The men's 35 kilometer course from Cortina to Toblach features a smooth gradual uphill and then a smooth gradual downhill, followed by 3 kilometers of familiar terrain in the Toblach nordic network.
The break is over and I’m back in Oberhof, Germany for the start of World Cup #4. It has been a mix of wind, rain, and snow since I arrived on Monday, but it looks to be calming down a little bit as I write this post. We start off this evening with the men’s [...]
I was finally able to ski fairly normally at practice tonight. It’s been at least a month since I’ve tried to go fast and I felt awkward and my lungs burned, but it was so nice to ski with the group instead of watch from the sidelines. I had to cut...
Today's Toblach sprints were the last short-distance race in this year's Tour de Ski. The next four days include one rest day and three long races: Thursday's 15k/30k skate pursuit, Saturday's 10k/20k classic mass start, and Sunday's 9k skate Final Cli...
Katharine Ogden sporting a cold weather hairdo...We've got a big group up at Nationals, but we've still got a group of 8 younger kids at home. And we're using our time well. Yesterday we headed up Stratton Mtn. for some intervals on the alpine slopes. ...
TOBLACH, Italy -It was a very exciting day of racing at stage 6 of the Tour de Ski – a sprint skate – and FasterSkier took hundreds of photographs, throughout both the qualification and the heats. Here are our favorites from the finals.
Here’s our photo gallery from the 2011/2012 Toblach Men’s 5K Classic Prologue.
A look at the US Cross Country Championship freestyle sprint at Black Mountain. The men raced 1.6 k beginning with qualification at 10:00 a.m. After delaying the race from Monday due to heavy rains, cooler temperatures allowed the course to firm up and provide the athletes with great conditions for the freestyle sprint.
RUMFORD, Maine – A firm and fast track in addition to a finish stretch that greeted the racers with a hard wind created a race that was full of tactics today on the trails of Black Mountain for the US Cross Country Ski Championship. Here is a look at the ladies’ action.
We tested continuously today so we’d learn as much as we can and could pass on as much info as we could to teams. Looks like it paid off!! We tested top coats (fluorocarbon overlays such as JetStream and Helx) 3 times. All 3 times, a mix of JetStream Blue/Red won the test just in front of straight JetStream Blue. Third every time was JetStream Red (then Yellow, then JetStream Red covered by Helx Red). ...
Torin Koos skiing from the front. Photo by Ian Harvey / TOKOI got a quick note from Torin Koos after today's sprint event in Rumford:Mark,Rocked the Rossignol NIS2. Grind was Ultratune S2 with Toko Red Structrite Over Top. Wax:Toko Blue/Re...
I agree with Jan at XC Predictions that "the Toblach sprint stage can become a very decisive stage in this year's Tour de Ski in the men's race." Legkov won't earn any points in the sprint, and neither will many of the other top-ten racers except perhaps Kershaw (5). The sprint will be less important for the women, since Bjørgen and Kowalczyk have already pulled away from the rest of the field
TOBLACH, Italy – Here are some of today’s best images from the Tour de Ski Toblach Classic 3.3 Km.
In ginning up this post for the Tour de Ski rest day, I discovered why the next venue, the first in Italy, is always listed with two names: Toblach is the German name for the town while Dobbacio is the Italian name. Thanks, Wikipedia! (But no thanks fo...
The Rendezvous Ski Trails in West Yellowstone, Mont. are in great shape with the entire trail system groomed for both skate and classic skiing. Elevation and natural snowfall have been our friends this season, and skiers here have been spoiled with fantastic, mid-winter conditions all season. Make plans now to enjoy some of the best skiing in the world, and mark your calendars for the 33rd annual Yellowstone Rendezvous Race, on March 3, 2012, sponsored by...
RUMFORD, Maine — Due to significant rain on Sunday night, all races at U.S. Nationals have been put on hold until further notice. The freestyle sprint race that was supposed to begin Monday morning has been postponed, and the race jury will meet later today to revise the schedule in more detail. According to an email sent out by Media Director Craig Zurhorst at 6:17 am Monday morning, the manmade snow on the course had...
Once again, my body proves that recovery requires rest. I’ve been recovering from my surgeries all month and it gets pretty old after a while. It’s hard to be patient sometimes. Recovery seems to come in spurts where some days I don’t feel any be...
The ubiquitous one-handed photoThis season the Methow Valley in Washington has had good snow. It arrived before Thanksgiving and we've had great uninterrupted skiing through the past 7 weeks.For me, the daily skiing typically consists of a...
OBERSTDORF, Germany – And here are our favorite images from the 2012 Tour de Ski women’s skiathlon.
