Training War
FasterSkierJanuary 19, 2010
Its all about training. Victory is measured by total system destruction. To a training addict.More to follow.
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Training War
FasterSkierJanuary 19, 2010
Its all about training. Victory is measured by total system destruction. To a training addict.More to follow.
More Methow SuperTour Photos
FasterSkierJanuary 19, 2010
Photographer Ed Stockard was on the scene at last Saturday’s SuperTour in the Methow Valley and he captured some great shots of the action going down. Visit his full gallery
Classic Sprint Video, Rumford
FasterSkierJanuary 19, 2010
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Three in One
FasterSkierJanuary 19, 2010
This past weekend I discovered what it felt like to do three jobs as one person! I was my own coach, my own wax tech, and a racer. I'm glad it's not that way very often because let me tell you, it is stressful! Whoa!br /br /I went to the Methow Valle...
Rumford Eastern Cup, More Nats Pics and Antoine!
FasterSkierJanuary 19, 2010
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Sun, Mountains and Pasta
FasterSkierJanuary 19, 2010
The view from our hotel deck I just arrived in Antholz, Italy after a tough week of racing in Ruhpolding. Racing did not go exactly as planned in Ruhpolding, but I am hoping to get back on track this week in Italy. I knew going into Ruhpolding that I had my work cut out for [...]
Sun, Mountains and Pasta
FasterSkierJanuary 19, 2010
The view from our hotel deck
I just arrived in Antholz, Italy after a tough week of racing in Ruhpolding. Racing did not go exactly as planned in Ruhpolding, but I am hoping to get back on track this week in Italy.
I knew going into Ruhpolding that I had my work cut out for me [...]
2010 National Masters Coming Up Fast
FasterSkierJanuary 19, 2010
The 2010 AXCS National Masters hosted by the Craftsbury Outdoor Center in Craftsbury, Vermont is just over a week away with strong entries reported in all events. A record 2.5 feet of snowfall in parts of Vermont earlier this month no doubt helping push registration for what is shaping to be a fantastic long weekend of skiing fun. NM2010 events begin with the Thursday, January 28 afternoon 10km freestyle championship race. Organizing Chair John Brodhead...
Here We Go: Antholz And The Final Prep
FasterSkierJanuary 19, 2010
Just got to Antholz in Northern Italy for the last world cup before the Olympics. It has been a whirlwind biathlon tour of Europe over the past month. After the third world cup races in Pokljuka, Slovenia, I traveled to Jablonec, Czech Republic to train and spend Christmas with my girlfriend. We arrived in a [...]
Rumford EC Sprint Movie
FasterSkierJanuary 18, 2010
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FasterSkierJanuary 18, 2010
After the weekend's racing, Brian and I got a chance to show off some of the trails we grew up on to our fellow SuperTour athletes and friends. This morning a group of about twenty met at the Winthrop Barn and carpooled to the Cub Creek trailhead where...
Methow SuperTour
FasterSkierJanuary 18, 2010
It was an exciting weekend for Methow Valley skiing - we hosted our first national-level event at the McCabe Trails and saw racing action featuring some of America AND Canada's top athletes. After a nerve-wracking week of above-freezing temperatures an...
FasterSkier photographer Win Goodbody was on the scene in the Methow Valley for the SuperTour sprint on Saturday. Both Torin Koos and Laura Valaas were able to control the action throughout the rounds and cruise to their respective victories.
Norway announced that they have named seven more athletes to their Olympic Cross-Country Team, bringing the total to 11. Celine Brun-Lie, Marthe Kristoffersen, Vibeke Skofterud, Ronny Hafsås, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Øystein Pettersen and Eldar Rønning all got the nod, and now join Ola Vigen Hattestad, Petter Northug, Marit Bjørgen and Kristin Størmer Steira with tickets to Vancouver. Norway has a total of 20 spots, but have not taken their full quota in the past. Top...
DIFFICULT WEATHER
FasterSkierJanuary 18, 2010
Skiing has always and will always have weather as a variable in racing.br /Last weekend at the Methow Super Tour it was magnified. To begin with, thebr /Methow Valley in north central Washington state has received very littlebr /snow this year. Talking...
PM Training- amazing conditons
FasterSkierJanuary 18, 2010
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Big Black Forest of Germany
FasterSkierJanuary 18, 2010
div style="text-align: center;"br //divErik and I have just arrived in Germany today- bags and everything. Lucky!! Saturday morning we both started the sprint supertour race on our home course before we took off for the drive over the mountains to Seat...
Koos and Compton Win SuperTour Classic in Sloppy Weather
FasterSkierJanuary 17, 2010
Torin Koos (USST) is known for his sprinting, and it was a sprint- like margin that gave him the victory in the 15km classic individual start race in the Methow Valley SuperTour. Koos beat out Brian Gregg (CXC Team Vertical Limit) by a mere nine tenths of a second in wet sloppy conditions. Chris Cook (Steinbock Racing), who finished 4th, described the race on Twitter. “Tough day today, raining sloppy no track classic course.” Drew...
Methow Super Tour
FasterSkierJanuary 17, 2010
div style="text-align: center;"br //divdiv style="text-align: left;"The Super Tour made its debut in my hometown this weekend. The McCabe Trails at the Liberty Bell High School offered a fantastic venue for Saturdays freestyle sprint. It was pretty c...