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Season Update # 2

5/19/2015

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Racing Season: Part II

The second half of the 2014-2015 racing season was an exciting one for RMR. Many of the athletes were scattered around the world, having qualified in the early season for various international and national competitions. Here are some RMR’s exciting results from the season.

Cross-Country Competitions
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Western Canadian Championships
  • RMR athletes Andrea Dupont, Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt and Ember Large worked together to bring home 4 silver medals for the team.
  • Emma Camicioli and India McIsaac also posted top-10 results.

The races were an excellent opportunity for RMR athletes to prepare for next year’s World Cup events, which will be held on the same courses.


Eastern Canadian Championships
  • Andrea Dupont, India McIsaac, and Ember Large brought the team 1 gold and 3 silver, and 2 bronze medals, while Ilona Gyapay, Stuart Harden, Andrew Brisbin, Michael MacIsaac-Jones, and Emma Camicioli also posted top-30 results.
  • RMR up-and-comer Anna MacIsaac-Jones also competed in her first ever Eastern Championships, posting top-10 results.

FIS World Junior/U23 Championships
  • Maya MacIsaac-Jones and Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt travelled to Almaty, Kazakhstan in January to compete at the Championships. Maya had a top-25 result, while Olivia had consistent racing posting several top-20 and one top-12 result.
  • Olivia’s performance at the World U23 Championships has also earned her a spot on this coming year’s Canadian Senior National Ski Team!

FIS World Championships
  • Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt qualified for and competed at the Senior World Championships in Falun, Sweden. That Olivia was able to qualify for this event while still a U23 athlete is an indication of great things to come!

Lahti World Cup
  • Andrea Dupont raced for RMR and for Canada in World Cup races in Lahti, Finalnd. She finished 41st in the skate sprint, the top Canadian of the day!

Canada Winter Games
  • Maya MacIsaac-Jones, Ember Large, and India McIsaac competed for Team Alberta in Prince George, B.C.
  • Maya won a bronze medal, and all three girls posted top-10 results during the event. The three RMR girls were also a part of Team Alberta’s relay, which finished 4th.

  National Championships
  • Andrea Dupont and Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt posted several top-10 results throughout the week, with Andrea winning an individual bronze medal.
  • Maya MacIsaac-Jones and Andrea Dupont won the Women’s Team Sprint, an exciting moment for RMR. Maya also won 2 individual gold and 2 individual silver medals, earning her the overall Aggregate title for Junior Women.
  • Olivia’s results earned her 3rd place overall among U23 women, while Andrea finished the season as NorAm Sprint Leader.
  • Ember Large also posted several top-10 results throughout the series.


Biathlon Competitions:

International Biathlon Union Cup
  • RMR’s Guillaume Bertrand qualified for and competed for RMR and Team Canada at the IBU events in Italy.

World University Games
  • Evan Girard represented RMR and Team Canada at the 2015 World Universiade in Slovenia. 

Western Canadian Championships
  • William Poffenroth, Kai Skinstad, and Beau Thompson brought home 2 silver and 2 bronze medals for the team from Grande Prairie, Alberta.

World Junior Championships
  • Stuart Harden and Pearce Hanna both qualified to represent Team Canada at the World Junior Championships in Minsk, Belarus.
  • While there, Pearce Hanna raced to an outstanding 13th place in the Youth Men’s Pursuit.

Canada Winter Games
  • Racing for Team Alberta and RMR, Nate Gerwing posted top-15 results in each event in Prince George.

National Championships
  • Gillian Gowling and Stuart Harden brought home 1 bronze medal and 1 gold medal for the team
  • Pearce Hanna and Stuart Harden narrowly missed the podium several times with top-5 results.
  • Kai Skinstad, William Poffenroth, and Guillaume Bertrand claimed top-10 results for the team.
  • Evan Girard and Nate Gerwing achieved top-15 results.

After a relaxing month of rest and recovery for both athletes and coaches, RMR training has just started for the upcoming season! On the calendar this summer and fall include dryland camps in Creston, B.C., Canmore, AB., and Park City, Utah, as well as on-snow training at the Haig Glacier and Sunshine Meadows.

