TUNA News THE UTAH NORDIC ALLIANCE NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER 2000

Wrapping up a banner year for Nordic Skiing By Dave Hanscom

What a great year it turned oul to be for the Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah Wasatch Citizens Series (WCS)! The snow really didn't cooperate again this winter, and several other races had to be cancelled, but we lucked out with the WCS events. Average attendance al our five races was 142, which was more than 207c higher than our previous record sea­son. In fact, participation has doubled in the lasl seven years.

Part of our increase for the second winter in a row was the really young kids. Thanks to Dave Susong, I think we handled their events much better this year. In response to a suggestion from Tom Kendall, Chief of Timing for the Soldier Hollow events, wc decided not to time the little ones any more. Dave-agreed to set up an obstacle course for them, which proved to be a super hit with the kids and spectators alike. And a lolipop at the end was a much better reward than medals for placing in the top three.

Another reason for our continued high turnout at WCS races is certainly our very generous sponsors. In particular. Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah once again provided the funds for medals, trophies, shirts, lunch after some of the races, and all of the costs of advertising and putting on the series. They've been with us for the past four years, and we hope to have their help for many more. My personal thanks go to Kevin Bisehoff for his support of cross country ski racing in Utah.

The terrific selection of drawing prizes was certainly an­other part of our record attendance figures. Our thanks go to Chisco (belts), Christine's (hats), Croakies (glasses holders), Daggers (eyewear), Easton Aluminum (ski pole shafts), Jan's/Rennstall (ski grinding), Life Link (shovels), Lone Peak (packs), NEOS (overshoes), Nordic Equipment (cross country ski racing gear and videos), REI (outdoor products),

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Blue skies and sunshine made for perfect conditions • •..'•

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Deadline for the next issue of TUNA News is August 1. Have a nice summer!

IN THIS ISSUE President's Corner 2 Letters 3 WCS Race #4 4 TUNA Junior Program 5 Salmon Bake Info 5

PCNST Summer Program . 6 WCS Race #5 7 Avalanche Journal 8 Back in the Pack 10 Social Director 11

TUNA/White Pine Relay... 12 Sundance Challenge 13 WCS Final Points 14 Summer Training 15 Membership Info 16

TUNA NEWS SPRING/SUMMER 2000

PRESIDENTS CORNER

Past experiences and future activities

by John Aalberg TUNA President

I and others have written articles about the importance of supporting and participat­ing in Olympic planning, lest events and the Olympics to enhance our future legacy of skiing in this area. There are many ways TUNA members can become involved: one is by assisting with the Olympic test events.

Success breeds success, and TUNA volunteers with their experience have already contributed toward Olympic success by virtue of the highly successful first Olympic lest event at Soldier Hollow, the US National Cross Country Championships in January. It was impressive to see the team effort and the cooperation, coordination and friendships formed with the new out-of-state co-volunteers. I am sure the cama­raderie will continue as more people join the volunteer team for next year's events. It is important to remember to be inclusive, grateful, courteous and thankful for everyone's hard work and commitment, It is easy to forget this under the stress of running an event but please remember: "No one is as good as all of us together". With this, I again sincerely thank everyone who volunteered during this year's events at Soldier Hollow, and I hope to see everyone of you back next year with more smiles, experience, and ready for important, but fun tasks.

TUNA is much more than cross country competitive events. However, groomed track skiing, ihe lighter, more colorful and faster part of cross country skiing, has become the focus of many of our membership in recent years. Participation in the local cross country races has boomed. The youngest age groups have grown the most thanks to the youth programs we now have as part of the club activities. These programs would not be possible without the outstanding contributions from coaches John Callahan and Laurie Humbert. Our youth is a reminder of the importance of our legacy; what can we do to provide even belter accessibility and enjoyment for our sport?

Many of us enjoy cross country skiing because it is a great way to exercise, and because it challenges us e%'cry lime we ski. The consistency of the track and the snow makes every ski tour or session a little different; no corner or stride is exactly alike. Maybe that is why we all can improve at something every year, regardless of our condition or preparation. This year I worked on my baby-sled pulling tech­nique, but at the same time I became more aware of. and better at varying my stride length.

The realization that cross country skiing is a coordination challenge as well as a cerebral sport will hopefully bring oul many of you for TUNA's newest summer cross-training activity. Orienteering. The detailed mapping project at the Olympic cross country venue has given us the opportunity with very litlle extra effort to gen­erate orienteering maps for the area. Our plan with these maps is to try both summer orienteering activities and races, as well as ski orienteering when normal winters re­turn to ihe area. Stay tuned!

The last two winters daily average high temperature has been almost 10 degrees above normal and has decreased the snow cover on our local cross country trails. We are fortunate that our mountains are high, so the snow is never too far away. However, visiting cross country ski areas in other slates demonstrates that our re­gion does not provide the quality and experience in cross-country skiing that you see in other snow-covered regions of the USA. TUNA must find a way to provide expertise and help to areas and organizations attempting to develop and create cross-country skiing opportunities in Utah.

If you have ideas or suggestions regarding any of our current or new TUNA ac­tivities 1 would like to hear from you. or if would just like to meet a bunch of great people, please join us at our annual open membership meeting ami Salmon Bake on April 15. Have a great and active summer!

The Utah Nordic Alliance (TUNA) is a nonprofit organization which supports Nordic skiing in all its forms in the state of Utah. The club offers its members dis­counts on equipment and ski passes at participating local merchants, as well as discounts on races and social events. Members also receive TUNA News which is published seven times a year. Member­ship starts September I and expires the following September 1.

1999-2000 Officers President John Aalberg 658-1046 Vice President.. David Susong 615-2726 Secretary Angie Richardson 486-3902 Co-Secretary . Barry Makarewicz 485-7568 Treasurer Lori Gates 944-8016 Membership Emie Page 277-7999

Board of Directors Charlie Coltrain 972-3049 Tim Metos 533-8671 Robert Myers 466-3292 Chris Tietze 277-3664 Dave Hanscom Advisor 649-3213

TUNA News Staff Editorial Board

David Susong Brian Aim Kurt Dudley Bruce Schroeder Bill Stenquist

Advert ising Paula Bell

Calendar of Events Bill Stenquisl Race Results Kurt Dudley Membership Promotion Emie Pago Yuri News Robert Myers, Charlie Coltrain Tour of tho Month Dave Hanscom Youth Program John Callahan Design & Typesetting Janet Reffert Pnnting Beehive Printing Services Mailing World Wide Mailing

Contributors John Aalberg, Brian Aim,

John Callahan, Kurt Dudley. Dave Hanscom, Chris and Launa Humbert,

Tom Kimbrough, Dain LaRoche, Emie Page. Janet Reffert,

Taylor Robbins, Bruce Schroeder, Bill Stenquist. David Susong,

Utah Avalanche Forecast Center

For advertising call Paula Bell, 888-209-0230

Deadline is the 1st of each month. Articles, race listings, photographs and artwork are welcome, but TUNA Nmvs assumes no responsibility for loss or damage. Matenal sent on disk or email is especially welcome. Classified ads are free lo TUNA members. A S5 donation is required lor nonmembers' classified ads (or up to 20 words; 20c per word over tho first 20 words. Send to TUNA News. PO Box 900fl. Salt Lake City, Utah 84109-0008.

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Nordic News (Continuedfirm page 1)

Roly Caps. Saranac (gloves), Smilh (sunglasses). Swix (ski pole hardware), Thorlo (socks). Toko (waxes). Ultimate Di­rections (packs), and Yoko (gloves).

Karhu and Madshus both gave us a pair of skis for Ihe drawing at ihe last race. Congratulations to John Blunienkamp and Kaiie Milligan-Susong for winning those. (We'll be keeping our eyes on Dave and Kelly's skis next year to he sure they didn't abscond with their daughter's prize!)

