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Photos from yesterday’s US National Championship Team Sprint. All photos are by Lance Parrish and may not be reproduced in any way without permission from the photographer.
The 3rd Equinox Ski Challenge welcomed the first weekend of spring with 66 participants enjoying the camaraderie, costumes, great skiing, and even some overnight rain and snow. About 50 pounds of food was collected for the West Yellowstone Food Bank and $500 was raised for Manaia Youth Programs and the West Yellowstone Ski Education Foundation. A new 24 Hour team record was set by Chad Anderson, Brandy Stewart and Sarah Willis of Bozeman at...
The US Ski Team’s top two teams both took first place in an extremely exciting series of evening team sprints today at Birch Hill. Liz Stephen and Morgan Smyth raced a very strong race, full of attacks, to finish just in front of CXC’s Caitlin Compton and Maria Stuber. In the mens’ race Chris Cook and Torin Koos skied to a dominating finish in the men’s final, which held a pack of 10 skiers nearly through...
Universal Sports has posted all the races from the World Cup Finals – they are all available for on-demand viewing. Friday, March 20, 2009 Men’s 3.3k Final Saturday, March 21, 2009 Women’s Pursuit 5+5 Final Sunday, March 22, 2009 Men’s 15k Final
St. Lawrence University, a DIII member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association, is seeking an Assistant Nordic Ski Coach. The position is scheduled to begin August 15th and end on May 15th with the option to renew based upon performance. A Bachelor’s degree is required with collegiate level or higher competition and/or coaching experience preferred. Duties to include: assisting with the day-to-day operation of the program as well as recruiting and team administrative responsibilities. The...
Tonight, Caitlin Compton and I skied our way to 2nd place in the team sprint competition. This was probably the best race of my career so far. I can not get the photos to upload, so check out Kristina Owen’s website for now. I will write more tomorrow.
Fairbanks, Alaska – James Southam (APUNSC/Atomic) and Kristina Strandberg (Saab Salomon Factory Team) won the rescheduled 5/10km US Nationals classic race yesterday. This race was originally scheduled for January in Anchorage, but was canceled due to cold temperatures. Weather was not a problem in Fairbanks with sunny skies and temperatures in the teens. However, the recent explosion of Mt. Redoubt prevented some skiers from reaching Fairbanks in time for the race, including Canadian World Cup...
Last night I got my first National Championship since 2006! I knew when I won my last one that any win could be your last so to get back on top after a rough couple years feels super good.
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Hi Everyone, I’m in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia right now, about to race the Sprint tomorrow. Conditions are good and it’s going to be an exciting end to the season. Since I last wrote, I headed out to Vancouver, Canada to race the 8th World Cup of the season. It was nice to get some head-to-head racing in and [...]
The Arrowhead 135 mile ultra marathon is an epic ski, foot or bike trek over snowy, hilly, rugged wilderness trail in Northern Minnesota near the Canadian Border from “Frostbite Falls” to Tower, Lake Vermilion, MN. Registration opens in August. Race starts first Monday of February. Pre-race gear check and meeting on Saturday & Sunday prior to the Monday morning start at the Arrowhead State Trail crossing Highway 53. Cut-0ff time is 60 hours. (This is not...
Nine MVNT skiers travelled to Truckee California from March 6-16th, and raced with the other top junior skiers from around the nation. The team stopped for a morning of climbing at Smith Rocks on the way down, and they brought energy and quality to the...
Fairbanks, Alaska – The Wedgewood Resort 2009 US Cross Country Ski Championships will be starting at 6:00PM Tuesday, March 24 on the Jim Whisenhant Ski Trails at Birch Hill Recreation Area in Fairbanks, Alaska. The opening event is the Yukon Title Company 5Km/10Km Classic Technique Interval Start race. The race series is hosted by the Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks which has hosted several major national and international events. The field for the first race...
This past weekend, the fastest high school skiers in New England and New York flocked to Rangeley, Maine to ski in the Eastern High School Championships. The year’s final major competition welcomed athletes back from the Junior Olympics in Truckee, CA, and also younger skiers who had raced in the New England J2 Championships the previous weekend. Teams from Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont brought twenty-four boys and girls to race in...
This is a collection of musing on the race that surprisingly didn’t fit into my tome of a race report. Thank You! First off, it’s time to finally thank the people that made this race possible for me: My wife Linda - I know, I’ve thanked her a lot already, but I can’t say enough about all she [...]
View the mass start (46km skiers only) and some of the top men at the 2009 California Gold Rush, held this past Sunday March 22nd at Royal Gorge in Soda Springs, CA, just minutes from Auburn Ski Club, the site of the 2009 Junior Olympics. This year’s event was marked by a full-on, heavy-duty sierra snowstorm that started the day before the race and continued through the night and throughout the race. Conditions were reasonably...
After an almost drug free season, a particular Russian, Natalia Matveeva had to ruin the party. News a href="http://www.langd.se/natalia-matveeva-avstangd-for-epo-doping-vid-for-os.4569460-86106.html"surfaced/a just after the final races were run that ...
Two days in March has gone a long ways towards changing my opinion of Fairbanks. While it’s still ridiculously cold (below 0°F) in the mornings, the sun actually comes up in the sky a little (and stays there) to the point where we’re seeing highs around 20. Actually, the skiing the last two days has been great. The snow is still squeaky cold, but skiing with temps in the teens really isn’t bad. And it’s hard to complain about waxing when VR40 is plenty of kick and really on the slow side.
Racing starts tomorrow at the late hour of 6PM, which does make me wonder what to do with the rest of the day. Normally I’d think daylight would be an issue, but it’s a little different up here this time of year. It takes at least an hour and a half for the sun to rise, and once it does, it just sort of stays at late afternoon type sunlight all day – until 8 or 830. So it might be cold, but it won’t be dark.
The only other news of note right now is that Mt. Redoubt erupted last night. There are some issues involved in flying between Fairbanks and Anchorage right now (can’t do it), so let’s hope that clears up by Sunday…
Challenging conditions for Gold Rush competitors Donner Summit, CA— More than a foot of snow fell on Donner Summit overnight Saturday and continued prior to the start of the annual California Gold Rush, a 46k cross country ski race held at Royal Gorge. The weather resulted in a delayed start and slight course change. The races started at 9:30 a.m. and instead of a two-lap 21k loop, Gold Rush competitors skied three laps of a...