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Enjoying Kits beach after a hard race. Back to the snow and rain in Canmore tomorrow.
Enjoying Kits beach after a hard race. Back to the snow and rain in Canmore tomorrow.
Enjoying Kits beach after a hard race. Back to the snow and rain in Canmore tomorrow.
Grouse Grind 2010. 5th place. One of the hardest races out there. 2.9 km all uphill. Now off to enjoy Vancouver.
Grouse Grind 2010. 5th place. One of the hardest races out there. 2.9 km all uphill. Now off to enjoy Vancouver.
Grouse Grind 2010. 5th place. One of the hardest races out there. 2.9 km all uphill. Now off to enjoy Vancouver.
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Unlike some of her peers, like Americans Simi Hamilton and Ida Sargent, Brittany Webster’s rise has not been meteoric. She’s never been on the podium at a major international race, and she has only contested four World Cups—all of which were in her home country of Canada. She doesn’t even have her own website like many of her compatriots—just a plain, infrequently updated blog on WordPress. But of all the North American athletes competing in...
Just a quick post to toss up the final GC bump charts for the Vuelta. See here for an explanation of these plots. Related posts:Tour de France Charts Vuelta a España: Bump Charts Week In Review: Friday Sep 10th Related posts:
Tim and I just finished up a great dryland camp in Sun Valley with a huge group of skiers there from the USST, Sun Valley ODT, Methow, and CXC. After having barely ventured out of Craftsbury all summer it was nice to mix up the training with a new location and some new people. It [...]
Oslo, Norway — Jessica Jerome overcame erratic winds and a number of course holds and restarts to tally a pair of fourth-place finishes to lead the U.S. Women’s Ski Jumping Team in Continental Cup competition over the weekend in Oslo, Norway – site of the upcoming Nordic World Championships in February. Jumping took place amidst continuing construction surrounding the famous K120 Holmenkollen and K95 Midtstubakken jumps in the Norwegian capital as it readies to welcome the...
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span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"This post isn't about ski racing per say, and it isn't about me. It's about my sister, Robin, who just completed an epic journey, all 16,184 miles of it. nbsp;/span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/TJg9IERJ_aI/AAAAAAAABdU/3sEhIpD0pjM/s1600/DSCF1094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/TJg9IERJ_aI/AAAAAAAABdU/3sEhIpD0pjM/s320/DSCF1094.JPG" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://rwsb.blogspot.com/"http://rwsb.blogspot.com//a/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"br //divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"Last week she completed her "year of biking." nbsp;She started at our family home in Seattle, biked down the west coast, (took a break to fly back for the Olympics!) then across the US/Mexican border during the winter months, zig-zagged across the East Coast, and returned West through Canada. nbsp;She had no plans, no steady biking companions, and spent most of her nights "stealth camping." nbsp;Yep - she's a 25 year old female that did it all by herself! nbsp;And if you're wondering, stealth camping means sleeping in places that you don't pay for ie, the side of the road behind the camouflage of bushes or one of her last nights, a baseball dugout. During her travels she kept an awesome blog. You can read Robin's final post about her adventure and the other 56 posts if you are so inclined./span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/TJg-IFJNZDI/AAAAAAAABdc/KvPBjJ8LYRs/s1600/DSCF1085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/TJg-IFJNZDI/AAAAAAAABdc/KvPBjJ8LYRs/s320/DSCF1085.JPG" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"Robin had (and still has!) a wicked tan line from her bike shorts.... she's currently growing the helmet hair out and yes, she rocked the APU training shirt all over the country!/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"br //divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"br //span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"In the meantime, here are some of Robin's stats, taken directly from her blog:nbsp;a href="http://rwsb.blogspot.com/"http://rwsb.blogspot.com//a/span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"br //span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"The Final Tally for 365 days on the road:br /br /Miles: 16,184 (26, 045 km)br /Flats: 41 (none since way back in Vermont!)br /Tubes: 15br /Tires: 7br /Jars of Nut Butter: 38br /Nights under a roof: 128br /States: 30br /Provinces: 4br /National Parks, etc: 38br /Bike-free days: 58br /100+ mile days: 21br /Rain: 87br /Riding in Rain: 48br /Riding with companions: 29br /Books: 24br /Spontaneous hosts: 6br /Ferries: 8br /Farms: 2br /Rear Wheels: 3br /Warmshowers/Couchsurfing hosts: 17br /Bike shorts: 3br /Tubes Chamois B'tter: 3br /Sicknesses: 3br /Sunglasses: 3br /Nights paid for: 13/span/span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"br //span/span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"Call her crazy, call her brave, call her adventuresome. nbsp;As her older sister, I am incredibly proud of her independence, her ambition, and her sense of adventure. She had an amazing year, met absolutely fantastic, genuine people, and had an experience that many of us will never dream of. nbsp;Let her be an inspiration. I know that I will - and do! nbsp;Congratulations Robs.... so glad you're back safe!/span/span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"br //span/span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"You may ask, "Now what?" nbsp;Well, I'm happy to say that there's going to be another Brooks in West Yellowstone this year! nbsp;Yep, my sister took a job as the head coach of Glacier Nordic based out of Whitefish, Montana. nbsp;nbsp;/span/span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"br //span/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/TJg_B6xgcjI/AAAAAAAABdk/OqyucTt1Dck/s1600/scan0019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="202" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/TJg_B6xgcjI/AAAAAAAABdk/OqyucTt1Dck/s400/scan0019.jpg" width="400" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"Sweet pic of our family in 1993. Robin's in the front, left and I'm in the middle of my parents wearing one of those sweet fleece barrets that were so cool!nbsp;/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"In other news, fall is definitely here in Anchorage, smell of rotten leaves and all. More on that and the upcoming ski racing season to come - stay tuned!nbsp;/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"Holly :)nbsp;/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"br //span/div/spandivbr //div/span/span/spandiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6401505974719455979-1032321273891116859?l=hollyskis.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
www.xccamps.ca on the home page to get you in the winter mood. Sparkling Hill Masters World Cup: March 3-11, 2011 will make history at Silver Star and Sovereign Lake, with 1200 competitors from around the World going head to head on the trails. Many of the XC Camp coaches have competed in the Masters World Cup and you can gain insider tips by signing up for the specific Silver Star xc camp www.mwc2011.com Training Tip: Fall...
The MWSC Biathlon and Cross-Country Teams welcome One Way ski poles to the Team. Select members of both Teams will be using the new DS 10 pole, including Biathlon Team members Russell Currier, BethAnn Chamberlain and Grace Boutot.Rossignol / Oneway ...
The MWSC Biathlon and Cross-Country Teams welcome One Way ski poles to the Team. Select members of both Teams will be using the new DS 10 pole, including Biathlon Team members Russell Currier, BethAnn Chamberlain and Grace Boutot.Rossignol / Oneway ...