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[Sky]

To elaborate a bit:

*shudder*

To quote Mr Gumby, "my brain hurts"

Actually...I get it. If anything like that explanation was provided in the NASTAR FAQs...I'd be all set...except for making a 36. *sigh*

To almost quote Eddy Murphy...."I'm 50 Dammit" *smirk*

OK, so now I go back and use that psychomath on my times and the pace times and get my Handicap *with Real glycerine vibrofoam) and eeek 2 or 3 seconds off my time and GRAB THAT BRONZE!

Would I could I score my Wed runs for both groups? Double dip *so to speak*?

Thanks ROARK...nice helmet.

 

[ga2ski]

Read This link about handicaps it should make it about clear as mud.

 

[Sky]

Read This link about handicaps it should make it about clear as mud.

HEH! Yep...saw that and said.. "?!"

With ROARK's explanation...it all makes sense.

Come to find out (if I'm applying the algorithm correctly)...I missed Bronze by about .3 seconds on both runs. :<

So I'm a bit angry...and a lot excited. I think it was Rob who said..."if you don't finish with a smile..." It's got me amped. By 11AM of race day...I've got butterflies. Reminds of the old days in competitive hoops.

 

[YardSaleDad]

Maybe if I can contribute more than a "Finish"...I'll be motivated to join (erraahhh..drag down) the Virtual Team.

A finish is a whole point.

1.0

We need that point to drag "UP!" our average. Join Today.

 

[Sky]

AlpineZone Virtual Club Team
AlpineZone Virtual Team

OK...so my fam/friends team is the Wachusett gang...and my Club is the AZV Club Team. Is that right? *gawd...am I blonde or what?*

 

[Vortex]

I'm more confused know. I'm on the vitrual club team, but not the virtual team. Can I still race on Monday? :dunce:

 

[Sky]

Aw Yeah! Braonze Baby...BRONZE! Last night @ Wachusett.

So, now how does the Handicap thingy work for "Silver"? Not sure if I'm off the mark here or not...but my handicap # is now 47...since "that" number is in the Silver category...do I follow the same algorithm and multiply the "par time" by 1.47 to see what my silver medal time is?

I feel so good about that Bronze medal....I'm wearing it today. *what a putz* HEY! If it was easier for me to get...I wouldn't be making such a deal out of it I guess.

Three weeks of racing left to get to that next level.

 

[roark]

Congrats! PM sent.

To get a silver you need (at your age) to get a "handicap" of 36 or lower.

I think the term handicap is misleading, it's not like a golf handicap. The only factor 'leveling' the field is age. At my age I need to get a handicap of 25 for a silver.

Now if someone can explain the point calculation I'd be set...

 

[Sky]

To get a silver you need (at your age) to get a "handicap" of 36 or lower.

Is THAT all. *smirk* Got it...sort of. Just keep working it and improve technique.

Looks like I'm lined up to atend a Sunrise Clininc @ Wachusett next Wed. Maybe I'll get some actual practice on some gates vs the two runs I get on race night.

I had personal best times last night and was feeling pretty good during the runs. I'm sure if I selected better lines, I could shave some time.

Thanks pal.

 

[Sky]

OK...here's how "obsessed" I've become over this...and WHO has "Skiing is my addiction" under their avatar?!

I'm in the shower and get this flash traffic from medula oblongata...YO! Multiply the handicap # in the silver column for your age group by the current PAR time for the course and you'll get an estimate (at least) of the new "goal" time to get a silver medal!

Like the beer ad says..."BRILLIANT!"

So. I need to drop 3+ seconds off my current best time...get down to 34.51. Hmmmm.

 

[billski]

killin me!

OK...here's how "obsessed" I've become over this...and WHO has "Skiing is my addiction" under their avatar?!

I'm in the shower and get this flash traffic from medula oblongata...YO! Multiply the handicap # in the silver column for your age group by the current PAR time for the course and you'll get an estimate (at least) of the new "goal" time to get a silver medal!

Like the beer ad says..."BRILLIANT!"

So. I need to drop 3+ seconds off my current best time...get down to 34.51. Hmmmm.

youze guyz are killin me!
I hadn't checked in for a few daze (work keeps getting in the way), when I read this thread, you guys are a hoot! I'm glad you're not taking this whole thing too seriously.
Checkout the club team ranking: we are 156 out of 1281 teams that's pretty damn good. You're better than 88% of all nastar club teams nationally.

The most amazing thing this year that I learned is all the things I'm doing wrong. Even now that I have the head knoweldge, I'm not going any faster. I felt much better after I talked with a pro racer. He went to Stratton Mt. Academy and now does Nastar for fun. His handicap is a "2" . Yup, you heard me, two. He said he spent MONTHS just working on getting his weighting/unweighting/center of gravity to where it should be. 30 runs a day, 7 days a week. Now I don't feel so bad.

Another area I am focusing on this year is looking one gate ahead. Up till now, I didn't know I was in trouble till I was in trouble. Now I know a gate ahead of time if I'm gonna be in trouble. It's actually made me feel more confident and allowed me to be more agressive in the gates.

With all that, my HC hasn't improved one iota. Then again, Mr. 2 handicap made me feel a helluva a lot better about my chances for improvement. I guess I just need a hill in my backyard. Or at least 10 minutes from the office.....

