Hi Team,

    Thanks to our musically talented team member Greg Merwin we now have a Team Song !!!  Download the link and enjoy, great job Greg and a big Thank-you !!!  I can see Greg now selling DVD’s out the back of his VW at the races next year !!! ( hey, wax revenue !!!! )

    The Team Training at Stoney Creek was a hit, we had an even dozen Team members attend. Great to see several new faces that were also introduced to rollerskiing for the VERY FIRST time and they did fantastic, not to mention names ( Brenda, Evon and Dan ) !!!  Three different brands of rollerski’s were on hand to demo, which was very beneficial. So much that two are in the process of purchasing a pair to help get a jump start on next ski season.

    We started of with some basic dryland skate movements on land and then moved to our rollerski’s with double pole, skate w/o poles and finer points of V1. The first timers looked liked veterans in a short time. We then did an easy instructional loop around the lake. The weather amazingly was in our favor with all the rain predicted.

    Off to Devans house for pizza, which by the way was some of the best pizza around !!!  Evidently I left quite an impression on Sam on the amount of slices I had consumed, I still think Larry K. had me by one piece ( evidently Larry thinks EVERYTHING is a race ) !!!  Linda also made a fantastic salad to go with the pizza, Thanks again Linda !!!

    After gorging ourselves Devan entertained us with the 2010 Birkebeiner video. In which we saw a short glimpse of our very own XCHQ Teammate Larry Timm in the 50K Classic Race, pretty cool !!!  Hard to miss our uniform in photo shots. Has anyone ever spotted our uniform in the Birkie advertisements in all the ski magazines, it’s happened believe it or not, twice. Mike Seaman can be seen wearing our Team Jersey from one of the ad’s a few years back and they caught my left arm, pole and drink belt from the 2009 race ( I guess they didn’t like how the rest of my body looked after 50K ) !!!  A well done video of the race, worthwhile purchasing, great for viewing technique of the elite skiers. Thanks Linda and Devan for being such gracious hosts !!!

    Hope to see you at our next session, now is the time if you ever had questions about ski training, rollerskiing etc. We welcome all abilities and take the time to work with you and answer your questions. So when the time comes for serious training you will be ready to go. Devan will be sending out an e-mail for our next training session, so stay tuned and hope to see some more new faces !!!

    Have a great Summer and train smart, Frank