The food donors were Pepsi. Powerbar. Powergel. Wasalch Bagels, and XL-1. Kirkham's. Sundance Nordic. While Pine. Wild Rose, and Wasatch Touring provided prizes for indi­vidual events, and Mountain Hardware once again helped us with gifts (pants) for the race crew. Please patronize all of our sponsors and tell them thai you appreciate their support of cross country skiing racing.

My personal appreciation goes to our superb race crew. They keep coming back year after year to spend their Satur­days out in the cold for no pay. They make the WCS the quality event that it has become. In particular. I want to thank Susan Allen, who heads up the timing crew, for the hours she spends organizing and making phone calls, as well as keeping the race bibs clean and in order.

Once again. I must recognize the incredible efforts of Ernie Page, who has spent several hundred hours developing the best cross country ski race software I've seen. It was great to see him at the awards ceremonies after ihe lasl two WCS events. In case you don't appreciate the significance of that happening, il means the results were done quickly and cor­rectly. The one remaining lask for Ernie is to figure out how to handle race day registration for 150+ skiers and siill get re­sults out right after the race. This. loo. is a formidable task and will keep him occupied over the summer.

A couple of other people I'd like to recognize lor work be­hind the scenes are Tom Frey, who helped oul with publicity, as well as Charlie Sturgis and Jerry Richardson, who again lined up most of ihe sponsors. Without their connections and efforts on our behalf, the list of drawing prizes would be much shorter.

Thanks also to all of you contributed to the WCS computer fund lo help us pay for the liming equipment that we've been accumulating. More than $200 was donated by racers this year. Oh. I almost forgot. Thanks to the person who left me the nice pair of Yoko ski gloves al the last WCS race. They fit perfectly. (But call me if you'd like to have them back.)

Have a greal spring with lots of cruising on the crust and a great summer of biking and running in the mountains!

***TUNA Mountain Challenge*** Scheduled for Saturday, June 24'*

The annual TUNA Mountain Challenge Duathlon is moving to a new date and a new venue. Details on the venue are not finalized yet but mark June 24th on your calendar and stay tuned to the TUNA hotline and web site for more information.

THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO We wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for

another great season of ski racing, socializing, and just plain old fun.

Thank you to all of the volunteers, sponsors, and individuals involved with facilities who do such an amazing job with the Wasatch Citizen Series races. We have participated in and volunteered for athletic and social events of one kind or another in different pans of ihe country and have never seen anything like these events and this group of people. Thank you to the other volunteers and members who make TUNA the greatest ski club around. Thank you to the advih racers, who patiently and enthusiastically await the start of their races, while the little ones (including our son Garrett) complete their own races. These kid's events have proven to be a highlight in Garrett's young life and are an enormous source of fun for us.

The last race of the series just ended and we are al­ready looking forward to the events of next year. We feel very lucky to have our lives enriched by being a part of this very special group of people and these wonderful events.

Thanks.

Richard Bullough and Kirsten Whetstone

UTAH SKI T E A M SENDS THANKS AND GRATITUDE

On behalf of the Skiing Utes. a huge thank you and a note of appreciation goes out to all the members of TUNA and the entire nordic skiing community for your tremendous support and volunteer help you have provided for the team, the events lhat have been put on for us. and your basic tolerance of us shouting "track" at the WCS races this year!

We understand that you have put in many thankless hours of hard work and time for us to have world class training and racing opportunities. I have only received accolades from other coaches and athletes, and what a super professional, well organized and down right hos­pitable show we have been able to offer ihe racing community. Our Utah Invitational. US XC Nationals and NCAA Championships have set new standards for collegiate skiing which in turn is helping us develop new upcoming stars.

Thank you all once again. H is a pleasure to be a part of this supportive skiing community.

Kevin Sweeney Interim Ski Director University of Utah Athletics Department

TUNA NEWS SPRING/SUMMER 2000

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Ulah

CITIZENS SERIES

Race #4 • February 12, 2000 Sundance Nordic • 10 km Freestyle

PLACE BIB NAME ELAPSEDT1UE P U C E E.B MAKE BJkPI EDTH

MEN'S OPEN 1 30 Robert Whitney 0:23 58.6 . 2 32 TorinKoos 0:24:39.7 3 13 Frode Kollerud 0:25 07.7 ' 4 12 Rune Kollerud 0:25:17.6 I 5 29 Patrick Casey 0:25:19.0 I 6 37 Dan Chudleigh 0:25:20.4 7 28 Marco SlBvanoni 0:26:36.2 | 8 47 Torry Kraftson 0.26 55 0 9 31 Kevin Sweeney 0:27:02.3 .

10 111 ChrisHumbert 0:27:40.0 MEN: 18-29 YEARS

1 17 Addison Whitworth 0:25:42.4 i 2 52 Simon Premoze 0:27:25.3 3 39 Alain Bntt-Cole 0:30:30.6 l

MEN: 30-39 YEARS 1 40 Randy Anderson 0:26:23.7 2 143 DonPollari 0:26:27.4 3 24 Sandy Brown 0:28:17.6 4 133 JoHMinnema 0:29:47.6 5 5 John Ward 0:30:19.7 6 54 Jerry McMahan 0:33:35.5 7 175 Kenny Yeh 0:33:55.2 8 163 David Susong 0:37:57.1 9 121 ChrisMagerl 0:42:00.2

10 56 Scott HaHenborg 0:42:16.3 I MEN: 40-49 YEARS

1 23 ToddHenneman 0:28:11.5 i 2 2 Mike Endicott 0:29:05.1

3 93 William Corliss 0:30:09.6 1 4 108 BillHokanson 0:30:21.7 I 5 160 Ken Stone 0:30:43.7 I 6 64 Patrick McEwen 0:30:56.1

7 8 Lee Shea 0:31:00.5 8 153 Bill Stenquist 0:31:28.7 9 49 Rusty Reed 0:31:40.7

10 10 David Hill 0:31:41.5 11 134 KevinMurphy 0:31:48.3 12 105 Keith Harrington 0:32:08.7 13 162 Charlie Sturgis 0:32:37.4 14 89 Richard Bullough 0:33:10.7 15 104 RJGurney 0:34:08.3 16 155 David Stice 0:34:12.9 17 141 Ted Palomaki 0:35:57.9 16 110 Dean Huber 0:37:32.4 19 85 Daniel Bray 0:50:44.4

43 TimHenney DNS

MEN: 50-59 YEARS 1 9 Tom Noaker 0:27:05.2 2 99 Dan Gibson 0:27:21.3 3 152 Blaine Stavn 0:30:13.0 4 165 Bill Thompson 0:31:19.4 5 101 Ray Groth 0:32:36.4 6 102 Richard Groth 0:33:14.3 7 6 BillSayre 0:33:44.9 8 166 Chris Tietze 0:34:07.4 9 137 Robert Myers 0:34:58.6

10 94 Gary Fichter 0:40:15.0 115 Jim King DNF

MEN: 60+ YEARS 1 113 Boblrvrne 0:26:56.7

JUNIOR MEN: 12-13 YEARS 1 168 Niels Tietze 0:14:57.7 2 3 RickGrahn 0:19:01.5 3 16 Addison Leake 0:29:19.1

151 Oran Slainbrook DNS JUNIOR MEN: 10-11 YEARS

1 41 Logan Jones 0:09:55.2 2 149 Micah Slainbrook 0:10:04.7 3 135 Mason Murphy 0:13:56.7

JUNIOR MEN: 8-9 YEARS 1 19 Ross Palomaki 0:05:33.1 2 15 Aaron Leake 0.05:59.6 3 125 Miles Masters 0:07:45.4

JUNIOR MEN: UNDER 8 YEARS 88 Garretl Bullough No Time 50 Hunter Callahan NoTrme

126 Toby Masters No Time

WOMEN: OPEN 1 26 Kristina Joder 0:28:23.4 2 27 LenePedersen 0.29:25.6 3 25 Marika Engstrom 0:30:06.9 4 51 Gietchon Domek 0:31:02.7 5 42 Stine Hellerud 0.33:23.1

112 Laurie Humbert DNS WOMEN: 18-29 YEARS

1 11 Jessica Chudleigh . WOMEN: 30-39 YEARS

1 87 Caryl Brown 2 129 Anila Merbach 3 55 Susan Halienberg .. 4 92 Chris Cline

132 Kelly Milligan

, WOMEN: 40-49 YEARS 1 100 Ellen Gibson 2 173 Kirsten Whetstone . 3 74 MaryBeacco

18 Mickey Palomaki..

MEN: NOVICE 1 45 Samuel Clark 0:28:13.2 2 109 John Hollerbadi 0:29:32.0 3 144 Brooks Robinson 0:35:24.2 4 14 Tom Leake 0:35:45.1 5 72 Brian Aim 0:38:47.2 6 71 Brent Aim 0:39:10.4 7 38 JayUddle 0:50:433

JUNIOR MEN: 14-15 YEARS 1 83 Anders Bray 0:16:12.5 2 167 Kyle Tietze 0:18:48 9

61 Alan Stenquist DNS

5 148 Jeri Simms-Masters.

