesen
Hi all skiers and parents,
We just finished one big stage of our year round training. Some of you worked very hard, some hard but not consistently, and some of you did high school sports. Coaches provided best possible training that we could have. This coming week we will be able to see progress you made through lab testing and time trail for J1/OJ, and time trail for the J2 and younger. I expect good and motivational results.
We are entering transition period where we will have couple of goals to accomplish. Main goal would be for us to maintain fitness, skill, power and strength we gained so far. Another goal would be for us to make good transition from dry land training to on snow training. This is important period where we need to be passionate and consistent. Weather during this period is unpredictable, and that is going to dictate our training and workouts. If we get some snow early we will try to use that advantage, but still do enough dryland training. If we do not get early snow we will do training that will be optimal in those conditions. Here I would like to ask all of you for your cooperation. Racing season for older skiers will start at the end of this month. Coaches will do their best to prepare skiers for early season racing. We will do our best to accommodate best possible racing schedule for those who did regular training and those who did school sports. Number of races we do in November and December will depend of the readiness of skiers, techniques and distance preferences. J2 group will have their racing season start in December with some local races, and we are using those races as a preparation for the main race season in January, February, and March.
J3, J4, J5 will go through this process slowly through broad spectrum of activities, where they will improve basic and specific abilities appropriate to their age. Competition for this group is secondary goal. They will have lots of time to compete in their later development.
Dragan Danevski
BSF Nordic Program Director and Head Coach
Tel: 406 579 7874
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IMD licenses
Tue Jan 15, 11:12 AM
by Kristen Westesen
Many of you probably already found this, but Kristina Casey (IMD treasurer) has posted a list of the IMD licensed skiers on the Intermountain website. To see if your skier’s licensing has gone through, go to: intermointainxc.com/competitit1.htm and look for their name on the list. If you do not see the name, you must contact Kristina directly (her email is on the IMD website). Skiers must have an IMD license before they race in order for their points to count toward qualifying for Junior Nationals.
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US Nationals Update, skate race - Ben Westesen
Wed Jan 2, 08:26 PM
by Timothy M. Weston
Emotions ran on high today as one by one competitors left it all on the 5km (for women) or 10km (2 laps for men) course. The women started bright and early and were presented with cold, hard packed conditions which, along with Floyd’s genius waxing job, made for very fast skiing and fast skis for nearly everyone today. The women were faced with the challenge of a relatively short, fast paced one lap which resulted in ridiculously fast times for all. Everyone was forced into using the “bat outta hell” technique hammer out the course, fighting for every second. When reviewing the results one could observe that a mere two seconds could mean a drop of 10 places down the list. Despite the annonamous BSF skier’s comment “BSF has now gotten all our bad races out of the way….,” all our female competitors raced extremely well and were resulted with excellent results.
The men, who started between the hours of 1 and 3 in the afternoon, were faced with a completely different challenge. It had begun to snow towards the end of the womens’ race and had continued to dump for the remainder of the day and by the time most of our male competitors took off out of the starting gate, a good four inches had accumulated on the course. The wind had also picked up resulting in a brutal lapping and finishing stretch and poor visibility. The men all battled their way through two grueling laps in the ever-worsening conditions which turned the already challenging course into a pure “guts race.” All the men fought hard for every second today, tried their best, and despite could-be degrading comments made by Dragan, everyone left the venue in high spirits- for we had a national champion among us. Leif Zimmerman freakin’ Killed It. Today was tough for all, but it left everyone in good moods and excited to compete again on Thursday in the classic races. Stay tuned for more BSF updates.
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Ase Carlson Senior Nationals update - day 1, travel
Sun Dec 30, 10:10 PM
by Timothy M. Weston
Day One of Our Expedition to Historical Houghton
The epic confessions of a diva with the assistance of a celebrity guest.
December 29 marked the first day of BSF’s pilgrimage to Houghton, Michigan, the location of Senior Nationals 2008.
