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On Monday, Wednesday and Friday we get a morning workout from 11 to 12:15 (in addition to our afternoon workout). This time slot works well for agility, speed work and strength.This morning we worked on skate agility and speed. We started with 1 km loo...

The 600 Block of Thomas Ave is getting a bit more fit this fall:Me, Lahti, Javari, Quinn, DJ, Anja, and Gerry Gerry ready to go in his new jogging shoesOur group of 5 grows as we run around the block. The neighborhood kids see us come down the street....

The 600 Block of Thomas Ave is getting a bit more fit this fall:Me, Lahti, Javari, Quinn, DJ, Anja, and Gerry Gerry ready to go in his new jogging shoesOur group of 5 grows as we run around the block. The neighborhood kids see us come down the street....

The 600 Block of Thomas Ave is getting a bit more fit this fall:Me, Lahti, Javari, Quinn, DJ, Anja, and Gerry Gerry ready to go in his new jogging shoesOur group of 5 grows as we run around the block. The neighborhood kids see us come down the street....

The 600 Block of Thomas Ave is getting a bit more fit this fall:Me, Lahti, Javari, Quinn, DJ, Anja, and Gerry Gerry ready to go in his new jogging shoesOur group of 5 grows as we run around the block. The neighborhood kids see us come down the street....

The 600 Block of Thomas Ave is getting a bit more fit this fall:Me, Lahti, Javari, Quinn, DJ, Anja, and Gerry Gerry ready to go in his new jogging shoesOur group of 5 grows as we run around the block. The neighborhood kids see us come down the street....

Erling Jevne wasn’t the best skier during his era, having to compete with folks like Dæhlie and Smirnov among others. And he wasn’t even the best classic skier, most likely. At least, he was still mostly losing to those two guys even in classic races: Jevne fared better post-1997, but Dæhlie always had at least [...] Related posts:

  1. Daehlie vs. Smirnov
  2. Do The Japanese Prefer Classic Skiing?
  3. Race Snapshot: TdS Classic Sprint

It’s funny, there is definitely something about the mountains. I am probably blogging to the choir here, but looking back on my excellent recovery week in early August, I just have to say something about how refreshing and rejuvenating it was. I ha...

It’s funny, there is definitely something about the mountains. I am probably blogging to the choir here, but looking back on my excellent recovery week in early August, I just have to say something about how refreshing and rejuvenating it was. I ha...

We finished off a busy week with a classic OD from Manchester to Arlington and back. The picture above shows where the water level was from the floods (you can see the under growth is all brown from the dirty water that was washing down through the fie...

This afternoon we had a 2 mile uphill running test. We had planned a mtn run, but the work road is so eroded, we decided to start a new test. We will repeat this test 2 more times this fall to see how the group is responding to the training. Our new te...

With the recent news that Andrus Veerpalu’s doping suspension has been made official, a sad story sort of ends. I’m always glad to see doping rules enforced, but it’s also not the way I want to hear about my favorite sport in the news. Over the years, Veerpalu has raced against many people: Name Number [...] Related posts:

  1. Dopers – Update
  2. The Mysteries of Andrus Veerpalu
  3. Revisiting The Mysteries Of Andrus Veerpalu

After Hurricane Irene, GMVS took some time off from classes to help with the clean-up. We worked at Bridge St., on German Flats, and at several farms in the valley. MK brought her camera down to Flatbread, which was inundated by the flooded Mad River o...

After Hurricane Irene, GMVS took some time off from classes to help with the clean-up. We worked at Bridge St., on German Flats, and at several farms in the valley. MK brought her camera down to Flatbread, which was inundated by the flooded Mad River o...

This last week I was fortunate enough to join APU and Sun Valley for a week of skiing on APU’s Eagle Glacier outside Girdwood, Alaska. For anyone from the east skiing in the summer is an unusual, almost foreign prospect. The season in Vermont is short, and as a skier you spend more time cross [...]

This last week I was fortunate enough to join APU and Sun Valley for a week of skiing on APU’s Eagle Glacier outside Girdwood, Alaska. For anyone from the east skiing in the summer is an unusual, almost foreign prospect. The season in Vermont is short, and as a skier you spend more time cross [...]