. 0:36:29.6 j

. 0:30:39.5

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.0:34:45.0 DNS

. 0:32:39.8

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WOMEN: 50-59 YEARS 1 95 Nancy Fichter 0:35:48.9

WOMEN: NOVICE 1 84 Annie Bray 0.27:03.9 2 46 Clare Keogh 0:32:54.8 3 161 Liz Stone 0:33:26.4 4 33 Lindsay Weight 0:37:11.7 1 5 36 Elizabeth Jacob 0:50:44.0 6 34 Jennie Anderson 0:50:48.7

145 Phyllis Robinson DNF JUNIOR WOMEN: 16-17 YEARS

1 60 Whitney Thompson 0:30:39.1 2 48 Johanna Tietze 0:38:10.4

JUNIOR WOMEN: 12-13 YEARS 1 90 Tiffany Callahan 0:14:58.5 2 4 8eckyPulham 0:29:19.5

JUNIOR WOMEN: 8-9 YEARS 1 44 Elizabeth Gumey 0.06:56.1 2 154 Kathenne Slenquisl 0:07:52.3 3 150 Olivia Slainbrook 0:11:17.7 4 158 Enka Stone 0:15:56.4

JUNIOR WOMEN: UNDER 8 YEARS 53 Jerry Argyle No Time 86 Sabrina Bray No Time

131 Katie Milligan No Time 22 Kya Palomaki No Time 20 Lisa Palomaki No Time

159 Kelsey Stone No Time

Wasatch Citizen Series Race at Sundance Nordic Center

by Bill Stenquist

The last few years the Wasatch Citizen Scries has held one race on the meticulously prepared trails of Sundance Nordic. Great weather, fun courses, and lots of snow on perfectly groomed trails have characterized these races. We should have known that our luck would not hold out forever,

February 12 dawned cold. gray, with rain pounding down on the Salt Lake Valley, not an auspicious day for a ski race. The drive to Sundance was exciting: the clouds were hanging so low lhat they seemed to touch the ground. The rain was com­ing down as hard as it every does in Ulah, and we wondered what it was going to be like al Sundance, rain, or snow?

Well it was snow, and lots of it, in fact in the four or five hours that we were there, they received about 12 inches. Sam and his crew worked their tails off lo groom the trails in the face of an unrelenting storm. Dave Hanscom and The Wasatch Citizens Series race crew braved the conditions to time the race, and about seventy brave souls skied in the storm. It was quite fun actually, in a bizarre son of way. The snow was coming down so hard that even with eye protection you could not see. Ifyou did not have eye protection, then you had to hope lhat you would not hit anything or ski off the trail with your eyes closed. Survival racing would be the best way to characterize it.

And the next week, at the Sundance Challenge, perfect blue sky, cold snow, and great racing. What a difference a week makes!

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Thanks to TUNA News Contributors

The production of TUNA News is a substantial effort in­volving numerous people. Without the efforts of these people month afler month, issue afler issue there would be no TUNA News. So I would like lo take space and thank these generous contributors and scribes of TUNA News: John Aalberg. Dave Hanscom. Tom Kimbrotigh. Kurt Dudley. Bruce Schroeder. Hill Stenquist, Dain LaRoche. Taylor Robbins, Brian Aim. Maurine Bachman. Charlie Coltrain. Bob Myers, and the Park City Nordic Team. Ernie Page takes care of preparing Ihe mailing labels and puts TUNA News on the web site each month (http://www.utahnordic.com). Worldwide Mailing la­bels them and gets them to the post office. Paula Bell has taken over advertising sales this year and lifted a huge burden from our backs. Our advertisers cover over half the cost of the production of the News. And last but not least. Janet Reffert designs and typesets the News each month. Without her expertise, dedication and good cheer there would not be the TUNA News, as we know il. Thanks to all.

—David Susong

SPRING /SUMMER 2000 TUNA NEWS

TUNA Junior Program helps young athletes develop into skilled skiers

By Chris Humbert

With TUNA's Junior Ski Program closing its third consecutive year of operation, it's appropriate lo let everyone know what we've been up to. As one can imagine, dealing with the snow this year was... challenging. The program was initially slated to practice every Tuesday in January. February and March at the club track on Mt. Dell. A move was required to the back­up location at the always snow-endowed Mill Creek Canyon toward the end of January. This move was met with excite­ment by the enthusiastic junior skiers, who were rewarded for their climbing the canyon by the always hard-fought downhill races waged! I'm sure the sight of 20 or so junior ski racers bombing down Mill Creek Canyon raised a few eyebrows, and hopefully showed everyone that you can downhill ski on skinny skis

A big thanks to Wild Rose for again generously .supporting the program by providing free equipment to every TUNA Jun­ior Program participant who needed it. As a result, everyone was outfitted in the proper equipment week after week. The program, as in years past, emphasized fun. The intention is thai everyone learns skills while enjoying themselves. Hun needs to be central to the program, otherwise the skiers don't come back! The skiers came back, week after week, encourag­

ing each other, making friends, learning to ski better and just plain having a great time.

The Tuesday session started with a short warm-up ski. then a group stretch, during which the plan for the evening was ex­plained to the skiers. The group, usually numbering about 20 skiers, then divided into two or three groups based on ability and worked or played to develop the skills planned on that evening. The skiers learned the basics of V-l, V-2, V-2 alter­nate, step turns, skiing last downhill (tucking), slowing down, stopping, double poling, and of course, jumping. The session usually ended with a group game, in which all the skiers par­ticipated together. Some of you may have seen us playing soc­cer or handball, or racing a variety of slalom courses, obstacle courses, or relay races. With the requests we received, maybe next year we'll have an adult division for these games...

With several skiers ready to move on to a more structured program where we can work on technique specifics, the hope is to add an advanced/ racing group to the TUNA Junior Pro­gram next year. It was truly amazing to watch these young athletes develop into skilled skiers over the course of the win­ter, and a very rewarding season for coaches Suky Stewart, and Laurie and Chris Humbert.

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TUNA NEWS SPRING /SUMMER 2000

NORDIC Park City Nordic Ski Team

announces Summer Programs For information call 435-649-9286

NORDIC

General Information Fund Raisers Everyone benefits from our fund raisers through lower program lees so it is important that everyone make an effort to participate.

Parking for the PGA golf tournament: July 31, Aug. 1 & 2 By now you should have received and responded to a letter sent out by Joan Thompson regarding this event. Please con­tact Joan (649-7837) if you haven't already done so. Mountain Challenge Race: June 24 More details on the venue later.

Butts Boot Camp Call us for more info. You will be sleeping out doors. Departure: July 24, 7:30 am Summit Park Gas Station Return: July 28, 8:00 pm Summit Park Gas Station Equipment: Mt. Bike, Day pack, Running shoes, Hiking boots(optional), Tent/Sleeping bag/Pad, Swim suit & towel

Summer Training Programs Both groups will meet together on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Some workouts will be conducted in Salt Lake City with a van pickup at the Park City Kmart 1/2 hour before the scheduled workout time.

