Minnesota Cup #2: Mt.Itasca – Sunday, December 16, 2018 – PHOTOS

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Minnesota Biathlon - Ben

Minnesota Cup #1: Mt.Itasca – Sunday, December 9, 2018 – RESULTS – PHOTOS

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Minnesota Biathlon - Ben

Minnesota Cup #1:

Hosted by Mt.Itasca Nordic Ski Association

On Sunday, Mt Itasca Biathlon hosted Minnesota Biathlon’s MNCup #1 – a 7.5km mass start with 4 shooting stages. In the Men’s category, last years State High School Champion Garrett Beckrich, Mt Itasca Biathlon, finished 1st, with 3 misses in a time of 21:34. Jake Dahlberg of the National Guard was second with 5 misses in 25:59 and Sam Stertz, Mt I Biathlon, was 3rd male with 10 penalties in 30:03, but was overtaken by Kaisa Bosek, Wolfpack Biathlon of Alexandria, who finished in 28:59 for 3rd overall.

In the Women’s category, Bosek, shooting 1,3,0,0 was 1st in 28:59, followed by Elsa Viren, Mt I Biathlon, 7 misses, in 30:47 and Stormy Hegg, Wolfpack, 8 penalties in 31:45.

In the Boy’s category, Matej Cervenka, Mt I Biathlon, was first shooting 4,4,0,1 and finishing in 30:23; followed by Ryker Bosek, Wolfpack Biathlon, shooting 0,2.3.3 in 2nd and Frank Gangli, Mt Itasca Biathlon, in 3rd finishing in 31:30.

In the 3km Novice Sprint event with 2 shooting stages, Lucia Haggemiller, Duluth, was first shooting 3,2 in 15:58, followed by Katherine Eddy 2,2 in 16:13 and Jeff Dufrene, National Guard 0,0 in 17:20

The next event will be MNCup #2 at Mt Itasca on Sunday, the 16th of Dec with zero at 10:00 am.

: Zeroing rifles

: Kaisa Bosek finishing

Biathlon Results: Mass Start, 12.9.2018
7.5K Mass Start (5×1.5K) – Overall Results
Place	Categ.	Name	Shooting	Time
1	YM	Garrett Beckrich	2001	21:34
2	SM	Jake Dalberg	2120	25:59
3	G	Kaisa Bosek	1300	28:59
4	YM	Sam Stertz	4222	30:03
5	B	Matej Cervenka	4401	30:23
6	G	Elsa Viren	2221	30:47
7	MM	Greg Pattison	2202	30:54
8	B	Jackson Grant	2523	31:20
9	B	Ryker Bosek	O233	31:30
10	YW	Stormy Hegg	3221	31:45
11	YW	Annika Viren	2422	32:10
12	JM	Joseph DelToro	4212	32:36
13	MM	Frank Gangi Sr.	3235	32:40
14	B	Frank Gangi	3233	33:48
15	YW	Cheresa Bouley	3314	35:49
16	B	Connor Grant	1334	37:03
17	MM	Tim Saxton	3102	44:30
7.5 K Mass Start – Results by AGE GROUP
Place	Categ.	Name	Shooting	Time
1	MM	Greg Pattison	2202	30:54
2	MM	Frank Gangi Sr.	3235	32:40
3	MM	Tim Saxton	3102	44:30

1	SM	Jake Dalberg	2120	25:59

1	JM	Joseph DelToro	4212	32:36

1	YM	Garrett Beckrich	2001	21:34
2	YM	Sam Stertz	4222	30:03

1	G	Kaisa Bosek	1300	28:59
2	G	Elsa Viren	2221	30:47

1	YW	Stormy Hegg	3221	31:45
2	YW	Annika Viren	2422	32:10
3	YW	Cheresa Bouley	3314	35:49

1	B	Matej Cervenka	4401	30:23
2	B	Jackson Grant	2523	31:20
3	B	Ryker Bosek	O233	31:30
4	B	Frank Gangi	3233	33:48
5	B	Connor Grant	1334	37:03

NOVICE RACE: 3K
1	12F	Lucia Haggeniller	32	15:58
2	16F	Katherine Eddy	22	16:13
1	25M	Jeffrey Dufrene	OO	17:20

2018 Minnesota Cup # 1

Date: Sunday, December 9, 2018

Place: Mt.Itasca, Coleraine

Race Format: Mass Start (PPSS)

Distance: All categories – 7.5k
Novice race- 4k

Race will be run on 1.5k loop only!!!