The day started out with an up meet at the bustling airport. Everyone arrived promptly at 7 with theexception of the celebrity duo, sisters Erikza and Natalia Flor, who entered followed by an entourage of paparazzi. The mellow scene at the airport was inevitably transformed into the typical Hollywood red carpet event. But what can one expect?
The only mishap of the morning occurred as Miss Heagney was inquired of an ID, which she was lacking. One frantic phone call later and her driver emerged just as the plane was departing. Thankfully Miss Heagney and Lander Karath, who misunderstanding the liquids policy had arrived toting four bottles of water and a full hygiene set, were escorted onto the
flying vehicle by a S.W.A.T team.
The plane ride was uneventful (Tanner was missing). Gretchen met a young friend whom she is in correspondence with.
A few hours later the BSF’ers were on the road in two beautiful vans adorned with fan mail and flowers. The drive was exciting as the scenery was breathtaking and the gas stations were to-die-for. A wonderful dinner of gourmet fast food at a series of hip locals, including Arby’s and Shapiro’s, in a wonderful Midwest
town, were a highlight. After this rejuvenating hiatus we were off again hitting the road, burning rubber and eaten’ dust. The atmosphere in the vans was bursting at the seam with a euphoric zeal. Some of the world-class athletes were reading, others knitting and yet more crying for their mothers. Dragan was at the
wheel.
In the mini van with the skis and baggage, Tim Weston and pregnant fiancé Kristina Trygstad-Saari, were discussing the upcoming wedding accommodations. Coincidentally the wedding will be held at the famous Bohemia Ski Resort in Houghton. As is customary, all of BSF is invited to the ceremony on April 7th.*
Entertainment in Dragan’s van was supplied, to the dismay of the “middle” girls, by talented divas and singer extraordinaires (names ommited for the sake of privacy).
Houghton greeted us after a long drive at 10 p.m. Everyone was tired and ready to hit the sacks, which we did.
Houghton is a beautiful place and we are fortunate to be able to grace it with our presence. There is a lot of snow too.
*Details fabricated by reporter.Ase Carlson Senior Nationals update – day 1, travel
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Katie Gill Senior Nationals update - day 2, training
Sun Dec 30, 10:00 PM
by Timothy M. Weston
Hello there parental units and fellow skiers,
This is the ski posse reporting live from beautiful downtown Houghton, Michigan. Today we woke up at approximately 8:45, and started the day with a short run and stretching. Believe me there is nothing like this historical town. Breakfast is quite enjoyable; it includes waffles, hard boiled eggs, and cereals. Yummy!! Today we also had the pleasure of skiing, both classic and skate. The tracts and trail were absolutely fabtabulous. It was a beautiful day, sunny with moderate temperatures. There is a wonderful small wax room that we delightfully share with 2 other ski teams, BSF being the dominate team and getting whatever we want, what a surprise. We also had the privilege of having a time trial (or high intensity work out, according to senor Dragon Danevski, whatever). It was hard but there is no doubt about it we are extremely ready.
After our fabulous work we wondered to the Econo Mart grocery store. There we binged on interesting foods, mostly food that do not inquire refrigeration or does not need a microwave, for we have one microwave and a small fridge in the room taken over by Casey, Erica, and Kate. We now own all the food need for a week. Lunch included lovely American meals of Fried chicken, mash potatoes and delightful macaroni and cheese, Lander Karath. Soon as we arrive home to our lovely Travelodge five star sweats, we were all locked in our individual rooms and forced to do homework. Because we are such diligent students we obeyed. Yes Mom and Dad I am studying, why not. Dinner consisted of various foods within our rooms that we had earlier bought. So in other words we were stranded and left to die by ourselves during supper time.
As I sit here writing this and watching Bourne Supremacy I would like to sum up, this is a total party and we are having a blast. Oohh and we are super psyched about our epic upcoming races. Thank you for reading our update and we will be in touch, but for now this is Katie Gill reporting live from beautiful Houghton, Michigan.
