Pat Tillman Embraced Higher Calling (USA Today Story) My plan for Tuesday called for writing another cross country ski training article but that changed (to a day for reflections instead) after I had read USA Today’s “The Forum†article on page 13A by Dave Kindred (Tuesday, April 27, 2004). The article was called -Tillman embraced higher calling. I have followed sport since childhood but never seen an athlete ever make a choice like Tillman. In...
The Norwegian cross country ski teams are bringing in the “heavyweights.†National heros Vegard Ulvang, Thomas Alsgaard, Bjorn Daehlie and Bente Skari are going to help Norway's top skiers in the hunt for gold.  There are three important championship seasons (Worlds – 2005, Olympics – 2006 and Worlds again in 2007) coming up and the Norwegian coaches want these heroes to help in tezching a “winning attitudeâ€. Key ideas are how to prepare, how to...
One of the current hot topics in our national US Cross-Country world is the detail of skating techniques. Technique is an important part of what can also be called work economy in any sport, and work economy is one of three elements that will distinguish great racers from good racers. The other two elements are the skiers maximal aerobic capacity (VO2 max) and Lactate Threshold (LT or AT) — both of which are much more...
PARK CITY, Utah (April 27) – Kris Freeman (Andover, NH), who produced the best U.S. cross country results on the World Cup in 20 years last winter, and two-time Olympian Carl Swenson (Park City, UT), who had three top 15s, head an eight-member U.S. Cross Country Ski Team for the 2005 season, announced U.S. Nordic Director Luke Bodensteiner. Kris Freeman Freeman, a former University of Vermont racer, is a diabetic who self-administers up to six...
National Cross Country Ski Education Foundation Announces Formation of North American Ski Gymnasium School Year Program to start August 2004, skiers live and train at the Solleftea Ski Gymnasium in Sweden The National Cross-Country Ski Education Foundation (NCCSEF) has formed a partnership with Solleftea Ski Gymnasium in Sweden to bring six cross-country skiers to Sweden to live and train for the school year. Pete Phillips will be the program director of the North American Ski...
Tore Bjonviken placed 7th in a World Cup race this season. That was not good enough to keep his national team spot or for the development team. His future as a ski racer is now uncertain and “up in the airâ€. Disappointed “I’m of course disappointed that I was left out of any team. I had expected the elite team to be the six they choose, but I had hoped that they would chose a...
April 19 I have spent the entire last week trying to recover from a cold. I don’t recall the last time I was unable to train for a week because of the common cold. I should feel fortunate that I didn’t contract a case of full-blown flu. On Easter morning my scheduled workout was a 5 mile race pace run. This is like a race, but I’m the only runner at the race, so it’s...
Concord, NH – April 23rd, 2003 Fischer Sports USA is excited to announce that America’s top ranked cross country skier, Kris Freeman has chosen to race on Centrix Boots. Freeman, who also races on Fischer skis, has contracted to race on the new Fischer boots through the 2006 Olympic season. He joins World Cup Sprint Champions Marit Bjoergen and Tobias Fredrikson also on Centrix boots. Fischer Race Service Director, Eli Brown is thrilled with Freeman’s...
Pete Vordenberg has done a great job in a number of Fasterskier.com articles this past season explaining the story behind the results for the athletes and coaches on the US Ski Team. Reading his descriptions have given our readers a whole new understanding for what it really means of sacrifices and hard work to be an athlete or coach striving for World Cup excellence or Olympic glory. There is a whole new understanding for the...
The specialists beat the biathlon skiers Langrenn.com — Norwegian Newspaper VG Reports: Krister Skjeldal won the men’s race while Elin Nilsen won the women’s race in Saturday’s Skarverennet. This was the season’s last race in Norway. This is a skate race and approximately 11000 skiers participated Lots of excitement had been built up around the duel between some of the World’s best biathlon skiers and Norway’s best specialists. Biathlon skier Frode Andresen won last years...
“Everything will probably become a little easier when I travel to camps along with Norway’s best sprinters,” says Borre Naess following being selected to the sprint National team. “I still have to prove myself but there are advantages being on team,” continues Borre. No training changes Borre was rewarded with a national team spot, and now wants to make sure that he avoids the “trapâ€. “Many skiers have failed after making the team by increasing...
While most people have put away their skis and taken out their bikes and running shoes, here in Alaska we still have some great skiing. Even in town Anchorage we had great skiing up until this week. Nice views! Tearing up the downhill Notice the skier in the lower right Perfect tracks on April 23! Prince William Sound is another thing you might see on a crust ski. For even more great Alaska crust ski...