Adirondack Sports November 2020
IN THIS ISSUE: 1 – Mountain Biking: Saratoga Shredders Girls Mountain Bike Club 3 – Running & Walking: Thanksgiving Reimagined 5 – News Briefs &From the Publisher 7 – Hiking & Snowshoeing: The Secret Views of Eleventh Mountain 9 – Athlete Profile: Skiing with Jack & Cathy Hay 12-14 – CALENDAR OF EVENTS: Find Races, Events & Things to Do! 15 – Hiking, XC Skiing & Snowshoeing: Prepare for Late Fall Adventures 16 – Alpine Skiing: Willard, The Little Mountain That Could 17 – Bicycling: Winter Riding Options 19 – Run, Walk & Snowshoe: Best Bets for Winter Running
IN THIS ISSUE:
1 – Mountain Biking: Saratoga Shredders Girls Mountain Bike Club
3 – Running & Walking: Thanksgiving Reimagined
5 – News Briefs &From the Publisher
7 – Hiking & Snowshoeing: The Secret Views of Eleventh Mountain
9 – Athlete Profile: Skiing with Jack & Cathy Hay
12-14 – CALENDAR OF EVENTS: Find Races, Events & Things to Do!
15 – Hiking, XC Skiing & Snowshoeing: Prepare for Late Fall Adventures
16 – Alpine Skiing: Willard, The Little Mountain That Could
17 – Bicycling: Winter Riding Options
19 – Run, Walk & Snowshoe: Best Bets for Winter Running
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News News Briefs Briefs<br />
Virtual Tri Across America:<br />
Join CDTC and Their Club Team<br />
ALBANY – USA Triathlon is hosting its Power Within<br />
Virtual Tri Across America, which is a team-based event<br />
challenging USAT members and clubs to log 3,312 miles<br />
swimming, biking or running – the equivalent distance of<br />
San Francisco to New York City – between now and Nov.<br />
29. All Capital District Triathlon Club members have to do<br />
is log their miles to reach the goal – and because you can<br />
choose to just do one discipline, it’s a great opportunity to<br />
introduce our sport and CDTC to newbies or friends and<br />
family who we keep urging to take up the sport with us.<br />
If you’re a CDTC member, or planning to join the Capital District Triathlon Club for<br />
2021, register now to join their team: cdtriclub.com. Let’s do this! To join the Power Within<br />
Virtual Tri Across America: 1) Register for the event here: https://www.fitrankings.com/<br />
challenge;id=tri-across-america-1601324604, 2) Click the Teams tab, then search by name<br />
for the team, Capital District Triathlon Club, 3) Click the team and then click the green<br />
‘Join Team’ button, and 4) You’re all set and will be contributing to your CDTC’s cumulative<br />
results! If questions, contact CDTC president, Jim Gazzale (gazzaljp@gmail.com).<br />
Warren Miller’s “Future Retro”<br />
Ski Movie and Prize Giveaways<br />
SARATOGA SPRINGS – This ski season Alpine Sport Shop turns 80. It’s not the year they<br />
had imagined to celebrate this milestone, though they’re grateful to serve their customers.<br />
Hosting Warren Miller’s newest ski movie in <strong>November</strong> has always been the kickoff<br />
to another ski season at the shop. This year, Warren Miller’s movie “Future Retro” will<br />
be held as a live stream movie event from Saturday, Nov. 7 at 7pm to Monday, Nov. 9 at<br />
11:59pm. You can be in your own home watching, but we will be watching it together.<br />
With every streaming pass purchased through the link on alpinesportshop.com, $3 will<br />
be donated to Double H Ranch Winter Adaptive Program.<br />
Alpine’s gift giveaway just got better as it includes four pair of skis from K2, Rossignol,<br />
Nordica and Volkl. With your $15 in-store donation to Double H, you’ll receive a “take<br />
home Double H raffle pack” that includes popcorn, chocolate, and raffle tickets for your<br />
chance to win $4,000 in skis, helmets, googles and more. With only 100 gift packs there are<br />
many chances to win. The winners will be chosen on Nov. 7, in conjunction with Warren<br />
Miller’s movie launch.<br />
Amigos Cantina:<br />
Open for Takeout Only<br />
SCHUYLERVILLE – The Amigos Cantina restaurant,<br />
who’s been refueling athletes since 2007, is now open<br />
