I had a great time with my mom, dad, and sister over the weekend. My parents drove in from Aspen and my sister flew from the Bay area. We stayed at a Bed and Breakfast outside of Park City. Here … Continue reading →
Training 9/24 - 9/30: "Volume Week" with 0-2 running races dependent on athlete & team.Tuesday 9/25: 4-6pm at the Range. Continuous skate skiing with focus on technique + strength.Thursday 9/27: 4-6pm at the Range. Continuous classic skiing with fo...
Coaching a college team which you yourself are part of might not seem like the best way to learn the tricks of the trade – or to become a better athlete, for that matter. And yet that was the situation in which Piotr Bednarski found himself in the late 1980’s at Cornell University in upstate New York. From there, he has gone on to be one of the most successful coaches in the Midwest, across...
The smoke continues to haunt the Valley so we took Highway 20 about 40 miles west this morning. When we leave Mazama and head up the Pass in to the Mountains there is a good 70 miles before the next town or services. This area is pretty muc...
The smoke continues to haunt the Valley so we took Highway 20 about 40 miles west this morning. When we leave Mazama and head up the Pass in to the Mountains there is a good 70 miles before the next town or services. This area is pretty muc...
The smoke continues to haunt the Valley so we took Highway 20 about 40 miles west this morning. When we leave Mazama and head up the Pass in to the Mountains there is a good 70 miles before the next town or services. This area is pretty muc...
The smoke continues to haunt the Valley so we took Highway 20 about 40 miles west this morning. When we leave Mazama and head up the Pass in to the Mountains there is a good 70 miles before the next town or services. This area is pretty muc...
We took off for a longer OD on Monday morning up high. Way up, a loop between 10 and 11k feet. We chose terrain that was a little bit flatter to avoid the “up and down” effect of mountain climbing workouts. Sarah Dominick...More »
We woke up at the 7D Ranch on Sunday morning with the MWSC crew. Having come in late on Saturday night, waking up was our first real look at the scenery. We took a short morning hike up a nearby mountain to get...More »
It's been a super busy last couple weeks. My plan with school this year is to take a larger load now in the fall semester, so that I can take an easier load this winter when I will be traveling a lot. That means if I'm not working out there is a pretty...
The smoke in easter Washington is the worst I have ever seen it. It is late in the season for forest fires but some lightning strikes almost two weeks ago have been fueld by high temperatures, low humidity and no rain. The smoke has been cl...
Yesterday we took our girls to a race in Bellows Falls. Tim Eno, the BF coach always runs good races and there were 7 girls teams there so it was a fun event. After a warm up and a pep talk from Liz, the girls got under way. Our girls t...
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Friday morning’s U.S. Ski Team workout at the Mt. Van Hoevenberg nordic trails wasn’t designed to be too hard. According to men’s coach Jason Cork, the idea was to run with poles and ski bound for 45 minutes at Level 3 – a sort of tempo pace. Once a couple dozen athletes between the U.S. Ski Team (USST) and National Elite Group (NEG) got going around the designated loop, most realized...
I’m going on vacation with my family. I won’t be posting this weekend.
I had an early morning flight out of Boston. I caught a cab at 4:45A.M. (2:45 here in Park City.) There’s nothing better than flying directly over your final destination on your way to a layover! My second flight was … Continue reading →
Our community experienced a very difficult loss this week with the passing of SMS junior Megan Ives. Meg was an alpine skier, a soccer player, and a dear friend to many. Our school is small and with the absence of our alpine ski team in Chi...
Caitlin Gregg’s 2012 season couldn’t be considered a disappointment – she finished second in the American Birkebeiner by just 0.4 seconds to her friend Holly Brooks, notched four SuperTour wins, landed third in the overall standings, and twice stood on the podium at U.S. Nationals. And yet the 2010 Olympican, 2011 Birkie winner, and 2007 SuperTour leader found herself considering life after skiing come spring, when roster and coaching changes rocked her CXC team. As...
It was a chilly morning in Putney. The Caldwell’s pond was steaming. This morning I had a good, confidence boosting classic technique session. We worked on a new relaxation double pole cue and some high speed climbing. Between sessions, I … Continue reading →
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Flinging around a sharp corner about a ski length behind one another, Sophie Caldwell (Stratton Mountain School T2 Team), Ida Sargent (Craftsbury Green Racing Project), Caitlin Patterson (CGRP) and Jessie Diggins (SMS) each lowered into a tuck and prepared for a long, steep descent. Diggins called out to the others just ahead of her in the classic rollerski sprint at Lake Placid’s Olympic Jumping Complex. “That’s it,” the U.S. Ski Team...
A few weeks ago 18-year-old Norwegian cyclist Oskar Svedsen turned heads by doing something no one has done before in the world of physiological testing: he recorded a V02max of 97.5 mL/kg/min. The number surpasses the high water mark long held by Bjørn Dæhlie (96 mL/kg/min), making Svedsen the young new king of aerobic capacity. Whether it has any significance or not, cross-country skiing can no longer lay claim to the best V02max in...