The CXC team had an excellent time out at Theodore Wirth Park this morning at the 5/10K Freestyle SuperTour races. It was raining and sloppy all day, but that didn’t stop people from moving fast. I was especially excited for today’s race because I love 5K races and I don’t get to do them as often [...]
A whole slew of people from the CXC Team Vertical Limit were in Hayward last weekend for the Seeley Hills Classic, Ski and Tea Clinic number four, and a SuperFit event at The Riverbrook Ski Shop. It was a beautiful weekend. JoJo Winters (CXC Team VL) won the Seeley Hills Classic 42K women’s race after skiing [...]
The 2010 Olympic team was chosen today. Congratulations to: Morgan Arritola, Ketchum, ID, 23, 5/13/86 Caitlin Compton, Minneapolis, 29, 11/7/80 Kris Freeman, Andover, NH, 29, 10/14/80 (2002, 2006) Torin Koos, Leavenworth, 29, 7/19/80 (2002, 2006) Andy Newell, Shaftsbury, VT, 25, 11/30/84 (2006) Kikkan Randall, Anchorage, 27, 12/31/82 (2002, 2006) James Southam, Anchorage, 31, 6/5/78 (2006) Liz Stephen, Montpelier, VT, 22, 1/12/87 Click HERE to [...]
Full Results HERE Great article on the day HERE Garrott Kuzzy reports on the day HERE Audrey Weber reports on the day HERE more to come….
Well, day two of US Nationals is over. We had a few steller performances, including Tad Elliot finishing 2nd place, Matt Liebsch finishing 4th, and Brian Gregg also in the top 10. Caitlin Compton pulled off 2nd place, and Rebecca Dussualt was top 10. It was a rough day for lots of us on the CXC [...]
There are a bunch of great photos of yesterday’s sprint race HERE (courtesy of Rob Whitney). Also, congrats to my little brother Thomas who won the Nashota Race in the Waukesha area yesterday and to my CXC Team Vertical Limit teammate, JoJo Winters, who won the Twin Cities Championships Pursuit on Sunday.
Results from the US National Championships in Anchorage, AK will be posted at the event website, HERE. The skate sprint race was today. Monday is a 10/15K skate. Wednesday is a 20/30K classic Friday is a classic sprint. It was a pretty good day for the CXC Team Vertical Limit with Rebecca Dussault finishing 2nd and leading the team on [...]
On Saturday, I went to Hayward, WI for the 3rd Ski and Tea clinic of the year. CXC Team Vertical Limit teammate, Kelly Chaudoin, came down from Ely, MN to help coach. We had an outstanding turnout of around 20 women. The weather was perfect and the snow conditions in Hayward were great. We met [...]
Most of the CXC Team Vertical Limit is back in the Midwest for the Holidays. Garrott Kuzzy and Audrey Weber will be representing our crew in Canmore next weekend. You can check in on them HERE. Bryan and I are in Lakeville, MN right now. Today I will head over to Hayward for Ski and Tea [...]
Today’s sprint race was a lot of fun. Full results from the qualifier can be found HERE and the heats are HERE. hen they are posted. I don’t remember many places, but I think Kuzzy was 2nd. We had 3 boys make the heats (Kuzzy, Gregg and Liebsch) and 4 girls (Rebecca, Caitlin, myself, and [...]
This weekend’s races are Olympic Qualifiers for the Canadian team, meaning that the top Canadian finisher earned an automatic Olympic spot. The CXC Team Vertical Limit Men’s team put 4 boys in the top 6 overall! Kuzzy was 1st by almost a whole minute, followed by Matt Liebsch (3rd), Brian Gregg (5th), and Bryan Cook (6th). [...]
Silver Star is such a great place to spend a week this time of year. It’s been pretty cold, but the skiing is perfect and it is beautiful. Today was ski testing day and I had time to bust out my camera. Here are some shots. Saturday is a 10/15K skate race and Sunday is a [...]
The CXC Team Vertical Limit left immediately after the classic race on Sunday for Silver Star, B.C. HERE is a GREAT article on the Men’s classic race.
It was back to racing today in Bozeman, MT. We had a skate sprint held at Lindley Park near downtown Bozeman, and it was a blast. There was on and off snow and temps that were not too cold. I was able to ski a pretty solid qualifier and ended up in 13th. I then [...]