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The Ripple Effect award is given to athletes whose actions have a positive effect on their coaches, teammates, perception of the team by the public or the University of Wyoming community Trevor for Ripple because he really set a precedent for Silas and I about how to approach our races, including warmup, cool down, changing base layers. Thanks for a great weekend! My ripple effect is ol Trev for drivin my skis around for me all the time! I’d like you give ripple effect to Ry, Trev, Ella, and Kat because they were fast to volunteer to drive people to the race when we didn’t have Clifford. I’d like to nominate Ella, Ben, and Bryan for the ripple effect for keeping cool heads and keeping each other warm when our stuff was stolen. * Coach will add to this group Kailee for using her smarts to find her phone and track down the car! I appreciated everyone staying for the last two rounds of the sprint! They could have driven their own cars back to Leadville, but instead they stood in the cold for another hour to watch.
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 Beautiful day for a ski race! Just a few more finals and we're ready for a brain break!
Since most of our skiers are college and/or high school we will be backing off on the active practice over the Holiday Break. We will post a general training schedule soon. Be sure to check the race schedule at: http://uwnordic.weebly.com/calendar.htm The Elite Team races are in Red and the Competitive Team Races are in Green. It's going to be a fun season but it will move fast! Here are the team practices for the week:
We'll be posting the training for the rest of break soon! The Ripple Effect award is given to athletes whose actions have a positive effect on their coaches, teammates, perception of the team by the public or the University of Wyoming community I’d like to give Emily and Em Ripple effect points, because on Saturday even though they didn’t do the team sprints they still came up and found a spot on the course to cheer everyone on. I am nominating Kailee for a Ripple award this week for her incredible patience and artistic skills when they were most needed. I would like to nominate Sloan for the Ripple Effect Award this week. Usually Mama Watson spends most of her evening washing dishes but Sloan was helping through the entire stack of dishes! All with a smile! Maddy & Kailee stepped up on Saturday when someone wanted to deliver a coach to the storage units. We needed someone to run out there in a hurry and they both jumped in! This is wonderful outreach to the UW Community because the person is in administration. Thank you!
 Happy Holidays! ARE YOU READY TO ROCK!!!!
Our first real race of the season is here!!!! This is also finals week for our college teammates so training will be a little different this week. If you are a college athlete be sure to do whatever it is that will help your brain be on FIRE for those exams! Practice is completely optional this week so do what you need. Some of you will need a break and some activity and some of you will need extra sleep. You do you! Be sure to check the race schedule at: http://uwnordic.weebly.com/calendar.htm The Elite Team races are in Red and the Competitive Team Races are in Green. It's going to be a fun season but it will move fast! Here are the team practices for the week:
DRAGON SLAYAGE IMMINENT! The Ripple Effect award is given to athletes whose actions have a positive effect on their coaches, teammates, perception of the team by the public or the University of Wyoming community I would like to nominate Ella, Maddy and Ryley for ripple effect this week. Ella was a fantastic group leader for the clinic and gave me some great pointers on my technique. Maddy and Ryley took time to work with me, and did a really good job helping me with technique and were very encouraging while doing it! I would like to nominate Sydney for the ripple award. Every time I see her at practice she makes me feel so welcome and accepts me for who I am. She also makes me laugh every time I see her. I love her sense of humor! I also have been so inspired by her dedication and hard work to get back to feeling good and skiing fast!
Wo0Hoo we have made it to the best part of the season! Racing!!!!!
