The upcoming Masters World Cup for cross-country ski racers will be held in the beautiful town of Seefeld, Austria. One Masters World Cup is held each year. The Masters World Cup is an inofficial World championship tor veterans in XC-skiing. Seefeld has been the site of two Olympics in addition to the 1985 FIS World Championships, and is one of Austria’s most popular resort destinations. Germany had actually who won the bid to hold the...
Results from Norwegian National Championships While the World Cup circuit takes a brief hiatus, a number of nations are holding their national championships during the break. For many international elite racers, these events are a large part of qualifying for the upcoming World Championships to be held in Val di Fiemme, Italy. In Norway, this year’s national championship races are particularly important. Unlike past years, the Norwegian men have not been even close to dominant...
As we prepared to leave Bellingham, we had a big decision to make. When we set out on this trip, we knew that we were going to through Oregon and Washington, hitting towns along the way to from Park City to Bellingham. But we had not made any plans beyond Bellingham. I think this is because we were both hoping that we would find the perfect town before we hit the Canadian border. But this...
If any of you out there have friends who just don't get cross country skiing, you need to sit them down and make them watch the new video, Generation X-Ski. If your friends, co-workers, or fellow classmates still think of your sport as wool-knickers, wooden skis, and shuffling through the woods, then this video is your evidence to the contrary. Generation X-Ski is aptly titled because it features a younger generation of skiers who are...
I think about all of our activity in the years we were children, and what it has meant for my performance as an adult. I had a two-kilometer’s distance between my home and school. In the summer I would walk or ride my bike, and in the winter I would often use my skis. After a while I began to run parts of the distance, especially the last part home that was an uphill a...
Fingers remain crossed about conditions on the Birkie Trail. Despite minimal snowfall in the midwest, the Birkie trail is in relatively good condition with less than four weeks to race day. The skiing is thin, but at least there is skiing. From the newly redesigned Birkie website,
The Norwegian men haven't won much on the World Cup this year, but they did ok in the Worldloppet this weekend. Jœrgen Aukland, brother of well-known Anders Aukland, won the Marcialonga, 11 seconds ahead of Stanislav Rezack from the Czech Republic. Lara Peyrot of Italy won the women's category.
Teams in General Team TorbjornSport is different from the other teams organized by ski industry companies. Traditionally, these teams recruit the elite skiers in the country: the top graduating college skiers, top skiers from US Nationals, and skiers that usually do well at major marathons. Skiers placing in the middle of the pack are seldom members of these teams. Skiers joining such teams receive benefits which may include free equipment, room and board at...
This past weekend's Nor Am Continental Cup Races in Mont Orford Quebec wrapped up the 2003-2003 edition of the premier race series in North America for elite skiers. The men's and women's winners are guaranteed a spot in the spring World Cup races. Kris Freeman and Wendy Wagner took those honors, while Lars Flora and Aelin Peterson won the Sprint NorAm titles. Andrew Newell and Daria Gaiazova won the Junior division. Carl Swenson, who finished...
Monday, January 27, 2003 Mt. Orford, Quebec  After two straight weekends of competing in the Subaru Continental Cup trial races in Mt. Ste Anne and Mt. Orford, fourteen more Canadian athletes have been selected to compete in various international cross-country ski competitions.  Yesterday’s final race in Mt. Orford meant the selection committee had the daunting task of calculating which athletes qualified for which European competitions. Joining Sara Renner and Beckie Scott, who are...
Note: In our weekend race wrap up, we try to bring you results from as many races as possible around the country. In most cases, we will provide links to the results. If a race report has been sent to us, we will publish that as well. If you don't see the race you are interested in, contact the race organizers and have them send their race reports and press releases to www.NENSA.net. Ski Games...
We have all experienced it. After a brief period of feeling tired, sluggish and flustered at the start of a workout, an unexplainable calm comes over us. The body relaxes, the mind flows and the heart, stride and breathing all seem to work completely in unison. This is a result of endorphins being released to the brain. Endorphins are responsible for our addictions. The addiction to physical exertion, competition, and fitness is ours. We can...
Marc Gilbertson and Natalie Cartwirght win at the Lake Placid Loppet The American marathon Series Champions Cup began on Saturday with the running of the Lake Placid Loppet. The cold snap which had been settling over the Northeast apparently unnerved the race organizers somewhat, and they chose to delay the start of the race by one hour to ensure warmer temperatures. As it was, the race was held with temperatures around 20. About 530 skiers...
Central NCAA Racing By Corey Coogan The St. Olaf Ski Team hosted this weekend’s NCCA qualifying race at Wolverine Trails in Ironwood, Michigan. Wolverine is located just east of the Wisconsin-Michigan border (on the Upper Peninsula) in an area known for lake effect snow. The trails roll gently, twist and turn, and have a few long, gradual climbs. Racers appreciated the course’s good rhythm and excellent grooming. Just as was the case the weekend before,...
The Italian men's duo of Gorgio Di Centa and Cristian Zorzi won the World Cup sprint relay on Sunday in Oberhof, Germany. The Italian Zorzi won a mad dash to line to beat the Germans (Rene Sommerfeldt & Tobias Angerer). In third was Norway (Jens Arne Svartedal & Thomas Alsgaard). The American team of Kris Freeman and Carl Swenson did extremely well, finishing fourth. Swenson and Freeman hung tough with the Norwegians all race long,...
Results from this weekend's Continental Cup in Mont Orford, Quebec. Saturday – Skate Races It was a very tight women's race, with the top 5 within fifteen seconds. It was American World Championship team member Aelin Peterson who beat out a number of strong Canadians for the win. Women's 5K Freestyle 1 Aelin Peterson Alpina Racing 0:15:10.8 2 Tara Whitten NSDT Canmore 0:15:11.9 3 Rebecka Laakso Lappe Nordic/NTDC 0:15:12.9 4 Tasha Betcherman NSDT Canmore 0:15:17.6...
Kris Freeman, fresh off dominating the classic races at US Nationals, posted a 19th place finish today in Oberhof, Germany in a 15k classical World Cup race. It was Freeman's first World Cup start of the season. Many Americans were very interested to see how Freeman would fare. Watching him ski at Nationals, a number of people were impressed enough to remark that “He must be skiing top twenty in the world.” Indeed he proved...
The fifth running of the Noquemanon Ski Marathon took place on Saturday in Marquette, Michigan. In the 55km freestyle race, Cory Wubbels who currently lives in Marquette as part of the Northern Michigan University program, made it two for two in American Ski Marathon (ASM) races this season by winning the title, exactly five minutes ahead of the next skier, Adam Swank of Milwaukee. Brian May was third. Despite two impressive victories already in the...
PARK CITY, UT (Jan. 22) — Olympians Kris Freeman (Andover, NH), Torin Koos (Leavenworth, WA), Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK) and Lindsey Weier (Mahtomedi, MN) are among a dozen cross country skiers named Wednesday to compete in the inaugural U-23 Championships next month in Italy, the U.S. Ski Team announced. Nordic Director Luke Bodensteiner said the group, selected based on results from the Chevy Truck U.S. championships in Maine and Nor Am races earlier this month...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – An arbitration panel Friday upheld the doping sanctions against cross-country skier Johann Muehlegg, who was stripped of a gold medal and banned for two years after a positive test at the Salt Lake City Olympics. The ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport came nearly a year after the Winter Games, where the Spanish skier tested positive for the banned endurance-boosting drug darbepoetin. The German-born Muehlegg was stripped of his 50K...