A five week training camp in Europe might seem a little expensive for old USBA, but when you take into consideration that the only Americans on the US team are the athletes themselves then all of a sudden training in northern Italy, Austria, and Germ...
A five week training camp in Europe might seem a little expensive for old USBA, but when you take into consideration that the only Americans on the US team are the athletes themselves then all of a sudden training in northern Italy, Austria, and Germ...
A five week training camp in Europe might seem a little expensive for old USBA, but when you take into consideration that the only Americans on the US team are the athletes themselves then all of a sudden training in northern Italy, Austria, and Germ...
Camp is going great. Today is an off day then back into some hard training through the end of the week. Really great weather here in Sun Valley, so we have been soaking up the last days of real summer before heading into fall. Morning off. Coffee, b...
Have the fame and glory, not to mention untold riches, of a cross-country ski journalist called to you? Does the life of a jet setting celebrity reporter fill your dreams? If so, here is your chance! FasterSkier is once again looking for an intern, and while we can’t actually promise fame, glory, riches or celebrity status (though one of our summer interns did receive an email that started “Are you the xxxxx who writes for...
Lindsey Van of the U.S. Women’s Ski Jumping Team returned to the Continental Cup the weekend of Sept. 11-12 in Lillehammer, Norway, resuming high-level international competition after taking last season off to rest and recharge after a tumultuous yet exciting couple of years. Van made history in 2009, becoming the first-ever World Champion in women’s ski jumping. She was also a leader in the fight to include women’s ski jumping in the 2010 Olympic Winter...
Jessica Jerome of the U.S. Women’s Ski Jumping Team found her way back onto the podium, while teammate Lindsey Van made a successful return to Continental Cup competition over the weekend in a pair of events in Lillehammer, Norway. The competitions were held Saturday and Sunday on the HS 104 hill in Lillehammer. Jerome, having finished second on back-to-back days on this hill in 2008, found it to her liking once again Saturday, finishing in...
The first week of camp with the U.S. Ski Team just finished up today. The week was filled with intensity, distance, speed, strength and over-distance work-outs.The week began with a speed workout where we focused on good technique at high speeds. Thi...
The first week of camp with the U.S. Ski Team just finished up today. The week was filled with intensity, distance, speed, strength and over-distance work-outs.The week began with a speed workout where we focused on good technique at high speeds. Thi...
The first week of camp with the U.S. Ski Team just finished up today. The week was filled with intensity, distance, speed, strength and over-distance work-outs.The week began with a speed workout where we focused on good technique at high speeds. Thi...
The first week of camp with the U.S. Ski Team just finished up today. The week was filled with intensity, distance, speed, strength and over-distance work-outs.The week began with a speed workout where we focused on good technique at high speeds. Thi...
Since at least some time last summer, we’ve been talking about running on the northern part of the Long Trail for a workout. Sure, the Stowe area is nice, but there are all these great mountains up near the border that we have never even explored! For some reason, it had never happened. Well, now it [...]
Cooling down with the boys after a Classic Sprint Simulation 4*3min All Out.The Boys and Girls Club is closed for staff in-service these past two weeks. I have taken advantage of this 'vacation' time between Summer and Fall to train hard. My days hav...
Cooling down with the boys after a Classic Sprint Simulation 4*3min All Out.The Boys and Girls Club is closed for staff in-service these past two weeks. I have taken advantage of this 'vacation' time between Summer and Fall to train hard. My days hav...
Some days, training is easy. Everything about the day (the workout, weather, location, energy) comes together and training is not work, it’s just enjoyment. Those are the good days, and yesterday was one of them.
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This morning we completed the second of four intensity sessions for our seven-day camp here in Sun Valley. Given our focus so far this summer on strength and aerobic base training, these sessions have been a unique challenge for us; it's been great to ...