Date: Sunday, December 8, 2019 Place: Mt.Itasca, Coleraine Race Format: Mass Start (PPSS) Distance: All categories – 10k Novice race- 4k
Registration: 9:00 AM – 9:55 AM Zero: 10:00 AM – 10:30AM Race Start: 10:45 AM Mass Start 11:45 AM Novice safety instruction and practice 12:00 PM Start of Novice race
Hi Everyone- In Excel format attached please find the accumulated results for the camp testing. For those who have attended before, you should find comparable results under 2018 or 2017 by scrolling back . Many of the results are directly comparable—like the hill-climb and the time trial on roller skis. The summer race is not.
Also please find the results of the 10 + 10 contest for a brick of ammo. I think the outcome has probably been decided, but not too late to lay down an awesome test!!
As to the 1st part of the June camp—really good work, EVERYONE!! Now hope to see you tomorrow in Elk River—but in any case—keep up the training! Skiing and shooting are the key elements—and then putting them together in the races coming up! The first ER roller ski biathlon will be on Thursday, July 18th!! I would like to see most of you attend!
Enjoy the recovery day– Bill Meyer, Coach MNBiathlon
Between 19 and 22 athletes participated over the 5 days of camp at Mt Itasca. Accuracy, range procedure, combination training, games and a cross biathlon race on the shooting side; specific strength, distance work, agility on roller skis, video and an 11 km time trial on the ski side. Results will be posted in a few days.
Some awesome shooting!!! This is what a 502 point 30+30 shot test looks like!! Also a 176 point 10+10 on the middle targets alone!
Prepping for agility on skis
A lot of shooting drills!!
Prepping for agility on skis
Happy campers!!
In Excel format attached please find the cumulated results for the camp testing. For those who have attended before, you should find comparable results under 2018 or 2017 by scrolling back . Many of the results are directly comparable—like the hill climb and the time trial on roller skis. The summer race is not.
Also please find the results of the 10 + 10 contest for a brick of ammo. I think the outcome has probably been decided, but not too late to lay down an awesome test!!
As to the 1st part of the June camp—really good work, EVERYONE!! Now hope to see you tomorrow in Elk River—but in any case—keep up the training! Skiing and shooting are the key elements—and then putting them together in the races coming up! The first ER roller ski biathlon will be on Thursday, July 18th!! I would like to see most of you attend!
Enjoy the recovery day Bill Meyer, Coach MNBiathlon
The Elk River June Shooting Camp starts the 25th and goes through the 27th. This is in the middle of the week following the Mt Itasca camp which starts on the 19th through the 23rd. Ideally you would attend both camps. But as a minimum you should get to one of them!! At Mt Itasca we do a lot of testing—both physical and shooting to establish your personal baseline or to measure your improvements. At Elk River we will focus on ski technique, shooting skills, and range procedures on roller skis.
Coming up in July we will start our summer series of biathlon races on roller skis at Elk River… we expect you to participate in those!!
If you plan to attend a camp or both, and have not yet contacted me-please do so this weekend! We are trying to set up logistics and tracking openings. We still have some room at Mt Itasca along with 5 slots at Elk River.
So get out the door—take your training seriously! And Enjoy the Journey!