Competition Group Ages: 14 -19 (with exceptions by invite) Schedule: 3 or 4 days per week

Tues, Wed, Thurs 4:00 to 5:30 pm Saturday 8:00 to 10:30 am

Dates: Long Program May 9-August 22 (15 weeks) Short Program June 16 -August 20 (10 weeks)

Activities: Running, roller skiing, strength training, mt. biking, occasional games.

Emphasis: Develop specific skills and conditioning required to qualify for and be competitive in the Junior National Championships. Workouts will be demanding and will require a high level of commit­ment from each athlete. Required: Bike helmet, running shoes, water bottle and carrier, roller skis/boots (recommended) or blades, 3 pair of poles (skate, classic, hiking lengths), mt bike, training log, (heart rate monitor op­tional but recommended). Coach: John Callahan

Development Group Ages: 10-19 Schedule: 2 days per week

Tues, Thurs 4:00 to 5:30 pm Dates: June 16-August 20 (10 weeks) Activities: Light running, roller blading, light strength training, mt. biking, soccer and other games. Emphasis: Develop general athletic skills and conditioning while maintaining a fun atmosphere. Required: Bike helmet, running shoes, water bottle and carrier, roller blades, (poles optional), mt bike. Coach: Derek Newton

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SPRING /SUMMER 2000 TUNA NEWS

Jessiea Chudleigh skis the final WCS race of the season.

WCS Race #5 at White Pine Farm By Brian Aim

FEBRUARY 26 — The 1999-2000 Wasalch Citizens Scries races have hit one of the most exhilarating years of Cross-Country skiing in Utah. WOW! What a tremendously successful year of ski racing it was for both competitors and spectators alike. From skiing in the first inaugural event at Soldier Hollow to skiing in a snowstorm at Sundance, to trying to find snow at Mountain Dell, this has been one heck of a season!

For the second year in a row, the final Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield Wasatch Citizens Series 10-km freestyle race, was held at White Pine Touring Center's farm course. Once again the concluding race of the year has a tendency lo be a very Competitive one. Skiers vie with one another in aspiring to­wards improving their seasonal points standings, all in hopes of claiming one of the top three places in their age division. Rac­ers know it as a dog-eal-dog world oul there!

Perhaps the most thrilling to watch this year was the 40-49 year-old women's division. Debbie Wagner won the first two races of the year. However, not far behind her heels was Ellen Gibson who won the next two races of the year. Last year Debbie Wagner won the overall season points award so it was only fair that this year's award go to Ellen Gibson. Which is exactly what happened.

Two University of Utah Ski Team Members proved the course belonged to them by establishing the hottest times of the day for both the men and women. Rob Whitney skied the course in 28:41 while teammate Kristina Joder turned in a time of 34:45. Also, no! far behind Rob was another Ute, Torin Koos with the 2nd best men's lime of 29:26.

Racing very closely today were Lee Shea and William Corliss in the men's 40-49 year-old division. They both fin­ished within less than a second of each other. Zack Simons, Barry Makarewicz and Ryan Qttinn all in the men's open divi­sion completed the race within 25 seconds of each other. Nice racing guys!

For the second year in a row Brent Aim once again missed an award in the men's novice division. Once he learns how to skale I think I'll be moving out of the novice division. He just might finally overtake me on his skating skis.

Following a great day of racing, everyone enjoyed a free lunch and endless amounts of socializing. Seasonal awards were presented to the top three racers in each division along with a vast amount of prizes. New ski owners included Katie Milligan-Susong, who won a very tall pair of skis, and John Blumenkamp, who won the other set of skis.

Appreciation goes out to Wasatch Touring for sponsoring the race, and to the race crew for overseeing the event's activities. Please acknowledge the sponsors and volunteers who make the Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield Wasatch Citizens Series such a huge success. Have an enjoyable spring and summer biking and hiking!

CITIZENS SERIES

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MEN: OPEN 1 19 Robert Whitney 0:28:417 2 18 Torin Koos 0:29:26.4 3 39 John Aalberg 0:29:36.6 4 22 Zack Simons 0:30:25.3 5 120 Barry Makarewicz 0:30:29.1 6 23 RyanQuinn 0:30:49.3 7 17 PatrickCasoy 0:31:14.9 8 111 Chns Humbert 0:32.06.5 9 99 Dan Gibson 0:32:44.9

10 20 Tom Noaker 0:34:16.3 MEN: 18-29 YEARS

1 193 Simon Premoze 0:33:41.5 2 47 Malt Stephens 0:40:30.1

MEN: 30-39 YEARS 1 3 Randy Anderson 0:32:25.3 2 13 Sandy Brown 0:34:39.2 3 133 JellMinnema 0:35:35.2 4 37 Tim Metos 0:37:32.8 5 175 Kenny Yeh 0:39:14.6 6 36 Thomas Burke 0:39:16.5 7 28 Jerry McMahan 0:39:25.7 8 4 JohnBerneike 0:40:21.1 9 188 Brian Kelm 0:40:34.7

10 11 Khosrow Shotorbani.... 0:41:08.1 11 107 Bob Henderson 0:41:12.1 12 38 John litis 0:41:18.9 13 163 David Susong 0:43:45.9 14 27 Scotl Hallenberg 0:47:20.6 15 57 CedricGunn 0:56:47.1 16 180 MattiUser 1:01:55.5

55 Nicholas Hess DNF MEN: 40-49 YEARS

1 46 Todd Henneman 0:34:20.0 2 8 Steve Evans 0:35:39.2 3 48 Bruce Allen 0:36:10.3 4 160 Ken Stone 0:36:13.3 5 31 Lee Shea 0:36:29.1 6 93 William Corliss 0:36:29.9 7 191 Geir Vik 0:36:30.2 8 134 Kevin Murphy 0:36:31.7 9 30 RuslyReed 0:38:04.7

10 64 Patrick McEwen 0:38:08.0 11 44 DavvdHill 0:38:34.4 12 153 Bill Stenquist 0:39:31.1 13 105 Keith Harrington 0:39:37.1 14 162 Charlie Sturgis 0:39:42.0 15 89 Richard Bullough 0.39:55.1 16 42 Sieve Johnston 0:40:15.6 17 73 Cullen Battle 0:41:54.8 18 68 Kurt Dudley 0:42:49.5 19 155 David Stice 0:43:19.4 20 181 Charlie Buller 0:43:51.9 21 146 Bruce Schroeder 0:44:53.2 22 110 Dean Huber 0:45:12.3 23 139 Tim Odell 0:45:37.8 24 85 Daniel Bray 0:46:28.0 25 16 Sam Wolfe 0:46:32.5 26 179 David Albright 0:49:14.9 27 15 TomWalbom 0:50:46.9

MEN: 50-59 YEARS 1 152 Blaine Stavn 0:37:25.7 2 115 Jim King 0:38:33.6 3 170 Dave Wagner 0:39:30.7 4 101 Ray Groth 0:40:13 2 5 102 Richard Groth 0:41:08.6 6 182 BillSayre 0:41:26.3 7 137 Robert Myers 0:43:01.6 8 165 Bill Thompson 0:43:31.6 9 67 Steve Holcomb 0.44:25.7

MEN: 60+ YEARS 1 113 Bob Irvine 0:22:06.0 2 164 Steve Swanson 0:22:24.2 3 2 Jock Glidden 0:22:34.9 4 174 RobertWoody 0:42:35.1

MEN: NOVICE 1 109 John Hollerbach 0:24:01.1 2 45 EdDeSislo 0:24:33.7 3 144 Brooks Robinson 0:29:54.1 4 72 Brian Aim 0:31:23.0 5 71 Brent Aim 0:33:52.5

