Category Archives: Nisswa

Double double weekend Training – Nisswa

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We are planning a full weekend of training in the Nisswa area for the Saturday/Sunday of May 30th and 31st. We have two small ranges, a lot of pavement with low traffic, and the Paul Bunyan State Trail. This will be for experienced biathletes. If in question as to whether this is for you, talk to me.

The tentative agenda [and I lied already—see five workouts below] will be as follows:

Saturday- arrive by 9:30
10:00 Pit Range—plyo combos for accuracy
Lunch to be announced
2:00 Cam’s range—TH combos on roller skis
4:00 long ski at BE
Dinner to be announced
Sunday– 9:00 4k, 8k or 12km time trial at Meyers—roller skiing
10:30 accuracy shooting 60 shot test at Pit range

Housing and costs to be determined. We will keep the cost very low in any case, unless you wish to stay at a nearby hotel, we do have a lot of those around. If camping interests you, let me know that—both Christiansen’s and I have a lot of yard space. We can both also house a lot of people.

So to help us in our planning, please indicate if this is of interest to you by this coming Saturday.

thanks
B

Bill Meyer, Coach

Rifle Collection Time!

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It is that time of year again when we need to collect all MNBiathlon rifles. Your lease period is now over. If you have had a lease this past year you should be looking at purchasing a rifle of your own. The MN basic plan is to lease the rifles out for one year to Senior Boy/Girl/Youth [15,16,17, & 18]  and Junior [19,20] age biathletes. In some cases we have gone multiple years, but that will depend on the number of new athletes, your dedication and success in biathlon this past year, and your age and the availability.

 There will be a shooting oriented weekend camp on May 16th and 17th at Mt Itasca. If you are attending that, you should bring any leased rifle to that camp. If you are not planning on attending you have 3 options:

  1.  turn it in to Piotr in the cities
  2.  to Bill in Nisswa
  3.  to Vlad in Grand Rapids

 If you have a MNBiathlon rifle—please email Bill Meyer and indicate your plan on returning the rifle. [camp or 1,2,or 3]

Hope to see you at the camp.
Thanks,
Bill Meyer, Coach

MNCup race Nisswa cancelled

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photoHi Everyone-
As you can see in the attached photo—we simply don’t have enough snow and none to speak of in the forecast. About 2” of loose snow on the trails and the grass sticking out was cut pretty short last fall.

We may try to reschedule in a few weeks depending on the weather.

Thanks,
Bill

RESULTS – 6.6km Sprint Nisswa – carrying on roller skis – OCT 25, 2014

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Here are the results from Saturdays 6.6km race. 

6.6km Sprint Nisswa  20mph WNW wind—carrying on roller skis

1]    Zean Baker—     NNW     -JM       2,1     0:30     21:20       20:50    1st Overall

2]    Henry Jarvinen   TC          YM       2,2     1:00     23:09       22:09    1st YM

3]    Cam Christiansen NNW   YM       4,4     0:00     23:33       23:33     2nd YM

4]    Alex  Larson        TC          YM       4,3     1:30    29:00        27:30     3rd YM
Note: one pole

5]    Jenna Ruzich       NNW     SW       2,3     2:00      30:19       28:19     1st WM

MNCup #5 Biathlon Race – Nisswa – Saturday, Feb 1, 2014 – RESULTS

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Coming up is MNCup #5 to be held in Nisswa on our small range on Feb 1st. The next day, Sunday the 2nd,  is the Brainerd Nordic Ski Clubs 40th Annual Lumberjack Jaunt—a 6km, 16 km [classic or skate] or 6km  x 6km Pursuit—Nordic Event. For information on that race please see http://lumberjackjaunt.wix.com/jaunt#!events/ca4p

MNCup #5 Biathlon Race

When: Saturday, 1st of Feb, 2014
Time: Zero at 11:00, Race start when all zeroed—11:45 to 12:00

10km MNCup #5 Pursuit Format Results        1 Feb 2014      15F 20mph NW wind – 1.5″ new snow
NAME START P P S S T FIN TIME RACE TIME CLASS PLACE OVERALL PLACE
Zean Baker 0:00:00 3 3 2 4 12 0:43:03 0:43:03 1 JM 1
Cam Christiansen 0:00:20 1 3 3 1 8 0:43:35 0:43:15 1 YM 2
Gerrit Garberich 0:00:10 2 1 5 2 10 0:46:27 0:46:17 2 YM 3
Zach Nelson 0:00:30 3 1 5 5 14 0:50:22 0:49:52 1 SM 4
Lochlan Baird 0:00:40 1 4 4 3 12 0:51:15 0:50:35 3 YM 5
Jenna Ruzich 0:00:50 5 4 2 3 14 1:02:10 1:01:20 1 JW 6
Tyler Bradley 0:01:00 4 2 5 4 15 1:05:37 1:04:37 1 MM 7

 

Where: Nisswa range. Lower Roy Lake Rd, Nisswa. Next to the Nisswa Waste Water Treatment Plant/ Nisswa Maintenance Facility.

What: 10km Pursuit Format with 10 sec interval starts—start order at my discretion…generally known fastest skiers out first.

Cost: There is no charge. Small cash donations to cover range expenses are always welcome.

Limitations: The course is moderately challenging. There will be a limit of 15 racers so let me know asap if you plan to attend. [only 5 targets available]

Spectators/workers: Spectators are always welcome and may be put to work. There will not be a novice event, but spectators are welcome to ski the course and try a biathlon rifle after the race.

Facilities: There are no bathroom facilities at the range.

Parking: There is limited parking—please park on the east side of the entrance road only and leave room for a large snowplow to get past you.

Lunch: A lunch will be served at Meyers, 6054 Shady Acres Ct Nisswa, after the event.

For more information please contact me.

Bill Meyer, Coach
MNBiathlon
6054 Shady Acres Ct
Nisswa, MN 56468
218 839 4727 cell
218 963 4762 home