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    Mad T Nor T Ski Juniors    
A cross-country ski racing program for high school students in the Dane County, Wisconsin area.
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Every workout
should have a
specific purpose.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Negative
self-talk:

STOP!
your
stinkin'
thinkin' !

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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"Knees over
your skis"

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Hands
shoulder
width apart.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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"Judge no run
before it's done."

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Plan your
race warm-up
time backwards.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Winners never
quit.
And quitters
never win.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Full leg
extension.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Bend only 110 degrees

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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"Anybody can
start something."
 -John A. Shedd

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Race your skis
like you just
stole 'em.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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"Quick
&
light!"

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Nurture your
adventuring
spirit.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Racing is 90% mental
& only 10% physical

-Bill Koch
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Clear your mind
of "can't."

-Samuel Johnson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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There's no
magic to it.
Just get out
and do it!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(In skating),
Push to the
side,
not the back.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Remember:
Keep the waxed
side down.
;-)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Ski champions
are born in
Summer,
not winter
training.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Pee clear
;-)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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"Get heartrate
up to race pace
3 to 5 times in
race warm-up"

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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"Hard in
training,
easy in race."

    - Yuriy

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Push-off with
your heel down.

(in Cl & Fr)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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"Weight your
heels."

1. during tuck
2. in free glide
3. at end of kick

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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"Finish each
race with a
smile on
your face."

    -C. Ransom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Don't stop at the top.
Push yourself
OVER
the crest
of the hill before you rest!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Pivot at
the ankle.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Heija, heija!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Bungeeeee!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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"Stealth skate"
(V2)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Practice DOES NOT make perfect.
Perfect practice makes perfect!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Easy to train hard,
but hard to train RIGHT!
   -Bjarne Riis,
1997 winner
Tour de France

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Race your strengths,
but train your weaknesses.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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"Fall forward
onto your poles."

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Snow
snakes
suck!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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"Attitude
determines
altitude."

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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"Look ahead"
(not at your skis)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Let your head
stay in line
with your spine.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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"Love for
cross-country
skiing is like
love for woman.
You do not
know why.
You just know
it is love."
- Russian Nikolai Anikin

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Nothing makes the body so strong and elastic
....nothing gives better presence and freshens the mind as cross country skiing.
It is something that develops not only the body but also the soul."


-famous Norwegian arctic explorer Fridtjof Nansen.





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Contact Info

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(For Dane County area high school students.)

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