The last thing before walking out the cabin door for the race tracks in Beitostolen I found a parchment of paper and wrote the words "insurmountable opportunities." After the race ended with me fighting for the top spots at the Norwegian Cup and a disl...
It's that time of year again! The time of year where we find ourselves waking up with night sweats over whether or not there is going to be a Birkie. Over the last few days here in Chippewa Falls, we've had temperatures consistently up in the mid f...
On Wednesday GMVS hosted the third annual Sweetheart Sprint Race on a fast and twisting track around the soccer field. Sixty skiers, between the ages of lollipopper and parent, participated in a team relay and an individual challenge. Teams...
On Wednesday GMVS hosted the third annual Sweetheart Sprint Race on a fast and twisting track around the soccer field. Sixty skiers, between the ages of lollipopper and parent, participated in a team relay and an individual challenge. Teams...
On Wednesday GMVS hosted the third annual Sweetheart Sprint Race on a fast and twisting track around the soccer field. Sixty skiers, between the ages of lollipopper and parent, participated in a team relay and an individual challenge. Teams...
Previously, I discussed the differences in race penalties between North America and Europe. Now we’ll continue with a really quick look at how race penalties have changed over time in North America. This will be really short and sweet, so here’s the graph: So clearly, this only goes back around 10 seasons (and doesn’t include [...] Related posts:La Clusaz Recap: North American Men La Clusaz Recap: North American Women Mid-Season Recap: North American Distance
Last night were the Vermont State Biathlon Championships at the Ethan Allen Firing Range. Several Mad River Valley and GMVS participants competed and were received awards for individual and season-long series titles.Antoine St-Louis (GMVS) won the VT S...
Last night were the Vermont State Biathlon Championships at the Ethan Allen Firing Range. Several Mad River Valley and GMVS participants competed and were received awards for individual and season-long series titles.Antoine St-Louis (GMVS) won the VT S...
Over the last month, the skiing here at Craftsbury has gone from really good to incredible. We haven’t gotten any huge storms but we also haven’t had a big thaw resulting in considerable snow pack with all of the Center’s core and peripheral trails open and in great shape. Yesterday was one of the first [...]
div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"I am just back from racing in two Biathlon World Cups in northern Maine with two thoughts in mind: the organizing committees, volunteers and communities did an excellent, world-class job hosti...
After only a day in Oslo part of the US team headed 3.5 hours north following twisty roads along lakes and fjords to the little town of Beitostolen for a week of training and racing. Beitostolen is a small resort town with alpine trails and a World Cup Nordic venue. It was really nice to see the [...]
The race season started pretty slow for me. I didn’t do any races in December because I didn’t feel ready and still didn’t feel all that ready by mid-January for Boulder Lake. The following races were a bit better, but progress felt pretty slow. ...
The race season started pretty slow for me. I didn’t do any races in December because I didn’t feel ready and still didn’t feel all that ready by mid-January for Boulder Lake. The following races were a bit better, but progress felt pretty slow. ...
The race season started pretty slow for me. I didn’t do any races in December because I didn’t feel ready and still didn’t feel all that ready by mid-January for Boulder Lake. The following races were a bit better, but progress felt pretty slow. ...
This is a very busy time of the year for us. Yesterday we had a group from a sports college in Norway visiting to see how we did things at SMS. We have 5 6th/7th grade girls here for a Devo program this week. We have had nordic applicants visiting and ...
There were only a handful of Americans (and no Canadians) who did the freestyle distance race in Beitostølen, Norway on Sunday, so we’ll cover them and Andrew Musgrave in one post. First a rough look at how each performance stacked up in terms of FIS points: By FIS points, that’s about as fast as Arritola [...] Related posts:
Here's a veteran move that I thought all of you should know in light of all the marathons that are coming up. For a long time, people have thought it's a good idea to staple their GU packets to their bibs. In theory, it seems like a great plan. You...
Hey everyone. Sorry for the delay in updates, our whole team has been hard at work training for world championships! We are all now in Lillehammer, Norway for the last preperation for World Champs. It is very nice to have the whole team together. Johnny is at full strength, Bill is a new father, Bryan is having a career best season and T [...]
Last weekend the GRP crew split between the Dartmouth Carnival in Hanover and Canadian NorAms in the Gatineau. Matt, Chelsea, Pepa and I lit out for the territories early on Thursday morning to test skis and the race courses for a mini-tour stage race in the Gatineau Park, just north of Ottawa, Ontario. With three races [...]
Hello from Drammen everyone! I’ve just arrived in this new city to prepare for the upcoming weekend’s World Cup races. This is the first time that the whole Cross Country World Championships team has been together and we are quite the...