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Hello Monday morning!  It was a weekend to remember and a ski season that leaves us all wanting more time.  It's five days till the start of Super Tour Finals.  Our winter has been made possible by hard working and resourceful touring ce...

What has this winter been up to?  We've been celebrating this week, up in Stowe, and on the slopes of Mad River Glen.  It's been a great stretch and our legs are tired -- a good sign of winter.Wax testing in Soldier Hollow.Before we get into ...

After a four week training block rotating intensity every other day, it's finally time to get back on the plane and head to the last races of the season. I'm going first to Quebec to compete in the skate sprint and 15km skate race of Canadian National ...

NCAA Classic Mass Start Photos and Video

Photographer Stuart Jennings shares his perspective from Saturday’s closely-contested NCAA Championships classical mass start races at Bohart Ranch, Montana. Holly Hart also captured video (above) of the nail-biter photo finish between Amy Glen (UVM) and Sophie Caldwell (Dartmouth).   Full Race Report: All 2012 NCAA Championship Results   NCAA Freestyle Race Galleries: 2012 NCAA Championship Women’s Freestyle Gallery, by: Stuart Jennings

The Maine Winter Sports Center has opened applications for its 2012-2013 teams.  Applications for Cross-Country and Biathlon Olympic Development Teams, Regional Elite Team, and Collegiate Summer Training Group.   Cross-Country and Biathlon Olympic Development and Regional Elite Teams offer support for athletes seeking to earn World Cup starts for the U.S.  MWSC offers housing, health insurance, and full travel support, including European training and racing, to Olympic Development Team members. Regional Elite Team members receive...

When you spend the vast majority of your time in pursuit of athletic success you're bound to get pretty involved in the process. For the past two years Alison and I have talked each others' ears off about running, skiing, and endurance training and pre...

The transition to Europe went really smoothly for me.  The 7 hour time difference from Minneapolis can mess with your body, but I seem to have handled it easily.  I met up with a large group of Americans coming from the World Junior/U23 Champ...

NCAA Freestyle Top Ten: Photos

BOZEMAN, Montana – Skiing at Bohart Ranch heated up this week both literally and figuratively as the top collegiate racers took to the trails for the 2012 NCAA Championship.  Photographer Stuart Jennings captured much of the action, here is a look at the top ten women and men in the freestyle 5/10km races. Full Race Report: Graefnings and Soderman win 5/10 skate, Dartmouth top team, at first day of 2012 NCAA Championships

Fischer Ski Athlete Kikkan Randall Makes History as the First American Woman  to Win the FIS Cross Country World Cup Sprint Title

Lifelong Fischer Skier Adds to Legacy of Firsts for Women in Nordic Ski Racing Fischer Sports, the world’s leading cross country ski manufacturer, today announced that Fischer skier and U.S. Ski Team member Kikkan Randall made history as the first American woman to win the FIS Cross Country World Cup sprint title. The 29-year-old native of Anchorage, Alaska, and lifelong Fischer skier, clinched the title with an eleventh-place finish in Drammen, Norway. She is currently...

Hi Everyone, Sitting here in my room on Wednesday afternoon, enjoying a day off from racing here at World Champs in Ruhpolding. It hasn’t been the World Champs that I was hoping for so far, but there are still two races to go. Things started off Ok for me in the Mixed Relay. I hit [...]