Yesterday was the first race at U.S. Nationals, the Freestyle Sprint up in Anchorage, Alaska. The race started at 10am (the sun rose at 10:12). So we piled into the van in the morning, and it felt like we were going out for a midnight drive it was so dark! But it [...]
Well- it’s still cold in Alaska. But this day last year would have been a blessing. The temps stayed constant at -15 C all day but the wind pickedup in the afternoon making for some chilly heats. All in all, we had a decent start to the series at Kincaid. Ida led the way finishing [...]
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div style="text-align: left;"Top 10 at US Nationals has been a goal of mine since high school. I have had some really good races over the year, but I have never achieved this goal. I have raced at a level clearly within the top 10 in the nation, but ...
Waxing today was pretty simple especially as we have some superb glide waxes for the cold. If it is cold, the starting point is LF Moly/Blue mix as a base followed by HF Blue followed by JetStream Blue. This is what we at Toko call “Old Faithful” as it is always fantastic. If the snow is cold and slow, XCold needs to be mixed with the HF Blue. If it is extremely slow, it can...
OBERHOF, Germany (Jan. 3) – Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, CO) blew away the cross country field Sunday, finishing over 30 seconds ahead of the pack to take the first World Cup win of his career in Oberhof. “I’m really excited. It was good jumping and good racing. I know when I can put the two together I can do well,” Spillane said. “I just went for it today and fortunately it felt good and it...
The classic pursuits was great, great races - maybe the best races we've seen this winter so far. (Our friend at Nordicxplained recapped the races well, and posted video summaries of both Northug's incredible win and Kowalcyzk's slightly easier victory; Fasterskier's coverage of the men's and women's events is worth reading, too.)The prologue and pursuit put Northug and Kowalczyk at the tops of
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Devon Kershaw is submitting daily reports from the 2010 Tour de Ski. He is currently in 10th place overall after a strong race today. Tour de Ski 2010, Day Two – 15km Classic in the true “pursuit” style The Tour continues to click along, Northug continues to win and Oberhof remains engulfed in fog. Most of those statements are true – although in a strange twist of fate – Oberhof did “almost” clear off for...
OBERHOF, Germany (Jan. 2) – Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, CO) narrowly missed out on his sixth career World Cup podium Saturday in Oberhof, Germany, falling from second to fourth with 200 meters to go after he led at 8.6K and was on the heels of the eventual winner Hannu Manninen of Finland. “For sure I’m kinda getting ticked at getting fourth, but it was another good event,” Spillane said. “I came into this year without...
FasterSkier will be providing live coverage of the 2010 US National Championships. We will be posting race updates, video, and photos throughout the day. Many updates will appear in our new Continental Cup blog. We also be posting regularly on twitter. FasterSkier Twitter
On a cold morning out at Kincaid Park, in Anchorage Alaska, more than 300 racers blazed off the starting line to kick off the first day of the U.S. Nationals Cross-Country Ski Championships. For many, warming up in the dark and racing with the moon se...
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Devon Kershaw is a member of the Canadian National Team. He is submitting reports from the 2010 Tour de Ski. This is Devon’s fourth Tour. Under blazing lights burning holes through the incessant fog that hangs over Oberhof like the mood of a depressed, frowning old man on a rainy day – the 2010 edition of the Tour de Ski got under way. Today’s course was the exact same layout as last year’s Tour start....
Tomorrow is the first day of the four day Senior Nationals Competition in Anchorage, Alaska. It seems the weather will be warm enough to start the races this year!!. Todays temperatures in the stadium hovered around single digit numbers, so it is in no...
The Tour de Ski prologue was as interesting as I hoped. In the women's race, Petra used her sprint power to take a convincing victory by 2.1s over Korosteleva and three times that much over Kowalczyk. Miriam Goessner of Germany held the top spot for a long time and eventually wound up a surprising fifth, with Arianna Follis in between. Petra's gonna be great in the classical pursuit tomorrow. In
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