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JUNIOR MEN: 14-15 YEARS 1 167 Kyle Tietze 0:17:03.5 2 106 Taylor Hemming 0:17:42.1 3 98 Jonathan Geurts 0:22:07.3 4 83 Anders Bray 0:23:29.9 5 53 Shane Hohman 0:24:30.7 6 54 MikeRies 0:26:40.2

JUNIOR MEN: 12-13 YEARS 1 151 Oran Slainbrook 0:24:50 2 2 14 RickGrahn 0:26:04 2

JUNIOR MEN: 10-11 YEARS 1 58 Graham Stromberg 0:07:111 2 149 Micah Stainbrook 0:07:22.4 3 135 Mason Murphy 0:09:20.9 4 52 JakeRies 0:09:54.9 5 185 Chris Sayre 0:17:21.1

JUNIOR MEN: 8-9 YEARS 1 177 Cole Slromberg 0:03:51.6 2 33 Andrew Putt 0:03:55.4 3 51 Cody James 0:04:06.3 4 9 Chase Pinkham 0:04:52.7 5 176 Peter Hartvigsen 0:05:29.5 6 183 Mike Sayre 0:06:03.6

JUNIOR MEN: UNDER 8 YEARS 69 Brady Anderson No Time 88 Garrett Bullough No Time 6 Nathan Makarewicz No Time

32 Tanner Pull No Time 187 Danny Sayre No Time

WOMEN: OPEN 1 25 Knstina Joder 0:34:45.6 2 190 Robynn Masters 0:34:58.1 3 24 Lene Pedersen 0:36:53.2 4 112 Laurie Humbert 0:37:17.8 5 41 Gretchen Oomek 0:38:44.6

WOMEN: 18-29 YEARS 1 192 Jessica Chudleigh 0:44:54.0

WOMEN: 30-39 YEARS 1 169 RoxanneToly 0:36:55.0 2 132 Kelly Milligan 0:37:22.0 3 66 Laura Howal 0:38:33.0 4 29 Susan Hallenberg 0:40:08.7 5 129 Anita Merbach 0:40:33.8 6 43 DebLovci 0:43:27.4 7 12 Shelley Chandler 1:01:50.9

92 Chris Cline DNS WOMEN: 40-49 YEARS

1 171 DebbieWagner 0:41:07.7 2 173 Kirsten Whetstone 0:41:14.6 3 100 Ellen Gibson 0:42:32.4 4 74 MaryBeacco 0:42:58.3 5 140 Ann Page 0:43:21.3 6 62 Cyndi Schwandl 0:45:46.5 7 56 Dawn Bowling 0:46:15.4 8 172 Donna Wahofi-Stice .... 0:60:59.7

WOMEN: NOVICE 1 34 Andrea Pull 0:27:21.0 2 161 LizSlone 0:29:22.4 3 26 Paula Pinkham 0:29:31.9 4 142 Shelley Parks 0:32:09.1 5 5 TamiDeGrosky 0:32:31.9 6 84 Annie Bray 0:36:54.4 7 145 Phyllis Robinson 0:45:47.1

JUNIOR WOMEN: 16-17 YEARS 1 60 Whitney Thompson 0:54:45.1

JUNIOR WOMEN: 10-11 YEARS 1 138 Erin Odell 0:08:17.9

JUNIOR WOMEN: 8-9 YEARS 1 184 Elizabeth Gumey 0:03:35.9 2 150 Olivia StambfOOk 0:04:24.7 3 154 Katherine Stenquist 0:05:21.9 4 158 Erika Stone 0:05:36 7

JUNIOR WOMEN: UNDER 8 YEARS 86 Sabrina Bray No Time 40 Kayla Dudley No Time 50 McCall Jamos No Time 49 Talus James No Time

131 Katie Milligan-Susong.. No Time 10 Ava Pinkham No Time

159 Kelsey Stone No Time 189 Kelsi Vik No Time

TUNA NEWS SPRING /SUMMER 2000

Wasatch Avalanche Journal by Tom Kimbrough

Utah Avalanche Forecast Center

FEBRUARY 28, 2000 —Although I am originally an East Ten­nessee hillbilly, I started learning about avalanches in Califor­nia in the 60\s and 70's. One thing that I miss about the Sierra is the huge storms. My first experience with them was in April 1967. After a light winter. I quit my job as a ski patroller and moved into Camp 4 in Yosemite on April 1. eager for another season on the big walls. A spring storm blew in the next morn­ing. It snowed every single day the entire month. Nobody got much climbing done but I was more fortunate than most. That spring 1 was blessed with a warm (and female) lent male!

The next fall, while patrolling at Alpine Meadows. 1 heard tales of that April from the avalanche workers. After a week of constant snow, the area was shut down and the road was closed. The snow safely people would take a cat from ihe highway each morning at 6:00 a.m. to shoot the guns and run hand-charge routes to protect the lifts and lodge buildings. They started feeling like soldiers under siege by a relentlessly attacking foe. Each day the gun platforms and ammo caches had lo be dug out. Two hours later they would be drilled in again. Hand-charge routes required laborious trail breaking and coping with winds to 60 mph and snowfall of 1 to 3 inches per hour. Hanging over all the hard work and miserable condi­tions was the possible consequences of a mistake or an un­usual avalanche.

In February of '69 I got my own taste of a month-long storm siege. During one three day period my partner and I siayed in the top terminal shack of the summit lift. The wind never dropped below 50 mph. We melted snow on a camp stove for coffee water and played chess. Twice a day we would shoulder our packs, get on our skis and head out into the maelstrom of horizontal whiteness: making our way a couple of hundred yards along the ridge to lob a couple of 2 pound sticks of dy­namite onto the slope that hung above another lift. Tough work

for 52.75 an hour but we were young, strong and not very in­terested in pumping gas at the Exxon station.

So why all this ancient history'.'This February reminds me of the Sierra. It hasn't been an epic siege but snow has been recorded al Alta on all but a couple of days since February 8. Two powerful storms dumped 40 and 50 inches of new snow. In two weeks we went from an early season snow pack to mid season condilions. These storms were warm and wet with stronger winds than is usual for the Wasatch. Stabilization was fast, with little or no development of near-surface faceted crystals. Surface facets did develop during the first week of the month but warm temperatures preceding the first snowfall on February 9 rounded and dampened those crystals and a good bond formed with the new snow. With only one clear, cold night during the rest of the month, no persistent weak layers formed. Most slides ran on density changes in ihe fresh snow and these weaknesses healed rapidly.

There were exceptions. Most notably, on the 19th, when a couple of snowmobilers triggered a deep, hard slab jusl north of the Utah border, killing one of them. This slide and several olhers around the range, failed on faceted layers formed in previous months. There is another slope where early season conditions still exist: Square Top, near The Canyons, which released on January 11. killing two people. It was triggered again on February 15th by a snow boarder and it ran naturally on the 26th. The resulting thin snow pack may well pull out yet again with another storm.

This nostalgic month didn't make for lots of greal turning', too much Sierra cement. Hut I did miss one fine day. Howie, iif the Alta snow safety department, ranked last Thursday one of the top 10 days of ski cutting in the last 20 years. I was in the office!

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BACK IN THE PACK

The Dangers of Waxing or Lessons on finance and matrimony from the wax room

by David Susong

I do much of the ski waxing in our house. I am not sure why this is. My wife has been racing competitively much longer than I have. However, she was racing

al a level where there were coaches who tested and selected the wax of the day and just told her what to put on. This was also in the pre fluorocarbon/graphite/molybdenum era and waxing was much simpler then. The state of the art waxes were hydrocar­bons or paraffin derivatives. Remember Swix Purple. I used it for about everything except when it was really cold and that called for Start Green. Now that was simplicity.

Today we still have the good old hydrocarbons but no self-respecting skier, even one skiing Back in the Pack, would use this wax for anything but training and cleaning their skis. No. today the waxing game has gotten much more complicated, subtle, and baffling. There are the hydrocarbons, the low fluo-rocarbons, the medium fluorocarbons. the high fluorocarbons, the pure fluorocarbons, and the graphite, and molybdenum ad­ditives. Each one of these comes in various colors for applica­tion at different temperature, humidity and snow conditions.