RMR would like to extend a huge and heartfelt thank-you to all of its sponsors. Each and every one of you helps contribute to the team’s success; we would not function without your support.
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Season Update #1

1/20/2015

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Training Camps and Early Racing Season

Led by coaches John Jaques and Luke McGurk, the RMR athletes have had a busy training season filled with multiple camps and an exciting start to the racing season.

Training Camps
Sunshine Ski Camp
Throughout May and June, RMR athletes were fortunate enough to be able to ski on fully groomed cross-country trails in the meadows at Sunshine Village near Banff. The team took advantage of this opportunity to focus on volume and technique while on snow, skiing for 3-5 hours every day. The athletes and their coaches also were lucky enough to enjoy some beautiful early morning crust skiing on the Sunshine meadows.

Creston Bike Camp
RMR athletes headed down to Creston, B.C. at the beginning of July for a high volume road biking camp, aimed towards improving the athletes’ endurance and leg strength. Supported by their coaches and by parents and team volunteers, athletes cycled up to 150km each day, with workouts lasting up to 6 hours. The camp was the team’s first trip away from Canmore as a group, and was a great opportunity for athletes to work together and enjoy training as a team.

Haig Glacier On-Snow Camps
The team attended three on-snow training camps throughout July, August, and September at the Haig Glacier, where they took advantage of the skiing opportunities to focus on both technique and volume. Each day, RMR athletes completed a 1-hour hike to from the base camp to the glacier itself, followed by 3-4 hours of skiing. Athletes also took advantage of the glacier’s high altitude (over 2400m) to boost their endurance and stamina.

Park City High Altitude Camp
RMR’s final training camp of the year took place near the end of September in Park City, Utah. The Park City camp, known by RMR athletes as the “hardest camp of the year”, combined high altitude, high volume, high intensity, and strength in a final preparation for athletes leading up to the racing season. Athletes completed a variety of time trials, intensity and strength sessions, and 4-5 hour distance skis throughout the camp. The trip ended with an epic 30km trail run at 9000 ft. elevation, lasting 4-5 hours.


Race Season

For the biathletes and cross-country skiers, the first two months of racing involved a variety of selection races for Canada Winter Games, biathlon and cross-country World Junior Championships, World University Championships, IBU events, and World Cup events. RMR athletes succeeded in having some outstanding results, proving that the team can compete with Canada’s best high-performance training centers. 

Cross-Country Competitions:

Canada Winter Games Trials
  • RMR athletes Maya MacIsaac-Jones, Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt, Andrea Dupong, Andrew Brisbin, and Ember Large worked together to bring home 6 gold medals and 1 silver medal for the team. Anna MacIsaac-Jones, Emma Camicioli and India McIsaac also posted top-10 results for the team.
  • The Alberta Cup races were also Canada Winter Games Trials for the U-23 athletes, where Maya MacIsaac-Jones, Ember Large, and India McIsaac secured spots on Team Alberta with their results.
  • Ilona Gyapay also qualified for the CWG as a member of Team NWT!

Rossland NorAm
  • Athletes Andrea Dupont and Maya MacIsaac-Jones brought home 3 silver medals with their performances at the North American Championship event.

Vernon NoAm
  • Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt, Andrea Dupont, India McIsaac, Gillian Gowling, and Michael MacIsaac-Jones brought home 3 gold medals, 1 silver medals, and 3 bronze medal for the team with their strong races.
  • Maya MacIsaac-Jones, Anna MacIsaac-Jones, and Ember Large also had top-10 results.

Duntroon NorAm / XC World Junior & U23 Trials
  • Andrea Dupont, Maya MacIsaac-Jones, and brought home 1 gold medal and 3 bronze medals during the events.
  • Pearce Hanna, Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt and Ember Large also posted top-10 results.
  • Maya MacIsaac-Jones and Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt qualified for the World Junior/U23 Championships with their results in these races. They will be competing February 1-8 in Almaty, Kazakhstan as members of Team Canada.

