November 2019 – Healthy Eating made easy!

Anyone who actively tries to eat healthy knows what a struggle it can be. It is not easy continually coming up with a healthy menu, prepping your meals, or even finding ways to eat healthy at the workplace. This week we thought we would share an awesome recipe that will give you a healthier, good tasting snack that will help get you through the day without regret!

Pretzel and Fruit Trailmix

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of pretzels
• 1-1/2 cup of Frosted Cheerios
• 2/3 cup of chocolate chips
• 1 cup of almonds
• 1/2 cup of chopped dried apricot
• 1/2 cup of dried banana chips
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Instructions:

Crush pretzels into bite size pieces and place in a medium bowl. Measure and place frosted cheerios, almonds, chopped dried apricots, and dried banana chips in bowl. Melt chocolate chips and spread evenly into mix refrigerate until chocolate is firm, throw it in a portable container and enjoy!

Return of the Turn visits us!

In this episode, Marcus travels to Minneapolis, Minnesota to experience The Ski Challenge — the largest recreational ski racing program in the world. What we found was an extremely passionate group of skiers, and that it doesn’t take big mountains to have fun on skis.

Introduction – Publication 1

At Northstar Performance, we pride ourselves on taking a highly technical, knowledge based approach to training. We love to mix all that knowledge into a high energy, entertaining workout. We are proud to sponsor with Ski Challenge and we understand the varying levels of fitness and activity of each racer. We love to modify movements and personalize the group setting as much as possible so that each individual is comfortably challenged, and leaves having benefited from the training.

This year we are excited to offer something new. Every week in the Ski Challenge newsletter we will be incorporating workouts, movements, and nutrition tidbits that are valuable to anyone participating in Ski Challenge. Be sure to check out our column each week, and if you haven’t started to train with us it’s not too late! Join us this week and enjoy the results!

Ski Challenge Training Sessions
Every Tuesday and Thursday from 7-8 pm
Now thru November 7

There are some schedule changes for the upcoming season that we wanted to make you aware of. Below you will see a schedule reflecting week 1-7 for Sunday racing in the 2020 season:

2020 Schedule for Wild Mountain Sunday Leagues

• Sunday, January 5 – Week 1
• Sunday, January 12 – Week 2
• Saturday, January 18 – Week 3
• Sunday, January 19 – NO RACING due to USSA Race
• Sunday, January 26 – NO RACING due to D-Team Race
• Sunday, February 2 – Week 4
• Sunday, February 9 – Week 5
• Sunday, February 16 – Week 6
• Sunday, February 23 – Week 7

Team photos are usually week 3.  With these schedule changes, we may change what week we do team photos.

2020 Schedule for Buck Hill Sunday AM League

• Sunday, January 5 – Week 1
• Sunday, January 12 – Week 2
• Sunday, January 19 – Week 3
• Sunday, January 26 – Week 4
• Sunday, February 2 – Week 5
• Sunday, February 9 – NO RACING due to D-Team Race
• Sunday, February 16 – Week 6
• Sunday, February 23 – Week 7

We know that this may not work out for everyone, but it’s the best we can do under these circumstances.  We appreciate your understanding.

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We are trying to figure out when and how to make up our missed race this week for Wednesday day. I am trying to get word on if we can have the hill longer one day for a double race. I am looking at February 13 for a double race or February 27 for a make up. If we do a double race, we would have to start at 1 pm instead of 1:30 pm. Please let me know what you prefer.

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With the completion of week 2 of our regular season, we have all had the chance to experience many course sets and a lot of different conditions. With warmer weather, the lack of a good freeze overnight and variable hill use, sometimes it becomes a little more difficult for course setters to set courses that appeal to all racers. They try their best to set according to the conditions to make a safe, enjoyable course. Sometimes if conditions aren’t so good, a course may have to be a little “straighter”. Sometimes if conditions are real good, the course may have a little more offset. We encourage our course setters to set for the intermediate skier. Sometimes a rut is hidden prior to the start of the race, or snow conditions are worse than first thought which may cause some difficulty and more DNFs than we would hope. It’s just something that comes with the territory.

Please keep in mind that all our race crews are doing the best they can and our main goal is for a fun, safe experience. We feel bad when a race doesn’t go as well as we would hope.
Some questions have come up regarding the jumps on the race hill at Buck Hill. We have been in communication with the race department on how to make the racer experience the best it can be with the jumps in place. There is no plan right now to remove the jumps for this year. The race department is communicating with the groomers to try and get the sides of the jumps groomed down a bit to allow for more room for setting and less of a pinch at the bottom – especially on the blue side. They are also looking at possible B-netting around the finish timing equipment island. With the colder weather this week, we have already seen an improvement in the conditions which allows for less wear on the race run which translates to a more enjoyable racing experience.

Buck Hill has moved the bumps to a different location to allow for more carving and warm up on Cross Roads.

With 12 races per week and more than 900 participants racing per week, there are bound to be courses and conditions that appeal more to some than others from week to week. We appreciate all your patience and understanding.

Padraig’s Place needs your help! As most of you know, Padraig’s Place is an amazing Adaptive Ski and Snowboard program and Buck Hill and now Wild Mountain. Their mission is to “enrich the lives of special needs children and their families by presenting available resources to them; thereby, allowing the family to focus on family rather than a disability.” As the organization continues to expand, so does their need for volunteers. Padraig’s Place is asking for volunteers at Buck Hill on Saturday mornings and Monday nights as well as at Wild Mountain on Sunday evenings. These volunteers would provide help and support to the instructors.

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, but you are hesitant because you don’t have any teaching experience, fear not! As long as you’re proficient on skis, you would be a great help. If you’re interested, please contact Brian Foley or Annie Peterson. Annie can be reached at annie@padraigsplace.org or 612.965.1785. You can also submit your contact information and get more info at www.padraigsplace.org.