Strava Virtual Season Competitive Group:
Women:
M Anthony 1:37 5 points
L Ball 1:50 4 points
E Mackinlay 2:00 3 points
Men:
N Ferguson :59 5 points
B Van Den Bosch 1:04 4 points
C Bartel 1:13 3 points
G Buhr 1:19 2 points
Recreational Club Participants:
C Willim
M Solano
Next segment posted Thursday
First real, non test segment. For the competitive club, points will start with this segment.
First test segment:
Competitive Club:
No participants during open time frame.
Recreational Club:
| 1 | Christy Willim | ||||
| 2 | Lindsay Harrington New segment coming this weekend. Maybe it'll be a fatbike one? |
DOWNTOWN NORDIC Strava Clubs Test Segments
Well, that promise of snow was a bust. It looks like we will be waiting for a while longer for snow to ski on. To try to alleviate our impatience to get out skiing we'll create some test segments with other sports. Most of us participate in other fitness activities, especially in the off season.
Please note that after this ALL SEGMENTS will be posted to the blog and facebook page only.
You will not receive an email to describe the segment nor will any results be announced in any place except the blog and facebook page.
For the blog: http://downtownnordic.blogspot.com/
For the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1012557142187824
You must be a member of the facebook group to join, the joining process is very simple. A couple of questions then administrator approval.
Please direct ALL Strava enquiries or comments to Gord at firedudecndn @ Hotmail.com
We were going to have the segment be on the La Salle River because it was skiable but after the rain we don't know its condition. For this segment choose any activity you like. Walk, run, bike, ballroom dance...
For simplicity, easy access for participants and testing purposes the segment will be:
Please respect other trail users and remember that all Strava Club correspondence should go to Gord at firedudecndn@ hotmail.com
Have fun :)
Special DN
Announcement: The Downtown Nordic Recreational and Competitive Online Challenge
Want to
push your pace once in a while? Whether you ski for fitness or ski to
compete, this challenge is for YOU!
Downtown
Nordic is setting up a weekly online Strava challenge series. Read
on to see how you can challenge yourself this winter against skiers in your
class.
A little
unsure - well, try it one week and see if you like it!
Rules
and Guidelines:
For the 2020/21 winter season, two Virtual Leagues will be
created and maintained throughout the season.
Two categories will be available: recreational and competitive.
Recreational: For skiers who just want to get out and ski
and would like a little kick in the pants of encouragement.
Competitive: For
skiers who want to see how they stack up against others.
There will also be Classifications based on gender and
perhaps age. The league will present weekly challenges to all participants and
will be a Strava-based system.
You can only join 1 league: either competitive or recreational.
All participants of the Virtual Leagues must use the Strava
app on a Strava compatible device (watch, phone etc.) to record your
recreational or competitive activity. You DO NOT need a Strava
Subscription! You can use the FREE
Strava app version and participate in the weekly challenges at no cost. The
League Administrator will have access to the Strava leaderboards and will post
results on the League Blog.
How it
Works
Each week a Strava “segment” will be posted in the League
Blog (where?). Participants will have 3 to 4 days to complete the segment and
record it on Strava. Results will be posted early the following week.
Segments may be a section of trail, a complete trail, or a
couple of trails done in succession. Each segment will be clearly outlined so
you will know where each one starts and ends. Some segments may be in the
middle of a trail. For added fun, a couple of segments may be “mystery”
segments (you will know which trail the segment is on, but you will not know exactly
where it starts and stops).
All segments will be on trails that are usually groomed but
there is no guarantee that grooming will have occurred following a snow event.
All segments will be in Manitoba.
Please respect persons who host ski trails on their private
land. Downtown Nordic strongly encourages a small donation to the landowner to
help with grooming costs, but this is not a requirement to participate in the
virtual race season.
Recreational
League:
For skiers who want to explore new places to ski and want a
bit of a challenge that isn’t racing.
Segments in the Recreational League may not be the same as
the Competitive league’s segments, however, in cases where family/group members
may be in different leagues, we will do our best to create segments on the same trail or within a
trail in the same trail system (to facilitate group/family participation and
travel planning to trails). For example, the segment for Competitive League
MIGHT be the section of Bluestem trail in Birds Hill Park from the stables to
the Chickadee warming hut, while the segment for Recreational League skiers
MIGHT be the Chickadee trail or a different section of Bluestem.
Segments will tend to be shorter in the Recreational League.
This league is designed to help you explore some of Manitoba’s ski trails that
you may not have experienced previously.
Recording of Completed Segments
Strava is the tracking app that will be used. If you use a different device or tracking app
you must upload it to Strava before the segment expires. Any tracking errors must be handled through
the Strava help platform.
Shortcuts in segments
are NOT allowed. You must ski the trail
as published in the identified segment and as groomed.
You can ski the segment any time you like but only results
published before the segment expires will be considered for inclusions in
weekly results.
Results will be posted for all Recreational League participants, but times will not be published to keep this league fun and non-competitive.
https://www.strava.com/clubs/DowntownNordicXCSkiRecreational
Competitive
League:
For skiers who want to see how they stack up against the
rest of the pack.
Segments may not be the same as the Recreational League’s
segments, however, in cases where family/group members may be in different
leagues, we will do our best to create
segments on the same trail or within a trail in the same trail system (to
facilitate group/family participation and travel planning to trails). For
example, the segment for Competitive League MIGHT be the section of Bluestem
trail in Birds Hill Park from the stables to the Chickadee warming hut, while
the segment for Recreational League skiers MIGHT be the Chickadee trail or a
different section of Bluestem.
Segments will tend to be longer or on a more difficult
section of trail (eg. Hills, etc.) than the Recreational League segments.
Segments may be two or more trails linked together. When segments are trails
linked together, they MUST be done in sequence, but that sequence will be
clearly explained.
For example:
Competitive Segment:
Birds Hill Park: Bluestem from the stables to the Chickadee lookout
tower. Chickadee from lookout tower COUNTER CLOCKWISE for full circuit then
finish full Bluestem.
https://www.strava.com/clubs/DowntownNordicXCSkiComp
Recording of Completed Segments
Strava is the tracking app that will be used. If you use a different device or tracking app
you must upload it to Strava before the segment expires. Any tracking errors must be handled through
the Strava help platform.
Shortcuts in segments
are NOT allowed. You must ski the trail
as published in the identified segment and as groomed.
You can ski the segment any time you like but only results
published before the segment expires will be considered for standings. A 2-hour
grace period will be given (following segment expiry time) so participants can
return to internet connectivity areas and upload their results. Please be aware
that the League Administrator will be able to see the date and time you started
the segment, and therefore will be able to determine if the segment was started
before the segment expiry time. You do not have to finish your ski before
segment expiry time, but you must have started the segment before the segment
expiry time in order to qualify that completed segment for inclusion in the
league results.
With leagues for both competitive and recreational skiers there
is a place for every skier. Try your
speed against others or just get out and perhaps ski a place you haven’t been
to before. With the current social
distancing guidelines this is a chance to ski “with” others on your own.
Manitoba is blessed in that it has so many interesting places to Nordic ski. Sometimes folks get stuck on skiing at the same old places, and never venture out of their comfort zones to try out and discover new ski areas.
If you need help getting started on where to ski in the province, try checking out the Cross Country Ski Association of Manitoba website and the "where to ski" link...
In order to encourage folks to ski in new places, we have created this little skier passport. You can fill in the place you skied at with a date for the technique you skied. See how many different places you can ski at before the snow melts.
This is a personal challenge. Just save or print out the Passport and start filling it in as you discover new places.
or save and print out the following:
Happy skiing folks!
