What a weekend!

First...THANK YOU to all the amazing volunteers who helped us put on two great races! As you know, many hands make light work and we had both covered on Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday we hosted our first USSS race of the season with 121 U16/19 competing in an Empire Cup GS on Why Not. Getting the trail ready to host is quite the massive undertaking. Why Not requires roughly 100 B-Nets (yes, 100!) in order to properly protect the athletes while they are racing. Despite G lift being down on Friday, we were able to get everything set up with a lift on a snowcat from the snowmaking team. We also had some key help from our grooming team who brought up a basket and help us shuttle nets to the lower part of the trail. It was truly an all-mountain effort with multiple departments involved to get the hill ready for racing. We had one final net project to button up on Saturday morning but everything was set and ready for the athletes to begin inspection at 8:30AM and start the race at 9:30AM. We hit both of those marks without any problem thanks to the help of the great coaching staff of WRF. The day went off without a hitch and we stayed on schedule throughout the day. WRF athletes represented us very well on both the girls and boys side of the race. Be sure to check out the results: GIRLS & BOYS. Big thanks to our race crew for working so hard to stay on schedule - they really do an amazing job! Thank you to our volunteer wrangler, Barry Smith, for organizing all of the gatekeepers and making sure they were properly in place on time so that the race could begin as scheduled. In addition to the USSS race, our U10 Kandahar program participated in a partner race with the Adaptive Sports Foundation. Our athletes were paired with an ASF athlete in a team race format on Warm Up that saw some amazing teamwork, competition, and an overall great experience for all involved!









On Sunday, it was time for 140 U14's to compete on Why Not in an Excelsior Cup GS. It was another great showing by our program with a very well run and efficient race. After a few minor bumps in the road first run, we found our groove and cruised through the day. Thank you again to the volunteers for helping throughout the day. It not only helps us run a great race, but it frees up the coaches to do what they do best; COACH! We had great showings again on both the girls and boys side of the race, be sure to check out results: GIRLS & BOYS.








Our younger athletes are prepping for the start of their competition season. The first Mini World Cup race is this coming Saturday! Athletes had the opportunity to learn about inspection and run a few gates in preparation for their first race of the season. We are still looking for a few extra helping hands on Saturday so please let us know if you will be here and would like to help. The U12 Kandahar program is also prepping for their first race of the season which will happen next weekend at Hunter. They will be on snow this weekend continuing their progression as they get ready for their first start of the season!

Again, thank you so much to all of the volunteers who came out this past weekend to brave the cold weather and support WRF.  For all athletes, there is nothing better than competing on your home hill (especially when it's Why Not!) and without the help of so many volunteers, hosting races would not be possible. Thank you, thank you, thank you! If you are still interested in volunteering, please CLICK HERE to find our race dates and register to volunteer. Let's keep the momentum going!

Let it snow!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

February Flyby!

Image
I know February is the shortest month, but it's hard to believe that we just flew through the final weekend of the month. It's seems that not long ago we were preparing for the first weekend of program with our coaches clinic. The remainder of Flex Week Training was incredible. We had a perfect surface for the high volume days we wanted to offer our athletes. The coaching staff saw great progress throughout the week with all of our athletes running double sessions. The U14/16/19 teams trained GS and SL each day while our U8/10/12 athletes worked on free skiing skills and drills in the morning, followed by an afternoon training session with a different style set each day. Our athletes have come so far under the guidance of the coaching staff. It was amazing watching the final Mini World Cup yesterday and seeing how much the athletes have progressed since our first MWC. This season we put an added focus on using the MWC as a learning environment not just for the athlet
Read more

Holiday training madness!

Image
Holiday training has commenced! The conditions are leaning slightly to the side of variable around the mountain but with some cold nights coming up for snowmaking, I think we will have some improved conditions when we return for training on the 26th! We had a great weekend with a large portion of our program on snow Saturday and Sunday. Monday saw our numbers thin a bit, but we were still a presence on the hill with groups continuing to work on their fundamental base. Warm Up has officially been dubbed "The Glacier," due to the perfect, (super) firm surface. The kids have been making laps either in training environments or working on free skiing drills and we are so grateful to have The Glacier exclusively for our program. When doing slow speed drills, it is so great to be in a safe and enclosed environment without the risk of collisions with the public. Riding with legendary, Franz Krickl! Perfection Sinead made an appearance on The Glacier!
Read more

TOUGHER! STRONGER! FITTER! FASTER!

Image
Welcome to the Windham Race Factory blog! We will be posting weekend recaps every Monday providing a rundown and pictures of WRF happenings throughout the season. To receive the blog notifications via email, click "SUBSCRIBE" at the top of the page. Here is our first entry… TOUGHER! STRONGER! FITTER! FASTER! The WRF Fall Weekend kicked off in style with an amazing opportunity for our athletes. Caroline Mutter was the catalyst to have Olympian Doug Lewis, founder of ELITEAM, come to Windham to run our athletes through a one-day dryland clinic. Doug has created a dryland camp/clinic empire and we were fortunate enough to have him at Windham to show us what it truly means to be, “Tougher! Stronger! Fitter! Faster!” Doug's passion for ski racing and working with young athletes is extremely evident in the way he runs the clinic. For those of you who were here to witness him work, I am sure you will agree that his energy is second to none! The athletes were put thr
Read more