Freshman girl's at Sugar Bowl

The results from last Friday were great! Truckee High's team placed first, followed by Sugar Bowl Academy  and North Tahoe. The Boys team came in third place, with Sugar Bowl Academy in second and North Tahoe in first. It was a great race to start out the season.

Waiting to teach a lesson

The following day, Saturday, our team volunteered to teach ski lessons for the REI winter trails day at Tahoe Donner Cross Country. There, they got skis, poles and boots to demo for free, as well as a place to ski for free. On top of that, they got free ski lessons from us.

Short lesson to help teach ski lessons better

They were then encouraged to give a $5 donation to the team, which goes towards paying for a ski trip in Utah. They went from not being able to put on their skis, poles and barely even able to keep on their feet to actually skiing back and forth around the meadow quite easily! It was a big success!

Many of my teammates also raced on Sunday for a Junior National Qualifying race. Although it was not a required race, many showed up to race, including me. Each individual did well. Results are posted.

Helping someone skate

Tomorrow, Friday the 18, we will have another race. This time it is at Aburn Ski Club and will be a 5km classic race. Hopefully we will have phenomenal results again! Results will be posted after the race has happened.

And on Monday, Martin Luther King Day, we are holding the annual Sierra Skogsloppet at Tahoe Donner Cross Country. It is a 15, 7.5 or 3km freestyle race with great prizes at the end. We are putting the race as a fundraiser for Truckee School's Nordic teams. We'll be there to cheer on the racers. Or, of course, race!

Race at Sugar Bowl

With hard training and tough athletes, our coach, John Halvorsen, believes that the team will do very well against the other teams this season. We all hope so, and we will be put to the test on Friday, as it's the first High School race of the season! Results will be posted at this link. They will be towards the bottom of the page labeled Sugar Bowl Freestyle.

As a team, Truckee High has been and will continue to train hard through the week and the rest of the weeks to come. Monday consisted of a long, easy ski, and Tuesday was intervals of varying lengths. Today, will be technical drills that will help us have better form. Thursday will be an easy ski with some short speeds to recover and work on speed. We will also wax. Then it is race day!