Off-season meet-up tomorrow 4p

[Chi]

Hello everyone, 

The weather in Burlington tomorrow is going to be pretty good for the season closing social. The mud season here is quite short and we have a paved multi use path so we don't have that constraint at all.

Join us for an informal roll/run/stroll at 4pm starting from Flynn Ave bike path entrance. My family will be in skates. Those who haven't been on the bike path, it is fantastic, especially during late afternoon/evening when the sun sets over the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain.

This is the type of informal gatherings that the Signal group is good for (see below for instructions on how to join). We could continue building our community (AND fitness and skills) even when the ice is long gone.

See you tomorrow!

Chi and sk802

On Sun, Apr 5, 2026, 5:27 PM Chi <typec...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Skating Friends - 

Happy-ish End of Season. One of the main goals of sk802 is to build community within the nordic skating community. During our inaugural season, we got to know each other and discovered many of us actually have interests beyond skating (or skating adjacent).

For those currently on our pilot Signal group, that group will be gone (like the season) to maintain privacy and to keep membership fresh. Last date of that group will be April 18th. This group will start new each season.

To continue this community building during the long off-season, we're launching a sk802 Off-Season Signal group. Same as the seasonal group, it will dissolve when we kick off the new season. The goal of this group is to build a strong community leading into the next season.

In the Off-Season group, community members may meet up to skate on indoor rinks, inline skate on various paths, bike (road, gravel, mtn), and paddle/swim to "scout" the water for future skating. This is still centered around the Burlington area but there is already talk about taking a field trip to the oval at Lake Placid and the F1 circuit in Montreal. Note that Signal meet-ups are not organized by sk802  but by members of the community. All official sk802 events will be communicated in the Google groups.

To join the sk802 Off-Season Signal Group

1. Download the Signal app on your phone: https://signal.org/download/

2. Register yourself on Signal

3. Click on this link to join (and ensure that your username is identifiable)

To maintain a secure and safe space for community members (i.e. prevent spam) each request will be reviewed by an administrator to make sure you're a real person that someone in the community has interacted with (i.e. one degree of separation). If you're outside of that, please join sk802 at one of the upcoming events so we can meet you!

Warmly (pun intended),

Chi, Kitty, and Rob

[Chi]

Apologies, I looked at the wrong time. I meant 3:00 p.m. roll and be back after 4:00 for the social 🙂

On Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 11:38 AM Chi <typec...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello everyone, 

The weather in Burlington tomorrow is going to be pretty good for the season closing social. The mud season here is quite short and we have a paved multi use path so we don't have that constraint at all.

Join us for an informal roll/run/stroll at 3pm starting from Flynn Ave bike path entrance. My family will be in skates. Those who haven't been on the bike path, it is fantastic, especially during late afternoon/evening when the sun sets over the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain.