This is week 23 of our yearly training plan. It is a Volume week. See you at practice. 

Saturday everyone will practice form 8-9:30, there will be no 10am practice. So we will have time to change and go to Gaetan Brosseau's Celebration of Life. Which is happening at the Meredith Center from 10-3pm. Gaetan passed away last week from a heart attacked. Everyone is encouraged to attend the ceremony as Gaetan was a long time Chelsea Nordiq board member, biathlon coordinator and huge supporter of biathlon in Chelsea and Quebec. 

It is time to get your cross Country Canada Racing license.  This license is very important for cross country skiers, in categories juvenile and up for both Quebec and Ontario athletes, biathletes you do not need this. This license allows you to collect CPL points, this is how athletes are ranked in Canada and it is connected to the Federation International de Ski (FIS) point list which is the international point list. Once you have your license and you have points on the list you can see how you rank with athletes in Canada and internationally. It is interesting and mandatory for your development as an athlete.

You get points based on how you finish in races that are provincially (Quebec Cup or Ontario Cup), Nationally (Easterns, Nationals) or FIS sanctioned (Craftsbury). 

More importantly if you have no points,  you will always start at the back of the pack as you are seeded in races depending on your CPL point ranking. CPL point is how different teams are selected (provincial teams, talent squad, junior national team, national team etc. 

For those that are doing only one Quebec cup race (Easterns) it would be fine to have a day license which is cheaper but it will mean that you do not collect points for next year.  

Follow this link to register online for your CCC race license and for those going to Craftsbury you will need to get a FIS license. http://www.cccski.com/Events/License-Applications.aspx

You will need the following information

Club Official: Maurice Samm (Head Coach)

Coach Name: Maurice Samm

My NCCP# is 1217212

My Coaching Level is Competition Development

Tuesday Oct 7th Senior Team   Activity: Classic roller ski, 20 min tempo ski girls 30 min boys Location: Relais Plein Air bring your heart rate monitors and watches Time: 4:45-6:15pm  Tuesday Oct 7th Junior Team  Activity: Classic Roller Ski, Double pole and Striding technique technique, 3 x 6mins intervals with 3min rest.  Location: P8 bring your heart rate monitor and watches Time: 6:30pm - 8pm  Thursday Oct 9th Senior Team Activity: Ski bounding, zone 4 bring running poles, 3 x 10min (12min for junior/open men) 5/6min rest  warm up run to bottom of trail 1 Location: NCC visitors centre, bring your heart rate monitors and watches Time: 4:45-6:15 Thursday Oct 9th Junior Team Activity: Strength Location: Biathlon Range Time: 6:30 to 8pm  Saturday Oct 11th All Activity: Skate Roller ski 2 x 4min legs, only 2 x 4min arms only 2 x 4min arms and legs Location: P8 Time: 8-9:30am Practice will end early so that we can get changed an go to Geatan Brosseau's Celebration of Life. Which is happening at the Meredith Center from 10-3pm. Everyone is encouraged to come as Geatan was  long time board member, biathlon coordinator and huge supporter of biathlon in Chelsea and Quebec.  Sunday Oct 12th All Activity: Classic roller skiing distance ski Location: IGA parking lot on St. Joseph see map for details  Time: 9am - 12noon  Monday Oct 13th Chelsea Challenge

Race Date and Time

Monday, October 13th, 2013 Chelsea Elementary School Event starts at 9:30 am Registration and bib pickup start at 8:00 am

Rates

In Advance Day of race Individual participant: $30.00 $50.00 Family rate: (4 or more from the same family) $100.00 $150.00 To register, please visit our Registration page. Online registration closes Saturday, October 11th at midnight, so be sure to register today!