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Butch Reimer has had a significant influence in my life.  It was under his tutelage that my passion for cross-country skiing matured. The summary reads, “Butch Reimer passes of cancer and is survived by Jill – his wife, daughter – Hannah and son – Jake.”  Turning back the pages, one will always find a story deeper in content and substance.  Butch’s story is one that touches many of us in the cross-country ski community.  I...

In its continuing effort to aid the development of American cross country ski racers, the National Cross-Country Ski Education Foundation (NCCSEF) will help send a contingent of U.S. athletes to Finnish Lapland in November.  Comprised of nine athletes from the NCCSEF subsidized trip, a Craftsbury Green Racing Program contingent and U.S. Ski Team athletes, over 20 Americans will test their fitness and speed against some of the strongest athletes from Finland, Estonia, northern Sweden, Russia, Belarus,...

This post is from last Friday when we had our most challenging weather yet. Raining hard and temps in the 30's. We had skate intervals scheduled and we wanted to stick with the plan. We also wanted them to be psyched for the workout despite the cond...

Kids Program at the Yellowstone Ski Festival

www.outdoorscience.org The Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center is offering daily 30 minute hands-on activities during the Yellowstone Ski Festival. Conveniently scheduled just after lunch, the center provides a great opportunity to sneak in education during a ski vacation. The best part – the Wild Winter Program is all fun and games! www.yellowstoneskifestival.com.

On Sunday, we had our last rollerski time trial of the year (fingers crossed, though, that we won’t have a surprise one in December or anything). It wasn’t our last time trial – there will be plenty on snow – and it wasn’t our last rollerski. But it was our last time going as hard [...]

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Mono truly is the annoying person who won't leave the party and is ruining everyone's good time. As much as I'd like to write about something a bit more exciting and, wonder of wonders, something specific to skiing or training, I'm at a loss currently....

Check out our Fort. Helena, Caitlin, Idanias, Brian, Jayden, Shaina.I am settling back in to life in Hayward after Lake Placid and Chicago. This is an important recovery week for me to absorb all the training from the last three weeks. With several af...