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2010 March 08

A week ago i had surgery to repair my broken thumb (from a rollerski crash in October). I was in surgery for over 2.5 hours and the doc cleaned it all up, got the cartilage back in the joint, lined it back up and put a pin in it. I spent all of [...]

Thank you for stopping by and thanks to Best Buy for their amazing support of my ski career and the empowerment through sport of so many young women across the country with Fast and Female.I'll be posting at www.chandracrawford.ca and www.fastandfemale...

Thank you for stopping by and thanks to Best Buy for their amazing support of my ski career and the empowerment through sport of so many young women across the country with Fast and Female.I'll be posting at www.chandracrawford.ca and www.fastandfemale...

Thank you for stopping by and thanks to Best Buy for their amazing support of my ski career and the empowerment through sport of so many young women across the country with Fast and Female.I'll be posting at www.chandracrawford.ca and www.fastandfemale...

Thank you for stopping by and thanks to Best Buy for their amazing support of my ski career and the empowerment through sport of so many young women across the country with Fast and Female.I'll be posting at www.chandracrawford.ca and www.fastandfemale...

Thank you for stopping by and thanks to Best Buy for their amazing support of my ski career and the empowerment through sport of so many young women across the country with Fast and Female.I'll be posting at www.chandracrawford.ca and www.fastandfemale...

Thank you for stopping by and thanks to Best Buy for their amazing support of my ski career and the empowerment through sport of so many young women across the country with Fast and Female.I'll be posting at www.chandracrawford.ca and www.fastandfemale...

Thank you for stopping by and thanks to Best Buy for their amazing support of my ski career and the empowerment through sport of so many young women across the country with Fast and Female.I'll be posting at www.chandracrawford.ca and www.fastandfemale...

Wow, what a day for SMS and NE at the Jr Olympics today!br /Izzy Caldwell is J1 National Champ with Gage close behind in 3rd.br /Heather was 2nd for J2's.br /Skyler was 2nd for OJ's (with 2 broken poles in the A final!) and alum Chase M was 3rd.br /Bri...

La Feclaz, France – A large contingent of American skiers are in Europe competing in the spring OPA cup races.  The OPA cup is a European Continental Cup series along the lines of the US SuperTour. Ten men and six women competed in the 5/10km freestyle mass start event on Sunday.  Brian Gregg led the men in 12th place, while Caitlin Compton paced the women in 10th. The major goal of the trip for these...

We’re loading the vans for tomorrow’s 10 hour drive to Slovenia, and I’m bringing with me a healthy balance of acceptance, frustration, optimism and readiness after this weekends OPAs. FIS has results from at least Sunday’s race, and FasterSkier has an article, but I will go into a little more detail here than what you might get by reading those links – at least as far as my races are concerned.

Sweden’s Jörgen Brink Takes Vasaloppet Victory in Sprint Finish with 3-time Champion Tynell

This year’s Swedish Vasaloppet saw a record number of racers.  There were 15,702 finishers in the 90 kilometer classic race, which saw it’s first running in 1922 with 100 participants. The race’s history comes from the beginning of Sweden’s independence from Denmark, led by nobleman Gustav Vasa.  After his first failed attempt at recruiting his countrymen to join in his revolt, Vasa fled toward Norway. Two Swedish skiers were sent to bring Vasa back and...

Sweden’s Susanne Nyström is first double Tjejvasan-Vasaloppet Champion

This year’s Swedish Vasaloppet saw a record number of racers.  There were 15,702 finishers in the 90 kilometer classic race, which saw it’s first running in 1922 with 100 participants. The race’s history comes from the beginning of Sweden’s independence from Denmark, led by nobleman Gustav Vasa.  After his first failed attempt at recruiting his countrymen to join in his revolt, Vasa fled toward Norway. Two Swedish skiers were sent to bring Vasa back and...

Lahti, Finland – The Norwegian men and women won the rare World Cup relay events, capping an impressive weekend. The women’s field featured more of the big names, and the race came down to a three-way battle for the victory.  The current top four Norwegian women – Mathe Kristoffersen, Therese Johaug, Kristin Stoermer Steira, and Marit Bjoergen, edged out a strong German team at the line.  Italy was third, just 1 second out, and Russia...

Pinkham Notch, NH—On a spectacularly clear day on Mt. Washington, 2006 Olympian Justin Freeman of New Hampton, NH won his third consecutive Ski to the Clouds. Kirsten Gill from Lewiston, ME and Bates College was the top woman. Ski to the Clouds presented by Maxiglide offers $1400 in cash prizes and features a 6-kilometer climb up Mt. Washington making it North America’s Toughest 10k. Freeman let eventual second place finisher, 1992 and 1994 Olympic Biathlete,...