Double Pole Pics
FasterSkierJuly 24, 2009
Heather heading to a new woman's record Stefan on the steepest section of the climb
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New Paltz Day 1
FasterSkierJuly 23, 2009
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BOOYAH!
FasterSkierJuly 23, 2009
The smoke blew out of town overnight so we got today’s first flight of the Miller Hill Double Pole Test off. The result? 12 of 13 PRs (only one of which was a first-timer, and the non-PR individual was only 2 seconds (.7%) off their PR after spending 3 of the last 7 weeks on the [...]
Mt. Adams
FasterSkierJuly 23, 2009
divOne of the adventures of the Trout Lake camp is climbing the Mt. Adams on the last day. When all the athletes are nice and tired from nearly 4 hours a day of rollerskiing, a time trial, strength testing, and bounding, we test our limits and hike up ...
Your Brain on Skiing
FasterSkierJuly 23, 2009
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Swix Sport USA announced it has reached an agreement with Uvex Sports GmbH to become the exclusive distributor of Uvex winter sports products for the U.S. market starting August 1, 2009. The Uvex winter line including snow sports helmets, goggles and sunglasses will be shipped from the Swix Wilmington MA warehouse beginning August 1, 2009. Swix will also assume all sales and marketing functions for the Uvex winter sports products. Steven Poulin, President of Swix...
Lakes in Calderas
FasterSkierJuly 23, 2009
Two days and two pretty excellent workouts. Thursday we (Marshall, Lars, Kristina, Taylor and I) went for a little roller ski up into Newbury Crater. We were all a bit blown away by the quality of the pavement (worn in chip seal that was more than fine for classic skiing) and the quality of the ski. I think we got close to 3000’ of up in 17 or 18 miles of skiing (map my ride thinks less vertical than my Suunto, but gives us credit for almost 6 miles of sustained 6%). The bulk of the climbing happened from about mile 6 to 13 and was a lot of grinding double pole kick. Except for Lars who out-toughed us all and decided to rest his legs. It was rather nice to find a new 2.5 hour ski here in Central Oregon. I will be back.
Lodwick in Car-Bike Crash at Tour de France
FasterSkierJuly 22, 2009
ALBERTVILLE, France (July 22) – World Champion skier Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) learned Wednesday that watching the Tour de France can be as dangerous as competing. The U.S. Ski Team athlete was involved in a car-bike collision while riding back from spectating at a Tour stage. Cycling back to Albertville shortly after watching the early portion of stage 17 of the Tour on the Col de Les Saisies, Lodwick rounded a corner and, in...
Dog Days
FasterSkierJuly 22, 2009
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The City of Lakes Nordic Ski Foundation has issued a Request for Proposal to provide event timing and results reporting at the 2011 USSA Cross Country Junior Olympics scheduled for March 7-12, 2011 and related Cross Country Junior Olympics Qualifying events scheduled for January 23-24, 2010 and January 22-23, 2011. All events will be held at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The City of Lakes Nordic Ski Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation based...
L3 Intervals and the Towers of Power!
FasterSkierJuly 22, 2009
Today has already been a big day. Things started when Josh Carlson from a href="http://www.concept2.com"Concept2/a arrived with our 2 new SkiErgs. I've always been a fan of the Concept2 Rowers, but I was skeptical of the SkiErgs. I've used other double...
Camp = Number 2
FasterSkierJuly 22, 2009
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The Wait IS the Hardest Part…
FasterSkierJuly 21, 2009
Tom Petty and his crew had it right when they sang those lines. Given that we train nearly every day one might think we would enjoy the odd rest day, yet when those days do come it is often a struggle and a test of patience to keep from going out the d...
Eagle Glacier Photos July 2009
FasterSkierJuly 21, 2009
I had my second of three weeks on the glacier this last week. Because of the ash cover from the Mt. Redoubt eruptions the landscape took on an eerie appearance. Skiing 20+ hrs over the week gave me plenty of time to focus on my technique and wonder at ...
Eagle Glacier Photos July 2009
FasterSkierJuly 21, 2009
I had my second of three weeks on the glacier this last week. Because of the ash cover from the Mt. Redoubt eruptions the landscape took on an eerie appearance. Skiing 20+ hrs over the week gave me plenty of time to focus on my technique and wonder at ...
Eagle Glacier Photos July 2009
FasterSkierJuly 21, 2009
I had my second of three weeks on the glacier this last week. Because of the ash cover from the Mt. Redoubt eruptions the landscape took on an eerie appearance. Skiing 20+ hrs over the week gave me plenty of time to focus on my technique and wonder at ...
Eagle Glacier Photos July 2009
FasterSkierJuly 21, 2009
I had my second of three weeks on the glacier this last week. Because of the ash cover from the Mt. Redoubt eruptions the landscape took on an eerie appearance. Skiing 20+ hrs over the week gave me plenty of time to focus on my technique and wonder at ...
July Glacier Camp
FasterSkierJuly 20, 2009
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Whiteface Mtn Prior to Sunset
FasterSkierJuly 20, 2009
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