Thus wc come to the first hazard of waxing. This hazard impends the safety of your wallet. I asked a mortgage broker fora home equity loan to buy ski wax. By the look he gave me I knew lhat this loan application was in trouble and I didn't

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even have the opportunity lo fill in my name. The bottom line is this fancy speed powder is expensive. Ifyou purchase all the variants of these waxes there will be serious damage to your wallet and that will be before you invest in the necessary books, manuals and videos necessary to use al! this stuff. I also forgot to mention the wax benches, irons, roto brushes, and structure tools. Now, any rational person would read this list and quickly deduce that you probably don't need a lot of this stuff. But this same rational person quickly becomes a rabid consumer of all the latest wax elixirs after being passed on a gentle down hill by a rival on the racecourse. Irrationality takes over and the arms race of waxing has begun, no matter what the cost, for there is nothing worse than having slower skis during a race.

This brings me the to second major and perhaps the greatest hazard of waxing and that is waxing your wife's skis. My wife has some pretty strong competitive instincts. If her skis arc-slower then anyone else's she gels grumpy. This is perhaps a gross understatement of how she really feels. During a recent race she had slow skis. After the race she was angry, actually it was more than angry she was raging. It just so happens that I had waxed her skis. I crossed the finish line minutes after her and as I stood there in a dazed and somewhat hypoxic state she stormed up and let me know what she thought of her skis, the wax. the race, and the day. It wasn't pretty. As I endured this barrage, I thought to myself that she just beat me by minutes so what was she complaining about? Her skis couldn't have been that bad. As I came out from my hypoxic haze I also realized that I am not even on her competitive horizon. Kicking my butt was something taken for granted.

Although I often do a lot of the waxing it is a cooperative venture between my wife and I. As with any pail of a marriage (here are negotiations and compromises and blame. We discuss the possible weather and snow conditions for ihe race day and arrive al a wax combination. I then trundle off to the garage to gel ihe skis ready. I think this is a male thing. It is well known thai men look for any excuse to putter around in the garage and waxing skis is as good a reason as any.

If our skis are slow we both know that we jointly chose the wax. However, there is an undertone in her anger that seems to look for someone responsible. I think this is a female thing. As 1 take the brunt of her anger I can't help but feel like the respon­sible party. In this stale of mind I am easy prey and I think my wife knows it. For in one of ihe bolder gambits of the ski arms race, she announced thai because of the poor performance of her skis in the last race she having her old skis stone ground and buying a new pair with complete stone grind and race prep as well. As I stood there with my mouth open, she delivered the coup de gras and said she was buying new poles loo. She turned and looked me in the eye as if to say " So what do you think about that?" 1 have learned a few things in marriage that have paid oil and one of them is knowing when to say nothing. I said nothing but was thinking about my next trip to the mortgage broker. Perhaps il is lime for a remodel of the wax room or maybe I'd belter make thai a bathroom if I was to have a chance at filling out ihe application.

SPRING /SUMMER 2000 TUNA NEWS

SOCIAL TOUR

HELP WANTED! Social Director needed

by Taylor Robbins

In a perfect world things would be a little different than real life. Il would snow 6" every Friday night but Saturday morn­ing would dawn clear and beautiful. Of course I'd have to go skiing to enjoy the day. And thai would be okay, because in the perfect world the dishes would already be done. A babysitter would be knocking al the door. Work wouldn't call with a problem. There wouldn't be any problems. Most im­portantly. I'd have all the time necessary to do all of the things 1 need and want to. Unfortunately, I live in a real world. I don't have the time to do all the things I want to. Sometimes responsibilities interfere with my hobbies.

For the last three years I have helped TUNA organize social ski tours. Easy gentle ski trips that families and friends can enjoy. Work out another time, tours are for enjoying the scen­ery and the company.

We've enjoyed some greal trips. A stormy trip with hot soup at the end of the day on ihe Beaver Creek Trail. We saw Sol­dier Hollow before il was Soldier Hollow. We discovered the yurts on both ihe north and south slopes of the Uintas. Two trips up Smith-Morehouse have been blessed with perfect snow and weather, which made up for the burnt spaghetti. I've made some great friendships wilh people I've met on the lours. But I need to find someone else in TUNA to take over the duties.

I know it's a lame excuse but it's true, I'm just a little too busy. It's a pretty easy job. All you do is pick a few spots lo go skiing as a group, pick some dates and tell people when to show up.

Pay is measured in friendship and Ihe benefits arc great. You'll have to go to an occasional board meeting and get to know all the mysterious inner workings of TUNA. Because you'll need to w;ork with Ernie Page you'll get to know him real well. Ernie is a lot of fun. You'll get to write articles for TUNA News which means you'll get to know Janet and Dave Reffert and "the kids". Thai's the great thing about helping out with TUNA functions, you meet many wonderful people. And you come away the better for it. I have.

If you think you're the type of person who can ski al the slowest common denominator (my speed). Ifyou can spend a little bit of time (the most precious of commodities) organiz­ing a few weekend ski trips, TUNA could use your help.

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For a great time, do the great race in Truckee, California By Laurie Humbert

Ifyou have never raced The Greal Race in Truckee, Califor­nia, put it on your calendar for next ski season!

The 30-kiloineier race, similar to the Boulder Mountain Tour, is a point-to-point, which starts in Tahoe Cily at ihe Tahoe XC ski area and finishes on the other side of the moun­tain ridge in Truckee. The start is one huge mass of skiing hu-manily—850 starters, no waves. The course starts (corn snow) with a rolling, gradual uphill thai climbs to a more steep pitch lo about Ihe 12 km marker. At the lop of Ihe ridge (heavily falling cold snow) you see the most refreshing feed zone (be­cause you know it is the top), followed by a fun and fast downhill.

I thought that the downhill would be rest. but. when you have to tuck for about 10 minutes your quads are just burnin'! At the bottom of this downhill 1 then hit the loughest part of the course: a three-minute steep climb that just about broke me!! It was a mentally tough climb due to my thinking that the rest of the course was downhill, and it was a tough hill be­cause my legs had been in a sialic tuck for about 10 minutes. After this climb was anoiher long downhill, but a bit more technical with several twists and turns. I have to admit that I did a bit of snowplowing because 1 was not sure of what was coming up around the sharp turn. After going around the turns. 1 quickly realized lhat I did not have to be so conservative. The turns were wide and Ihe snow was forgiving and not icy at all (spring conditions). I will know to be more aggressive nexl year!

At ihe bottom of this more technical series of downhills, the course leveled off and then started lo climb with some rollers. The hills actually were my friend at this point as I started lo catch people who had passed me on ihe downhill. 1 had greal skis on ihe uphill climb, but misjudged the wet snow on the downhill and the final kilometers of the race. I had the perfect skis, the perfect wax. but needed more structure. I was quickly reminded that you have to know the entire course when you wax. especially, in a point- to-point race with eleva­tion changes, etc.

The last 500 meters were all downhill with a final slalom-like drop to the finish line. About 99^ of the racers crashed al the base of the climb where they actually had netting lo stop all the racers who could not stop themselves. The crowd was cheering for all the people that crashed into the soft corn snow. My legs were so shaky after the downhill thai 1 could barely walk off ihe course. At this point I had no idea what place 1 was. I was just laughing and enjoying the whole finish scene, which was so atypical of a cross country race.

After congratulating my Rossignol teammates Kelly Schalk and Robynn Masters, who finished first and second respec­tively. I (hen found out that another Rossignol teammate. Patrick Weaver, won the men's race. My husband Chris raved on and on that he also had a fun and fast race. It was greal to see so many other Utah racers at this event: Caryl Brown, Rich and Marty Hanvard. Rob Lang, Scott Loomis, Torbjorn and lasl year's champion Cory Smith. In addition to enjoying the post race festivities with locals, I had a chance to see all

my past cross country and biathlon buddies from California, Oregon and Nevada.

