Here’s the state of things, team-by-team after yesterday’s Stage 18: One thing to note (that you can’t quite see in this graph) is that this year’s course has caused slightly more of a spread in the field than the previous two. Related posts:Tour de France Charts: Stage 17 Giro d’Italia – After Stage 8 Giro [...] Related posts:
My last post was about the last time I was in the full on ski scene. I took a month off after the Super Tour Finals in Vermont, I had a great time in Alaska doing things I rarely get to do. For me it is necessary to once a year push the good old reset ...
We are again offering our summer program for aspiring local skiers. Our Elite program offers 3-5 supervised workouts/week and is for top high school and college age skiers. Our Devo program is for 10-15 year old skiers and allows participants to train ...
I found Vermont Peanut Butter in a cupboard in Utah!!! So psyched!!!If you haven't tried their peanut butters, get on it! Check it out here:Vermont Peanut Butter CompanyHEY!!! I'm back!!! I took a long break from skiing and anything ski related, includ...
I started the first training camp of the year with serious race anxiety. My stomach was in knots, I was overly jittery from consuming too much coffee, and I was just trying to stay relaxed. It felt like the World Championships and my life was on th...
We’re in the final stages of planning our June trip to Norway and Austria. This process involves two ski companies, two national teams, a school calendar, three sets of grandparents, at least two siblings, and some as-yet-undetermined vehicles. So it’s taken a little while to get the details ironed out! The major excitement for us [...]
We have a huge North American training group together this week in Bend. It’s a lot of fun to see so many familiar faces in the summer time and also to train with athletes who we often only see at races. Yesterday everyone did a classic spe...
We continued our spring training this past Monday with a bigger group and a few new faces. After practicing some juggling skills with the soccer balls, we worked our way through a dryland technique progression then went for an easy run (the kids ...
Another overall comparison of the GC standings to the previous two years: Related posts:Giro d’Italia: Stage 21 Giro d’Italia – After Stage 8 Giro d’Italia: After Stage 10 Related posts:
With only 3 more days left in beautiful Bend, Oregon, there's not much to report except positives. The skiing has been great, the weather mostly fabulous, and the company perfect. I even got to spend a couple days with my parents, whom I ha...
Today we had our first trip of the year to Lot 1 where we spent 45 minutes working on a bunch of balance drills - slaloms, two V2, gliding on one ski, etc. - and getting back into the swing of things on skate rollerskis. It was nice and warm out ...
An update from Skyler in Bend, OR: "Two weeks on the road for half of the SMS Elite Team! Jessie, Andy, and I had testing in Park City at the Center of Excellence. All sorts of testing was done, including: VO2 max testing, strength te...
An update from Skyler in Bend, OR: "Two weeks on the road for half of the SMS Elite Team! Jessie, Andy, and I had testing in Park City at the Center of Excellence. All sorts of testing was done, including: VO2 max testing, strength te...
Back to the team by team view, after Stage 15 (yesterday): Compare Movistar with Orica GreenEdge. Also, note the damage that yesterday’s stage did to several team’s top riders, e.g. Rabobank, Omega Pharma, BMC, RadioShack. Related posts:Tour de France Team-Nationality Guide Tour de France Charts: Stage 17 Giro d’Italia: Stage 21 Related posts:
The SMS prom was held yesterday evening at the Stratton Mountain Club and the weather could not have been more perfect for the occasion. After the trail run TT this morning, everyone got cleaned up and dressed up for the prom. Sverre ...
By mid-May, I had basically given up on any more crust skiing. With the record-setting winter, there was still snow to be found, but the weather hadn’t been aligning with my schedule, and I figured it wasn’t healthy to stew about it, best just to move on to summer. But then Tim and I got [...]
From April to May has definitely brought change to the days. From Leavenworth to Salt Lake City. From working in the class with Mr. Peck, to getting my learn back on at Westminster College. In addition to taking classes on Professional and Technical Wr...
Team Black Jack – Hellman Canoe took part in the 2012 Ski 2 Sea in Kelowna BC. The grueling multi-stage event was well contested and Team Black Jack – Hellman canoe put up a great fight. Nick lead off with the Alpine leg, which included arg...
This morning we had a trail run TT on the West River Trail. The boys started at the Jamaica State Park and the girls started at Ball Mtn. Dam. They all ran the trail north and ended in South Londonerry at the old train station. Issy pulled away o...
Oh man. Training. Again right? We all enjoyed our break away but there is something comforting in getting back to that daily rhythm of eat, train, sleep, repeat. After all, eventually the euphoria of not HAVING to rollerski in the rain or go outside in the cold just because I don’t feel like it wears [...]