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Alex Kochon

Alex Kochon (alexkochon@gmail.com) is a former FasterSkier editor and roving reporter who never really lost touch with the nordic scene. A freelance writer, editor, and outdoor-loving mom of two, she lives in northeastern New York and enjoys adventuring in the Adirondacks. She shares her passion for sports and recreation as the co-founder of "Ride On! Mountain Bike Trail Guide" and a sales and content contributor at Curated.com. When she's not skiing or chasing her kids around, Alex assists authors as a production and marketing coordinator for iPub Global Connection.
Small Group Drives USST Camp
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Small Group Drives USST Camp

Alex KochonSeptember 9, 2011

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Rollerskiing through thick fog on a sleepy Thursday morning, several U.S. Ski Team and National Training Group athletes wheeled into the Olympic Jumping Complex parking lot. Almost an hour before their 9 a.m. sprint workout, the small group arrived earlier than some of the venue’s staff, but they weren’t the first athletes there. As they pulled up alongside a row of parked vehicles, a few skiers recognized one another, and without...

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USST Training Camp Video and Photos
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USST Training Camp Video and Photos

Alex KochonSeptember 8, 2011

Several members of the U.S. Ski Team and National Training Group came out for Day 2 of the Lake Placid USST dryland training camp on Thursday, competing in a classic rollerski sprint. Over the two-hour time trial, six women and nine men raced four times — the women on a 1.3-k loop and the men over 1.5 k. Everyone advanced to the finals, and the idea was to go hard.   Here is a recap...

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Eastern XC Ski Areas Weather Irene
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Eastern XC Ski Areas Weather Irene

Alex KochonSeptember 3, 20111

(Note: This story has been updated to include the Rikert Ski Touring Center in Middlebury, Vt.) Mike Miller, the owner of Mountain Meadows Cross Country and Snowshoe Area in Killington, Vt., hadn’t heard about Tropical Storm Irene until Thursday. He had been trekking through the wilderness near Jackson Hole, Wyo., when the storm hit the East Coast and ripped across Vermont. After two weeks away from civilization, Miller and his wife turned on their cell...

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From Skiing to Ultras: Callahan’s New Obsession
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From Skiing to Ultras: Callahan’s New Obsession

Alex KochonAugust 31, 2011

A creature of team sports – first baseball, then soccer – Duncan Callahan remembered his reaction when his older brother started nordic skiing at Glens Falls High School in northeastern New York. “I thought he was the biggest nerd in the world,” he said. A year later, Callahan’s brother, Bill, convinced him to try it. In darkness, the two set out on the city’s illuminated trail system. Afterward, Bill suggested his little brother come out...

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Kelly Brush Ride Expected to be Vermont’s Largest

Alex KochonAugust 30, 2011

Press release BURLINGTON, Vt. — On Saturday, Sept. 10, more than 700 bicyclists and handcyclists are expected to roll in the sixth annual Kelly Brush Century Ride in Middlebury, Vt. In just six years, the scenic bicycle ride through the Champlain Valley has evolved from a dozen cyclists to the largest fundraising ride in the state. Last year’s ride drew 675 riders and raised $275,000 for spinal cord injury (SCI) prevention and adaptive sports equipment...

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Working Out with Perianne Jones
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Working Out with Perianne Jones

Alex KochonAugust 24, 20111

Note: This is the first of a new series about working out with high-performance athletes. The idea is to shed light on the daily routine of someone dedicated to training and share a regular Joe’s story of trying to keep up.  ALMONTE, Ontario — Upon my early arrival in Almonte, I decided to explore the hometown of Canadian Cross Country Ski Team member Perianne Jones. A few lefthand turns and I had completed the grand...

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Canadian biathlete Bédard reflects on Spartan win
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Canadian biathlete Bédard reflects on Spartan win

Alex KochonAugust 18, 2011

In early July, Marc-André Bédard’s brother called him up, urging him to try a Spartan Race. Simon Bédard, of Montreal, had just finished one the 5 k trail challenges in Ottawa. He had heard of a $20,000 reward for outrunning the series’ reigning champ, Hobie Call, and figured his brother, Biathlon Canada’s 2008 athlete of the year, could beat him. While training with the national team in Canmore, Alberta, the 2010 Olympian looked into it....

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From the Pack: Corinne Prevot
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From the Pack: Corinne Prevot

Alex KochonAugust 16, 2011

Note: This is the first profile of an ongoing series on junior and collegiate racers in the U.S. and beyond. The nordic sports are certainly not the largest, but there are still thousands of  great stories that most of us are not familiar with. We will be picking athletes out of this pack to feature – nominations for outstanding or interesting nordic skiers can be sent to business journal’s website. “I was shocked at first,”...

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Original Birkie Skier Dies After Bike Accident
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Original Birkie Skier Dies After Bike Accident

Alex KochonAugust 9, 20111

HAYWARD, Wis. — One of three skiers to have raced every American Birkebeiner since its inception in 1973, David Landgraf, 62, died Monday in the hospital after being hit by a motorist while bicycling Friday evening. According to a press release from the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation, Landgraf, of Bloomer, Wis., was hit by a car on Highway 27 in Hayward, the town where he finished 38 consecutive Birkebeiner ski races, a 50-plus kilometer trek...

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