Registration: 9:00 AM – 9:55 AM

Zero: 10:00 AM – 10:30AM

Race Start: 10:45 AM Mass Start
11:30 AM Novice safety instruction and practice
11:45 Start of Novice race

Cost: $20 (cash or check payable to MINSA)

Questions? call Vlad 218 256 8323 or e-mail cervenkv@gmail.com

Mt Itasca trails today!

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Minnesota Biathlon - Ben

THIS WEEK THE 12TH OF NOVEMBER, 2018

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Minnesota Biathlon - Ben

Good Morning All!

So we have a little snow on the ground, cold temps so the guns are running, and skiing should be coming up by this weekend for pretty much anyone wanting to travel a few miles!

Vlad says he thinks 1.5 km will be open at Mt Itasca this coming weekend. Some are headed for West Yellowstone where they started grooming a week ago.

https://www.destinationyellowstone.com/rendezvous-ski-trail-web-cam/

Looks like Ely is skiing on natural snow, and maybe by this weekend other grassy areas will be skiable. If the conditions are poor, the best advice I can give you is to just put on rock skis and work on double poling. Do not try to skate on poor snow or grooming the first few times out. It will only build up frustration and bad habits. You can maybe get by classical striding a bit.

When you get on good snow, well groomed, the last thing you want to do is to try to get up to race speed. What you do want to work on is transferring that good technique you learned on roller skis to snow skis. Don’t start the season out by building up bad habits!! So spend the first hours on snow going through all the steps of good technique: back pole angles at plant with forward elbows, leg compression, good timing, smooth pushes with complete weight shifts, bent ankles/knees with hips over the skis—-classical or skate.

For this week the goal for most should be a lot of hours—going slowly!! Especially those headed for West next week—remember that is high altitude [6700’] and a small amount of exertion will give you high lactates. So a lot of slow, top level technique for the first days. In fact those going to West should take this week a bit easier—this is your recovery week! Next week ski as much as you can!!

In West there will be a biathlon race on Wed next week. You should do that—but need to register online–

www.skirunbikemt.com/races.html

For those just skiing this coming weekend and the weekend after Thanksgiving, you can take it easy during the weekdays next week, and enjoy your Turkey on Thanksgiving! But definitely get on snow as soon as you can! Then for everyone, ramp up the volume and intensity of training the first week of Month 9!!

Be sure to check over your good ski equipment, get your winter baskets on your poles, be sure your skis still fit [with all the weight on one flat foot—there should be a pocket at least 14”-16” long on a skate ski. Your poles should come to your upper lip..or slightly shorter. Be sure you have straps you can easily get in and out of..clip ins or ‘biathlon straps’ work the best. Be sure your gloves allow you to handle magazines and allow a good smooth careful trigger squeeze, but also keep your hands warm. Use an overmitten for the first lap if you need to. As you layer up, be sure you increase the size of the outer layers enough so you don’t curtail your movements like a stuffed sausage!

For those with new skis—scrape them down, look at the grind. If it is really deep and obvious..you might want to get them ground immediately to a fine or at most a universal grind. In any case new or after grinding, start waxing them with a soft wax 6-8 times..to work the wax in deeply..then move to a medium [blue] wax for a few more to harden up the bases. All the early wax should be CH—no fluoros. Also a thought if the weather turns cold or out west where it is really dry—Start Green is the best cold weather wax. LF is fine. The first time you go that cold with the wax, you need to wax several times to harden up the bases. Then for travel or post race wax—stay hard—do not put on red or pink or whatever…you will just soften the bases back up again. Use a blue CH for a travel wax instead.

For everyone, spend a lot of time now working on range procedure and combos to get your biathlon skills up to par! Accuracy and range procedure training can take place under all conditions..get used to the cold air and wind—learn to dress so you can stay warm but still function and shoot!

So Enjoy the Journey!

Bill Meyer, Coach
MNBiathlon