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Only one week until the City of Lakes Tri-Loppet event (and urban off-road triathlon) and everyone is gearing up for a great event. Over the past two and a half months 30 kids from the Anwatin and Anderson middle schools have been meeting three days a ...

Happy Fathers' Day and celebration of the summer solstice! I returned on Friday night from our first week long on-snow camp at APUNSC's Eagle Glacier training facility. We take advantage of this Alaskan glacier to maintain our snow-feel and ski-specifi...

Happy Fathers' Day and celebration of the summer solstice! I returned on Friday night from our first week long on-snow camp at APUNSC's Eagle Glacier training facility. We take advantage of this Alaskan glacier to maintain our snow-feel and ski-specifi...

Happy Fathers' Day and celebration of the summer solstice! I returned on Friday night from our first week long on-snow camp at APUNSC's Eagle Glacier training facility. We take advantage of this Alaskan glacier to maintain our snow-feel and ski-specifi...

Happy Fathers' Day and celebration of the summer solstice! I returned on Friday night from our first week long on-snow camp at APUNSC's Eagle Glacier training facility. We take advantage of this Alaskan glacier to maintain our snow-feel and ski-specifi...

Happy Fathers' Day and celebration of the summer solstice! I returned on Friday night from our first week long on-snow camp at APUNSC's Eagle Glacier training facility. We take advantage of this Alaskan glacier to maintain our snow-feel and ski-specifi...

Johnny Klister Announces First Annual Johnny5

JohnnyKlister.com completed the week-long announcement of the first annual Johnny5, awarded to five people that are changing Nordic skiing in the US. Johnny Klister provides comprehensive descriptions of how each winner is impacting the sport. The Winners: Kikkan Randall The Nordic Combined Team www.johnnyklister.com for the full announcements and photos.

The Wood River YMCA summer camp has begun! We are two weeks into the camp and we've already enjoyed countless activities, crafts, snacks and games! Here are some pictures to give you an idea of what we have been up too...br /br /a onblur="try {parent...

Yesterday I dragged my body out of my bottom bunk. Shoved down some more food and coffee before heading out for the last ski of the first Eagle Glacier camp of the year. This morning I woke up to the chirps of baby Hazel and gave her a bath before I ate breakfast. A whole other world...


My rest days are a little different than the rest of the team this year due to baby care which means the rest of my training week is a little different as well. This means that this was the first time I was back with the full team for the summer. This is the third year of the new APU team and you can tell that the whole crew is working really well together. Super good to see. This was also the first camp up there with Mark Iverson and Mike Hinckley. Two guys with quite a bit of talent that have been a good addition to the team.

Camp was a little different than usual thanks to the volcano. The ash that blew in March definitely left its mark on the glacier with a nice shade of gray. We woke up to snow a few days up there and the glacier would be white for a few hours before the gray would come back to the top. The loop we skied was much cleaner than the rest after the PB moved the surface ash to the side but the fat rills I put in my rock skis were no where to be seen after a few days.

We also classic skied a ton. The PB had some mechanical issues after a couple days and the snow wasn't setting up thanks to the ash and the weather so the snow machine set classic tracks for most of the week. Ski training is so varied with training options that we never do the same thing all that much. This week with only classic skiing was tough. Sore in all kinds of places and my feet were killing me by the end but my classic skiing is way better than it was seven days ago!

Up next is Bird Ridge on Sunday. A 3500 or so ft uphill race along the Turnagain Arm. Luckily I managed avoid hiking out yesterday so my legs at least aren't sore. Who know's how the rest of my body will take it. Big thanks to Keith at Alpine Air for getting Laura and I out of there and Jay for getting us back to town!

Yesterday I dragged my body out of my bottom bunk. Shoved down some more food and coffee before heading out for the last ski of the first Eagle Glacier camp of the year. This morning I woke up to the chirps of baby Hazel and gave her a bath before I at...

I’ve seen this video a few times before but came across it again last night on Duncan Callahan’s website.  I needed this video to remind me what I have to look forward to on the other side of some massive rehab. I needed a little bit of motivation now that I am stuck holding [...]