Although countless articles have been written about safety on roller skis, I have seen none recommending the use of a rearview mirror, such as those that attach to the skier’s eyewear. I’ve used a mirror that attaches to my glasses or sunglasses for decades and will not roller-ski (or cycle) without it. To add to the recent discussions on safe roller skiing, please consider the following advantages. First, the eyeglass mirror obviously allows the skier...
Pavel Sotskov is a recent Dartmouth College graduate who is training and working in New Zealand for the summer at the Snow Farm. He has been in New Zealand since mid June and will be returning to Presque Isle, ME to race for MWSC this coming winter. He has sent several updates on his experiences. Great skiing, beautiful weather, and high caliber skiers continue to be three main markers here at the Snowfarm as I enter my second...
Linda did the Ride for Life this past weekend. Its a two-day ride from Anchorage to Seward with a campout at Summit Lake in the middle. 80 miles the first day, 40 the second. Its a ride, not a race, and the organizers treat the riders right, with huge spreads at the aid stations and [...]
Matt and I made it to base camp for the Haig Glacier. There were a number of logistics to make it in here. Many thanks [...]
I'm going to be up north on the Gunflint trail at the in-laws cabin all next week. I wanted to get in a good hard week of training this week because I don't expect to get much in up North besides a little running, and hiking and canoeing with the kids. I decided to go out to Afton to hit the hills for some intervals. I was using the hill on Trading Post Rd., long but not too steep. When I got to the top there was a car full of teenage boys hanging out. After turning around to head back down, I saw that they were preparing to go down the hill on skateboards. I was going down leisurely, catching my breath, standing up to get a nice long recovery and they zoomed by. When I reached the bottom after them I just turned around and headed back up. When I turned at the top to head down again, I passed them as they prepared to head down again also. I was standing again and they caught me in the middle of the hill. There was a slight rise before it heads down again and I decided to follow them. I did a few quick skates over the rise and went into a tuck. One of the boys was half standing and doing some slalom back and forth. I had to squeek by him as he swerved toward me and didn't see me coming. I passed him and started catching another boy who was just crouching low on the board. We all reached the bottom about the same time and I turned and headed back up again. As the boys passed me in their car on the way to the top, I got a double toot on the horn and a two-fingered, peace-sign wave. I thought it was pretty cool for a 42 yr old woman to get that kind of recognition from a group of young skate boarding boys. I guess we connected on understanding the need for speed; the rush of wind in your face as the ground zooms by under your feet. I just love that. Don't we all?div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1572647974447867713-8519594767011320175?l=vakavaraceteam.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/B43E883E-6342-4865-90B2-2DDABEDBB9E6_files/denali_sm.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/denali_sm.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//a Yesterday was kind of a grand finale to a solid training period, a final bang before our last true summer recovery week. We did an OD in which we climbed twice from the where the road crossed the
I was recently told by a not-to-be-named figure in the Hayward ski community that it is important for all high-level athletes to go through at least one serious injury. This person said that facing this type of challenge increases an athlete’s mental toughness, appreciation of physical health, and desire to train and compete. That may be true, I haven’t made [...]
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“You ever feel like people are looking at you funny when you’re rollerskiing? At least you’re not this guy… a href="http://tinyurl.com/ntlpnc"http://tinyurl.com/ntlpnc/a”br/br/ - em bNotSo/bAngry J, via Twitter/em
Pavel Sotskov is a recent Dartmouth College graduate who is training and working in New Zealand for the summer at the Snowfarm. He has been in New Zealand since mid June and will be returning to Presque Isle, ME to race for MWSC this coming winter. He has sent several updates on his experiences. A perfect way to describe the wonder of New Zealand for skiers was best put by a quote from a ski film I happened...
New Paltz is home to the famous Shawangunk Mountains, a Mecca for rock climbing, trail running, mountain and road biking and paddling. This past weekend it was also home to 14 Nordic skiers eager to learn more about the sport. Nick Mancuso, Camp organizer, had a goal of offering an opportunity for High School juniors to train together, and receive an overview on training and technique for Nordic skiing. In addition to the ski components,...
I just returned from a 5 day training camp in Soldier Hollow, Utah with the Sun Valley Olympic Development Team. We took advantage of the great roller ski trails and used the terrain to work on skate V1 and classic stride technique... two things we do...
I just finished up my first week of a training of my three-week training block. I was back to Jericho for a few days in the beginning of the week to get a little more time training on the loop over there. When I’m in Jericho, my training is really ski-specific so that I can [...]
divI am into my last 4 days at the Snowfarm, and it has gone by way too fast. We had some storms last week and are expecting more tonight through Thursday, but the snow has been amazing. The team arrived a week ago and so training has taken a step ...
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p class="MsoNormal"On Saturday the group hit the roads early and got in some agility and speed work. It was a short and sweet workout to allow some extra time for the real business of the day. A trip to NY City!/p p class="MsoNormal"o:pNew Paltz is on...
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fter an awesome camp in Hayward, I am back in Marquette for a week and a half. I was satisfyingly tired after our speed block so I was happy to see a recovery week upcoming. As much as I wanted to put my feet up on Monday and watch Lance dominate the tour, [...]
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