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Summer Training In.. Jilemnice, Czech Republic, with Jan Čech and Nick Lovett
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Summer Training In.. Jilemnice, Czech Republic, with Jan Čech and Nick Lovett

Chelsea LittleAugust 8, 2017

For almost as long as Nick Lovett has been skiing at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), he has been thinking about how people train in other parts of the world. This summer, the Wyoming native went on a trip to find out, visiting teammate Jan Čech at his home in the Czech Republic. “I have been roommates with Jan for two years, and have been considering training with him in Czech for just as...

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Caitlin Patterson Races to 23rd at Mountain Running Worlds
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Caitlin Patterson Races to 23rd at Mountain Running Worlds

Gabby NaranjaAugust 7, 2017

Note: This article has been updated to correct Caitlin Patterson’s birthplace. She was born in McCall, Idaho. *** The clang of a cowbell is a sound Caitlin Patterson has heard plenty of times during a ski race — but never while running — at least until she raced the 33rd edition of the World Mountain Running Championships (WMRC) July 30 in Premana, Italy. In her debut WMRC, which Kasie Enman (Enman also competed for the...

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Norwegians Sweep Sprints; Newell Out in Quarterfinal on Last Day of Blink
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Norwegians Sweep Sprints; Newell Out in Quarterfinal on Last Day of Blink

Harald ZimmerJuly 30, 2017

The fans in the well-filled stands of the 1-kilometer rollerski city course in Sandnes, Norway, had many reasons to cheer loudly on Saturday, as their local heroes claimed victories in all four sprint events that concluded the 2017 Blink Skifestivalen (Ski Festival). In the final race of the day, the men’s cross-country sprint was decided by the length of a rollerski, with Norway’s Sindre Bjørnestad Skar crossing first, just 0.1 seconds ahead of Sweden’s Teodor...

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Ustiugov, Bjørgen Rule Mass Start; Newell 18th After Breaking Pole
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Ustiugov, Bjørgen Rule Mass Start; Newell 18th After Breaking Pole

Harald ZimmerJuly 29, 2017

In the men’s 15-kilometer freestyle rollerski mass start on the third day of the 2017 Blink Ski Festival in the coastal town of Sandnes in the southwest of Norway, U.S. Ski Team (USST) member Andy Newell constantly held a position in the first group, staying within a few seconds of the leaders. With two laps to go, he was in sixth place, less than two seconds back. “I felt good about the race,” Newell reflected...

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Kalla Cranks Out Win in Blink’s Lysebotn Opp; Stephen 6th
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Kalla Cranks Out Win in Blink’s Lysebotn Opp; Stephen 6th

Gabby NaranjaJuly 29, 2017

There’s a little more than six months to go until the opening ceremony of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. For the recently turned 30-year-old 2014 champion,Stephen finished sixth overall (+3:35.7) on Thursday, after  Norway’s Ragnhild Haga in fourth (+2:43.4) and Pärmäkoski in fifth (+2:47.0). Prior to winning three years ago, Stephen also placed third in the famous rollerski hill climb in 2012 (the Lysebotn Opp was Women |

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Summer Success for Sundby, Wins First Race of Blink Festival
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Summer Success for Sundby, Wins First Race of Blink Festival

Gabby NaranjaJuly 27, 2017

Stands crowded with 50,000 cheering spectators. Bibbed athletes clad in shorts and T-shirts clicking by on rollerskis. Competitors representing various countries dousing themselves with bottled water as they cross the finish line. These were among the sights and sounds of the world’s largest summer rollerski-race series, Norway’sjust 10 women.  Slind took the win in a time of 2:20:04.2, while fellow Norwegian Kari Vikhagen Gjeitnes claimed second, 2:11.1 minutes back. Belarus’s Yulia Tikhonova completed the women’s...

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Race of Truth: Husain, Lawson Win App Gap Challenge
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Race of Truth: Husain, Lawson Win App Gap Challenge

Peter MindeJuly 25, 2017

FAYSTON, Vt. — This past Sunday, July 23, Kam Husain and Alex Lawson won the 2017 App Gap Challenge and set some of the fastest times on the grueling course in the process. Husain, a 19-year-old Vermont native and former Stratton Mountain School skier, set a new men’s course record of 30 minutes, 28 seconds. Lawson, a Craftsbury Nordic skier coming off her senior year at St. Johnsbury Academy, was the second-fastest woman ever on the...

