Kris Freeman and I had a good last session this morning at the Snow Farm. We did a two hour skate. The weather was quite nice, trails freshly groomed, no wind, and warm temps. I took quite a few pictures … Continue reading →
FasterSkier would like to thank the last summer when he nearly bested Canadian National Team Biathlete Marc-Andre Bedard in the grueling Spartan Beast Race in Killington, Vt. — though Bedard got the win when Dorais doubled back on the course to tackle several missed obstacles. However, one should not expect Dorais to round out a World Championship relay team any time soon. While his performance is still impressive impressive, the 34-year-old was aided by quick rolling...
FasterSkier would like to thank the Official Results: NYSEF Climb to the Castle Women — Matt Voisin contributed reporting
While some of our skiers were racing up Whiteface, we had our own vertical challenge; a 3 stage event dreamed up by Matt. Above, Tess, Kate and Russell take off on their bike ride. The boys started biking from Manchester, while the girls bik...
Today I was busy dealing with non-training issues. This morning Kris Freeman and I did a good two hour classic session. It was warm and snowing, perfect rub ski snow. After the workout I found out my coach, Zach Caldwell, … Continue reading →
Look for the black shirt and pink helmet. Go Heid Go!
I have to run down to the Sportsplatz to play baseball with our gang and the biathlon team from Mals, so I am afraid that this post will be a photoblog more than anything, with an opportunity for you to fill in the blanks! What I can tell you quickly i...
Kris Freeman and I did a 5 hour skate workout this morning. The trails weren’t re-groomed and the strong winds from yesterday continued all last night and today. Here’s a little progression of what some of the trails looked like. … Continue reading →
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WILMINGTON, N.Y. — The view from partially up Whiteface Mountain on Wednesday morning was about as picturesque as they get. From the trail, one could see that the leaves had started to turn shades of red and yellow — just in time for the U.S. Ski Team’s fall training camp in Lake Placid, N.Y. Way down below, a few small dots proceeded up the dirt access road: first to warm up, then to get after...
OPA Cup races (also known as Alpen Cup) and Scandinavian Cup races have acquired an informal reputation as a sort of “minor league” racing circuit, relative to the World Cup. One question this leads me to ask is exactly how much movement is there between these two circuits? To answer this question I took data [...] Related posts:
This morning’s intensity session was not very confidence inspiring. Kris Freeman and I did 3 by 5 kilometer classic intervals. This is a workout Kris has done several times. Today was my first time doing this session. The first interval … Continue reading →
Some of the SMSers made the journey Monday over to Lake Placid, NY to partake in a USST camp. So far we've done an easy distance day and a L4 bounding session on Whiteface Mtn. Below are some pictures:The men out on a distance double polePa...
Our girls headed up to Thetford for a race yesterday. Thetford hosts the Vt State meet every year so we thought it would be a good idea to check out the venue. The course is challenging, but fair. Over the last several years it has been rainy and...
As Vincent Vittoz’s career drew to a close in the late 2000’s, French skiing needed a breath of life – and it found it in a group of young racers led by Maurice Manificat. A several-time junior national champion and a member of the bronze-medal relay at 2005 World Junior Championships, Manificat stepped up to earn another bronze medal in the U23 30 k in 2008 and his first World Cup podium a year later....
Today was possibly the best day of skiing we’ll see all year, including all winter. I didn’t take advantage of it, as it was my day off. I heard all about it from Kris Freeman though. I got to pay … Continue reading →
Chris and Mary Osgood found this tin of wax behind the cabin at Mary’s parents’ house that Martha Rockwell used to rent. They asked me if I’d ever seen it or heard of it before. I had to confess that I hadn’t. But, let’s see… It’s old and it’s ski wax. I know a guy [...]
This afternoon, with the girls team away at their second cross country race of the year, the boys team plus the SMS T2 women did a running intensity workout of their own and time-trialed the West River Trail. Girls + J2 boys ran from Ball M...
(Press release) coach@farwestnordic.org. Application Deadline is September 21, 2012 and the Team will be named October 1, 2012. Contract period is from 1 October, 2012 to April 30, 2013. *All previous Farm Team members will need to re-apply to be considered.