Biathlon Competitions

NorAm / Biathlon Calforex Cup #1
  • RMR athletes Stuart Harden, Pearce Hanna, and Matt Neumann brought home silver, gold and bronze medals respectively for their team.
  • Athletes Guillaume Bertrand and William Poffenroth also posted top-10 results.
  • Nate Gerwing secured a spot on Alberta’s biathlon Canada Winter Games Team with his weekend’s performances.
  • Guillaume Bertrand and Matt Neumann also qualified for the Canada’s IBU trip in January with their Calforex Cup results. They will each compete in several IBU level races in Europe, as well as in the Open European Championships.
  • Stuart Harden and Pearce Hanna qualified for the biathlon World Junior Championships in Belarus with their performances. They will represent Canada at the races in February.
  • William Poffenroth and Evan Girard with both represent RMR and Team Canada at the World University Games in Spain this February. Evan Girard will compete for both biathlon and cross-country. He will be the first Canadian athlete ever to compete in multiple sports at the World University Games.

RMR would like to extend a huge and heartfelt thank-you to all of its sponsors. Each and every one of you helps contribute to the team’s success; RMR would not function without your support.

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Soldier Hollow Training Camp

11/10/2014

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From September 27th to October 11th, one of Canada’s high performance racing teams, Rocky Mountain Racers (RMR), headed down to Park City, Utah for their two-week long high altitude training camp.

RMR is comprised of just over 20 high-performance athletes in both cross-country and biathlon from all across Canada. Led by coaches John Jaques and Luke McGurk, the team’s athletes focused on both high volume and high intensity during their camp.

Long 4-5 hour workouts were completed on the various mountain passes surrounding Park City and Salt Lake City while intensity sessions, time trials, and shooting practices were reserved for the excellent facilities available at Soldier Hollow.

Because of RMR’s cross-country/biathlon mix, Soldier Hollow was the perfect place for training sessions to occur; coaches were able to co-ordinate shooting practices for the biathletes with simultaneous roller-skiing sessions for the cross-country side of the team.

Utilizing Soldier Hollow’s biathlon range, extensive set of roller-ski tracks, and advantageously close proximity to Park City, RMR held several intensity sessions and time trials at the former Olympic site. The hilly climbs the facility offered also gave the athletes an opportunity to have a dry-land time trial with a course very similar to what they will face during the ski season.  

“It’s inspiring to train in the exact spot that I saw my Olympic heroes win medals at during the 2002 Olympics,” RMR athlete Andrew Brisbin stated. “[Soldier Hollow] is the most difficult and technical rollerski track that I’ve been on, meaning it most closely resembles a world-cup caliber ski course through its lung and leg busting climbs and quick descents.”

Andrea Dupont, RMR skier and one of Canada’s top female sprinters, also enjoyed training at the former Olympic site. “I’ve had some of my best time trials and intensity sessions at Soldier Hollow. The high altitude and challenging courses make it an excellent place to train.”

When not focusing on intensity sessions or shooting practices, the team explored the many other mountain roads available for roller-skiing in the area, including Mirror Lake pass, Wolfe pass, and Guardsman Pass. They concluded their camp with a 4-5 hour altitude run at 9000ft. on the trails above Park City.

With their last camp of the season complete, RMR athletes are now in their final stages of preparing for the racing season and the upcoming NorAm races at West Yellowstone, Bozeman, Rossland, and Whistler.

For any athletes or coaches interested in exploring Soldier Hollow as a future training possibility, please use the following contact information:

Richard Hodges
richard.hodges@soldierhollow.com
1-801-558-5804

Maya MacIsaac-Jones, RMR cross-country skier

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Thank You Sunshine Ski Resort!

7/15/2014

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To the Sunshine Ski Resort Staff:

        On behalf of the Rocky Mountain Racers Ski Team, I would like to extend an enormous and heartfelt thank-you the Sunshine staff for allowing our ski team to use your facilities this spring and for grooming us a beautiful track to use for cross-country ski training.

        Rocky Mountain Racers is a team made up of biathletes and cross-country skiers from across the country.  Throughout the spring, a huge part of our team’s training in May and June was designed around the skiing opportunities we were lucky enough to have been given at your facilities.

