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Wednesday Workout: Volume Training (Long Days, Piggybacks and Alaska’s Version of Sharks and Minnows) with NANANordic

Having the opportunity to teach 8 days of cross country skiing to the remote villages of Alaska is both rewarding and demanding. It’s hard to pin down an exact ‘workout’ we do up there, because by the end of just one day, your feet burn, and your mental focus just got tested by 100+ eager Inupiaq kids, thirsty for time on skis. There can, however, be progress made toward personal growth depending on how you want to slice it.

Job Post: Assistant Coach of Nordic Skiing – Williams College

Williams College invites applications for the position of Assistant Coach of Nordic Skiing for the academic year 2014-2015. Responsibilities include providing assistance to the Head Coach in all aspects of the Nordic Ski program, including, but not limited to student-athlete development, coaching, training plans, travel, waxing, equipment management, driving team vans, video analysis, recruiting, team website updates and other duties as assigned.

(Press release) The NENSA Elite and Development team nominee lists represents athletes who have had success on a Regional, National and International level this past winter. These teams exist as a program to aid in the appropriate development of top athletes toward the goal of international excellence. To find out more about the teams and the selection criteria go to http://www.nensa.net/elite/ Congratulations to all of the athletes on their accomplishments this winter. 2014-2015 NENSA Elite...

Selection for the camp is based on results from US Junior Championships, held in Stowe, Vermont using a system of best 2 of the 3 individual results. In addition to the automatic selections of the top twenty boys and top twenty girls based on JN results, each USSA division is afforded two discretionary picks of one boy and one girl in addition to however many may have qualified via the JN selection procedure. It is...

(NENSA press release) Nick Mahood, Woodstock Nordic – NENSA Coach of the Year  A quiet unassuming coach, Nick Mahood often flies under the radar as he coaches the Woodstock Nordic programs in Woodstock, VT.  Woodstock Nordic consists of two groups that covers K-12 grades;  Nordic Runners is the K-8 BKL program and then there is the High School team (9-12 grades). Within the High School team program is the eastern cup team for those that want...

Johnny Klister Found in Fairbanks (Exclusive Interview)

A FasterSkier investigation has revealed that Johnny Klister, the former internet cross-country ski publishing sensation, has fled his former life and is now living off-the-grid in Fairbanks, Alaska. "Trying to keep up with the output of Noah Hoffman's blog was impossible," Klister says. "I was drinking 12 cups of coffee a day, pounding a dozen gels, and huffing xenon gas before bed to keep from losing my edge."

IBU Introduces ‘Stand Your Ground’ Format; NRA Excited for International Exposure

Biathlon is about to get a lot more interesting with IBU's incorporation of a new "Stand Your Ground" format, in which relay anchors can take aim at competitors who outshoot them in the range. "If you have a reasonable belief that another team is going to beat your team, of course you are going to do everything you can to stand up to them," IBU's Ulrich Untersee says. "Usually this has just meant skiing fast or playing head games. We’re putting more tools on the table."