It's hard to believe we are already in week two of school -- but the weather has been great and we are training hard in preparation for our annual trip to Northern Italy.Check out the forecast, which is starting to look more and more favorable:http://w...
Since the interviews on the FIS websites is one of my main sources of post topics during the off season, we’ll continue in that vein with one from a while back with Øystein Pettersen. In it, he talks about how his focus this season is (unsurprisingly) the classic sprint at World Championships. Pettersen has been [...] Related posts:
RUHPOLDING, Germany – At the Chiemgau Arena on Monday, the U.S. biathlon team was surrounded by something it doesn’t always experience in training: a cacophony of shots that didn’t belong to them. With the German women’s team, the Ukrainian national team, and juniors from France and Germany on the range, as well as a group of German men doing a non-shooting sprint workout, training was quite a bit busier than your typical biathlon practice in...
RUHPOLDING, Germany – When Jake Dalberg made the decision to join the National Guard at age 17, this was exactly what he had in mind. “It was tough, but at the same time I felt like it was what I wanted to do and that was the way to do it,” Dalberg, now 19, said of the decision that the National Guard was his best route forward in biathlon. In just his third year in...
On Saturday, I joined the National Elite Training Group camp that was happening here in Park City for a classic sprint race on the roller ski track at Soldier Hollow, the 2002 Olympic Venue for cross country. The race was … Continue reading →
We're back! Today was the first day of school at SMS. Over the weekend we had student registration on Saturday and orientation on Sunday. Seniors headed out for an overnight at Camp Hi-Rock in Mount Washington, MA (see photos be...
U.S. Nordic Combined Team veteran Billy Demong took a break from ski-specific training last Saturday to compete in the Hurt in the Dirt duathlon, a trail run and bike race in Ogden, Utah. Racing against individuals and relay teams alike, Demong won the event outright in 2:01:12, over a minute ahead of a two-man team from Sandy, Utah, and over four minutes ahead of individual runner-up Weston Woodward. “I’ve never done a race like this,”...
Last summer I was able to join APU and Sun Valley skiing at the Thomas training center on Eagle glacier. (http://www.craftsbury.com/blogs/grp/?p=1910). Getting quality on snow time during the summer months is a huge asset to any nordic racer, and something still quite novel to life long Eastern skier. This year I was again hoping get [...]
RUHPOLDING, Germany – After winning a World Junior title in 1997, Jay Hakkinen has gone on to compete in four different Olympic Games and notch nine individual World Cup top-tens, including one this year. But despite Hakkinen’s long contribution to the U.S. team, in past years he has been more visible in Europe than in the sport in his home country. In 2008 he moved to Oberhof, Germany, when he and his girlfriend Kristin Orlameunder...
Today was supposed to be a recovery day, but I’m not sure it counts because I had so much going on. I’m looking forward to New Zealand where there is nothing to do but eat, sleep, and ski. I started … Continue reading →
Calling all Alaska High School skiers! Check this out - First Tracks Ski Camp is the last weekend of October in Fairbanks! This will be the second annual camp and trust me, last year was AWESOME. Fairbanks weather in October is really nice and last yea...
Calling all Alaska High School skiers! Check this out - First Tracks Ski Camp is the last weekend of October in Fairbanks! This will be the second annual camp and trust me, last year was AWESOME. Fairbanks weather in October is really nice and last yea...
Well, today wraps up an amazing week on the Haig! 30 hours of training since Monday, and almost all of it was above 2400m. A pretty solid week! We were very lucky with weather and snow conditions. As you can see below, today was an incredible way...
Well, today wraps up an amazing week on the Haig! 30 hours of training since Monday, and almost all of it was above 2400m. A pretty solid week! We were very lucky with weather and snow conditions. As you can see below, today was an incredible way...
This morning I raced in a roller ski classic sprint race with the National Training Group that is in town this week. I’ll post more on that tomorrow. Hopefully I will have the video by then. After the race, Toni … Continue reading →
Today was one of those days on the glacier that is hard to explain in words, so here are some pictures from this morning! The view on the mornings hike.Ben and Stefan heading up.
Here is the video (courtesy of U.S. Ski Team coach Jason Cork) of my bounding session yesterday: The session was a 25 minute running warm-up, then one hour of bounding the uphills and running the downhills around a twelve minute … Continue reading →
Two years ago, my strength coach Alex Moore and family gave me a tennis lesson for my birthday. Today, Alex and I finally got around to using it. It was really fun and good for my tennis game. It was … Continue reading →
After Leaving Colorado and the CXC Team I traveled to Seattle where I met up with Chad and Alieta. Colorado was a bit of shock to the system as we were staying at training between 9,000 - 10,000ft. I entered the camp one day after my last final and I w...
The Haig Glacier. One of my favorite spots to come and do some big volume. This week has been pretty spectacular so far. As you can see from the pictures below we have had lots of sunshine, and most recently 20cm of snow. Winter is definitely on its wa...