Before we left for Tahoe we started the process of winterizing our house. The old part of the house is pretty drafty, so we put heavy plastic around the outside of the foundation and anchored it with wood strips on the top and rocks at the bottom. Next on the winterizing project list: window quilts and [...]
Before we left for Tahoe we started the process of winterizing our house. The old part of the house is pretty drafty, so we put heavy plastic around the outside of the foundation and anchored it with wood strips on the top and rocks at the bottom. Next on the winterizing project list: window quilts and [...]
Before we left for Tahoe we started the process of winterizing our house. The old part of the house is pretty drafty, so we put heavy plastic around the outside of the foundation and anchored it with wood strips on the top and rocks at the bottom. Next on the winterizing project list: window quilts and [...]
Before we left for Tahoe we started the process of winterizing our house. The old part of the house is pretty drafty, so we put heavy plastic around the outside of the foundation and anchored it with wood strips on the top and rocks at the bottom. Next on the winterizing project list: window quilts and [...]
Before we left for Tahoe we started the process of winterizing our house. The old part of the house is pretty drafty, so we put heavy plastic around the outside of the foundation and anchored it with wood strips on the top and rocks at the bottom. Next on the winterizing project list: window quilts and [...]
Maine State Representative Mike Carey introduced a bill in the state legislature that seeks to clarify that roller-skiers are treated the same as bicyclists under the law. “It’s an activity that high school and older serious Nordic athletes do quite a bit in the summertime,” he said to the 10-member, bipartisan Legislative Council. “The practice of all coaches and all athletes is that because a roller-skier is very to similar in speed to a bicycle, that...
Bryan and I just left Marquette for a trip of unknown length. We will be in Rhinelander for a couple days and then we will make our way around the Midwest (Milwaukee area, Twin Cities area, Winona, and Hayward) to do clinics and ski fittings. Afterward, we will fly from Madison, WI to [...]
Sean McCabe passed away on Saturday, November 7th, after battling cancer. McCabe, an artist, teacher and athlete, was the husband of two-time Olympian Laura McCabe. Sean taught art for nearly 20 years, and is known in the cross-country ski community for his paintings of cross-country ski scenes. He leaves behind his wife Laura, 7-year-old daughter Novie, and 3-year-old daughter, Dashe. The McCabes make their home in the Methow Valley. Writes Marck Waechter of Nordic Ultratune...
This morning I joined the NMU ski team for a 10km skate time trial. I woke up way too early for a 10am start- I was just ready for it and a little nervous. I was feeling good on my warm up and when I did the part of my warm up when I do [...]
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The past two weeks have been chalked full of intensity! Racing season is less than three weeks away and it is time to get fast! Last week consisted of a 3x(4x400m) + 4x200m track workout, 6x4min L4 classic rollerski intervals, and a 2x25min L3 moosho...
ISHPEMING, MI (Nov. 6) – Paralympic champions Chris Waddell and Sarah Will highlight a group of eight athletes and sport builders named for induction to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. They are joined by adaptive skiing pioneer Jack Benedick, legendary big mountain skier Doug Coombs, noted industry writer and instructor Stu Campbell, veteran ski jumping champion Ansten Samuelstuen, the father of southern skiing Sepp Kober and longtime U.S. Ski Team press officer...
PARK CITY, UT (Nov. 6) – The eyes of the world will be on Vancouver this February for the Olympic Winter Games. But ski and snowboarding athletes who hope to be Vancouver Bound already began scrapping and fighting their way to Olympic Team spots beginning in September. The final Olympic ski and snowboarding teams will be named in January, as close as possible to the Olympics. Olympic selection events kicked off with the Sept. 12...
“…I am in Denmark right now, on the way to Mora, Sweden from Munich and then on to Norway with the team van. The transition time is near if it isn’t here already. HC Holmberg talks about making over 100 transitions per 10km race… And this larger scale transition is similar and similarly trainable. From dryland to snow, from the USA to Europe, from low altitude to high and back to low again.”
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We now have less than 100 days until the start of the Games in Vancouver and under a month to the start of the World Cup! It’s crazy how fast time has flown by.
The last few weeks have been super busy for me. I was out in Utah at our fall training camp for three [...]