        While training at Sunshine, we had access to both early morning crust skiing in the Sunshine Meadows as well as a 5km track groomed for both classic and skate skiing. The benefits of spring skiing, especially on a groomed track, are immense for cross-country skiers and biathletes, because the early access to snow allows us to correct any errors in our skiing technique. That way, come racing season, there are fewer technical errors to fix in our skiing, and we are faster and more efficient in races.

       Another huge benefit of being able to cross-country ski at the Sunshine Ski Resort is that it allows us to train at a high altitude. High elevation training helps substantially in improving an athletes’ endurance, which is one of the reasons why Rocky Mountain Racers athletes train anywhere from 15-25 hours on snow at Sunshine.

        Once again, on behalf of the Rocky Mountain Racers Ski Team, I would like to thank everyone at the Sunshine Ski Resort for allowing us to access snow this spring, and for grooming us a beautiful track to train on. Without your generosity, we wouldn’t be able to complete such high-quality training so early in the training season.

Thank-you,

Maya MacIsaac-Jones, Rocky Mountain Racers Athlete

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Wildflower Massage

4/1/2014

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RMR athletes would like to thank Wildflower Massage for supporting us throughout the training and racing season. Your expertise helped us recover from grueling training, heal from injuries, and prepare for racing. You kept our muscles nimble and ready to push the limits.

Thank you for being an integral part of another successful season!

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Thank You Icebreaker!

3/9/2014

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In the Nordic sports of biathlon and cross country skiing, athletes train in a variety of weather conditions, when skiing on glaciers in the summer months, mountain trail running, roller-skiing, as well as when training and racing in cold winter conditions. Icebreaker Merino is our clothing of choice, for it keeps us warm in winter, cool in summer and is light and breathable. We could not be happier with our partnership to represent a brand we love!

The Rocky Mountain Racers Nordic Team wishes to express our gratitude and heart felt thank you towards your generous sponsorship. Thank you for supporting our athletes by keeping our athletes warm and dry while they train and compete in Canada and internationally.

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Thanks to Athletic Evolution!

11/15/2013

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This awesome Canmore gym has generously opened it’s doors to a pack of unruly skiers during the blizzard that struck Canmore. Ignoring loud groaning from our corner as we struggle through split jumps, pullups, inverted dips, side jumps, explosive pushups and every other manner of painful plyometrics that our coach came up with in with their awesome toys. Thanks!
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Mt. Borah Sponsors Rocky Mountain Racers

11/14/2013

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PictureThank You Mt. Borah
November 14, 2013.  Coon Valley, WI.  Mt. Borah Custom Team Apparel is proud to announce its support and sponsorship of the Rocky Mountain Racers for the fourth year in a row.  

Viewed as one of Canada’s elite Nordic race programs, RMR represents Mt. Borah not only on the racecourse, but also as brand ambassadors in the Canadian Nordic market, working with teams and clubs to provide valuable education and exposure to Mt. Borah’s entire custom Nordic line. 

The team, comprised of 26 athletes, will compete in both biathlon and cross-country disciplines, and will utilize some of Mt. Borah’s new premier line of custom Nordic apparel, labeled OTW, or Out To Win.

The new line, developed over the past two years, includes features such as body form (precision fit) technology and Mt. Borah’s exclusive “lazercut” seamless pattern edging.

Unique to this line is a one-piece Speed Concept XC Race Suit.  A suit Mt. Borah expects to become a fundamental race piece for any serious ski-racing program.  View the suit here.

The OTW collection is available now and can be viewed at mtborah.com. Contact John Dyste, National Sales Manager, at johnd@mtborahllc.com or call 612-743-7477 to learn more and receive a quote for your team, club or group.

About Mt. Borah
In business since 1997, Mt. Borah has grown to become the premier manufacturer of high quality custom sublimated active apparel; including cycling, Nordic, alpine, triathlon, running and corporate. All of Mt. Borah’s custom products are 100 percent precision made at the company’s headquarters in Coon Valley, Wisconsin, where the latest technological advancements in apparel production are utilized.  

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