Stockholm, Sweden – The World Cup Finals begins in Stockholm with the last sprint competition of the year. Only the top-40 skiers in the world (by World Cup points) and Continental Cup leaders are permitted to start the World Cup Finals. This rule has an impact of the composition of the field, though the main difference we see is the inclusion of more distance skiers in the sprint competition – as they must race this...
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I arrived in Norway yesterday after a week of racing in Finland. I had a decent sprint race in Finland but I am definitely hoping for more this week in Norway. I am finally feeling healthy again and I expect that I will start to feel better with every race. After spending nearly a week [...]
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So I was figuring I’d wait and do a final blog post on my Estonia trip once I’d downloaded my pictures. But unfortunately my camera was in my ski bag and I don’t think I’ll get it for at least a few more days, so I’ll give a quick update on the end of the [...]
Yesterday was rough. For whatever reason my body took a good hour to feel normal. I almost didn't make it that long. The course here is brutal. Pretty much the first 1/3 of the 8.3 k loop we raced is up hill. Then a few more significant hills are mixed...
Yesterday was rough. For whatever reason my body took a good hour to feel normal. I almost didn't make it that long. The course here is brutal. Pretty much the first 1/3 of the 8.3 k loop we raced is up hill. Then a few more significant hills are mixed...
Yesterday was rough. For whatever reason my body took a good hour to feel normal. I almost didn't make it that long. The course here is brutal. Pretty much the first 1/3 of the 8.3 k loop we raced is up hill. Then a few more significant hills are mixed...
Yesterday was rough. For whatever reason my body took a good hour to feel normal. I almost didn't make it that long. The course here is brutal. Pretty much the first 1/3 of the 8.3 k loop we raced is up hill. Then a few more significant hills are mixed...
Yesterday was rough. For whatever reason my body took a good hour to feel normal. I almost didn't make it that long. The course here is brutal. Pretty much the first 1/3 of the 8.3 k loop we raced is up hill. Then a few more significant hills are mixed...
Oslo, Norway – The Norwegian team gave the home crowd a show as the nation won the nordic combined team event at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival Saturday, the biggest sporting event in Norway. The U.S. Ski Team went with its three individual Olympic medalists, adding 18 year old Nick Hendrickson (Park City, UT) as the fourth for the rare World Cup team event. “Being in the fight at the beginning and in the end, fighting...
Bretton Woods, N.H. (March 13, 2010) – Olympians towered over their respective fields at the New England Ski Museum’s Bretton Woods Nordic Marathon at Omni Mount Washington Resort presented by CNL Lifestyle Properties, LLC, which took place on Saturday, March 13. Crossing the finish line of the 50-kilometer race only minutes after many of the racers passed the race’s half-way mark was 2006- Olympian-turned-educator Justin Freeman (New Hampton, N.H.) with a crushing time of 2...
Today we raced the 5/10k classic mass start. The start was a little tamer than last weeks 5k skate mass start. Unlike last week, the course was a bit more challenging and started off with 3 climbs in the first kilometer. This broke up the pack almo...
Polish cross-country skier Kornelia Marek tested positive for EPO following the women’s 4x5km relay at the Olympics, according to the Polish Olympic Committee. The Poles finished an impressive 6th in that event, and Marek also placed 11th in the 30km and 9th in the team sprint. The 30km result was the best of her career, easily besting a 23rd earlier this winter in Estonia. She also finished 26th in Canmore, but the fields for both...
Another blue bird day here in Maine. Our perception of "The County" has probably been changed forever. We've had 7 sunny days in row, and #8 promises to be in store for tomorrow. I'm sure the westerners are happy to be maintaining their tans, and us ea...
Of course the day I try to get some pictures up here the internet is running slow. So this will have to do. It's the Holmenkollen Stadium. The most amazing ski jump you will ever see is off to the right. The big 50k is tomorrow. Today they were setting...
Of course the day I try to get some pictures up here the internet is running slow. So this will have to do. It's the Holmenkollen Stadium. The most amazing ski jump you will ever see is off to the right. The big 50k is tomorrow. Today they were setting...