happy thoughts
FasterSkierJune 30, 2010
Tomorrow I’ll be having my second leg operated on. So I decided to post some ‘happy’ pictures because… well… just because I could use a smile and I hope it will make you smile too!
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happy thoughts
FasterSkierJune 30, 2010
Tomorrow I’ll be having my second leg operated on. So I decided to post some ‘happy’ pictures because… well… just because I could use a smile and I hope it will make you smile too!
happy thoughts
FasterSkierJune 30, 2010
Tomorrow I’ll be having my second leg operated on. So I decided to post some ‘happy’ pictures because… well… just because I could use a smile and I hope it will make you smile too!
happy thoughts
FasterSkierJune 30, 2010
Tomorrow I’ll be having my second leg operated on. So I decided to post some ‘happy’ pictures because… well… just because I could use a smile and I hope it will make you smile too!
REG Wrap Up
Sverre CaldwellJune 30, 2010
Today was the last day of the REG camp and we had great food, coaching, and training throughout the whole camp! Yesterday morning we went on a 3 hour classic OD in Eastern Craftsbury to preview the course for todays time trial. We had an easy afternoon...
The Start List–Sign Up Today!
FasterSkierJune 30, 2010
FasterSkier is proud to announce the launch of its e-mail newsletter, the Start List. Each edition of the Start List will feature summaries of our top stories from the last two weeks, a new series in which we talk to elite athletes about their favorite workouts, product give-aways and more. This week, Olympian and national champion Simi Hamilton gives us the scoop on a speed workout he does with the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation....
Alex Harvey’s training schedule is already busy, but he’s still taking some time out to squeeze in the 2010 Canadian National Mountain Biking Championships in Canmore in mid-July. “It’s a good opportunity since I’m already here,” he said in a phone interview. “It’ll be a really hard workout for me.” Harvey was a very promising mountain bike racer in the junior category, but when the time came to move up to senior, he had to...
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Podium Heartbreak
JoranJune 30, 2010
Watching Devon Kershaw’s (CAN) amazing race in the Olympic 50k this past season was both thrilling and a bit heartbreaking. There’s something of a reality distortion field that takes hold when the Olympics roll around that elevate the top three positions in a cross-country race to near mythic levels. This is at least slightly bizarre, [...]
What do a GPS, a retired airline pilot, and a Norwegian guru named Hermod Bjorkestol have in common? All are key components of a plan to bring many of the U.S.’s biggest venues in line with International Ski Federation (FIS) standards. At its annual meetings in Turkey in early June, FIS made it clear to American officials that a longstanding exception would be revoked: starting in the winter of 2011-2012, all races held in the...
Volume
FasterSkierJune 29, 2010
I’m only a few training days away from finishing one of the toughest training blocks of the year. When I finish the period on Saturday, I will have trained more in three weeks than I ever have before. These volume-training blocks are especially hard because they leave me nearly no free time. When I do [...]
Skies were sunny and conditions were fair as racers competed in the fourth annual Chinese Summer Ski Tour sprint race last Monday. The 1.5 km course was constructed from snow that has been stored since the end of winter, and athletes said that the snow was surprisingly good throughout the day. The Chinese team was extremely pleased with the day’s results, as the team was able place a skier on the women’s podium. Jenny Hansson...
Training Technique
FasterSkierJune 29, 2010
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and reading lately about how to train ski technique, or really complex skills in general. For the last couple of years we’ve identified our classic skiing as a weak point for the group relative to our skating. Now of course there are those individuals who are stronger classic [...]
Photo
Johnny KlisterJune 29, 2010
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“The best defense is a good offense? Wrong. The best defense is a killer moustache.”
Johnny KlisterJune 29, 2010
“The best defense is a good offense? Wrong. The best defense is a killer moustache.”br/br/ - emAJ via Twitter./em
“Enjoying a quiet night in with me, the moustache, and our third wheel the Lady Friend.”
Johnny KlisterJune 29, 2010
“Enjoying a quiet night in with me, the moustache, and our third wheel the Lady Friend.”br/br/ - emAJ via Twitter/em
Patrick Stinson is an avid Fasterskier.com reader who was born and raised in Alaska. Fanatical about living life to the fullest, he left a solid music software writing job to travel, explore, and train for skiing for a year. Included below is a short bit that he wrote (over Thanksgiving in West Yellowstone) describing his pursuit. Fasterskier.com is excited to share with its readers another side of skiing in this short essay. So I left...
This article is the first in a series that will look at the post-athletic careers of former elite cross-country skiers, coaches, and others involved in the sport. Dave Nighbor is out of the ski racing game, and has moved onto bigger and brandier things. After he finished up his ski career as a full-time Canadian National Team athlete, Nighbor packed up and moved himself to Calgary. There, he uses another talent, graphic design, to shift...
FIS Scheduling Follies
JoranJune 29, 2010
I see on FasterSkier the news that there is already some angst regarding the FIS World Cup race calendar for next season. I have two things say on this topic that takes the form of two graphs… FIS cross country races: IBU biathlon races: A couple of notes: Size of the dot is proportional to [...]