Hello All

Well, it's winter, and although we're having tornados in London, the snow isn't
where it's supposed to be.  That said, there's still hope. 12cm of snow fell
near Lillehammer today, and there's enough snow in Hochfilzen for the biathlon
this weekend...

We hope you can get in some rollerskiing in the absence of anything snow-like!


MIKE DIXON BIATHLETE TALK

Mike Dixon, GB's most accomplished biathlete, will be giving a talk tomorrow
afternoon at 16.30 in the Mitre Pub near Paddington. All are invited and entry
is £5. To book, go to http://www.rollerski.co.uk/nr033.html


LRNSC GLUHWEIN & MINCE PIE TOUR OF RICHMOND PARK

An alternative tomorrow is the LRNSC's annual mulled wine and mince pie tour of
Richmond Park. This excellent adventure begins at 16.00 at the Sheen Gate of
the Park. This is easy to get to – simply catch a direct train from Waterloo /
Vauxhall / Clapham / Putney / Richmond to Mortlake station and walk 10 minutes
up Sheen Lane.

Streetmap ref -
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=520500&y=174594&z=1&sv=520500,174594&st=\
4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf

The tour is free, but non-members may expect to be recruited to the club for
2007!


2007 - COURSES AND CLASSES

We have a number of courses and classes starting in January, for anyone keen to
get a good start to your year's skiing (and maybe lose the Christmas calories).
Highlights include –

Saturday 6th January – 4-week skating course, Hyde Park
Sunday 7th January – 4-week classic course, Hyde Park
Sunday 14th January – 1-day classic & skating course, Dorney Lake

Further information on http://www.rollerski.co.uk/events.html

Regular class sessions continue in Hyde Park, Dorney and Richmond Park – see
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/class.html


2007 – SKATING & ENGADIN SKI MARATHON

With Waymark Holidays we are arranging a trip to the Engadin Ski marathon in
March 2007. Combining this trip with rollerskiing in the months beforehand
will help you make the most of your time on snow, and ski faster over the 42km
course!

The trip will include flights, transfers, accommodation, on-snow instruction,
race entry and ski waxing help. For more information see –
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/cross.html - or contact Waymark on 01753 215185.


TIROL TROPHY SKI SERIES

We've just received information on the Tirol Trophy race series. This is
another interesting series of ski marathons taking place in the Austrian and
Italian Tirol. Do all 3 races in the series and you get a souvenir medal – gold
if you come close to the top of the field; silver if you're in the middle and
bronze if you make it round!

More information on http://www.tiroltrophy.com and
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/nf003.html


BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS

Time to start thinking about the British Champs for anyone interested, at least
in terms of training. We've also been reminded that all competitors need race
insurance. This year the main races will be classic 15k on Saturday 28th,
skating 10k on the Sunday and a 4x10k relay on the Tuesday (ladies / youth
distances are shorter). Biathlon races follow on. More information on
http://www.britishbiathlon.com


BRITISH CANOEISTS TAKE TO ROLLERSKIS

This week some of GB's elite canoeists took to the rollerskis at Dorney Lake.
Each year the squad spends a week cross-country skiing in the Pyrennees, and
coach Shaun Cavan was telling me how impressed he was with the results of the
camp, particularly with the VO2 max improvements noted in his athletes.


SNOW GONE?

After a fairly respectable start in November, everyone was beginning to wonder
where all the snow's gone? The good news is that - according the Nordseter
website in Norway - (www.nordseter.no) there has been 12cm of snow today.
Fingers crossed for a good season.

Less encouraging are pictures from Hochfilzen, Austria, which shows enough snow
to ski on - just –

http://www.nordicskiracer.com/cgi-bin/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=1111


STRIDE AND GLIDE

This new book on cross-country skiing looks set to become the UK's best-selling
cross-country ski book this month. We have stocks available and you can place
your order at – http://www.rollerski.co.uk/books.html - or buy one at a
rollerski session.



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Iain Ballentine
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