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Back to School: Staying Healthy
Sep 2, 2010 - By Josh Smullin
 - School has started and the weather is about to get colder.  You will soon be spending more time indoors in close quarters with germs and the combination of these stressors increases your likelihood of getting sick.  Josh Smullin shares strategies for staying healthy, and what to do if you do get sick.
New  Norwegian National Team Wants to Learn From Ulvang, Increases Running Training
Sep 2, 2010
 - Earlier this summer FasterSkier ran an article describing an increased Norwegian focus on running/bounding intervals.  That strategy has been expanded to include distance training as well.  As part of an effort to regain their dominance of the...
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How General Strength Makes Specific Strength Easier
Sep 1, 2010 - By Jessie Diggins
 - One might wonder why an endurance athlete like a skier or runner would ever bother lifting weights. Isn’t specific strength enough? Shouldn’t skating without poles, single-sticking and double-poling build all the muscles a skier would need?...
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Where Are They Now? – For Bauer, Family is Focus, but Birkebeiner Still Beckons
Aug 31, 2010 - By Maddy Wendt
 - John Bauer represented the United States at the 1992, 1998, and 2002 Olympic Games, turning out some of the best individual finishes ever by an American. But lately, his life consists of a lot less time on his skis and a lot more time with his...
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Recipe of the Week: Granola from Scratch
Aug 30, 2010 - By Maddy Wendt
 - Whenever Nordic skiers are being stereotyped, you are almost sure to hear the word granola, often accompanied by words like crunchy, and nature.  So what better food to bake than one that will fulfill all the world’s...
Auburn Ski Club Associates, Inc., Seeks a Nordic Program Manager
Aug 27, 2010
 - The Auburn Ski Club is looking for a self-starter with a passion for youth and skiing to help us oversee and further develop our youth, junior & adult recreational Nordic programs at the Club’s Training Center on Donner Summit near Truckee CA.
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Cross-Pollinating Future Ski Champions
Aug 26, 2010 - By Inge Scheve
 - NORWAY – Bringing young athletes from all the ski disciplines onto one team is the recipe for excellence in the future. “Team Morgendagens Helter” is 5-year talent development project organized by the Norwegian Ski Association and backed by...
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Pro Workout: Continuous Bounding with Ivan Babikov
Aug 25, 2010 - By Nathaniel Herz
 - The harder the race, the greater the chance you'll see Ivan Babikov at the top of the result sheet. So it's no surprise that he uses a brutally difficult training session to prepare himself for the winter.
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Van Wijk Grooms His Way to Olympic Glory
Aug 24, 2010 - By Kieran Jones
 - Whistler Olympic Park's Chief of Course describes where he learned to groom, how he ended up at the Olympics, and what secret weapons the course crew used when conditions got hairy.
Skjeldal: Floating on Old Habits
Aug 24, 2010
 - NORWAY – Former Norwegian national team skier Kristen Skjeldal enjoys uphill racing, who retired years ago, still beats the current national team skiers. 1 Comment
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Kuzzy Takes a Trip Down Under
Aug 23, 2010 - By Nathaniel Herz
 - CXC's Garrott Kuzzy arrived in Australia last Wednesday, and has already competed in the country’s national championships in the 10 k classic and 15 k freestyle, placing fifth and second, respectively. He plans to compete in the 42 k Kangaroo...
Motivating to Get Tips From the Mentors
Aug 23, 2010
 - A group of handpicked Norwegian junior skiers in the Norwegian Ski Association’s talent development group are treated to their own mentors among the World Cup racers, as well as team camps that blend athletes from all the ski disciplines. The...
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Sim, and Australia, Take a Run at Nordic Combined
Aug 20, 2010 - By Nathaniel Herz
 - An ambitious, two-pronged program in Australia could see Ben Sim competing in nordic combined at the 2014 Olympics, as well as the construction of a series of small ski jumps into the country. 1 Comment
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Gold Medal Coaching for Women’s Clinic
Aug 19, 2010 - By Maddy Wendt
 - Attendance may have been small at last weekend’s camp, but the coaching was of gold-medal caliber.  Seven master skiers, all women, braved the heat Friday through Sunday, learning from and training with Olympian Nina Gavrilyuk at Lakewoods Resort 1 Comment
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Well-Rested Demong Takes on Tour of Utah
Aug 18, 2010 - By Nathaniel Herz
 - There aren’t many people who can spend more time in work boots than cycling shoes and still harbor reasonable hopes of keeping up in a bike race with Tour de France veterans. But count American nordic combined skier Billy Demong as one of the few...
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Hunting Down The Golden Pairs
Aug 17, 2010
 - NORWAY - For the Norwegian national team, ski testing in Torsby is the ticket to medals at the 2011 World Championships in Holmenkollen.
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Argentina’s Marchablanca Goes to Cichero and Caviglia
Aug 17, 2010 - By Matthew Muir
 - The 24th edition of the Club Andino Ushuaia’s Marchablanca took place Sunday, August 15th, 2010 in the Valley of Tierra Mayor outside of Ushuaia, Argentina.  Under blue skies and brilliant sun, Federico Cicchero took the men’s 21km...
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NENSA Nordic Symposium
Aug 17, 2010
 - NENSA is hosting a Nordic Symposium September 17-19th, which will offer an opportunity for coaches, athletes, youth leaders and recreational skiers to attend presentations, network with peers, and share ideas throughout the weekend.
Northug skips the rest of Toppidrettsveka
Aug 17, 2010
 - AURE, NORWAY - Petter Northug is calling it quits after two out of four events at Toppidrettsveka. 1 Comment
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College on Skis
Aug 17, 2010 - By Maddy Wendt
 - While every college coach loves fast recruits, producing such athletes is a task generally left up to high school teams and local clubs.  But rather than waiting around, Jed Friedrich has decided to do something about it himself.