The countdown has truly begun.... in just a short 29 days I will be headed on another 30-hour travel to Europe to kick off the 2012-2013 ski season. With less than a month to go, nerves and excitement are starting to brew in my belly and the anticipati...
It snowed up high in Park City today! The US Ski Team did max bounding intervals this morning. I did 6 by 3-4 minutes race pace to maximal with Tad Elliott, Erik Bjornsen, and a few club skiers. We started … Continue reading →
On Thursday, we had all school “Mountain Day”, a surprise day where school is cancelled and all students are sent to Tumbledown Mountain to hike for the day. The nordic team tore it up! Here is the lake just below the peak where...More »
Yesterday was the first day of our Parents Weekend and also a double workout day for us! Double pole test in the morning and all-school obstacle course relay in the afternoon. It was a tough day for setting PRs with a headwind, cold weather...
This morning’s workout for the US Ski Team camp was two hours of distance skate roller skiing at Soldier Hollow (on the roller ski track at the 2002 Olympic Venue.) We included 30 minutes of no pole skiing in the … Continue reading →
2013 Alberta Youth Championships - Bragg Creek, AB I'll be honest, I am crazy about cross country skiing - not in an insane sort of way - but in a 'I really love this stuff' kind of way. A few years ago, I had the opportunity to ...
See below for more bounding pictures!We've had great and varied training since returning from Italy to Vermont. It is nice to settle into the daily routine, and we have a great rhythm going with the team firing on all cylinders. Below are photos from a...
This morning the whole US Ski Team plus several elite level club athletes did a two and a half double pole only session. Here is Stratton Mountain School athlete Eric Packer (left) and US Ski Team athlete Andy Newell post … Continue reading →
This afternoon Scott and the girls headed over to BMD for a skate distance ski, while the older boys skied from school and did a similar workout. The BMD crew warmed up with some no pole skiing for 15 minutes and then did a few technique dr...
Fall is one of my favorite times of the years. Colorful leaves, the last garden harvests with pumpkins, squash, and apples galore, and that frosty chill in the air which is an exciting harbinger of the upcoming winter. This year we had a very dry summer and early autumn and this nice weather became the [...]
You've been training this summer and fall to get the most from your skiing, so make sure your skis aren't a limiter.Prepare all of your skis to run their best with a fresh grind and hotbox service. At Nordic Ultratune, a grind batch starts every Th...
As promised from last time, I’m going to show you the un-aggregated data from Tuesday’s plots. This means we’re going to have some big graphs, bigger than I typically think is useful, but no matter. I’ve plotted FIS points versus age for each of the male and female skiers with a podium result in a [...] Related posts:
Madshus, my ski, boot and pole sponsor is running a contest where they’re giving away top of the line skis, boots, and poles to one lucky winner. I truly believe they make world class products. I can think of multiple races on … Continue reading →
My only workout today was an hour and a half road bike ride. I was too much of a wimp to go out early this morning in the cold so I waited until mid day and drove down to Salt … Continue reading →
People have asked me about my views on doping and Lance Armstrong. The defense I have heard most often of Lance is that everybody was cheating so he was still the best when he won his Tours. I have also … Continue reading →
15 km of new pavement has been put down on East Bethel and Interval roads, two of our favorite spots for rollerskiing in Bethel because of the terrain and the low traffic count, which makes about 30 continuous kms of great rollerskiing less than...More »
Today we did L3 intervals on East Bethel road. Sadie did the intervals sans poles due to her broken finger (and her coaches’ interest in hammering the speedskater drill into her brain… success!), and Ashton did them DP only. The interval was 2.6...More »
Today we did L3 intervals on East Bethel road. Sadie did the intervals sans poles due to her broken finger (and her coaches’ interest in hammering the speedskater drill into her brain… success!), and Ashton did them DP only. The interval was 2.6...More »
The National Nordic Foundation is an awesome organization that supports the development of US skiing. The NNF helps fund trips such as the J1 Scando Cup, World Juniors, U23 World Championships, and World Cup Competitions. Last year the NNF … Continue reading →
The US Ski Team October Camp started today. This is a split camp that starts here in Park City for 10 days then moves to Canmore, Alberta (on-snow) for 10 more days. Most of my teammates are testing for the … Continue reading →