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Vernon, BC – Simi Hamilton and Daria Gaiazova (CNT) posted the fastest qualifying times in today’s NorAm freestyle sprint. Gaiazova was an impressive 5.2 seconds ahead of the second qualifier, Laura Valaas (APU). Holly Brooks (APU) was third, just .4 seconds behind Valaas. Mike Sinnott (SVSEF) took the second seed for the men, and SuperTour leader, Garrott Kuzzy (USST/CXC Team Vertical Limit) was third. Women’s Top 30 Daria Gaiazova Laura Valaas Holly Brooks Heidi Widmer...
When I woke up on race day morning with a headache, somewhat sore throat, and an achey body my first thought is to ignore it. So I ignored it, and I did what I would normally do on race day morning, drink coffee, eat breakfast, and ski… I did my warm up around [...]
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Last night we hosted a 350 candlelight vigil on the Common and a potluck in the Sterling dining hall. 350 put out the call a couple weeks ago for people to organize vigils in order to call attention to the Copenhagen climate conferences and to show our politicians that we need them to take swift [...]
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Shows what I know: "Surprises don't often happen" at Davos.Pffft.Try, "surprises will account for 5/6ths of the podiums in the distance races." Everyone on the men's podium was a surprise, with the possible, slight exception of Hellner, who can be sort of expected to do well in a skate race. I love to see Heikkinen do well and start to help round out a Finnish men's team that might form a
Shows what I know: "Surprises don't often happen" at Davos.Pffft.Try, "surprises will account for 5/6ths of the podiums in the distance races." Everyone on the men's podium was a surprise, with the possible, slight exception of Hellner, who can be sort of expected to do well in a skate race. I love to see Heikkinen do well and start to help round out a Finnish men's team that might form a
Racing at the Sovereign Lake trails hurts. Every race is pretty painful but this place just doesn't let up. Lots of good climbs but they have found a way to take the rest out of the downhills and throw in a fair amount of rolling/flat terrain so you don't get much of a chance to rest out there. Pretty much everyone I talked to after the race said they felt terrible out there. That's just how racing here is. For myself, I felt like a hack. All I could do was try to keep the body moving forward. I skied okay for myself ending up 2nd, about 40 seconds back to Kuzzy who is skating super well right now. At 10k I was only 10 seconds back to him and I had a pretty weak section of skiing from about 10-13k where I lost most of the time to him.
Today served as a Canadian Olympic qualifier race where the top Canadian gets an automatic trip to the Games. Gord Jewett got the spot. He's another 31 year old not on their National Team so I was psyched to see him get it. It was a bit of a surprise showing for Canada. Quite a few were expecting them to ski really well but they only had 1 guy in the top 6...
Tomorrow I will jump in the sprint race and then travel back home on Monday to take little break and get ready for Nationals. Looking forward to seeing my girls!
Silver Star, British Columbia – Holly Brooks (APU) stayed hot, winning her fourth Continental Cup race of the season. Daria Gaiazova cemented her spot as the top Canadian on the CC circuit, finishing 2nd. Rebecca Dussault (CXC Team Vertical Limit) was 3rd. Brooks has four victories in six starts, as well as a 2nd and a 4th. Women’s 10km Freestyle NorAm – Top 10 1. Holly Brooks 2. Daria Gaiazova 3. Rebecca Dussault 4. Madeleine...
Silver Star, British Columbia – Garrott Kuzzy (USST/CXC Team Vertical Limit) was back on top of the Continental Cup podium after sitting out the last race to train. James Southam (Atomic/APU) followed up last week’s victory in Bozeman with a strong 2nd today. Matt Leibsch (CXC Team Vertical Limit) was 3rd, his first podium finish of the season. Kuzzy continues to dominate the North American Continental Cup circuit, winning his 4th race in five starts. ...
Fog and frost ... lately Anchorage has been having a lot of both.
a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/01BF895D-FB32-461C-B0AE-E01D11484A0C_files/popup_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/popup.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aThis is a good story, and it’s really cool that cross country skiing has a two page article on NYtimes.com! a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/sports/olympics/11ski.html?ref=sports"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/sports/olympics/11ski.html?ref=sports/a Congratulations Kikk
a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/01BF895D-FB32-461C-B0AE-E01D11484A0C_files/popup_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/popup.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aThis is a good story, and it’s really cool that cross country skiing has a two page article on NYtimes.com! a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/sports/olympics/11ski.html?ref=sports"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/sports/olympics/11ski.html?ref=sports/a Congratulations Kikk
SuperTour Overall Standings (12/7/2009) Swix Athletes are currently top three in the overall SuperTour Standings. Congratulations to Holly & Garrott on their World Cup selection and congratulations to Swix Partnership Teams Alaska Pacific University (Swix wax & poles) and CXC Vertical Limit (Swix poles). Women 1. Holly Brooks / APU –SWIX WAX & SWIX POLES 2. Laura Valaas / APU – SWIX WAX & SWIX POLES 3. Becca Rorabaugh APU – SWIX WAX & SWIX...
ALL THE COWS ARE IN THE BARN…THE WORK IS DONE; NOW IT’S TIME TO RACE! The Olympic Trials Selection Process is about to begin. Two men, Jay Hakinen and Tim Burke have already pre-qualified, but for the other athletes their journey is about to begin. For the athletes in North America, their trials process begins with five races over nine days. These races will take place in Coleraine, MN, just 15 minutes outside of Grand...
In the wake of my earlier post, admonishing the ski community for not stepping up on the McCabe fundraiser, I have received a number of questions. I will clarify below. I appreciate the questions, and apologize for not making certain things more clear initially. The biggest issue seems to be the issue of raining money to “purchase” paintings for the McCabes that the McCabes already own. This is understandably confusing. Sean McCabe was the primary...
The distance course at Davos this weekend is about as simple as it can be. On the x axis, you go out, then you come back. On the y axis, you go up up up, then you come down down down - a 41m max climb at worst, but 180m total climbing each lap, including a couple sharp ramps on the "downhill" half of the course. Repeat twice if equipment makers might manufacture pink boots for you, thrice if
2009 FS Holiday Gift Guide: Under $20 2009 FS Holiday Gift Guide: $50 – $100 Read the review. This product is available here. Fischer Carbonlite Skate NNN Boot MSRP: $339.99 If you can’t ski in the World Cup, you might as well ski on the same boot used by World Cup skiers. Fischer’s Carbonlite Skate boost are becoming one of the most popular options on the market. Madshus Nano SKC Mens Skate Ski Boots MSRP:...
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