Another helpful commenter reminded me that Norwegian Tore Ruud Hofstad also retired this past July. My results for Hofstad stretch back to World Junior races in 1998 up to his retirement in 2010. I think one of the reasons I may have overlooked him is that he didn’t really race much last season. In fact, [...] Related posts:
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In ideal circumstances, we train long quality hours and recover well in accordance with those hours. Since April things have been going about that well - my hours each week have been consisently high and very good quality and most weeks all I've needed...
mo·jo n. pl. mo·jos or mo·joes 1. A magic charm or spell. 2. An amulet, often a small flannel bag containing one or more magic items, worn by adherents of hoodoo or voodoo. 3. Personal magnetism; charm. (from thefreedictionary.com) While running down Bolton mountain a couple of weeks ago, I got into a discussion with one of my biathlon teammates about [...]
Winter Carnival weekend here in Falls Creek with big festivities for the Kangaroo Hoppet. Last night included opening ceremonies with fireworks, parade including an over-snow fire truck, and Night Sprints. Similar to the Elite Sprints down Main Street in Hayward, this sprint featured a steep downhill start with some fast corners and short climbs on [...]
In the middle of Australia’s storm of the decade at the moment. In addition to the constant snow last week, it’s snowed over 2 feet in the past 24 hours. Groomers are running almost constantly, keeping the track firm and fast. I drove down the mountain with some of the Australian’s yesterday in hopes of [...]
Wally, Chelsea Marshall (Olympic downhill skier), me and Matt on the field at Fenway. Yes, I took some dirt home. It was sweet.Let me just say, fairly high stoke level at this point.
We were honored to have 3 Olympians work with us at the Stratton Mountain School summer camps last week. All three offered different, but healthy perspectives on our sport and it is great seeing them give back to their sport. Thank you Justin, Sue and ...
I’ve talked about the amusing notion of victims and nemeses before. Let’s look at some extreme cases. Remember that a victim is someone you beat by a small margin (rather arbitrarily chosen by me to be less than or equal to ten seconds). A nemesis is just the reverse: someone who beats you by such [...] Related posts:
Two hour distance ski this morning with Aussies, Swiss, Americans, and a handful of other internationals. Couldn’t see from the back of the train to the front it was so long (and the snow was coming down so fast). Heading off the mountain for the first time in a week this ahvo for a run [...]
For the first few years that I lived in Alaska, Scott was my go-to guy for outdoor fun. He was a serious ski racer at that time, but whenever I could distract him from rollerskiing, we’d go do long skis and runs in the mountains. But in 2005, S...
Winter greetings from snowy Falls Creek, Australia—home of the Kangaroo Hoppet Worldloppet Ski Marathon. Less than a week into my first trip to the Southern Hemisphere, I am beginning to settle into life Down Under at Australia’s highest ski resort. To say that things in Australia are “backwards” may be a little harsh; perhaps “upside-down” [...]
I was following Andrew Gardner’s twitter feed a while back during the USSA spring meetings, and he mentioned a comment by James Southam that American courses are far easier than those in Europe. 1 That got me thinking about whether there was any way I could look at this question using, you know, data. The [...] Related posts:
While there might be a monstrosity of a strength facility dubbed the Taj Marolt in Park City, the Methow Olympic Development Program takes you behind the scenes to its own gym, known around these parts as the A-Frame of Pain. What it lacks in cubby hol...
I've been away, paddling in Quetico Park in Ontario, Canada, but now I'm back in town. Quetico Park is a huge protected wilderness area of lakes, rivers, bogs and pine forests in the central part of the continent, just north and adjacent to the Bound...
Sometimes you hear about a special hike, cook bike route, or just plain cool event and you think to yourself, "I have to do that". The Biathlon Team heard about D2R2 through some local riders and we thought that this was one of those "I have to do th...
Sometimes you hear about a special hike, cook bike route, or just plain cool event and you think to yourself, "I have to do that". The Biathlon Team heard about D2R2 through some local riders and we thought that this was one of those "I have to do th...