Yesterday three Blackjack skiers competed in the local high school running race, the Kootenay Kramp. The course, as described by LVR running coach Graema Marshall was “Gut busting and calf crushing hills, quad pounding paths, and mind testing ten...
A curious report surfaced a while back that included some doping allegations around Juha Mieto and Manuela Di Centa. I can’t say that I’d ever heard any rumors about either skier in the past. As with every other post I’ve done on a skier accused of doping, this look at their results data isn’t meant [...] Related posts:
Wednesday afternoon 5 of us headed over to V.A. to race a High School League Mountain Bike Race. It was a really cool event and the Nordies from SMS had a blast. It was an awesome workout with race times from 20 min(girls) to over an hour (...
Here is some video from the bounding on real skis yesterday: And here is video from the max bounding intensity yesterday afternoon: I described both sessions and posted my heart rate data in yesterday’s post. This morning I did a … Continue reading →
The group pauses at the edge of the trail looking down over Switzerland.The skies were sunny for our second day up above 10,000 feet on the Stelvio Glacier. An inch or two of fresh snow made the skiing slow but we couldn't have asked for better conditi...
The SMS T2 team is about to hit the road, going to Park City and Canmore. Click here for a nice update from Erika.
I found a great place to do some grass skiing this morning: Two weeks ago in Putney was my first time grass skiing. My technique coach Zach Caldwell of Caldwell Sport wanted me to try it to work on a steep … Continue reading →
Chad took the week off from work as we gear up for our little sister's big wedding day. We headed up to the 'Pass' for a quick 7.5 mile run this morning around the Heather/Maple Pass Loop. Although the loop isn't super long there is plenty ...
Chad took the week off from work as we gear up for our little sister's big wedding day. We headed up to the 'Pass' for a quick 7.5 mile run this morning around the Heather/Maple Pass Loop. Although the loop isn't super long there is plenty ...
This afternoon the J2 girls headed to Brattleboro for a cross country race against some of the local Marble Valley League teams. We got to catch up with Poppet and Russell (above) and watch Russell's junior high race before the girls hit th...
By Brian GreggFall training in the Methow has been fantastic. After traveling around so much the last few years in the Fall we decided to stay in one spot for as long as possible and focus simply on training. I have always worked part-t...
On the second week of camp we had a test with the Sud Tirol Team. Skiers from throughout the region get together several times throughout the year and it's worked out nicely that they have visited Mals while we have been there the past three year...
This post is somewhat of a teaser trailer for the sorts of things we can do once we have a complete record of major international ski results stretching back to the 70′s. A natural and possibly controversial question is whether the World Cup field has become more or less competitive over time. Intuitively, I think [...] Related posts:
I had a recovery day today with only an hour run in the morning followed by some core strength. It was a gorgeous day! This afternoon I played tennis with Ted Ligety (Olympic Gold Medalist in Alpine). This is the second time … Continue reading →
After a few easy recovery days following the Lake Placid Camp, we got back at it with an intensity week here in Stratton. We started the week out with some long intervals up the Stratton Mountain Access road, which recently … Continue reading →
Yesterday we had a reception, inviting locals to meet our SMST2 team. Our girls got gussied up and the boys took a shower and we had fun talking to ski friends about the program and our plans .Pictured above (L to R) are coach Gus Kaeding, Erika Flower...
A few more photographs from our trip to the White Mountains in New Hampshire! Koby, Jack, Hamish, and Gino get ready for the second half of the ski at the east end of the Kancamangus Hwy. Tess striding with a smile! J2 girls train, led ...
We fired up the pizza oven tonight. Jason Cork also made some outstanding homemade pasta. Here he is working on it with Jessie Diggins: I was the head pizza cook. I only burnt 2 of the 20 pizzas and calzones. … Continue reading →
Brian and IBrian and I were invited to come and train with the MOD Squad earlier this spring. I was waist deep in school and work obligations so I decided that I would let Brian head to the mountains to work with Scott Johnston (the coach of MOD), S...