MAST Update Week Nine Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Dear MAST Athletes, Coaches and Parents:

Great night of racing last night. Thank you. I want to get this Update out to you. I will work on scoring the team results from last night once I get this sent out.
I. The first order of business is to address a few administrative needs.
1. Missing Poles: Julia Maurice’s Poles Walked Away Last Night.... Check to see that you have YOUR poles. The name MAURICE is printed on the pole guard. Let me know if Julia’s poles hitched a ride home with you. 612-275-8392. Or reach out to Julia directly.
2. DO NOT USE THE TEAM SNAP PHONE APP TO STATE YOUR AVAILABILITY FOR TRAINING OR RACES. For races, ALWAYS use the links I provide you in these riveting MAST Updates. The TS Phone App doesn’t work well for how our team is set up in Team Snap.
3. Honor the posted deadline for stating your race intentions. As you will see below, for all of the remaining races I have set a deadline for athletes to state their race intentions. Going forward, I will not be adding people to race run orders after the deadline.
4. As I said last night, please check to see if all family members are receiving the MAST Updates. If they are not, make Mpls Alpine a contact in your phone/email account. Use mplsalpine@gmail.com for the email address. And check your SPAM folder to see if our updates are ending up there. I think that the MPS email system is set up to reject outside emails that appear to be sent as a group message. I don’t know how to override the MPS firewall. Make sure that we have your personal email set up in the MAST google groups address book.

II.  Training/Racing Schedule Weeks Nine and Ten
Tuesday, Jan 10
Hyland Training (Wear Rope Tow Gloves)
3:45-6PM: Pods 12/11. Lanes 6, 7.
5:00-7:15PM: Pods 10/9. Lane 6. Warm-Ups on South Chair.
6:30-8:45PM: Pods 8/7. Lanes 5,6. Warm-Ups on South Chair.

Wednesday, January 11
Hyland Training (Wear Rope Tow Gloves)
3:45-6PM: Pods 10/9. Lanes 4, 5.
5:00-7:15PM: Pods 12/8. Lanes 4, 5. Warm-Ups on South Chair.
6:30-8:45PM: Pods 11/7. Lanes 4. Warm-Ups on South Chair.
Thursday, January 12
Hyland Training: 5:00-7:15PM. All Pods. Lane 6. Wear Rope Tow Gloves
Rest Day for All Welch Invite Racers. No Training.
Friday, January 13
Race: Welch Invite. 6:30AM Load Bus at Washburn. 10AM First Run Start.
Hyland Training: 5:00-7:15PM: Pods 10/9. Lane 4, 5.

Saturday, January 14
Hyland Training: 7:45AM-10:30AM: All Pods. Lanes 4, 5, 6. Wear Rope Tow Gloves

Monday, January 16
Race: MEC Conference Race #2. Load Bus at Noon. 3PM First Run Start.
Hyland Training: 5:00-7:15PM. All Pods. Lane 4, 6. Wear Rope Tow Gloves

Tuesday, January 17
Hyland Training (Wear Rope Tow Gloves)
3:45-6PM: Pods 12/11. Lanes 6, 7.
5:00-7:15PM: Pods 10/9. Lane 6. Warm-Ups on South Chair.
6:30-8:45PM: Pods 8/7. Lanes 5,6. Warm-Ups on South Chair.

Wednesday, January 18
Hyland Training (Wear Rope Tow Gloves)
3:45-6PM: Pods 10/9. Lanes 4, 5.
5:00-7:15PM: Pods 12/8. Lanes 4, 5. Warm-Ups on South Chair.
6:30-8:45PM: Pods 11/7. Lanes 4, 5. Warm-Ups on South Chair.

Thursday, January 19
Race at Hyland. 3:45PM Inspection. 4:30PM First Run Start.

Friday, January 20
Hyland Training (Wear Rope Tow Gloves)
3:45-6PM: Pods 12/11/10. Lanes 6, 7.
5:00-7:15PM: Pods 9/8/7. Lane 6,7. Warm-Ups on South Chair.

Saturday, January 21
Hyland Training: 7:45AM-10:30AM: All Pods. Lanes 1, 2, 3.
AND Supplemental Training at Wild Mt on Saturday, January 21
2:30PM Load Bus at Washburn. 10:30PM Return.
This will be our fourth of five supplemental training sessions. The third session was a lot of fun. We set a Kombi Course, which alternates between series of gs turns and slalom turns. Kombi courses are really fun to ski but also great for forcing you to look ahead, learning how to adjust your line and the amount of pressure you apply to the skis, and helping make your skiing more fluid and dynamic. The athletes asked to set a Kombi at the next Supplemental Training so if hill space and snow conditions allow, we will set another Kombi course as part of our training on the 21st.

III.  Race Sign Ups January 16 to February 2
Monday, January 16: MEC Race #2 at Wild Mt. 3PM First Run Start
MLK Day. No School. Load buses at Noon.
Deadline for stating intentions: Wednesday, Jan 11 at 9PM.

Thursday, January 19: Hyland Race vs BSM and Jefferson. 4:30PM First Run Start
2:45 early release.
Deadline for stating intentions: Friday, Jan 13 at 9PM.

Monday, January 23: Hyland Race vs MWT and Lake Crystal. 4:30PM First Run Start
2:45 early release.
Deadline for stating intentions: Friday, Jan 13 at 9PM.

Friday, January 27: Wild Mt Invitational II. 9:30AM First Run Start
No school on Jan 27. Load buses at 6:15am.
Deadline for stating intentions: Friday, Jan 20 at 9PM.

Monday, January 30: Hyland Race vs Wayzata and Jefferson. 4:30PM First Run Start
2:45pm early release.
Deadline for stating intentions: Friday, Jan 20 at 9PM.

Friday, February 2: MEC Race #3 at Welch Village. 5PM First Run Start.
1:45pm early release. Load buses at 2PM.
Deadline for stating intentions: Friday, Jan 27 at 9PM.
NOTE TO SELF: HONOR THE DEADLINES!

IV.  Race Worker Sign Ups
Parents, I cannot overstate how grateful I am to you for signing up to work our races. Listed below are Race Volunteer Sign-Ups for our remaining Hyland races. I will be sending race worker sign-ups for our two remaining MEC races and the Wild Mt Invitational II in a day or two.

January 19 Hyland Race https://signup.com/go/oChxoYH
January 23 Hyland Race   https://signup.com/go/bEmKFnb
January 30 Hyland Race  https://signup.com/go/LCyNmAt

V.  Welch Waiver
All racers are eligible to race in the race at Welch on February 2. But all racers, coaches, and parents who will be on skis that day need to have signed the Welch Liability Release. Most of you have done this already. Thank you. If you still need to sign the Waiver, here is a link.
 Minnesota State High School League 2022/23 Season Release 
If you are over 19, you can sign the waiver yourself. If you are under 19, a parent needs to sign the waiver.  Don’t ask me why 19 is the dividing line because I don’t know.
That's all for now.  See you this afternoon.
Mark
612-275-8392