Last week, the FIS linked to a video of one of Matti Heikkinen's training days at Ramsau. The video's sponsored by Polar, the Finnish heart-rate monitor company, so it is a bit Euro-cheesy and pretty heavy on the HR data, but it's still an interesting look into an elite athlete's training regimen. I guess his "long hard hill workout" (1:40 and 24km long, with an average HR of 160 bpm and 40
You guys absolutely need to check out this new video that some of the SMS boys put up. Click “Contrast Bathing” in the links side bar.br /br /We have been discussing the importance of recovery. If you want to be able to take full advantage of all...
This past weekend was another tough one for the MOD Squad. We took part in two NorAm Cup races in Silver Star, B.C. where the competition rivals that of a National Championships. For the Canadians it determined Olympic team alternates, for the American...
An excellent video form Team Homegrown of them men’s SuperTour races in Bozeman. Worth watching just to see how dominant Garrott Kuzzy was in the sprint.
The Australian National team wins the prize for most creative press releases. We missed the first two, so here are all three 2009/2010 reports, with the most recent first. Click on the image for a larger version, and check back soon for the next exciting installment!
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Since getting home last Monday things have been going well. On Tuesday most of the UP got hit with a blizzard and Marquette ended up with over a foot and a half of snow. I’ve been skiing every day at Blueberry Ridge which is about 7 miles out of town. Sten spent most of the [...]
Sarah Hendrickson and Alissa Johnson, of the Visa U.S. Women’s Ski Jumping Team, hit their mark on the K-105 hill in Vikersund, Norway, this weekend placing 4th and 9th. Vikersund was the second stop for the Ladies Continental Cup this season, which opened Dec. 8 in Rovaniemi, Finland. On Dec. 12 and 13, Hendrickson took 4th and 6th place with “consistent, stable and solid jumps,” said coach Kjell Magnussen. “She’s in a really good mood...
After Bozeman, instead of flying home with the rest of the team, I stopped in Minneapolis and caught a ride up to Grand Rapids, MN with some other biathletes to go to the biathlon world team trials in Mt. Itasca. I just couldn’t resist putting biathlete in quotation marks in the title, because although I’ve [...]
SOLDIER HOLLOW, UT (Dec. 13) – World Champion Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) swept his way through a blizzard to take his second straight win an International Ski Federation Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow Sunday. Austrian Tomaz Druml was second and Germany’s Steffen Tepel third, matching the podium ranking from the opening event on Saturday. Lodwick took the lead in the jump Saturday at the Utah Olympic Park. With snow moving in, officials...
On Saturday, we hosted our first race of the season in Craftsbury. We were lucky to have enough snow and a sunny day. The Opener actually drew a pretty big field, including the GMVS and Colby teams. Matt was psyched to reunite with his fellow Mules. I am still trying to recover 100% from a cold [...]
You guys absolutely need to check out this new video that some of the SMS boys put up. Click “Contrast Bathing” in the links side bar.br /br /We have been discussing the importance of recovery. If you want to be able to take full advantage of all...
You guys absolutely need to check out this new video some of boys the SMS put up. Click “Contrast Bathing” in the links side bar.br /br /We have been discussing the importance of recovery. If you want to be able to take full advantage of all the ...
Coleraine, Minnesota- The second day of the Biathlon World Team Trials started off with a low of -12 F. Fortunately, the sun pushed through clouds bringing the temperature to 0ºF and the Men’s 15km Mass Start began after a two-hour delay. Zach Hall, Anchorage, AK won the men’s race and Tracy Colliander, Durango, CO, captured the women’s crown, both in exciting fashion. As USBA development coach James Upham pointed out that the “slight left to...
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Kirk Nichols submitted the following video from the Continental Cup Nordic Combined competition. SOLDIER HOLLOW, UT (Dec. 12) – World Champion Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) took the lead on the jump at the Utah Olympic Park Saturday morning and later blazed through heavy snow to win an International Ski Federation Nordic Combined Continental Cup handily against an international field on the Olympic trails at Soldier Hollow. Austrian Tomaz Druml was second and Germany’s Steffen...
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Vernon, BC – Phil Widmer and Daria Gaiazova displaced the Americans at the top of the NorAm podium, winning the freestyle sprint at the Silver Star resort today. Widmer, who qualified 11th edged Garrott Kuzzy (USST/CXC Team Vertical Limit) in a photo finish to take the men’s crown. Sean Crooks (CAN) was third, giving the Canadian men 2 of the top 3 spots, a day after getting shutout by the Americans. In the women’s race,...
I was planning on racing the span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"Pre/span-Season Physical today. I wanted to get a few shorter, easier races in before the bigger, longer races start in January and thought I may as well start with that one. The problem was that I'd had a very disorganized week and ended up doing very little training early in the week due to weather and whatnot and tried to cram in a bunch on Friday and Saturday. By Saturday afternoon by body was very tired and I was feeling my legs quite a bit when trying to sled with my son. I figured I'd do the race anyway even though I was tired and hadn't prepared my skis just so I could get on a starting line and get used to the whole race thing again. So I got all my clothes ready for morning and went to bed. Sometime in the middle of the night I woke from a dream about the race. I was in the middle of the race skiing nice and easy and feeling good. I figured it was time to pick up the pace and took off. I quickly started getting more and more tired. Soon I was dragging myself along on my belly through the snow until I finally ran completely out of steam and just lay there in the snow, exhausted, unable to crawl any further. When I woke up, I figured by body was trying to tell me something and that it was best to listen. I reached over and turned off the alarm. As hard as it is to back off sometimes, I've learned that it just doesn't pay to ignore your body. It knows best. I'm a little disappointed that I missed it, but feel it was the right span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"decision/span. I still have a few opportunities to get some races in this month and hopefully I'll be able to plan ahead and be better prepared.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1572647974447867713-2784954311080785594?l=vakavaraceteam.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
A 52 mile loop around the southern part of Anchorage, Alaska.