Many times numbers and photos do the best job of summarizing an event. 86% – 20 of 24 podium positions (first, second, third place) athletes raced with Swix Star CT1 poles. 100% – Winners of each race (senior men and women) raced with Swix Star CT1 poles 2 – Number of new Swix Triac poles that arrived in Anchorage for Kikkan and Kris to test. Also the position USA’s Tim Burke placed at the Oberhof...
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I made it home in time for Christmas and US National Championships after concluding our 5 week early season race circuit in Canmore, AB. I couldn't have been happier to spend the holidays with family and friends and also loved getting to race on my home turf. After my first sprint heat Peter Valaas asked me, "Katie, were you smiling during your race?" I told him I certainly wasn't trying to
Ruhpolding (GER) – Jeremy Teela (USA) is rounding into form at just the right time. With the Olympics just around the corner, Teela posted his second consecutive top-20 World Cup biathlon finish, placing 17th in today’s 10km sprint competition. Teela finiahed 1:25.8 behind winner Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) with a single penalty. Svendsen shot clean, as did the two other men on the podium. Ole Einar Bjorndalen (NOR) was 2nd, just 3,2 seconds back, with...
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Every time we have to go anywhere, we carpool. I’d say up to 7 people, we’ll take 1 car. Maybe once we had 8. So that means every time we drive we need to decide who drives and nobody ever wants to drive. We’ve settled this a number of ways, including MarioKart races, guilt trips, [...]
Since the last USSA points list came out I am breathing a little easier. I'm ranked 4th and assuming that 4 guys will be named if not more things are looking promising. Even when you think that things are looking in your favor, if you are anywhere near the bubble, the week between the last races and the naming of the championship team is one of the longest weeks of an athletes life. So what to do with myself...
I have been trying to recover. Last week took way more out of me than I was expecting. Mentally more than anything last week was stressful. The emotional lows and highs were quite severe. To end it on a high note and know that I did more than I could have hoped for on my final day left me feeling like a content bowl of oatmeal. Mush. I did nothing related to skiing for two days, just relaxed with the family and enjoying the good times. Then it was time to go back to work and start skiing again. It took until Wednesday to start feeling a little more normal and now it is time to start training for real. I am going ahead and preparing like I am going and will be hitting the training hard starting tomorrow. Doing the prep work while I anxiously await Tuesday...
A few pics from last week...
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Sarah Van Dyke grew up in Stowe where she learned to ski with the Stowe Nordic Outing Club and Craftsbury BKL programs. In high school she was on the St. Paul’s School Nordic ski team and in college a member of the Dartmouth Development ski team. She is now spending a year in China as a science teacher at an international school enjoying many unusual adventures. In an attempt to get over my post-Christmas-I’m-alone-in-China blues,...
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U.S. Nationals came to a close with a classic sprint. I was pretty happy with my result, but it was a bummer to just miss out on the A-Final. After the races we had a really nice banquet at the Conoco Phillips office building. The food was the best I have ever had at a [...]
Since the my last post a lot has happened including traveling to Anchorage for US Nationals. It was a totally different scene this year than last. The temperatures were nowhere near zero so all of the races were actually able to happen! I had trained well leading up to the races and was looking forward [...]
I am headed up to the Methow tomorrow. I checked on the snow up there today. It has good coverage and is wet. The forecast is fairly warm and wet. I am prepping skis tonight with SOLDA UF7. My guess is that the glide will be similar to last week at the...
All in all the ski community raised $14,000 for the McCabe family. First of all thanks to everyone who contributed. It was great to see so many people step forward. Whether you gave $5 or $1,000, you have made a difference. Some additional special thanks are in order. Thank you to SkiReg.com for providing collection services completely free of charge, meaning every cent raised goes directly to the McCabes. Thank you the anonymous donor who...
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here. Women Rank Points First Name Last Name Affiliation 1 283 Holly Brooks APU Nordic Ski Center 2 240 Kikkan Randall USST/APU 3 221 Laura Valaas APU Nordic Ski Center 4 199 Rebecca Dussault CXC Vertical Limit 5 155 Caitlin Compton Go! Training Men Rank Points First Name Last Name Affiliation 1 165 Garrott Kuzzy Central Cross Country Skiing/US Ski Team 2 163 Chris Cook Steinbock Racing 3 162 James Southam APU Nordic Ski Center...
The snow has finally arrived here in Western NY and as usual the race season has arrived with it. This past weekend most of the crew made the trip to Glens Falls for the second JO Qualifier of the year. There were over 500 racers that took part in the ...
The snow has finally arrived here in Western NY and as usual the race season has arrived with it. This past weekend most of the crew made the trip to Glens Falls for the second JO Qualifier of the year. There were over 500 racers that took part in the ...
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