Sweet Glacier Video
FasterSkierOctober 7, 2009
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A report from the Bend Nordic Team. Sunday, Oct. 4th brought a thick, wet snowstorm to Bend. Power was out. Trees were down. The skiing was, and still is, amazing! Members of the Bend Nordic Team continued to get after it Tuesday morning for some 4×7 minute intervals on near-perfect snow conditions. Wax of the day: VR50, although 55 or 60 covered with 45 or extra blue would probably have been even better to match...
Lake Placid Day 5
FasterSkierOctober 6, 2009
Here is a look at what I have been up to since arriving at the Lake Placid Olympic training center 5 days ago: Friday- am-distance skate rollerski, pm- distance trail run Saturday-am- distance run, pm-over distance classic rollerski Sunday- am-Level 4 bounding intervals, pm-recovery run Monday-am- classic speed workout, pm-distance skate Tuesday- am-over distance classic rollerski/run I have a few things [...]
Adirondack Camp Photos
FasterSkierOctober 5, 2009
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The USST is in Lake PLacid for the annual fall training camp. Joined by athletes from CXC, SVSEF, NENSA, and more, the group is hard at work. Visit
Home Again!
FasterSkierOctober 5, 2009
I arrived home from Germany last night after a brutal travel day of 26 hours. Despite taking over a day to travel home, none of my bags made it. Nevertheless, it feels great to be back home after seven weeks on the road! I spent the last two weeks of our Europe camp in Oberhof, Germany. [...]
General Strength
FasterSkierOctober 5, 2009
Karl Nygren is a member of CXC Team Vertical Limit. His equipment sponsors are: Salomon skis/boots/bindings, Toko Wax, Polar Heart Rate Monitor, Swix Poles, Rudy Project Eyewear/Helmet, Marwe Rollerskis, Finn Sisu Stonegrinding You can find out more about CXC Team Vertical Limit and CXC at cxcskiingblogs.fasterskier.com/cxcelite. Skiing demands an interesting balance of cardiovascular fitness and strength. Extremely lean runners, although fast on the track, often cannot keep pace on skies and weight lifter, although strong as...
Sara Renner: ‘I just do my best’
FasterSkierOctober 5, 2009
Allan Maki of “The Globe and Mail” checks in with the Canadian Ski Team’s Sara Renner. Ironically, on the very morning Sara Renner is discussing her sport and the evils within, a certified drug tester appears and politely asks for a moment of her time, along with a sample, of course. The Olympic silver medalist obliges without annoyance because she believes in the purity of cross-country skiing and because she no longer frets the changeups...
Lake Placid Ski Clinic
FasterSkierOctober 4, 2009
On Saturday, Lindsey Dehlin and I conducted a ski clinic for a group of female skiers in the Lake Placid area. This was a mixed group of experienced and novice skiers. All of the women who attended were very enthusiastic and excited to improve their skiing technique. We did all dry-land work, both classic and [...]
Lake Placid
FasterSkierOctober 3, 2009
On Thursday morning I caught the 6 am flight out of Marquette headed for New York. I landed in Albany about noon where I met Lindsay Williams and Noah Hoffman. We had to wait about 5 hours in the airport for the rest of our crew to get in before we could make the 2 [...]
Early morning on the Glacier
FasterSkierOctober 3, 2009
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FasterSkierOctober 3, 2009
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The IOC has added a number of photos and several videos of North American athletes to their website, Olympic.org. The two videos currently up are from 2006 and feature Canada’s medal winning performances in the Women’s Sprint and Women’s Team Sprint. Both are worth watching – the Team Sprint video includes a shot of Sara Renner’s famous broken pole and Beckie Scott’s powerful finish to grab the silver. The Sprint video highlights Chandra Crawford’s stunning...