The 2015/2016-race season kicked off on December 2nd in Canmore Alberta. Both the junior and senior race teams were in attendance for the first Noram races of the season. Race Programs consisted of a classic interval start; skate mass start and classic sprint in Canmore and a skate sprint and interval start in Vernon. These […]
Black Jack Senior Team has just returned from a stunning two week altitude training camp at Nickel Plate Nordic. The early season tracks at Nickel Plate on November 13th were next to none. Big thanks to Murray Farbridge and Nickel Plate Nordic for the excellent work in getting top shape trails right from the get […]
I am very excited to share with you our training from the past three weeks. Everyone is now primed for the winter season after some great summer and fall training. It’s been a highlight being able to spend the majority of our training time on snow since mid October. Prior to our first real snow […]
On September 23rd 2015, the first cross-country running race of the season was held at Mt. Sentinel, where kids ages 10-18 raced on the trails at Slocan Pools. Our first cross-country race had only a few Black Jackers present, but they were soon joined at at the 2nd and 3rd races at L.V.R. by the […]
The final blog post of our 2015 #mammothmagic (Mammoth Lakes Altitude Camp) has arrived! This week is full of a lot of great adventures and maybe the best road trip I have ever been on, so lets get going. Picking up where Daniel left off in week two; it got pretty cold, and at the […]
Week two of are high altitude training camp in Mammoth Lakes California and all athletes taking part in the camp are here. Days consist of long training hours roller skiing, running and road biking. As well as many recovery hours, we have kept on top of taking training photos but we haven’t taken a ton […]
Following the Revelstoke camp some of the Black Jack members such as Remi, Chiaki, Michaela, Sophie and the track attackers headed over to Kimberley for the weekend. Unfortunately Bronwyn and Sage were unable to attend the camp this year. The camp started off with a two hour bike ride, most people road biked but a […]
So, Mammoth again. Last year we had a couple heavily worded posts with a few pictures on the side. But if there’s one thing for which Black Jack is arbitrarily known, it’s variety. This time around, due to excessive pumpkin recipes from an 8kg fiendish squash and working on flexibility, we don’t have time to […]
On September 16, 2015 the Junior Racers headed to Revelstoke, BC for a BC Ski Team/Development Squad camp. Michaela, Sage, Chiaki and Rémi had just finished a school camping trip near Nelson, BC, but there was no time to head all the way home as they sped towards their destination along with Daniel and the […]
Team Black Jack kicked off the cross-country running season this past weekend with our annual fun run and fundraiser, the Golden City Grind. Thanks to the hard work of John Snelgrove and Shelly Ackerman of the Alpine Grind Coffee House, and countless other volunteers the race was a huge success. This year 106 racers of […]
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