 

[Sky]

Re: killin me!

I felt much better after I talked with a pro racer. He went to Stratton Mt. Academy and now does Nastar for fun.

Yep. We have a Master Racing guy on our Wa team who went to Waterville....a long time ski pal who races elsewhere and joined our Wa team just for fun.

So about two weeks into it...and I see he's still talking about mistakes he's made etc. So I start to wonder if this sport is akin to making freethrows in basketball...and points are deducted if you hit the rim when the ball goes in.

 

[Sky]

So today @ Wachusett...I tried the public NASTAR course just to get some practive with the gates.

It appears to have worked. I shaved about 2 seconds off my 3rd run from my 1st.

 

[billski]

2S

So today @ Wachusett...I tried the public NASTAR course just to get some practive with the gates.

It appears to have worked. I shaved about 2 seconds off my 3rd run from my 1st.

Way to go! Shows you that after head knowledge, the most important thing you can do is practice, practice, practice. I wish I could shave 2S off my times. I'm happy with 0.5 these days!

 

[Sky]

First off...love the new look...sorry if I haven't noticed it earlier.

Second...VIOLA...I'm within about .33 seconds of Silver. Pratice earlier in the week...combined with tips from team mates has dropped my Wa Night League time from the upper 42 seconds range down to 34.18.

Still Bronze medals on both runs...but saving time here and there and one more week of Night League to obtain Silver baby.

Aw Yeah!

 

[ga2ski]

Monday Night AZ crew -

Here are the extra non-Monday nights that we may be racing.

King of the Hill - Thursday 3/9/06 Not sure who qualifies for this (But I would like Treeskier should make it)
Finals - Thursday 3/16/06 (I think we should make it as a team assuming we can stay in third place for Mondays, but I don't remember the rules)
Friday 3/17/06 - Top 50 racers from all nights compete against the top 50 racers from Gunstock. That leaves me out. Might be Treeskier again.

Here is the link to the Pat's site:http://www.patspeak.com/adult_cor_race.htm

 

[Sky]

No SiIver for Sky

So it appears my first year of racing has ended on a less than wonderful note. I "gained" two seconds last night. WRONG DIRECTION PAL!! :<

So, instead of shaving off the .33 for Silver, I gained 1.8 and setteld for Bronze again.

Ah well...practice practice practice.

I must say it was a lot more fun that I anticipated. And my team mates (who know I've never raced before) all agree that my skiing technique has improved substantially.

So I guess I'll consider it a successful inuagural run and use the elusiveness of that Silver Medal to motivate the rest of this season's skiing...and the coming off-season workouts.

 

[billski]

AZ'ers have done good (3/10)

You folks should be damn proud of yerselves.The Pat's team is presently in the top 20%. Club team is awesome, in the top 12 %. And the F/F team is doing by no means shabbily at 27%. Seven team members qualified for the nationals. That's one-third of our racers!


The Pat's team has finished it's league season and reported results separately. Job well done, AZ's!


If you're not on a team, we don't want you to feel left out. Please feel free to signup. The season is not yet over and we still can improve our national standings.


CONGRATULATIONS AND DON'T STOP RACING - IT'S NOT OVER YET - THE BAD BOY TEAMS OUT WEST WILL KEEP SKIING FOR ANOTHER COUPLE MONTHS!


Here is our AZ Teams have done so far this season. National rankings are shown below.


NASTAR UPDATE 03/10/06

AZ Pat's Peak Team – TOP 20%
1/12 - 333/1562
1/20 - 474/1884 score 4.862
1/28 - 627 out of 2181 teams / Team Score = 4.552 / Total Team Points = 28.310
2/2 - 581 out of 2365 teams / Team Score = 5.038 / Total Team Points = 31.230
3/10 - 651 out of 3225 teams / Team Score = 5.968 / Total Team Points = 37.840


Friends/Family AZ Virtual Team – TOP 27%
1/10 - 499/1441
1/12 - 532/1562
1/20 - 716/1884 Score 3.185
1/28 - 716 out of 2181 teams / Team Score = 3.983 / Total Team Points = 23.900
2/2 - 797 out of 2365 teams / Team Score = 3.772 / Total Team Points = 22.630
3/10 - 856 out of 3225 teams / Team Score = 4.920 / Total Team Points = 30.520

AZ Virtual Club Team – TOP 12%
1/10 - 298/746
1/12 - 171/777
1/20 - 192/891 Score: 2.321
1/28 - 218 out of 1030 teams / Team Score = 2.461 / Total Team Points = 36.920
2/2 - 229 out of 1110 teams / Team Score = 2.571 / Total Team Points = 38.570
3/10 - 165 out of 1440 teams / Team Score = 4.773 / Total Team Points = 72.590

"If you don't do it this year, you'll be another year older when you do!", Warren Miller.

NATIONAL QUALIFIERS:
Erik J Hall
Charles Schuessler
Skip Murphy
Bill Tarkulich
Steven Bailey
Daniel G Carbonneau
Lydia G Bailey

I will write more about Nationals in another thread.

 

[Vortex]

Billski thankx and congrats to all of the finalist. Well done.

 

[YardSaleDad]

Bronze me up

I made it on my last race of the season! Whoo Hoo!

Next year is Silver & Gold!