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‘Why Not Go Again?’ Patterson Makes Mt. Marathon His Own One Year Later
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‘Why Not Go Again?’ Patterson Makes Mt. Marathon His Own One Year Later

Gabby NaranjaJuly 7, 2017

As with other epic modern-day adventure race series, the fabled origin of Seward, Alaska’s annual Mount Marathon — held every July 4 — began with beer and a bet: who among us can run from the streets of downtown to the top of the 3,022-foot mountain crowding Seward’s skyline, then back to the bottom the fastest? What about within the hour? While the footrace race has evolved massively since the port town’s pioneer miners took...

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Palmer-Charrette, Gregg Top First-Ever Canada 150 Rollerski Race
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Palmer-Charrette, Gregg Top First-Ever Canada 150 Rollerski Race

FasterSkierJuly 3, 2017

Editor’s note: Canada 150 Rollerski Race, drew more than 40 of Canada’s top development skiers and Americans Caitlin and Brian Gregg to showcase rollerski racing as part of the city’s Canada Day festivities. The day began with both men and women racing 1.5-kilometer time-trial sprint qualifiers on a two-lap, 750-meter course. Evan Palmer-Charrette qualified first in a time of 3:03.71 minutes, followed by Julian Smith in second (+3.64) and Jack Carlyle in third (+5.05). In the women’s qualifier, Caitlin Gregg won the qualifier by more than nine seconds...

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Headed to World Mtn. Running Champs, Caitlin Patterson Committed to Skiing
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Headed to World Mtn. Running Champs, Caitlin Patterson Committed to Skiing

Gabby NaranjaJune 15, 2017

Just over 24 hours before race day, Caitlin Patterson’s mind was made. The pre-registration deadline for the 2017 USA Track & Field (USATF) Mountain Running Championships in North Conway, N.H., was up and she was going to spontaneously do it. Written down in her summer plan was to enter few footraces, and this one promised both a challenging field and relatively short, two-hour drive from her training base in Craftsbury, Vt. The competition also offered an opportunity to...

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U.S. News Roundup: From Alaska to the High Sierra

Gavin KentchJune 13, 2017

Kikkan Randall leading the 2017 Alaska Run for Women with a smile on June 10. (Photo: Scott Broadwell)A little U.S.-based news to get your Tuesday going: — Watch out, World Cup, Kikkan Randall is feeling good. The longtime U.S. Ski Team (USST) and Alaska Pacific University (APU) skier took first place in the 25th annual Alaska Run for Women road race, held over Anchorage streets and bike trails this past Saturday. Randall led the field of several thousand...

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Wednesday Workout: Sand Hills TT with the UNM Ski Team
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Wednesday Workout: Sand Hills TT with the UNM Ski Team

FasterSkierMay 3, 2017

This week’s workout comes from University of New Mexico (UNM) sophomore Julia Devaux, who recently wrapped up her second season with the UNM nordic team. Devaux, 23, is originally from Grenoble, France, and grew up training in Villard de Lans. She was previously a member of the French national team but sought out new motivation to continue skiing. “[UNM Head Coach] Fredrik [Landstedt] gave me the opportunity to come at UNM 2 years ago,” Devaux wrote in an email. “I chose UNM because...

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South of the Equator: World Cup Skiing Comes to Thailand
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South of the Equator: World Cup Skiing Comes to Thailand

Peter MindeApril 1, 2017

With Kuusamo’s sudden cancellation of the season-opening Ruka Triple in November, FIS formally announced a schedule change for the start of the 2017/2018 World Cup season. The season’s first event will be a mini tour in Thailand. Yup, Thailand. A dedicated committee of ski enthusiasts recently committed to organizing a three-stage mini tour on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, in late November 2017. “I bought a Snow Factory in 2015. At first, we thought people would be interested...

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