Medal Check
FasterSkierFebruary 16, 2010
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Yeah, we know we have been carbo loading and our training was planned for us to peak yesterday, but things did not goes as we planned. Here are the ten reasons why – David Letterman style: 10) Our logo was too big and the IOC issued a 12 hour blackout as a penalty. 9) NBC thought that we were in competition with their figure skating coverage and decided to whack our IT support, Tonya Harding-style....
From the Tech’s Point of View
FasterSkierFebruary 16, 2010
Finally, the weather today was Olympic worthy and provided fair competitions. The downhill course was presented in a top-prepared state and offered a level playing field for all skiers. It was important for all service people who prepare the skis to provide enough edge grip for the snow conditions, but at the same time not too aggressive. The service people of the racers had already started a week ago to condition the ski bases with...
U.S. Ski Orienteering National Championships
FasterSkierFebruary 16, 2010
The national championships in ski orienteering wrapped up this Monday with a U.S. Team fundraiser sprint, after two days of intense racing in Northern VT. Saturday was the middle distance, 5.8km for the elite women and 7.2km for the elite men, designed by Ernst Linder at Beaver Brook Farm, a ski area maintained specifically for orienteering and ski orienteering by Mike and Vivian Fritz. Their massive barn served as race headquarters and space for the...
On Humility and Bread
FasterSkierFebruary 16, 2010
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On Humility and Bread
FasterSkierFebruary 16, 2010
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86 Miles from Hatcher Pass to My Cabin
FasterSkierFebruary 16, 2010
I had been scheming this ski trip for a while. Finally good conditions and logistics gelled for me to pull off this fun 86 mile ski from Hatcher Pass to my wife's and my cabin at Alexander Creek.
Vicious Little Flu Bug
FasterSkierFebruary 16, 2010
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Whislter, British Columbia – Ivan Babikov (CAN) finished 8th in the men’s 15km freestyle, the best result ever for a Canadian man in the Olympics, besting Pierre Harvey’s 14th in the 30km classic in Calgary. Babikov was just 18 seconds off the podium, and skied up throughout the race.
Skiing from Coast to coasT
FasterSkierFebruary 15, 2010
A 47 mile ski from the coast of downtown Anchorage to coasT Pizza in Girdwood.
Crazy Weather Means Crazy Days for the Techs
FasterSkierFebruary 15, 2010
Yesterday was a crazy day here. The weather once again played the leading role. Ladies Downhill training was supposed to have taken place this morning. Once again, it had to be canceled because of poor conditions. With the Biathlon Sprint competition of the men, everything seemed to point to a race with sunshine despite evidence of rain and snow squalls in the area on the radar. As Toko Nordic servicemen Jens and Björn conducted glide...
Lake Placid Nor Am
FasterSkierFebruary 15, 2010
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VT EHS/J2 Qualifier!!
FasterSkierFebruary 15, 2010
A great day for the Gumbus!! br / br /Walker finally recovered and feeling good. McGovern with a breakthrough day. Fitzgerald taking aim at the front of the pack. Leblanc starting to glide and making her first VT J2 Team. br / br /Walker - EHS Team br ...
Pre Valentines Telemark Intervals
FasterSkierFebruary 15, 2010
Our Junior National Crew did some hard intervals up the "old race" hill at Trapps. Telemark Hill provides about three minutes of continuous climb -- making pacing and technique paramount. We did two loops of about 8 minutes with the emphasis on incre...
Ready
FasterSkierFebruary 14, 2010
It seems like a lifetime ago we were in Canmore racing and tomorrow we finally get to get down to business. The skiing has been different every day and today was definitely the best. It has been getting barely below freezing if at all so they salted the course today and that turned sloppy skiing into hard fast skiing, pretty amazing. Today was a little ski testing, although Erik is taking care of the majority of that work for me, and one lap of the race course a little under race pace to get the feel of how the course races. Felt the best I have yet and am so ready to race.
On the village life side of things, the sliders (luge, bobsled, and skeleton) showed up yesterday so the USA contingent has grown considerably, both in size and number. Some pretty cool people to talk to as well.
We have live TV feeds from all the venues in our rooms which is so awesome and something everyone should have. So after skiing this morning I got to come back and watch Teela have a very solid day finishing 9th in the biathlon sprint and the nordic combiners are set to go before long after a good morning of jumping for most of them.
Ready
FasterSkierFebruary 14, 2010
It seems like a lifetime ago we were in Canmore racing and tomorrow we finally get to get down to business. The skiing has been different every day and today was definitely the best. It has been getting barely below freezing if at all so they salted the course today and that turned sloppy skiing into hard fast skiing, pretty amazing. Today was a little ski testing, although Erik is taking care of the majority of that work for me, and one lap of the race course a little under race pace to get the feel of how the course races. Felt the best I have yet and am so ready to race.
On the village life side of things, the sliders (luge, bobsled, and skeleton) showed up yesterday so the USA contingent has grown considerably, both in size and number. Some pretty cool people to talk to as well.
We have live TV feeds from all the venues in our rooms which is so awesome and something everyone should have. So after skiing this morning I got to come back and watch Teela have a very solid day finishing 9th in the biathlon sprint and the nordic combiners are set to go before long after a good morning of jumping for most of them.
Good Luck Kuz
FasterSkierFebruary 14, 2010
divFor the past four years I have had the privilege of living and training with an Olympian. That Olympian will start his first Olympic race tomorrow in the 15km Freestyle. Garrott has many talents and is a well balance skier, performing well in every...
Ready for the racing to start
FasterSkierFebruary 14, 2010
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Super Tour Win!
FasterSkierFebruary 14, 2010
I finally had my first Super Tour win today in the Aspen Owl Creek Chase! It was a tough race with a lot of climbing in the first 13k of the race. I felt good the entire way and was able to finish strong and out sprint Kristina Trygstad to the finish.b...