News
2021-2022 Season News
Our Stair Challenge is Back! Our Stair Challenge is back - and we're looking forward to plenty of challenges from friends, family, and supporters of post-secondary nordic skiing! We will hold the event on a weekend November. Our Stair Challenge is a fun way to help support uOttawa Nordiq and see our athletes run stairs and rise to your challenges! We are grateful that we still have the opportunity to get outside and do our sport and committed to using our platform to promote outdoor activities this Winter!
Every contribution, however big or small, is valuable for our team.
To show your support and offer a challenge to an athlete or our team, please check out this page.
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Notre Défi des escaliers est de retour ! Cette année nous avons modifié l’évènement pour assurer qu’il respecte les consignes de santé publique. Dans le cadre du Défi des Escaliers, les athlètes de uOttawa Nordiq graviront des escaliers et relèveront des défis amusants pour vous remercier de votre appui. Nous sommes reconnaissant que nous avons toujours l’opportunité de pratiquer notre sport et nous nous sommes engagés à utiliser notre plateforme pour promouvoir les activités de plein air cet hiver !
Chaque contribution, peu importe le montant, est importante pour notre avenir. Pour montrer votre soutien et lancer un défi à notre équipe, veuillez veuillez consulter cette page.
2020-2021 Season News
GEE-GEES AWARDS
2020-21 was a challenging season, but many uOttawa Nordiq athletes made the most of it! Congratulations to this year's Gee-Gees Awards recipients.
See here for a description of this year's award recipients.
Fueling for Cross Country Skiing
Cross country skiing is one of the most demanding sports in terms of energy requirements, so it makes sense to take the time to figure out optimal nutrition strategies. Fueling for your sport can dramatically affect overall training quality, performance, recovery, and even your overall health.
As a team, this year we will take the time to emphasize sports nutrition. We’re going to use this platform and our website (and our coach Sheila Kealey's expertise) to take you along on our journey and help inform others in a context that’s practical for nordic skiers (i.e. what doesn’t freeze when it’s -20 deg C?).
Check out this new feature here.
Canadian University Nordic Ski Team Pushup Competition
Details here.
First Snowfall Contest is Back!
More info HERE.
Back to School
Athletes are back at school and we've thanks to the XC Ski Ontario and uOttawa Return to Play protocols we are back to group practices in COVID-safe environments. Athletes welcome the structure and physical activity in the new online school environment. To stay up to date with our workout activities and other team features, follow our Instagram account.
How are we training during a Pandemic?
Our athletes are still staying active while training apart, either following our Spring-Summer training program workouts and guidelines.
Thankfully an outdoor individual sport is low risk so our training is not interrupted, but we do miss getting together!
Check out our activities on STRAVA!
We encourage a variety of activities of the Summer - check out our uOttawa Nordiq Strava club to see what athletes, alumni, and coaches are up to!
2019-2020 Season News
Help support uOttawa Nordiq at the Stairathon November 18
1st Track in Gatineau Park, October 28
The 1st Snowfall contest - we have a winner - October 27!
uOttawa Nordiq rolls around campus at uOttawa Open House
The 1st Snowfall Predictions Are In! Check to see who is still in the running.
Enter Our First Snowfall Contest!
Ottawa-Gatineau Nordic Ski Swaps