Kikkan Randall isn’t particularly professorial, what with her pink hair and her affable demeanor. But since arriving back in the U.S. last week, fresh off the World Cup circuit in Europe, Randall (APU/USST) has been teaching lessons, all right, with the trails of Sun Valley as her classroom, and the North American women’s field as her pupils. After Sunday’s unit on distance classic skiing, Tuesday’s session was on how to ski a skate prologue. In...
In Tuesday’s 3.3 k prologue in Sun Valley, the top-seeded men started last. So it wasn’t that much of a surprise when Simi Hamilton finished his race with a big lead—there were 42 of the continent’s strongest skiers still to come. The surprising thing was what happened next. One by one, each of those 42 men came to the finish line and failed to touch Hamilton’s time. Andy Newell: 18 seconds down. Leif Zimmermann and...
Oslo-Holmenkollen finish line - the end of a long but fantastic season!The season is finally over; "finally" in the sense that it has been a long one, not to say I'm relieved to see it done. While I'm certainly excited for some down-time, this has bee...
Oslo-Holmenkollen finish line - the end of a long but fantastic season!The season is finally over; "finally" in the sense that it has been a long one, not to say I'm relieved to see it done. While I'm certainly excited for some down-time, this has bee...
Oslo-Holmenkollen finish line - the end of a long but fantastic season!The season is finally over; "finally" in the sense that it has been a long one, not to say I'm relieved to see it done. While I'm certainly excited for some down-time, this has bee...
Part of the fun thing about Spring Series is that everyone is relaxed and you can hang out with kids from other teams. Our kids have gone tubbing with the SV kids and we are going out to dinner with the Jrs from Sun Valley, Norway and Burke tomorrow ni...
News and information from the northern hemisphere over the Australian summer. Also of the Canberra rollerski event coming up at Easter. 2011 World Championship, Oslo, Norway, February 22 – March 6 The general feedback on the 2011 World Championship in Oslo was that it was the biggest most spectacular World Championship ever held. Over 100,000 spectators were in the stands or out around the track each day for the last weekend of competition, and even...
The cross-country ski season’s last stand begins on Tuesday, when the final domestic races of the year kick off in Sun Valley, ID. The mini-tour known as the SuperTour Finals will start with a 3.3/2.8 k freestyle prologue on a stout course, followed by three more races in four more days. The winner of both the men’s and women’s overall will be the first competitor to arrive atop a ridge on Dollar Mountain, a local...
Garrott Kuzzy Checks in from Switzerland’s Engadin Ski Marathon and comments on the Importance of Structure I just returned home to Hayward after a week long adventure in St Moritz, Switzerland for the 2011 Engadin Ski Marathon. The crust cruising is at its finest right now and, after skiing all day, I am finally able to sit down and recap the events from Switzerland. The 2011 Engadin was the inaugural CXC Masters...
Skarverennet in Norway, the unofficial international season finale, draws deep and competitive field of racers from both the biathlon and cross-country World Cup circuit. This year, it’s a pursuit: the men will chase the women for the overall title.
After the World Championships I remained in Europe for one last WC race, the Lahti classic sprint. The snow conditions changed drastically (from -8 overnight, to +4 by my race time). I took a bit of a gamble and raced with my hardwax skis instead of my...
After the World Championships I remained in Europe for one last WC race, the Lahti classic sprint. The snow conditions changed drastically (from -8 overnight, to +4 by my race time). I took a bit of a gamble and raced with my hardwax skis instead of my...
After the World Championships I remained in Europe for one last WC race, the Lahti classic sprint. The snow conditions changed drastically (from -8 overnight, to +4 by my race time). I took a bit of a gamble and raced with my hardwax skis instead of my...
After the World Championships I remained in Europe for one last WC race, the Lahti classic sprint. The snow conditions changed drastically (from -8 overnight, to +4 by my race time). I took a bit of a gamble and raced with my hardwax skis instead of my...
After the World Championships I remained in Europe for one last WC race, the Lahti classic sprint. The snow conditions changed drastically (from -8 overnight, to +4 by my race time). I took a bit of a gamble and raced with my hardwax skis instead of my...
After the World Championships I remained in Europe for one last WC race, the Lahti classic sprint. The snow conditions changed drastically (from -8 overnight, to +4 by my race time). I took a bit of a gamble and raced with my hardwax skis instead of my...
The GRP crew kicked off our racing here in Sun Valley with the 50k at US Distance Nationals this last Saturday. The weather here in Idaho has been a mix of fresh snow overnight and sun and clouds during the day making for some great mid-winter conditions. The morning of the 50k we were greeted [...]
Yesterday was the 30k National Championships here in Sun Valley.... which is about twice as long as I have ever raced before. Going into this race I have been a bit worried. For the past two months I have been pretty much doing race after race allowing...
GMVS Biathlete Antoine St-Louis was a part of the winning Junior Relay this past weekend at Canadian National Championships:TEAM ALBERTA WINS GOLD IN MIXED RELAY AT BIATHLON CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday, March 27, 2011 ...
GMVS Biathlete Antoine St-Louis was a part of the winning Junior Relay this past weekend at Canadian National Championships:TEAM ALBERTA WINS GOLD IN MIXED RELAY AT BIATHLON CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday, March 27, 2011 ...