Subsequent a successful Haig Glacier camp, in July, we planned to return to the site in August. However, due to hot weather, the glacier was closed for the summer before we could go back. This was an unfortunate, but not unexpected turn of events, and we had considered what we would do if something like this were […]
Following the Kaslo Dryland camp, team Black Jack returned home for a couple of days. Training in Rossland consisted of (sleeping in our own beds!) a 3 hour plus run on the seven summits trail as well as a classic roller ski up to the Nancy Greene summit. As the Team made its way to […]
With all the exhausting hot weather, Team BlackJack spent a week at Kaslo with some great athletes from Canmore, Strathcona and Winsport. Cooler conditions gave us a great environment for working on hard training in Kaslo. Each training was really good with solid performance. This included running with new friends, hiking up Whitewater Canyon, roller […]
Team Black Jack kicked off the season with our annual on snow Spring Camp this past weekend. Thanks to Troy Hudson and the team at Sovereign Lake, we had 4 days of fantastic training. Despite a warm April and a diminishing snow pack, they managed to provide great tracks each day. With our Junior Racers taking […]
Thunder Bay was the destination for Nationals this year, so the coaches packed up the team van and went cross-country on the road while us athletes jumped on a plane a few days later. When we got to Thunder Bay the van had arrived and we went straight to the hotel. Lappe Nordic was in […]
As the Nationals in Thunder Bay draws near, team Black Jack headed to Kelowna for BC Championships. The 4.5 hour van ride over was uneventful other than the fact Remi and Scott decided to design an extreme waterslide (it includes a mall, a 1.5 hour hike, a 700 meter elevation drop, and the guarantee that […]
Following a two week hiatus from racing, the senior contingent of Team Black Jack flew across the country for the 2015 Eastern Canadian Championships. As usual, the Canadian Eastern Championships Organizing Committee did a wonderful job putting on a very well organized event at the Nakkertok ski trails in Cantley, QC despite three days of racing in a […]
Here we go! It’s been a long time since our last post so before you start reading go grab yourself a cup of tea, a blanket, and get comfortable, because this will be a long read. Picking up where we left off, brings us to the sprint day at trials. After a breakfast of champions […]
Team Black Jack is off to a strong start at the U23 World Championships Trials / NorAm in Duntroon, Ontario. Colin Ferrie lead the team with a 5th place finish in the Senior Men’s 30km skiathlon followed closely by David Palmer in 7th. In the U23 category, Colin and David ranked 3rd and 4th, putting themselves […]
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