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Aukland and Hansson Win Tartu Marathon

FasterSkierFebruary 17, 2009

Anders Aukland (NOR) won the 63km classic Tartu Ski Marathon, the Estonian entrant in the World Loppet series. Aukland bested brother Joergen by six seconds in the race which is also part of the FIS Marthon Series. Jerry Ahrlin (SWE) was third, three seconds out of second place. Another fixture at the top of the FIS Marathons standings, Stanislav Rezac (CZE) was fourth and Swede Oskar Svärd 5th. Olympic Champion Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) was 8th,...

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Burke Splits Bullets, Misses Gold

FasterSkierFebruary 17, 2009

Pyeong Chang, Korea – Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) missed two shots in his final stage of shooting and finished 14th in this afternoon’s 20K Individual competition at the Biathlon World Championships. Going into the final shooting stage, Burke was in sixth place. “I am so nervous, I cannot look” said coach Per Nilsson who knew that clean shooting would put Burke on the podium. But the third and fifth targets did not fall and...

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FasterSkierFebruary 17, 2009

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Fast Skiing and Beautiful Weather For the Gatineau Loppet

FasterSkierFebruary 17, 2009

Over 2,500 skiers participated in the weekend long Gatineau Loppet, the Canadian entry on the World Loppet calendar. The festivites began on Saturday with the classic events, featuring the 53km race. Sunday was skating, also with a 53km race as the premier event. Gatineau, February 14, 2009 – The lovely weather was with us for this first day of competition. The only thing skiers were missing was the starting signal before throwing themselves on the...

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CaSTA – The Alpini Troops Ski Championships
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CaSTA – The Alpini Troops Ski Championships

FasterSkierFebruary 17, 20091

DOBBIACO, ITALY – Military athletes from 12 Nations gathered together at Dobbiaco, Italy on February 1-6 for the 61st CaSTA international military ski competition.  Hosted by the Italian Army’s Alpini Corps, this competition includes the combined results from alpine, Nordic and biathlon races for a Friendship Trophy among friend and allied nation’s armies in the spirit of Partnership for Peace.  The USA was represented by U.S. Army and National Guard athletes and finished in 3rd...

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RollerskiShop.com Best Prices of the Season

FasterSkierFebruary 17, 2009

Summer isn’t far away, and now is a great time to start thinking ahead to next season and how you can improve over summer. We have our best sale ever going on right now for a limited time where you get $10 off all rollerskis, free shipping, and free mounting! Our most popular and best value Pursuit T6004 skate model is now only $149.99/pr! We have long lasting rubber wheel speeds ranging from faster to...

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Madison SuperToursFlora and Strandberg Maintain Super Tour Lead in Madison

BrainspiralFebruary 16, 2009

Lars Flora and Kristina Strandberg continue to hold a tight grip on the Super Tour titles through the weekend sprints in Madison, WI. Extremely warm temperatures in the mid-fifties melted all of the snow before the weekend, so local volunteers had to raid the snow fridge for backup coverage. The snow was trucked in one hour before the start and volunteers had the 500 meter course covered just before race time. “We were running a...

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Weekend Regional Recap

BrainspiralFebruary 16, 2009

Alaska Region 6 Championships Relays Marisa Rorabaugh and Heather Edic skied stride-for-stride for 7.5K’s, and when they sprinted to the finish a last-second surge by Edic was enough to catch, but not overtake, Rorabaugh.  The two skiers will share the Region VI crown for 2009.  Logan Hanneman, on the other hand, surged hard on the last two climbs to win the boys’ title by almost a minute.The girls race started at 3:00PM under sunny skies...

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Such Great Heights

February 16, 2009

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L4 – NOT INTERVALS

Kate WhitcombFebruary 15, 2009

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A Famiy Event

FasterSkierFebruary 15, 2009

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Rollerskiing

FasterSkierFebruary 15, 2009

Despite the warm weather and rain last week that melted all of the natural snow here in Minneapolis, I was extremely excited to Rollerski! Rollerskiing is the form of training that most Nordic Skiers use during the months when there isn't any snow to s...

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Rollerskiing

FasterSkierFebruary 15, 2009

Despite the warm weather and rain last week that melted all of the natural snow here in Minneapolis, I was extremely excited to Rollerski! Rollerskiing is the form of training that most Nordic Skiers use during the months when there isn't any snow to s...

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Rollerskiing

FasterSkierFebruary 15, 2009

Despite the warm weather and rain last week that melted all of the natural snow here in Minneapolis, I was extremely excited to Rollerski! Rollerskiing is the form of training that most Nordic Skiers use during the months when there isn't any snow to s...

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Rollerskiing

FasterSkierFebruary 15, 2009

Despite the warm weather and rain last week that melted all of the natural snow here in Minneapolis, I was extremely excited to Rollerski! Rollerskiing is the form of training that most Nordic Skiers use during the months when there isn't any snow to s...

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Demong Heads to Worlds With Win
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Demong Heads to Worlds With Win

FasterSkierFebruary 15, 2009

KLINGENTHAL, Germany – By: Lindsey Sine – Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) packed in the sixth World Cup win of his career Sunday, finishing seventh in the jumps and second in the cross country to take the win in the last World Cup before Nordic World Championships begins Feb. 19. “Luckily we were able to get another round of jumping off today. It was pretty windy, but it was an awesome competition. It was pretty intense...

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Burke 11th in World Championships Sprint

FasterSkierFebruary 15, 2009

Pyeongchang, Korea – Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) finished 11th in what he called “the hardest 10K I have ever done” at the Biathlon World Championships. After a week of warm daytime temperatures and a full day of rain yesterday that destroyed much of the snow, few athletes expected to compete. Somehow, the organizers were able to spread their 2,000 cubic meters of stored snow over a 2.5K course to allow the competitions to proceed...

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