It was a chilly morning in Putney. The Caldwell’s pond was steaming. This morning I had a good, confidence boosting classic technique session. We worked on a new relaxation double pole cue and some high speed climbing. Between sessions, I … Continue reading →
That’s an easy one: probably not. I’m referring, of course, to his recent pronouncements about the upcoming season, in which he claims that he will win 7 World Cups, the Tour de Ski overall title, as well as 3 golds at World Championships. Obviously, given Northug’s history I’m not inclined to take this too seriously. [...] Related posts:
The rain went away and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky today. (I’m not wearing a helmet because I came straight from New Zealand and this was an unexpected trip for me. I am not being a good roll … Continue reading →
Every fall, Swiss Ski holds The Nordic Weekend in the mountain town of Andermatt. It's a three day, three race event that brings together 150+ skiers putting on the race bib, a coaches symposium, along with all the industry players to show off the late...
The groomer put down some fresh tracks for us and we skated in paradise at the Stelvio Glacier on Monday afternoon. We had mostly sunny skies and it was warm but not too warm for 3-4 loops of the switchback trails up at 10,000 feet.For half of the grou...
Both sessions today were very wet. It rained all day long here in Putney, Vermont. Here’s a look at my coach Zach Caldwell’s pond: It was raining harder than it looks in the picture! This morning was a good session … Continue reading →
This Monday evening Jamie, Kyle, and I headed up to the church on the common to check out the Zumba class taught by Rosa, one of our community rowing regulars. For those of you who don’t know, Zumba is a dance fitness class that combines a little of everything, from belly-dancing to kick boxing to [...]
Liz Stephen destroyed the women’s field this weekend in the annual Climb to the Castle rollerski race. The margin, just over 5 minutes in a race that took the leaders between 40-45 minutes is certainly impressive. But I think that margin doesn’t provide much useful information. Time trials that are most useful as gauges of [...] Related posts:
The pace of life at SMS is slowing down a little bit with the departure of our alpine skiers to Chile last Saturday. The first three weeks at school were jam-packed with classwork, quizzes, tests, and papers on top of our nine training sessions a...
I have been back in Lake Placid for about a week now after our three-week Germany Camp. The camp was great but it has been nice to be back in my own bed and catch up with my family and … Continue reading →
I made it to the East Coast after another long, but smooth, day of travel. I’m exhausted and didn’t get any pictures from today.
Hey ya'll! We're halfway through September but all this stuff still applies! If you want to check out my training notes for this month (or just this period of the year) go to my monthly guest post on XC Ski Girl's blog here: http://xcskigirl...
A happy group on the water! Make sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page for more kayaking photos.It's been a whirlwind here in Italy, with a great variety of training. We are about to drive up to the Stelvio Glacier for our first day on snow, bu...
I made it to Los Angeles. The long flight from Auckland was easy; I slept for eight hours without any sleeping drugs. Air New Zealand is fantastic. LAX is not. Customs was a total mess. There were way more passengers … Continue reading →
Yesterday was a good day! Brian and I both got to sleep on till 8:30AM which never seems to happen! We then pack the cooler, loaded up the car and headed up to the mountains for an adventure! Brian grew up here in the Methow Valley and he knows it...
Here is some footage from our most recent DP test. We had nice conditions, fit skiers and tons of PR's. They way I spliced it together it runs pretty choppy but does highlight the top and bottom of the stroke. We can look at how high ...
Kris Freeman and I had a good last session this morning at the Snow Farm. We did a two hour skate. The weather was quite nice, trails freshly groomed, no wind, and warm temps. I took quite a few pictures … Continue reading →
While some of our skiers were racing up Whiteface, we had our own vertical challenge; a 3 stage event dreamed up by Matt. Above, Tess, Kate and Russell take off on their bike ride. The boys started biking from Manchester, while the girls bik...
Today I was busy dealing with non-training issues. This morning Kris Freeman and I did a good two hour classic session. It was warm and snowing, perfect rub ski snow. After the workout I found out my coach, Zach Caldwell, … Continue reading →