Summer for the US Cross-Country Ski Team is officially over on August 2nd. On August 3rd we leave for the middle of winter, which lies 13hours over the Pacific Ocean in New Zealand. After a month in NZ we return to Park City, Utah, to begin fall training. The National team and Development team, as well as a small hand-full of promising non-national team athletes, have been training together in Park City this July. It...
Over the past few years, Dave Chamberlain has been consistently one of the top five or so skiers in the US.. He is, arguably, the best US skier not to be named to the U.S. Ski Team. He was a member of the 2001 and 2003 World Championship Teams and is currently a member of the Maine Winter Sports Center training group.
July 26, 2003 The first ever Rollerski Sprint Race held in Cunjunction with Boise, Idaho's famous Twilight Criterium drew several thousand spectators to the streets of Downtown Boise. Despite an intense thunderstorm that delayed the start by nearly an hour, 38 racers rolled up to the starting line at 8:10 pm. Strong contingents from Boise and Sun Valley, along with top racers from Park City, Minneapolis, Bend / XC Oregon, the Maine Winter Sports Center...
From: The New England Nordic Ski Association To: Cross-country skiers everywhere  Pass the word! Call, email, mention on your next training ride or run, and invite one and all to the 3rd Annual NENSA/BKL Hike, Sunday, August 17th.  The NENSA Hike has become a tradition in the New England skiing community. This year we offer you another memorable experience the NH White Mountains as we traverse the Carter-Moriah Range across the valley from...
Some of our readers have e-mailed us and asked about the “Training with Torbjorn and Gordon†column. What happened to it? Well, we (Gordon and I) are still working and working out together, but this spring I focused on the new interview series with skiers and coaches from around the World instead of writing about “usâ€. We’ll get going again with more workouts, training stuff and “friendly duels†this fall. Langesund is a small town...
Translated from Telemarksavisen Newspaper – July 25th – Martin K. Andersen. It’s not a race, it’s not for money, not to please sponsors, not at all to make the National team coach happy — but never the less, Norwegian National team skier Odd-Bjorn Hjelmseth took interest in a verbal challenge from a “regular guyâ€, Tore Hansen that several years ago ran up and down Wolf Mountain (Ulvekollen) in Telemark – 18 times in a 24-hour...
The Norwegian National Cross-Country Team members are training hard to fill the gap left by retiring stars. A potpourri of some of the team members’ summer training. Anders Aukland – tough rollerskiing 30-year old Anders Aukland ended up tenth in last year’s overall World Cup, after several podium awards, especially in classical technique. Since this winter’s calendar is without any Olympic Games or World Championships, the goal is improving to top three in the overall...
September is the time of year to kick your training into high gear. The snow will be only a couple of months away! Join FasterSkier.com for a training camp on the Olympic trails of Soldier Hollow. These camps are suitable for all ages and abilities. John Aalberg makes a presentation at the June Camp
Andrew Newell has been one of the top Junior skiers in the country for the past few years, and is also one of the top sprinters. He placed 8th in the sprint at the Under 23 CHampionships last February and was also the top American in the sprint at the World Championships. Newell is also a X-Ski Films outfit in his spare time.
Next up in our Interview Series is Frederik Landstedt.
Young Olympic Hopefuls Ski Bound, Russian-style  —————————————————————————– – The New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) is a non-profit organization that oversees the US Ski Association’s regional Olympic development programs for cross-country skiing in New England, as well as recreational, educational and competitive programs for NENSA members and their communities. – Support for NENSA’s year round recreational, competitive and educational programs comes from Title Sponsor, Banknorth Group, Inc., parent company of People’s Heritage, Bank of...
Thomas Training Center Ski Camps Athletes have two tremendous camps on Eagle Glacier Thomas Training Center The June camp was blessed with what many veterans described as the best weather ever for a camp, and several commented that the July camp was “doomed”, sure to have the worst weather. Those fears faded as the weather for the July camp was even better, without even a threat of “normal” periods of overcast, fog or rain. The...
SVSEF Cross Country Ski Team Devo Coach The Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation, located in Sun Valley, Idaho is seeking applicants for the position of Head Development Team Coach for our Junior Cross Country Ski Team. Applicants should possess a strong background in cross country ski racing and preferably have some prior experience coaching or in youth recreational programs. Responsibilities will include organizing and conducting dryland and on snow training sessions for elementary aged skiers,...
The Canadian Women's Team is proof that good things happen when you have great team chemistry. Sara Renner is a big part of that success. This will be Sara's seventh year on the Canadian Senior National team. Her results speak for themselves (Two-time Olympian, 9th place in the 2002 Olympic Sprint, several World Cup top ten finishes this past year), and her sense of humor (as you will see below) helps create a great team...
The 50-km Olympic Champion from the 1976 Seefeld Olympic Games, Ivar Formo, lets our readers get a unique insight into his training Facts Let us first present Ivar Formo for all of you that are not old enough to remember his golden days: Born: June 24, 1951 in Oslo, Norway Results: Olympic Gold, 50 km, Seefeld 1976 Olympic Bronze, 15 km, 1972 Olympic Silver, Relay 1972 and 1976 World Championship Bronze 1974 and 1978 European...
Boise Twilight Criterium Rollerski Sprint
Kris Freeman stunned the European skiing World this past winter with a victory in the 30K classic at the Under 23 Championships. He followed that up by going to the World Championships and earning a 4th in the 15K classic and a 14th in the pursuit. All this and he is only 22 years old. What better way to start off our interview series than with America's rising star, Kris Freeman. Kris Freeman Age: 22...
Short Report from the US Ski Team Including some training info Group training has begun in Park City, Utah for the 03-04 season. We have high goals including podium and top 10 finishes on the world cup this season and at the World Championships next season. We aim to win medals at the 2006 games in Italy. We have a large and very strong training group in town for all of July. The current crew...
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FasterSkier.com editor John Aalberg recently conducted a training camp in Michigan with the GRand Rapids Nordic Ski Team. A major part of this camp was getting skiers to understand the different training zones. Camp participant Mike Muha has written about his experience with John's training zone interval workout. The article is very informative for anyone with questions about the different training zones/levels.