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Senior Nationals update 1
Sun Dec 30, 04:33 PM
by Timothy M. Weston
By now you’ve probably heard we made it here safe and sound (yesterday). The drive was a bit slower and longer than anticipated, but unhindered. I didn’t realize that the UP of Michigan is in the Eastern timezone, so we arrived an hour later than expected.
This morning we were at the venue, which was just swamped with athletes, coaches, and volunteers. The conditions are excellent — plenty of base, cool temperatures, and the sun was even shining! Who says the Mideast and Fareast aren’t nice places to visit?
I’ve got a couple of photos from today that I’ll try to get on this site later. We’re off to a coaches meeting for now.
Also, our plan is to have the athletes write some updates on here throughout the week, so stay tuned for those.
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Saturday Van to Bohart
Fri Dec 21, 06:11 PM
by Timothy M. Weston
I’ll drive my van to Bohart on Saturday morning.
The van departs the Swim Center parking lot at 0920, and will return after practice sometime around 1230 – 1300.
(Classic skiing)
See you tomorrow.
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photos from SoHo
Sat Dec 15, 10:57 PM
by Timothy M. Weston
photogallery now up:
Enjoy.
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J2 Training Dec 11-16
Mon Dec 10, 08:23 PM
by Timothy M. Weston
Below is the J2 training schedule for this week:
Tuesday AM: 30 minutes strength.
Tuesday PM: Bozeman Creek, skate intensity and technique.
Wednesday: Bozeman Creek, classic skiing.
Thursday AM: 30 minutes strength.
Thursday PM: Travel to Park City or skate skiing with intensity at Bozeman Creek.
Saturday: Junior race at Soldier Hollow or Spam Cup at West Yellowstone.
Sunday: Junior race at Soldier Hollow or classic skiing or running on your own.
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training for juniors Dec 11-16
Mon Dec 10, 07:13 PM
by Dragan Danevski
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IMD, USSA, FIS License Information
Wed Dec 5, 12:10 PM
by Timothy M. Weston
Every year, as race season approaches, the coaches field a lot of questions regarding licenses. This is a tricky subject, especially for athletes and families that are new to the program. It would be easiest to say don’t ask questions, buy all of the licenses, and FUHGEDDABOUTIT! To keep costs down, we only recommend certain licenses for certain athletes. The intent of this document is to describe the 3 types of licenses, what purpose each license serves, and which license(s) you need for the coming winter.
Hard copy available here.
Read on for details…
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More photos from Saturday
Sun Nov 25, 05:40 PM
by Timothy M. Weston
more pictures from Saturday
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Saturday photos, volume 2
Sun Nov 25, 05:35 PM
by Timothy M. Weston
photos from the junior races on Saturday, volume 2
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Saturday Race photos (SuperTour, Junior races)
Sun Nov 25, 05:34 PM
by Timothy M. Weston
photos from Saturday, volume 1
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Thanksgiving photos
Thu Nov 22, 12:43 PM
by Timothy M. Weston
Happy Thanksgiving!
It certainly is cold down here in the mornings, but that is nothing new. This morning we did an easy skate ski with plenty of technique work and some pickups. The kids have this afternoon off, and tomorrow are the first SuperTour sprint races of the season — a couple of athletes will race and the rest will have an opportunity to watch and learn from some of the fastest skiers in the country.
Photos within…
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"M" Time Trial Results and Records
Sat Sep 22, 02:12 PM
by Timothy M. Weston
Nice job to everybody in attendance this morning. Many people set new PR’s, and a few course records were set:
Ben Westesen, 13:34, new j1 boys record.
Tanner Wiegand, 13:35, new j2 boys record.
Neil Westesen, 17:45, new masters (men) record.
Groe Lunde, 20:21, new masters (women) record.
Full results and historical marks available here: M time trial.
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Sac Middle School Van
Mon Sep 3, 04:47 PM
by Timothy M. Weston
To the families with kids at Sac, here is my policy regarding pick-up:
Van departure from Sac Middle School happens at 3:35pm. Kids should meet along the sidewalk on the North side of the school (not the bus loop). I usually only stay in the lot long enough to get everyone loaded into the van, so please be on time.
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