Post race activities were held right at the finish line. Activi­ties included a drawing for awesome product, a free chili meal and a variety of beers, which included Pete's Wicked Ale. Needless to say we were all staying warm under the falling snowflakes while enjoying food, spirits, great conversation and watching all Ihe finishers/crashes on the downhill. The awards were held in the adjacent lodge, which was filled with racers dancing wildly to a great party band that played for hours.

In addition to just plain having a great lime at this event, I fell lhat the proceeds went to a great cause that we can all ap­preciate here in the Wasatch: Avalanche Search and Rescue. The Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team crew put on ihe whole race, even with only 50% of their volunteers, due to an emergency rescue being conducted in nearby Sugar Bowl the night before the race. In addition to ihe main race sponsor Paco's Ski Shop, there were several supporting sponsors which made the race possible, including one of our local shops. Nor­dic Equipment.

You need to experience and support this incredible race!

WHITE PINE/TUNA RELAY

Loboschefskys Dominate Relay by Kurt Dudley

MARCH 4, 2000— In case any one was wondering—you missed Oltt!! The last local race day of the year turned oul to be a great blue sky, sun soaking, ski gliding heaven of a day at While Pine Touring. Okay, so the snow's getting a little thin. Ihe overnight freeze and relatively cold temps made for a fairly easy klister lap for the first leg skiers in the ever popu­lar relay (first lap classic lechnique, next two laps freestyle skating) event. We had a LeMans finish due to a iiltle 150-yard bare spot along ihe lakeside parking lot. which added a new dimension to the race.

The Loboschefskys (Paul. Paula, and Lrikl dominated the field with two youngsters who ate improving and a mom who knocked nearly 10% off her previous handicapped time. Their adjusted time was three full minutes ahead of the field.

Dave Hanscom and Kenny Yeh skied to second place finish as Dave skied like the guy from 10 years ago and Kenny is obviously still improving his skills and technique.

The Fichters (Gary and Nancy) teamed with Tom Prey to bring home the bronze by a one second margin over the al­leged sandbaggers on the team TUNA News consisting of Dave Susong, Kurt Dudley and Chris Tietze. If Dave had just skied a little harder, this reporter is certain they could have moved up a slot.

Have a good summer and we'll leave the ski iron hoi for you.

SPRING /SUMMER 2000 TUNA NEWS

WHITE PINE/TUNA RELAY DATE: March 4, 2000 BASE TIME: :14:11

FASTEST CITIZEN: GEROLD ROBINSON

NOTE: NET TIME FOR EACH SKIER = LAP TIME • (HANDICAP • BASE TIME)

FIN.TIME LAP TIME NET TIME PERCENT BIB NAME HDCP HR:MIN:SEC HR:MIN:SEC HR:MIN:SEC BACK

Sundance Challenge

143 PAULLOBOSCHEVSKY 0 33 :'.a 33 155 PAULA LOBOSCHEVSKY 0.63 :40 :20 157 ERIK LOBOSCHEVSKY 0.46 :58 : 0

I 1 k - TEAM PLACE

200 KENNY YEH 201 DAVE HANSCOM 202 KENNY YEH

1 2 k-TEAM PUCE

116 GARY FICHTER 117TOMFHEY t IB NANCY FICHTER

1 3 k -TEAM PLACE

197 DAVID SUSONG 198 KURT DUDLEY 199 CHRIS TEIT2E

. .! ..-. TEAM Fi_A( E

61 BRENT ALM 63 SIMON PREMOZE 65 BRIAN ALM

1 5 k - TEAM PUCE

94 KIRSTEN AALBERG 95 JOHN AALBERG 96 JO TIETZE

1 6 k— TEAM PUCE

125 JIM KING 126 LEE SHEA 127 GARY FICHTER

1 7 k—TEAM PUCE

75 DON POLLARI 76 GEROLD ROBINSON 77 BRIAN KELM

1 8 l < - TEAM PUCE

119 BOB IRVINE 121 DAVID STICE 122 DON POLLARI

1 9 k—TEAM PUCE

104 HERB LEPLEY 106 BEN LEPLEY 123 ROSS PALOMAKI

1 10 k— TEAM PUCE

203 RICHARD BULLOUGH 204 STEVE JOHNSTON 205 KIRSTEN WHETSTONE

111 k-TEAM PLACE

128 KYA PALOMAKI 141 LISA PALOMAKI 143 TED PALOMAKI

112 k - TEAM PUCE

194 DEAN HUBER 195 TANYA JACKSON I96VASYLLYUBARETS

1 13 k— TEAM PUCE

90 BRUCE KNAPP 97 RON ALLEN 114 SCOTT ALLEN

114 k - TEAM PUCE

78LYLEGEURTS 81 JONATHAN GEURTS 87 ROD MYERS

115 k—TEAM PUCE

TOTAL NET TIME —

0.30 :19:40 0.29 :36 26 0.30 .53 36

TOTAL NET TIME -

0.33 :22:14 0.44 :40 52 0.57 1 : 0 :31

TOTAL NET T IME-

0.25 :19:38 0.35 :37:23 0.41 :55:50

TOTAL NET TIME -

1.32 .34.5 0.04 :4B :38 0.99 1:15:11

TOTAL NET TIME —

0.60 :24 :53 •0.05 :38:10 0.39 :57:7

TOTAL NET TIME-

0.19 .i8:35 0.17 34:44 0.33 :53:51

TOTAL NET TIME —

0.10 M 22 0.05 :30:33 0.04 :47:0

TOTAL NE1 TIM!

0.46 .24 27 0.12 :43:24 010 :58:30

TOTAL NET TIME ~

0-13 :22:49 •037 :31 21 •0.32 :40:55

TOTAL NET TIME-

0 22 :21 :30 0.11 :38:57 0.27 :57:39

0:18:33 0:21 :47 0:17:40

> 0:37.50

0:19:40 0:16:46 0:17:10

> 0:40:57

0:22:14 0 18-33 0:19:39

> 0 :41 .29

0:19:38 0:17:45 0:18:27

> 0:41 :30

0:34:5 0:14:33 0 26 :33

> 0 41 :49

• : 34 53 0:13:17 0:18:57

> 0 :43 -46

-i IB 35 0:16:9 0:19:7

> 0 :44:3

0:16:22 0:14:11 0:16:27

> 0 :44 :16

0 :24 :27 0:18:57 0:15:6

> 0:48:49

0 :22 :49 0:8:32 0 :9 :34

> 0:48:50

0:21 :30 0 .17 :27 0:16:42

TOTAL NET TIME - * 0

-0.12 :19 55 •0.12 333:35 0 34 :51 : 5

TOTAL NET TIME -

0.12 :23:20 0.30 :45:5 0.51 1 4 .59

TOTAL NET TIME -

196 :23 :33 017 46:12 0.18 1:3:39

TOTAL NET TIME -

015 32:44 0.16 :50:56 0 14 1:32:2-i

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by Brian Aim

FEBRUARY 19, 2000 — Now in its 6th year the Sundance Challenge is defi­nitely living up to its name. It's not merely a coincidence that the word "Challenge" appears in the name of this race. The course layout presents one formidable task, and for a begin­ning racer like myself, that one task is to: "Just finish the race." Ifyou love to climb long, steep hills then this is the race for you. Especially, if you don't mind doing it twice. Luckily for me I'm still skiing the 5km.

The Sundance Challenge shifted into motion in the meadow, with a mass slart format under beautiful, blue, sunny skies and lots of new snow. Sundance was the beneficiary of more than a few feel of new snow­fall, courtesy of Mother Nature, that had fallen at the resort during the week. The setting for this race is absolutely splendid. It's no wonder why more than 75 racers came to bask in all the newly fallen snow and sunshine.

