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...
The unseasonably beautiful weather during the Lake Placid camp broke hard on Thursday night and the blue skies and warm days turned to the more typical cold, cold October rain. Our last two workouts in the Adirondacks were a classic sprint simulation on Friday and a long OD run on Saturday. They were also two [...]
a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torin_Koos" target="_blank"Torin Koos/a came into the shop a couple of times while I was working on his skis in September.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; He brought a camera with him and asked a few questions.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; It was...
Russian media are reporting that former Olympic champion Yevgeny Dementiev intends to return to skiing for the 2011-2012 season, after serving a two-year ban for a positive drug test. Dementiev, 27, had retired after his sample from the Tour de Ski in January, 2009, turned up traces of the blood-boosting drug EPO. But
ttspan style="font-size:x-small;"by Ryley Walker/span/ttbr /br /ttspan style="font-size:x-small;"Although I've followed Lance Armstrong on Facebook and Twitter and watched him in bike movies like, "Chasing Legends," it wasn't until Tuesday that I reali...
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The new prologue distance that’s growing in popularity is about twice as long as a sprint. And by most accounts, it’s twice as hard. The event puts a premium on pacing, and for athletes who go out too hard, a whole lot of suffering is in store. The event, and the hurt, was on display Thursday morning at the Olympic Jumping Complex in Lake Placid, where the U.S. Ski Team (USST) is conducting its final...
i’m sorry about the lack of updates recently… life has just been a bit hectic (in an absolutely great way)!!! I’m settled into my apartment (which I absolutely love), I’m working alot (making great food for hours and hours), and school has started (YAY)! I’ve been meeting alot of great people, and keeping very [...]
i’m sorry about the lack of updates recently… life has just been a bit hectic (in an absolutely great way)!!! I’m settled into my apartment (which I absolutely love), I’m working alot (making great food for hours and hours), and school has started (YAY)! I’ve been meeting alot of great people, and keeping very [...]
i’m sorry about the lack of updates recently… life has just been a bit hectic (in an absolutely great way)!!! I’m settled into my apartment (which I absolutely love), I’m working alot (making great food for hours and hours), and school has started (YAY)! I’ve been meeting alot of great people, and keeping very [...]
i’m sorry about the lack of updates recently… life has just been a bit hectic (in an absolutely great way)!!! I’m settled into my apartment (which I absolutely love), I’m working alot (making great food for hours and hours), and school has started (YAY)! I’ve been meeting alot of great people, and keeping very [...]
i’m sorry about the lack of updates recently… life has just been a bit hectic (in an absolutely great way)!!! I’m settled into my apartment (which I absolutely love), I’m working alot (making great food for hours and hours), and school has started (YAY)! I’ve been meeting alot of great people, and keeping very [...]
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www.xccamps.ca Sparkling Hill Masters World Cup March 3-11, 2011 will make history at Silver Star and Sovereign Lake, with 1200 competitors from around the World going head to head on the trails. Many of the XC Camp coaches have competed in the Masters World Cup and you can gain insider tips by signing up for the specific Silver Star xc camp www.mwc2011.com Training Tip We are in prime Roller Skiing season and I would like to...
The team is currently in a volume portion of the training cycle, with an increase in rollerskiing, and we are maintaining fairly high intensity this week.br /br /Monday PM: Skate ski , "Valley Loop" backwards = a hilly 20-29km.br /br /Tuesday AM: bike....
It’s coming in on almost a week now that I’ve been training in Lake Placid with the USST’s last dryland camp of the year. Things started off big last Friday with the Whiteface Hillclimb, a brutal reminder of how much rollerskiing in general sucks and also 45 minute uphills on bumpy pavement against 50mph headwinds. [...]
I am writing today to announce an opportunity to join NENSA as a full-time member of our staff team. The Adaptive Programs Director directs a new program for veterans in the Boston area and builds adaptive programming on a region-wide basis designed to attract new skiers of all ages to the sport; specifically clinics, camps, and travel opportunities, along with a coaches’ education curriculum. The director’s efforts will focus primarily on programs for veterans and...
Rick Halling is the Nordic Director for Atomic USA Two things are going on when a ski shop measures the flex of a race ski for a customer. One, they are looking at the stiffness of the ski and making sure it is the right flex for the weight and ability of that customer. Two, the shop is making a final “quality control” inspection to make sure the customer is getting a ski of...
Brought back from Afghanistan a simple full body punishing workout.Currently I am doing this one time per week to remind myself of Afghanistan.Unfortunately although it still is done mostly at O'Dark hundred the 80degree heat and wafting acrid fumes fr...
Brought back from Afghanistan a simple full body punishing workout.Currently I am doing this one time per week to remind myself of Afghanistan.Unfortunately although it still is done mostly at O'Dark hundred the 80degree heat and wafting acrid fumes fr...