- Are you interested in getting the greatest benefit out of your limited workout time? Ski specific strength is arguably the most efficient workout of the CXC Vertical Limit Team. Specific strength takes relatively little time to complete, which is especially important as the fall days get shorter, and although the workout is challenging, the short bouts of intensity make it easy to recover quickly 2 Comments

 - Dealing with state governing bodies at public high schools can often be a true test of ones nerves.  Many states have rules that limit a skiers poten... 13 Comments

 - USSA Spokesman John Farra has issued a press release explaining the FIS Olympic quota allocation for the 2009 Vancouver games, which dictates how many athletes each participa... 13 Comments

 - Olympic and World Cup medallists, Sara Renner and Thomas Grandi, are encouraging Canadians young and old to join them in a one-day journey to stem the climate crisis, October...

 - After a two-year hiatus, the Cross-Country Alaska Junior Championships will be returning to the state-wide racing calendar March 26 and 27 and will be the first part of a wee...

 - Cross country athletes from across the map will descend on northern Maine following what promises to be an exciting Olympic season to hunt for one more season title at the U....

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 - The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) has launched a new website dedicated to coaching education and development - USACoaching.org. Created in partnership with the National Coll...

 - The Lander Nordic Ski Association reports extra blue skiing in Wyoming.  As we pass the mid-point mark of October, snow reports continue to come in - hopefully an indication... 4 Comments

 - The Bend Nordic Team recently returned from their Coast Camp while the Maine Winter SPorts Center is back east after training in Wyoming.

 - Each year, Bend Nordic Team skiers travel to Newport, OR for a fall training camp coached by Ben Husaby and Brenna Knowles.  The trip itinerary is simple. Surf, eat, interva... 1 Comment

 - Early this week, more than a meter of fresh snow has fallen around the Alps, especially Austria. Temperatures have dropped below zero in many places around Europe and while t...

 - Last Friday, the International Olympic Committee re-elected IOC President Jacques Rogge for a second term of four years until 2013, by an 88-1 vote, at the close of the 121st...

 - The IOC has issued the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable for the XXI Olympic Winter Games held in Vancouver 2010. These rules are in accordance with the WADA Code 2009 and con...

 - For the second season in a row the ConocoPhillips U.S. Cross Country Championships will call Kincaid Park its home as the event makes its way to Anchorage, a hotbed of cross ...

 - We're already 24 days into the Team 350 Challenge!  So far 1314 participants have logged well over 136 million meters towards our goal.  It's a great start but we still hav...

 - A single winner-take-all Nordic event will be held in Steamboat Springs, Colorado at the end of December.  The winner will gain an automatic berth on the 2010 Olympic Team.

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 - U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team athlete Bryan Fletcher will be doing his part to help others, participating in the Walk for Hope on Oct. 17 in Park City, UT. Fletcher teamed up...