Yes, though I may have seemed more than a little M.I.A. these last couple months, I've actually been quite busy. It's been pretty much the usual fall schedule since I left Alaska (with my cousin's wedding thrown in): Utah camp, prep for snow, hea...
Boulder, CO — Boulder Nordic Sport (BNS) is launching a new race waxing service for elite-level events at the 2011 West Yellowstone Fall Ski Festival. BNS Mobile Elite Wax Service is an economical way to get World Cup-level ski service at select FIS races for unsupported athletes or teams that do not have the budget to send their own service teams to events. “We launched BNS Mobile last year with the goal to bring high-level ski...
I was just digging through some old photos when I came across this one from the Sibley Ski Tour from about fifteen years ago. Frank and I are decked out in the original Riverbrook duds that we designed after a rollerski down at Lake Wissota Park....
So it is officially that time of year again, and I could not be more happy. The times of roller-skiing, running and bike are officially over which is good! Tomorrow, Nov. 19th we are leaving for the first period of world cups in Finland and Norway [...]
So it is officially that time of year again, and I could not be more happy. The times of roller-skiing, running and bike are officially over which is good! Tomorrow, Nov. 19th we are leaving for the first period of world cups in Finland and Norway [...]
It will be hard to top Devon Kershaw and Alex Harvey’s gold-medal performance at World Championships last winter, but Canadian National Ski Team head coach Justin Wadsworth has every intention of racing even better this winter. With a Senior World Cup Team and new convergence program for the Development Team, there are lot of athletes representing Canada to keep track of. Here’s who you need to watch for on the World Cup — and thanks...
Former USST coach Rob Kiesel died in Joseph, Ore., on October 24th. While the nordic community across the globe mourns his loss, Kiesel was also remembered for his innovative work during the glide-wax revolution. Marty Hall, a former US Ski Team coach in his own right remembers Rob in this piece. You can read the read this earlier article from October on Rob’s passing away. Rob had just become my Assistant Coach in the Spring...
As most of you know, at some point CyclovaXC in association with IncaRunners is going to do an EXTREMELY EPIC trip down the Inca trail (I had to put that in all caps and I STILL didn't convey how EPIC and LIFE CHANGING this trip is going to be).I did t...
where she pulled away from Marit Bjoergen and Justyna Kowalczyk to become World Champion in the 30 k skate. Most importantly, Johaug’s prowess broke up the Bjoergen-Kowalczyk club, and introduced a new power into womens skiing. With Bjoergen knocking the stuffing out of every single woman on the circuit this year, and Johaug stepping up to a new level, the Norwegians have an unbeatable 1-2 punch in women’s skiing. Add in the aging but putting...
The World Cup season kicks off on Saturday in Sjusjoen, Norway with a 10/15km freestyle, followed by one of the few 4×5/10km relays on the circuit. In this edition of FasterSkier Podcasts we check back with the
Things have really slowed down here in Ostersund. Check out this video made by Kevin Sandau! (sandau.ca)
It has begun. Last weekend, Bruksvallarna, 15km Skate, very little snow.I was very happy with my race. The course suited me very nicely, fairly flat with short steep hills. It was like doing a buch of 10-15 seconds sprints uphill and then hammering the...
A quick look at our lovely neighbors to the north! I’m going to focus on the folks on the World Cup squad, starting with the men: These are the WC level distance results (excluding Len Valjas). I confess I’m a little worried about Ivan Babikov, who had a rough season last year. His trend over [...] Related posts:
After a long weekend of racing, I decided to take Tuesday completely off. This gave me the perfect opportunity to carry out a project that I’d been thinking about. I thought it would be fun to stop by the local school to see if a visitor from the US would be welcome in an English [...]
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It’s a question that seems to come up every year: how fast, exactly, are biathletes? Skiers imagine that their shooting cousins couldn’t possibly be as fast since they train differently, while biathletes maintain that they would do just fine on the cross country World Cup, thank you very much. Over the years, there have been plenty of opportunities to answer that question. Norwegian biathlete Lars Berger won three gold medals at cross country World Championships...
If the U.S. Nordic Combined Team got together for Thanksgiving, there might be less football watching and more talk about the kids. That’s the way life is for almost half of the seven-man squad, with each of the “Big Three” aged 30 or older and with at least one child. “It’s a different dynamic than it has been in the past,” said head coach Dave Jarrett, who has two kids of his own. “But it’s...
November 18, 2011 – Morrisville, VT – While many ski races in Scandinavia were being canceled due to lack of snow, the 3rd Annual SkiErg World Sprints took place last weekend in locations around the world and drew a record number of participants. Races were hosted by ski clubs, high school ski teams, CrossFit gyms, fitness centers, and elementary schools, in ten different countries, with competitors ranging in age from 5 to 80. There were...
So little change of plan. It's way to cold to race in Fairbanks. We will now be racing tomorrow in Anchorage as an unofficial race between the three Alaska college teams. Alaska Pacific University, University of Alaska Anchorage, and University o...