Be sure to check the race schedule at: http://uwnordic.weebly.com/calendar.htm The Elite Team races are in Red and the Competitive Team Races are in Green. It's going to be a fun season but it will move fast! For our college athletes this is the last week before finals so although you are busy remember that the best way to mitigate stress is to get outside and ski! Sometimes all you need is a break from the metal stress. Here are the team practices for the week:
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Would you please respond to the issue of wearing hats to help maintain core temp and thus not jeopardize performance. Our middle school & high school girls are into looking good with brightly colored headbands that leave much of their hair & head exposed to the elements. Today at the JNQ Sprint races in Wausau we had pouring rain (it could have just as likely been heavy wet snow) coming down that was totally saturating their head/hair as well as their race suits. While coaches are concerned with the wax on their athlete's skis, it does not seem like they are as concerned with lessened performance due to inappropriate dress. I am not talking about sunny 30+ race days. I was always taught that if core temp was maintained or even increased - the extremities (legs/arms and the muscles in those legs and arms) would perform at a higher level than if the body was chilled and the blood was being shunted to the core. Is this old school thinking? I believe if an expert responds to this, I have a better chance of being listened to when I tell them to put a hat on! Frozen Coach Yes, the human body performs best when its core temp remains around 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius). Too cold (or too hot) and performance quickly drops. We lose heat through conduction, convection, radiation and evaporation. We constantly release heat in the form of radiation. Conduction occurs when our bodies give away heat to that other object that we are in contact with that has a lower temp, like snow or air particles. Convection occurs when we transfer het to air particle through motion i.e. "wind chill" Finally, when as we sweat, ( or get wet) we transfer heat through evaporation, as water on our skin transforms into a gas. Since our bodies naturally give away heat to colder, active particles, air particles in wind, and water particles (snow and rain) can accelerate that effect. To combat rapid cooling, we shiver to generating heat by exciting our muscles. In the cold many parts of the body blood vessels in our skin tissue constrict, or tighten up to keep blood away from the cold outer layer of the body and helps circulate warmer blood to our core areas. But this tightening is not good for peak performance and racing. Why a hat? Because areas around the head, neck, chest and groin don't constrict as effectively as the smaller ones near the skin and thus more even more susceptible to heat loss. Furthermore water is denser than air, so it absorbs more heat (up to 32 times more) than air. So when you are skiing in rain or snow you can get hypothermia quicker if the rain or snow is falling on your uncovered head and neck. That's why Nordic racing attire includes a hat and often neck gaiter. When your core temperature down to 95 degrees or below it is called hypothermia. When your re-warming reactions are not enough to overcome the cooling process, hypothermia can set in and skiing performance will decrease quickly. Mild Hypothermia includes shivering, goose bumps, difficulty with complex motor skills Moderate Hypothermia includes violent shivering, sluggish, speech problems, difficulty with fine motor skills. Severe Hypothermia includes rigid muscles, dazed, shivering has stopped, blue skin, erratic heart beat. So dress properly, starting with your first layers and finishing with a hat and neck gator to race better. Andy at SkiPost The Ripple Effect award is given to athletes whose actions have a positive effect on their coaches, teammates, perception of the team by the public or the University of Wyoming community Trevor was a great training partner while skiing, and helped me and the other freshman with all of our activities. I nominate Trevor for the ripple award because he did a great job of keeping the team together over camp and encouraging everyone after the time trial. Maddy was super fun and a great role model. She helped me with logistics and just made the camp awesome! I want to nominate Maddy and Rylie for stepping up as incredible leaders for the younger kids. From helping freshmen with lunches, to scraping the snow off Clifford, to taking charge of dinner, I am so impressed with the leaders both of them have become over the last year and it really showed this week! Derek helped make my week better he could tell I was feeling down and was there for me as a teammate and a friend which is what we all need! I want to nominate Derek. No matter what, he is always positive, hardworking, and eager to help in anyway he can. Ben & Derek were incredible and took time out of their afternoon to shovel snow for Dick & Evelyn! Coaches would like to nominate the everyone for such amazing teamwork! This is how great teams are born, as small laughter, support, and camaraderie!
Many Dragons will be slain this year!  Smiling after an amazing week of skiing! Yes that is Mt. Elbert in the background! Wow! What a magical Thanksgiving Camp! We simply couldn't have had better snow, training, laughter, team building, and racing! Well done everyone!
We are now in that time of year when the conditions are variable so please pay attention for changes or let us know if you want to join us for a workout! We will be doing a recovery week here so fewer hours but we will be doing some more speed to get ready for the first race! Here are the official practices for this week:
The Ripple Effect award is given to athletes whose actions have a positive effect on their coaches, teammates, perception of the team by the public or the University of Wyoming community Ben Noren, Trevor, Silas, and Derek. Ben has shared some sage advice with me about life, skiing, and women as well as made me feel at home. As for the other boys, they helped me at a time when I was at a low point. Trevor is my nomination this week, because he drove us to skiing, he hosted us last night, he helped me out a lot with all sorts of things this week, also he’s just great.
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