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Norway’s O2 King, Espen Harald Bjerke says that he is often using bounding/running/walking with poles as his key interval method. It’s not as easy to do this well as it sound like. Norwegians call this way of moving “moose-hoofs”. Here are some tips for technique and intensity control. Background article: This Is How The VO2 Max King Is Training http://www.fasterskier.com/training1484.html – Running or running with poles in uphills (also called moose-hoofs or bounding with poles)....

By Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen World Championship 50-kilometer silver medalist, Anders Aukland of Norway took it easy this spring in order to make sure that he was completely healthy before he started pushing his limits. – I’m training quite a bit in May. Running, rollerskiing and biking are the main ingredients, says Anders who is very motivated to do be well prepared for the season. His main goal is the Olympic 15-kilometer classic...

First Swedish Training Camp Of The Year: Thomas Alsgaard crushed the Swedish dream about Worlds relay gold 1200 meter from the finish on the last leg in 2003. Sweden’s anchor skier Jorgen Brink was suddenly nicknamed The Wall. The new men’s coach, Inge Braaten has now brought Alsgaard in to the coaching staff to help Brink and the other national team skiers. For background stories see: Play By Play of the 2003 Men's World Championship...

Norway was the best nation at Worlds, however Sigmund Hov Moen points to the fact that Worlds was the exception for Norwegian distance skiers last season. They peaked at the right moment, but Worlds was way above how they performed in the regular World Cup. A new Daehlie has not yet emerged. Please note that these comments were excerpted from a long article by Moen about the status of Norwegian skiers age 14 to 19....

Source: Langrenn.com Classic 300-meter rollerski race was on the agenda at the Norwegian national team’s training camp in Klekken/Honefoss. The event was held Thursday night and 2000 spectators showed up for the downtown race despite bad weather. The race included qualification heat, semifinal and finale. Guro Strom Solli won the women’s event ahead of Marit Bjorgen and Ella Gjomle. Borre Naess won the men’s race ahead of first-year senior Jens Bjertnes and John Kristian Dahl....

The summer and fall are critical training months for cross country skiers. Rollerskiing is a must for those who are serious about progress. The best juniors, elite and master skiers are spending 25-50% of their training time on rollerskis. Here are some photos from a May 26th rollerski workout. The skiers are Kelly Milligan, Scott McArt, Anders Haugen and James Southam. The pictures were taken during a classic rollerski workout from Mtn. Dell up East...

The 2005 CXC Cross Country Ski Coach’s Symposium brought 56 coaches from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Utah together for a weekend of classes and discussion. Eight speakers presented a variety topics on almost all aspects of training, waxing and team/club management. This is the first and very important step in Coaches Education this season. Following will be inaugural issues of the CXC Coach’s Newsletter (3 times a year) and CXC Training Manual (coming in the...

Coaches Education-Assistant Coaching Program THE APUNSC is pleased to offer an  Associate Coach  program  beginning the summer of 2005 . The goal of this program is  to provide developing  coaches the needed knowledge, skill, and experience to effectively coach cross country skiers of all ages and abilities.   Associate Coaches will be paid for coaching support while they learn and build their experiences. Pay Range:  $2500-$5000 per year , part time  ·         Period: June 1, 2005  through April 15 2006 ·         Educational and Coaching Time: 3-5 days per week,...

Source: Langrenn.com A few days ago it was decided that the privately funded Norwegian long distance team would continue to exist. The former national team skier and coach, Pal Gunnar Mikkelsplass is now hired as the team’s coach. http://www.fasterskier.com/news2312.html – Long-distance is interesting and fun, and it is nice if I can contribute and be of any help, says Mikkelsplass. He will take part in occasional workouts and stop by at camps to give advice...

Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen Norwegian sprint coach Ulf Morten Aune believes that many of the skiers will be skeptical to the first Tour de Ski. Race director in the International Ski Federation (FIS), Jurg Capol, believes however that most of the World Cup skiers will participate. Tour de Ski, cross country skiing’s answer to Tour de France will be organized for the first time in the 2006/2007 season in Central Europe. It...

Source: Langrenn.com and FIS Tour de Ski is cross country skiing’s answer to Tour de France and will be a part of the World Cup in the 2006/2007 season. Here is how it will look like. Stage structure Tour de Ski 2007) Date Day Place Type of race Laps 01.05.2007 (12.29.07/12.30.06) Friday Munchen (Olympia park) Prolog (women 3 km,=A0Men 4.5 km K) Single start;Start interval 15 to 30 Seconds. about. 1.5 km Women: 2 laps...

Source: Langrenn.com “The O2 King” Espen Harald Bjerke won a rollerski pursuit race for the Norwegian national team on Tuesday. The rollerski pursuit race was done as a part of the National team’s camp at Klekken. Berke was five seconds ahead of Kristen Skjeldal and 31 seconds ahead of Anders Aukland # – Name – Time after classic – Total time after skating 1. Espen Harald Bjerke 24:42 57:36 2. Kristen Skjeldal 24:54 57:41 3....

Cross Country Assistant Skiing Coach MBSEF Bend, Oregon The Mt. Bachelor Ski Education Foundation Nordic Ski Team is looking for an Assistant Cross Country Skiing coach for the 2005-06 season and beyond. The position is a 5.5-month appointment starting mid October 2005. Responsibilities include but are not limited to assisting the Nordic Director in all aspects of running a successful Nordic ski program whose mission is to help student athletes achieve their individual athletic, academic...

Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen The future looked bleak for the privately funded Norwegian long distance team after the main sponsor pulled out, but a solution came in the twelfth hour. The long distance team was funded in 2002, and was meant to give an opportunity to the best skiers whose goal was to race the FIS marathon cup races. The team was privately funded and the main sponsor was Intersport, Norway’s largest...

Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen Many people view the maximal oxygen uptake as the most important performance factor for cross country skiers. This is how the VO2 Max king Espen Harald Bjerke is training. Bjerke changed his training this season and believes that the changes are part of the reason for the progress. – I was in the past very focused on separating the distance sessions from the hard workouts. The hard workouts...

Source: Langrenn.com Anders Aukland won the Norwegian duathlon championship last weekend. The event was run, bike and run. Anders Aukland was as expected leading after the first run, but was passed on the bike leg right before the transition to the last running leg by former cycling pro Lars Kr. Johnsen. Aukland came back and won by 1 minute and 32 seconds to Arne Post. Results Women senior Place Name Club Time run 1 Bike...

From FasterSkier sponsor TorbjornSport: Get going, train smarter and more efficiently, get fitter and ski technically better this summer. Here is a great opportunity to save money on a great training, technique and racing package from TorbjornSport The package contains the following items: The Perfect Skating CD-Rom, a World Cup Race DVD from 2005 (Men’s pursuit or women’s pursuit or the two-person sprint relay), The How to, When to, Why to…A Norwegian model Training guide...