The Team 350 Challenge is looking to collectively row and ski 350 million meters between September 21 and October 24 and we’d like your help to reach this goal. This challenge is part of a global grassroots movement to raise awareness for the significance of 350 parts per million; the sustainable CO2 threshold in our atmosphere. The current level is over 387 ppm and this number needs to fall for a safe climate future. The...
The following is a response to a letter sent to Dr. Jacques Rogge, president of the IOC, from the elite women ski jumpers seeking inclusion in the 2010 Olympics. Please find below the text of a letter we received today from IOC President Jacques Rogge. We are disappointed it does not address our specific query about the technical requirements we fail to meet, but we are not surprised. We are confident we do indeed meet...
I'm in Oberhof Germany for Summer Biathlon World Championships. The flight over went off without any problems other than a couple tight connections. All of my luggage and most importantly my rifle was waiting for me when I arrived. It was about a 3 hr ...
Well, our last Hayward camp for the year has come and gone. All around, the camp went really well. The weather was really nice and we were able to get in a lot of solid training. The intensity has really picked up in my training so it was nice to get to hammer with some [...]
USSA has posted the article “Biomechanical Analysis of Double Poling in Elite Cross-Country Skiers” by Hans-Christer Holmberg, Stefan Lindinger, Thomas Stoggl, Erich Eitzlmair, and Erich Muller. Holmberg is part of the Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden and the Åstrand Laboratory, Stockholm University College of Physical Education and Sports, Stockholm, Sweden. The other authors work with Department of Sport Science and Kinesiology, University of Salzburg, Austria and the Christian Doppler Laboratory Salzburg, Austria. From...
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Space still available for the USSA Coaches Conference. Several late drop-outs have opened up spots. The conference is being held September 25-27 in downtown Minneapolis. From mwhitcomb@ussa.org.
5km J2s, 10km J1/OJ G, and 15km J1/OJ B
Race time unavailable at time of publication
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This morning I met Laura Dewitt and Ingrid Fjeldheim at the ski room at 8:00 and headed out to Marquette Mountain for level 4 moose hoof intervals. We did a 30 minute warm up run and I was a little nervous to start the intervals because my legs felt a little sluggish from the skate [...]
The Sub-Committee for Ladies’ Cross-Country has produced a new flyer entitled “Female Leadership in Cross-Country Skiing” which is now available on the FIS website. The production of the new flyer was led by Midori Poppe, Chair of the Sub-Committee, together with Guri K. Hetland representing “Project Female Cross-Country Leadership in Ilsetra (NOR)”. [gview file=”http://images.fasterskier.com/2009/09/female-leadership.pdf”]
The grinding season never ends. a href="http://www.ultratune.net/pdfs/workorder.pdf" target="_blank"Ultratune is working on skis all year/a.br /br /But the shop - the windows and doors and walls and merchandise - is ready to open for the fall and w...
A FIS Cross-Country homologation seminar led by Hermod Bjørkestøl (NOR) took place in Val di Fiemme (ITA), the host of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013, from 3rd – 5th September 2009. The goal of the seminar was to create a better understanding among FIS homologation inspectors from all over the world on how the venue should be designed in order to make Cross-Country Skiing more attractive for a wider range of spectators. Thanks...
This race is also part of the US SuperTour and the FIS Marathon Cup Race time unavailable at time of publication
