It was still snowing when I went to bed last night! And today was absolutely gorgeous. Clear and cold. The snow line on the mountains was way lower than it has been. This is one of the nicest places in the … Continue reading →
Winter arrived today at the Snow Farm! We got 6 inches of snow last night and close to a foot today. I’m so psyched! After talking all week about having to go home early because all the snow was melting, … Continue reading →
Living in the mountains again! After 8 years of living and training in the Midwest, Brian and I had an awesome opportunity to head out west to the Methow Valley for some quality training in the Mountains! This is the view from my cur...
We did a pretty sweet combo workout the other day, with an uphill ski followed by a gradually downhill run. The weather was fine and the spirits were high. The new pavement on one of our favorite routes was pristine, and everyone enjoyed it on the uphi...
This afternoon we did our d-pole test. We try to do this test about once a month to see how everyone is adapting to their training. Although we try to have similar speed skis, there are always faster and slower skis. This does not really matter because...
We have wrapped up US national championships. All in all it was a very good competition from all points for myself. I came into competition very happy with my level of training and knew that I could produce a good event. Jumping has been getting better and better all summer long and I felt very comfortable in producing jumps that would put me in a good spot for the race. I was happy with most of my jumps, [...]
It rained last night for several hours and thundered and lightninged here at the Snow Farm. When I looked out the window this morning I was surprised to see any snow at all. We actually didn’t seem to lose too … Continue reading →
Welcome to my website! It’s still under construction, but will be up and running in no time. I’ll be adding content every day, so check back often. Eric
Welcome to my website! It’s still under construction, but will be up and running in no time. I’ll be adding content every day, so check back often. Eric
Following up from last time, we’ll look a little more closely at the individual trends among some of the top Swedish women in distance and sprint events. First the distance skiers (click through for a larger version): Not surprisingly, Charlotte Kalla is generally the top performer here. But notice that there’s a bit of a [...] Related posts:
We got some footage from our L3 skate in Stratton the other day. Basically a 8-10k continuous steady state effort This was mostly put together so the team could check their technique but also for the parents who love to see their kids in a...
Here’s the video from the skate race we did withe the Canadians on Monday. I raced in the blue and white Team Homegrown suit. Kris Freeman raced in the dark grey US Ski Team suit (not to be confused with … Continue reading →
We had two workouts today - agility, balance, and speed up in Lot 1 this morning and a classic distance ski this afternoon. Our girls spent sometime working on their balance - rolling down the hill on one foot - while the boys did a lot of drop i...
With the arrival of XC Running and other fall HS sports, I want to share some information with everyone to stay abreast of the happenings in the Nordic ski world. First, a list of fun and useful websites. Following, a short calendar of important events...
Last week, Burke coach Kate Barton brought Peter Neal down to do a sprint simulation with us on the access road. Peter had arrived early to school and it was really fun having him join our gang for a tough workout. David Sinclair was here and Kat...
Today was a pretty basic training day for me and Kris Freeman. We both did a three hour classic ski this morning. I did a one hour skate this afternoon and Kris went for two hours. The weather and snow … Continue reading →
We had our first running race of the season this afternoon in Bellows Falls. There were 6 teams competing and it was fun to jump in the race. The boys started first with the girls taking off 3 minutes later.All of our kids ran well!Scott Mooney got his...
For the past couple weeks, I have been training in Germany with the USBA national A team. We have spent time at some of the winter World Cup venues and shared the ranges with European national teams and club teams. The first couple weeks were in Bavaria, training at Ruhpolding. This week we are training [...]
The other day we headed over Granville Gulf to do a skate rollerski on easy terrain. The goal was to ski long and smooth and to get the feeling of going fast on skis. It is also always nice to get a change of scenery, and the beautiful stretch between ...
Reading the recent interview with Rikard Grip, the Swedish women’s coach got me thinking about how they’ve fared recently. From a very broad perspective for the whole team, we have the following in distance events: Clearly their depth has greatly improved, as evidenced by the dramatic rise in the number of top 30 results per [...] Related posts: