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Thanksgiving might have been last week, but why not celebrate the world’s greatest holiday twice?!  Given a hefty race schedule last week, we were unable to truly indulge on Thanksgiving number 1–not to mention we didn’t even have pumpkin pie.  With a big volume training week coming up, it’s important to pack in as many [...]

Catching Up with Quick Canadians: An Interview with Chandra Crawford and Dasha Gaiazova

Chandra Crawford and Dasha Gaiazova are currently the only women on the Canadian World Cup squad. But their lack of teammates hasn’t held them back so far: Crawford, a 2006 Olympic gold medalist, won the FIS sprint in Rovaniemi that weekend, and Gaiazova skied to 24th place in the World Cup sprint in Kuusamo, en route to 48th place overall in the mini-tour. Crawford didn’t have an excellent start to the World Cup season, but...

Marit Bjørgen commented somewhere that her win at the WC opener in Gällivare, SWE was “the best skate race of her life”.  Sadly, I can’t find where I read that, otherwise I’d have a link for you.  Obviously, I found that kind of intriguing.  Let’s look at Bjørgen’s race in a bit more detail: This [...] Related posts:

  1. Victims & Nemeses: Marit and Justyna Edition
  2. Head-to-Head: Marit vs Justyna
  3. Race Snapshot: Gällivare

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Calgary, Alberta – With the onset of winter, Fast and Female is preparing to host its third Annual US X-Country Ski Festival. After being held for two consecutive years in Anchorage, Alaska, the 2011 Annual US X-Country Ski Festival will travel to Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine and take place on Sunday, January 9. On this special occasion, more than 150 female cross-country skiers and biathletes between the ages of 9 to 19 years old...

From Ahvo’s Vantage-point: Last Update from Kuusamo with Videos

Greetings from Central Finland (where the temp was a balmy -25C upon waking up this morning)! The sun has set on the Nordic Opening and everyone has packed their bags and headed either to the next races or homeward. As a final wrap-up, the weekend was packed with lots of action. The Nordic Opening is one of the only places where you can see Nordic skiing, ski jumping and Nordic combined all in one weekend...

divThe SMS Nordic team is always trying to decide what workouts we want to do. There are so many great ones to choose from but we can't pick them all and come up with a program that makes sense. There are some key components to any Nordic training pr...

Fischer Launches the First Nordic Skis with a Natural Basalt Core

AUBURN, N.H.  — Fischer Skis announced today it has launched the first Nordic skis with a natural basalt core for remarkable effects on ski weight and performance. Available on four ski models, Fischer’s new Air Core Basalight technology significantly reduces weight to deliver a superior cross country skiing experience. Furthermore, replacing conventional fiberglass with volcanic basalt fibers supports the environment. Fischer’s Air Core Basalight technology is now available on the new CRS Vasa Skate and...

The Ring

BrianNovember 29, 2010

Caitlin and I have been receiving a lot of emails and phone calls of congratulations.  Thank you for all the well wishes, we are very excited.  A lot of people have been asking about the ring. Matt Firth, a local artist from the Methow Valley custom made the ring.  We are not big on material possessions but [...]

I’m psyched to be back in Vermont and skiing on snow (although that might not last long), but I had a really wonderful Thanksgiving with my family, and I miss them, too. I traveled to Irvington, Virginia to see my aunt, uncle, cousins, and grandparents. I hadn’t seen my dad’s family in a couple of [...]

We may not have much snow in Vermont right  now but that doesn’t mean that we don’t have access to great skiing! Early this morning we loaded up the van and headed to Stowe to ski the Notch road which is now closed for winter. The freezing rain that hit the area on Friday helped [...]