What could be more Alaskan than getting to watch the progress of someone butchering a moose on the side of the road while doing double pole intervals? When we arrived at Ballaine Lake at 8 this morning, there were flashing lights from a cop car up the hill on Farmer’s Loop. Routine traffic stop? Flares to [...]
The July camp in Hayward, WI is well underway and it is hard to believe I have already been training with CXC for months. The time has really flown by because I have been having such a great time. I have learned so much about technique, training, recovery and strength that I am extremely eager [...]
Brent Knight, an Olympic hopeful with APU collapsed a block from the finish of the prestigious July 4th weekend mountain race on Mt. Marathon in Seward, Alaska. Knight was winning the race at the time of his collapse. He was taken by ambulance to the nearby Providence Seward Hospital, where he was treated for severe dehydration. Brent’s father, Paul Knight, told the Peninsula Calarion that his son regained consciousness 30 minutes after his initial collapse. Brent,...
Over the past few months we have added a number of new bloggers to the FasterSkier blogroll. Since the end of the winter, US Cross-Country Ski Team members Morgan Arritola and Morgan Smyth have joined the ring. Smyth scored the first World Cup points of career this season, and looks to build upon that success heading into the Olympics. A two-time National Champion and a member of the 2009 US World Championship Team, Smyth is...
Funding for the University of Nevada Ski Team has been drastically cut for the 2009-2010 season, and will be completely eliminated in 2010-2011. Next season, the University will continue to cover tuition waivers for skiing student-athletes and personnel costs for the coaching staff, but operational costs will be covered by donors or other sources. All funding will be eliminated the following year. The Wolf Pack placed 10th overall at the 2009 NCAA Championships, qualifying four Nordic...
After two weeks of training in Lake Placid, Armin, Lowell, Jeremy and I moved over to Jericho, Vermont for our last week of camp. Jericho is home to the Ethan Allen firing range and possibly the best roller loop in the country. Despite the daily rains, training has been going well. Along with our normal training [...]
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It’s official: The Blog War has begun! Today I was informed by my teammate Jeremy that my blogging skills suck. Although I agree with him, I’m a competitive person and not one to back down from a challenge…. So, I’m in. And the terms:
Hmmm. Let’s leave it up to you, the viewers. We could go [...]
Canmore, Alberta – Fast and Female presented by Best Buy – a highly dynamic not-for-profit organization dedicated to empowering female youth through sports – is seeking to partner with local cross-country ski clubs interested in hosting new regional programming for the remainder of 2009 and 2010. The deadline for application is August 15, 2009. Click the following link to download the event application form. here.
The dry-land training and Roller Skiing season started in earnest already in May despite the relatively late arrival of summer in most of the Northern hemisphere. While some national races already took place, the FIS Roller Skiing World Cup 2009 kicked off from 3rd to 5th July in Oroslavje (CRO), host of the 2007 FIS Roller Skiing World Championships. Three competitions are on schedule in Croatia with a prologue, a pursuit and a sprint. In...
One of the summer highlights for the Cross-Country skiers is the so-called Tour de Trøndelag, in Meraker (NOR). The three-day event again attracted many of the leading Cross-Country stars to test their mid-summer shape last weekend. This summer Tour included two roller ski races (mass start and pursuit) and a cross-country race on snow. Racing on his home turf, the triple world champion from Liberec 2009, Petter Northug (NOR) again demonstrated his invincibility in the...
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July 7, 2009
The CXC Elite July camp coincides in part with the Regional Elite Group (REG) camp. The REG camp has transformed over the years and currently is an opportunity for juniors in the region to get together to learn, train, test and work with US Ski Team coaches. Matt Whitcomb is here from the [...]
Summer is in full swing at Cresthill Resort in Hayward, Wisconsin. The past week has been filled with the usual training and highlighted by some good summer flavor.
Musky Fest is Hayward’s big summer festival. The snow that covers Main Street for most of the year is briefly replaced by big crowds, live music, food vendors, [...]
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div style="text-align: center;"br //divp class="MsoNormal"There is no doubt that to become faster you need to work hard, but you also need to know how to have fun! Today we did 90min of specific strength on skis. (45 min no pole skate/45 min double pol...
Last week, I had the privilege of celebrating Olympic Day with several kids from the Wood River Valley. It began with a talk on perseverance and included some thoughtful words from Olympians, Laura Todd and Jon Engen. We learned the meaning of persev...
Like any school, in the school of skiing we undergo periodic testing to gauge the effectiveness of our training. There are as many different protocols for testing fitness as there are ski teams and training groups. Everything from the most basic time t...