Nutrition Workshop Follow-up

 Hi Team, 

I hope that those who were able to attend the nutrition workshop found it beneficial! For anyone who would like to review or who was not able to attend, here is the link: https://georgiancollege.webex.com/recordingservice/sites/georgiancollege/recording/898e7e09fde745549a14dc5f8a94ef1a/playback

It may prompt for a password, which is: zK83yg5j

If anyone has any problems accessing the presentation, or any questions, please let me know.

Hope you're all enjoying the colder, snowier weather!

Nutrition Workshop November 28th

 Hi Team, 

Just a reminder that our nutrition workshop is tomorrow at 1pm! Please try to sign in a few minutes before 1pm so that we can get started on time. Here is the link:

https://georgiancollege.webex.com/webappng/sites/georgiancollege/meeting/download/e7a3c834e13d29e9c27b0f2b12d0ee49

For those who are not able to attend, a recorded version of the presentation will be available afterwards. 

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

Team Update and Upcoming Workshop

Hi Team!

I hope that everyone has had a great November so far, and has been enjoying the balmy weather! Here are a couple of updates for the next while:

1) Winter Camp: we have our fingers crossed that we will be able to hold a Winter Camp in December, likely on the same day as the Yuletide Blast (to be scheduled), if it runs. As with the Fall Camp, we will send out a plan in the next couple weeks, and continue to send out updates about COVID cases and public health guidelines concerning the camp. 

2) Jackets! Don't worry, we haven't forgotten about the jackets. We are hoping to be able to distribute them at the next camp (Winter Camp). If the camp doesn't run, we will find an alternative method of distributing the jackets - either way, we promise you'll get your jacket!

3) Exciting news! In planning for the last couple workshops, several athletes indicated that they would be interested in a presentation about nutrition. Our next virtual workshop will be on Saturday, November 28th at 1pm. We will have a guest speaker: Greg Eskedjian, a nutritionist from Mind to Muscle in Barrie. If you have any questions or comments about nutrition that you would like to hear about, please send me an email so that Greg can address it in his presentation! Coaches and parents you are welcome to submit questions as well, and to attend the workshop!

Zoom information will be posted closer to the presentation date.

Stay safe and healthy everyone, and see you on the 28th!

Coach Madi

SOD Virtual Workshop #2

 Hi Team, 

Thanks so much for everyone who came out to the virtual workshop today! I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving/long weekend as well. 

Here is a link to the slides from today: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14ey8Gi_4Kk-YzZWSISHyg0b1PfHgeH-o?usp=sharing

We covered some race strategies and race plans, as well as a teensy bit of nutrition (more to come at future camps!). If anyone has questions, please feel free to shoot me an email and I'll do my best to answer! 

Information from Online Workshop and Photo Contest!

 Hey Team, 

I apologize for the delay in posting this - it's been a crazy week so far! 

Here is the link for the slides from Sunday's workshop: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yuR1k8YXBYM1ZIRitQpCsbPHKytekQrV/view?usp=sharing

- My reading notes (more or less what I was saying) are at the bottom of each slide in the 'notes' section. If you have any questions feel free to send me an email and I can give you a refresher! 

Here is the link to the yoga that we went through afterwards as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC_KukvZ_Co&ab_channel=BohoBeautiful

For those interested, the channel is called BohoBeautiful, and the woman who runs it has tons of great (and short) yoga videos for all sorts of different imbalances or inflexibilities. I have used the video for tight hips (the one we did on Sunday) frequently in the past - it's a great way to stretch out your hip flexors, especially since a lot of skiers tend to be really tight in that area.

As well, here are the results from the photo contest! Thank you so much to everyone who submitted, it was great to see the ingenuity and adventure that went into finding new sports and making new practice areas during the pandemic.

Here are the top 3 submissions: 

Throughout the pandemic, tracks have been closed - but that was no obstacle for Erik! He and his dad cut a 400m track into their hayfield so that Erik could still keep up his running - great ingenuity!

In order to keep things interesting during the pandemic, Adeline found a new sport - track cycling. What a cool thing to have the opportunity to try - and look like a pro while doing it!

Thomas gave a great submission for two of the contest categories - a new sport and with a pet! This new game 'spike ball' look super fun...it may even make an appearance at our camps in the future!

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We will continue to monitor the situation with COVID cases and send out updates for the fall camp accordingly. In the meantime, please feel free to email either myself or Scott with any questions!

Coach Madi

Meeting Link

 Hi all, 

Here is the meeting link for this Sunday: https://meet.google.com/byg-atrp-xmy 

For those who cannot make the online workshop - don't worry! I will be posting the goal setting slides on the blog if anyone would like to review them. 

Don't forget to send in your photos for the contest before Sunday!

Online Workshop and Fall Camp

 Hey Team!

I hope things are going well with you all, and that back to school has been a smooth transition for you! 

Here are some updates about the Online Workshop as well as the Fall Camp:

Online Workshop: Sunday, September 20th, 7pm

• This will be our first team welcome, as well as an opportunity to talk about goal setting.
• We will also aim to give an overview of what the camp structures will look like with COVID this year.
• If there is anything else you would like to hear about in the workshop, please send in your ideas! 😊
• The workshop will be about 1 hour, with an additional optional yoga session at the end
• Meeting Link will be sent out shortly!

Fall Camp: Saturday, October 17th, 9:00am - 3:30pm

• Location: Harrison Park, Owen Sound
• Plan for the day:
• 9:00am - arrive and ice breakers
• 9:30am - Start rotation of morning activities (4 groups)
• Ski walking technique, strength, motivation workshop, double pole technique
• 11:30am - Lunch
• 12:30pm - Trail run (athletes will be in groups), with light intensity
• 2:30pm - Stretch and change
• 2:45pm - Ice cream (if open) and jackets!
• 3:30pm - Athlete Pickup
• Hand sanitizer will be available throughout the day - please bring your own mask!
• Once we know how many athletes are attending the camp we will send out a more concrete plan on how we will be adhering to COVID-19 safety measures. In the meantime, our plan is to keep athletes in small groups that are able to socially distance.
• Registration form: https://forms.gle/SNURtDqhLhkpvBrQA 
• Please fill out this form by September 30th

Photo Contest: Now until September 20th workshop!

• As mentioned, we will be having a fun photo contest as a way to keep in touch virtually! 
• Photos can be submitted via email, or you can post the photo yourself on instagram and tag @sodxcteam 
• We will be posting the photos on the blog at the end of the contest, so stay tuned!
• Participation is optional 😊
• Photos: Have you tried a new sport, trained in a new location, or had your pet join your workouts during covid? Send in your favourite photo (or take a photo in the next week) in any of these categories to enter the contest!