for takeout only from late fall until early spring – for<br />
the safety of their customers and staff – due to the<br />
virus. Amigos has been voted best Mexican restaurant<br />
in Saratoga for five years in a row. They’re open<br />
Wednesday to Sunday from 4-9pm with easy ordering online at: amigos2go.com. Choose<br />
your items, pickup time, pay online and apply promo/cards, with no busy phone lines.<br />
Their outdoor dining will return in the spring. Please support Amigos, and all our advertisers,<br />
locally-based small businesses and organizations who need your support at this<br />
challenging time. Make the drive and keep them alive!<br />
FROM THE PUBLISHER<br />
Chris Nikic,<br />
You Are an Ironman!<br />
NOVEMBER <strong>2020</strong> 5<br />
Empire State Winter<br />
Games Canceled<br />
LAKE PLACID – According to Molly Mayer,<br />
executive director of the ESWG, “After careful<br />
consultation with our sponsors, sport coordinators,<br />
and local/state officials regarding the<br />
health and safety of everyone in our industry<br />
– our athletes, coaches, volunteers, spectators,<br />
and our longtime partners – we have made the<br />
difficult decision to postpone the 41st annual<br />
Empire State Winter Games in the North<br />
Country. The Empire State Winter Games events originally scheduled for January 28-31,<br />
2021 will not take place. The challenges and uncertainty that Covid-19 has presented,<br />
prevent the organization from appropriately planning, organizing, and producing events<br />
safely in 30 different sports. ESWG remains hopeful to host a virtual or social media event<br />
for 2021 participants.<br />
Founded in 1980, the ESWG are a multiday winter athletic competition headquartered<br />
in Lake Placid. Amateur athletes of all ages and from all over the Northeast and<br />
Canada compete in more than 30 winter sports competitions over three days every winter.<br />
The Games are a community-driven event, courtesy of a partnership between the<br />
Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST); the towns of North Elba, Wilmington,<br />
Tupper Lake, Harrietstown, Malone and Brighton; the villages of Lake Placid, Tupper<br />
Lake, Paul Smiths, Malone, Wilmington and Saranac Lake; the counties of Essex and<br />
Franklin; the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA); and<br />
New York State Senator Betty Little. For more info, visit: empirestatewintergames.com.<br />
Chris Nikic, a 21-year-old from Maitland, Fla., on<br />
<strong>November</strong> 7th became the first person with Down syndrome<br />
to finish an Ironman. “You have shattered barriers<br />
while proving without a doubt that Anything is Possible!,”<br />
Ironman Florida posted on its Facebook page. Chris completed<br />
the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-<br />
mile run in 16:46:09, within the required 17-hour time frame to take home the title of<br />
Ironman.<br />
“The doctors and experts said I couldn’t do anything,” Chris said in the days leading<br />
up to the race, which was held in Panama City, Fla., “So I said, ‘Doctor! Experts! You need<br />
to stop doing this to me. You’re wrong!’”<br />
The Ironman Florida Facebook page followed Chris’ progress throughout the day<br />
and night, with hundreds of visitors leaving messages cheering him on. “We are beyond<br />
inspired, and your accomplishment is a defining moment in Ironman history that can<br />
never be taken away from you,” they said, “Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your<br />
remarkable life story and we can’t wait to see what you achieve next.”<br />
I’m posting this in memory of my sister-in-law, Mita Kulkarni, who also had Down<br />
syndrome and passed away on Nov. 8, 2008. Mita would have had no interest in doing an<br />
Ironman, but she was a special person who was full of life, and is deeply<br />
missed. I’m thankful she was a part of my life. Have a safe and<br />
happy Thanksgiving.<br />
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