Leading the pack this year with the fastest time of the day was Torbjorn Karlsen with a time of 24:56. Only a lew seconds behind him were Bruce Allen 25:05 and Sandy Brown 25:06 respectively. Roxanne Toly turned in the fastest women's race of the day in 26:48 followed shortly thereafter by Laurie Humbert 27:00 and Sonya Stoklosa 27:04 individually.

Once again Sundance Nordic Center did an astounding job grooming. The people at Sundance arc absolutely phenomenal and really go out of their way to put together such a fun race tor all the skiers. Most skiers leave Sundance not merely with a prize and a new T-shirt, but also with a smile on their faces. Many thanks to Jesse Whitmore and Sam Palmatier who make the Sundance Challenge the tradition it has become. See you next year. This is one race you shouldn't miss!

SUNDANCE CHALLENGE RESULTS

Sundance's Sam Palmatier and winner of the skis. Brian Aim.

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MEN OPEN-10K 1. Barry Markarewicz 29.43.8 2. Scott Loomis 30.41.0 3. Enk Stange 31:26.5 4. Randi Anderson 31:30 9 5. Addison Whitworth 32:07.5 6. Dan Gibson 32:39.1 7. Don Pollan 32:48.1 8. Simon P.-emoze 3354.3 9. Jerry McMahan 40:47.4 10. Keilh Harringlon 43:13.0 11. Daniel Bray 50129

MEN 14-17-10K I.Ian Ode!! 26 44.7 2. Anders Bray 33:20.5

MEN 18-29 -10K 1. Matt Stephens 33:08.8 2. Samuel Clark 35:32.1 3. Andres Martinson 47 17.1

MEN 30-39-10K 1. Sandy Brown 25.06.9 2. Peter Petersen 27:45.5 3. Kenny Yeh 29:55.9 4. Bob Henderson 32:21.7 5. Chns Magerl 3314.8 6. Paul Fjelsled 45:53.8

MEN 40-49 • 10K 1. Torbjorn Karlsen 24:56.2 2. Bruce Allen 25 05.8 3 Ken Stone 2652.7 4, Bill Hokanson 27:01.2 5 Steven Bowling 28 03.3

6 Rusly Reed 28:13.8 7. RJGuiney 28:51.1 B Bill Stenquist 29:22.3 9. David Hill "30:12.3 10 Sam Wofle 34:47.2 11. Tim Odell 36:13.6

MEN 50-59-10K I.Alan Watson 27:05.6 2 Blaine Slavn 27 42.1 3. Gary Rchler 31 51.4 4 Richard Groth 32:59.6 5. Sieve Holcomb 36.04.5

MEN 60-99 -10K 1 Bob Irvine 33:16.8 2 Tom Frey 33 32.4 MEN JUNIOR -3K 1-RickGrahn 05:59.3 2. Aaron Leake 06:04.0 3 Cole Slromberg 06:05.6 4 Dallin Adams 06.08.5 5.JakeRies 08:17.2 6 Addison Leake 03:32.2 7. Peter Hartvigsen 10:18.1 B. Spencer Adams . 11:11.0

MEN JUNIOR-2K 1 Logan Jones 03 54.8 2. Shane Hohman 04:00.9 3. MikeRies 04:01.6 4. Daniel Guiney 04:26.4 5 Gus Johnson 04:46.5 6 Graham Stromberg 05:01.1 7. Spencer Hohman 05:18.2

8. Sky Grahn 05:29.8

MEN NOVICE - 5K 1. Alan Stenquist 17:55.8 2. Paul Stromberg 22:33.7 3 Thomas Leake 25:21.2 4. Brian Aim 30:30.1 5. Brent Aim 36:37.1 6. Tanner Adams 5B:47.t 7. Nate Adams 56:49 3

WOMEN 18-29- 10K 1 Jessica Chudleigh 32.20.7

WOMEN 30-39-1 OK 1. Roxanne Tory 26:48.6 2. Laurie Humbert 27:00.7 3 Sonya Stoklosa 27:04.3 4. Laura Howal 29:020 5. Janet Myshrall 30:56 4 6. DebLovci 34:25.6

WOMEN 40-49 • 10K I.Ellen Gibson 30:16-2 2. Mary Beacco 31:45.5 3. Cyndi Schwandt 33:42.0 4. Dawn Bowling 34:59.7

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All the snow is gone, now what do I do? by Dain LaRoche

By now most of the ski races have come and gone and the temperatures are getting warmer. The backcountry skiing is still good but you've probably already dusted off your bicycle. Most likely the last thing thai is on your mind is next year's ski season. Well, whether you are a recreational skier or a racer, the summer is the time of the year where you can make many improvements. Cross-country skiing is a sport that takes years of training to build strength, an aerobic training base, and technical skills. Ifyou only think about training for skiing when fall rolls around, you're missing out.

Usually after the season ends il is nice to take a little break. The only drawback is that the fitness that you lose in those weeks or months takes a long time to get back. In other words, it takes much longer to gain fitness than it does to lose it. Be­cause cross-country skiing is an aerobic sport, many people-forget the importance of strength training. The spring and summer is the perfect time to build your strength base. In the spring and summer, strength training should focus on improv­ing general strength utilizing free-weight and body weight (push-ups. pull-ups. etc.) exercises. Strength training with free-weights should be completed 2-3 times per week using } sets of 8-12 repetitions. As the fall and winter approach, strength training should become more specific to skiing. This means that the majority of the exercises that you do should mimic ski technique. These include lunges, plyomeirics (jumping exercises), roller-board, and double poling on rollerskis.

The concept of specificity is an important one in exercise physiology. Simply put. your body will make physiological adaptations that are specific to the nature of the stimulus, flic stimulus of course is exercise and adaptations include im­provements in aerobic power, strength, muscular endurance and so on. Not only are these adaptations specific lo the kind of exercise (endurance or power), but they are also specific to individual sports and are even specific to individual tech­niques, classic vs. skating for instance. Spring and summer ate great limes for cross-training but the concept of specificity must be remembered. Mow many days of the year do you think Lance Armstrong stays off his bike? How many days a year do you think Janet Evans stays out of the pool'.' My point is this: while it is good to participate in other activities, you musl keep up your ski-specific training. What does this mean? Rollerskiing1.

Rollerskiing is ihe most ski-specific form of dry-land train­ing. Not everyone has the money or the time lo go to ski camps in Bend in June or fall camps on the Dachstein Glacier in Austria but most people can afford a pair of rollerskis. Now. keep in mind that rollerskiing is not for everyone. Ifyou arc not very comfortable with skiing I don't suggest rollerskiing. It's much more fun to fall on snow than it is to fall on hard, abrasive pavement. For those ol you who think thai you will be comfortable on rollerskis, find an area without hills or traf­fic to practice on before you attempt anything harder: empty parking lots are a good place to start. Remember lo always scout out an area on a bicycle or in a car before you ski them. Stop signs or construction work on a downhill can ruin your day.

In general, rollerskiing throughout the summer is great for improving you aerobic base. You musl develop a certain level of general aerobic fitness that will allow you to complete and recover from workouts. Your aerobic base is your foundation for cross-country skiing performance. It can be improved by running, biking and other activities, but the greatest improve­ments will occur from rollerskiing and skiing. Often the aero­bic training of the upper-body is neglected in the summer. In addition to rollerskiing. kayaking or canoeing are great ways lo build your upper-body aerobic power. With aerobic training, the ability of your heart to pump blood, your muscles to ex­tract oxygen, and your muscles to use fat for energy are all im­proved. Additionally, the amount of lactate produced for a given level of activity is drastically reduced allowing you to exercise al a higher intensity before feeling ihe burn. Your ski­ing economy is also improved, meaning that for a given veloc­ity, you will use less energy. These adaptations are essential to the improvement of your skiing ability.

Finally, I suggest thai you find some other form of competi­tion to maintain your intensity training and competitive edge. Running races, road biking, mtn. biking, swimming and kayaking are all great. Ifyou can build your strength through­out the summer while building or maintaining your aerobic fit­ness, you will reap ihe benefits nexl winter. Good luck.

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