“There is no way it is skiable,” I thought to myself, “So it can’t hurt to go up and just take a quick look.” Ian, Matias, and I were standing at the high point of the pass between Williwaw Lakes and Long Lake, just behind Elliott Peak in the Chugach front range. What had started [...]
Hopefully there won’t be any more posts like this for a long while. Fredrik Karlsson died recently, I guess in a snowmobile accident. I didn’t know much about him, but I guess he was on Sweden’s development team. As you might expect for someone on Sweden’s development team, he hadn’t quite made a huge splash [...] Related posts:
My Triple Play group from the Club has the chance to experience the beauty of Theodore Wirth Park. We have been meeting and talking about healthy eating and the importance of exercise for the past three weeks. Thanks to trips for kids for setting us up...
Ok check this out. Centered in the photo one of the greatest "coaches" of all time, Richard Simmons. A fitness guru like no other he pioneered the ultimate and original cross fit "sweatin to the oldies" Don't know what I am talking ab...
Cross Country Canada has put together a new Athlete Development Matrix. Please see the message below from Cathy Harris, Athlete Development Coordinator, CCCHi RoyWe are wondering if you would like to add the ADM information to your blog courtesy ...
The staff at the Boys and Girls Club gave me a nice thank you: tickets to my first Twins game in the new stadium. I have always been a Twins fan ever since I was little and my parents told me they were named after my twin brother and I. Our house is o...
LTAD performance indicators - T2T athletesHow do you create a t2t program that helps kids advance their abilities while maintaining those things that kids would say are essential to their enjoyment? As much as literature might recommend doing thi...
Spring weather in the East keeps us on our toes. Here are a couple of pictures taken 2 days ago. Ana and Adam W. enjoy their first (or last) ski of the year :)
Unfortunately, we have a distinct theme for this week’s posts. Jenny Olsson also passed away recently, apparently from breast cancer. She raced, quite successfully, for Sweden for much of the mid-00′s: These are just her WC level distance results (she didn’t sprint much). As you can see, 2002-2003 was her best effort, but [...] Related posts:
Zach and I after a beautiful ski at Flattop in Anchorage. (photo: Christopher Hall)No, I didn't fall off the edge of the earth, although I feel like I've been to all ends of it in the last month or so. After World Championships in Ruhpolding, G...
We had four more skiers do the uphill run test today during our morning training block - Paddy, Skyler, Mackenzie, & Brooke. It was misting and cool - nice weather for running! Skyler and Mackenzie both set PRs, by 19 and 5 seconds, res...
In some very sad news, we learned recently that Inge Braten passed away rather suddenly. It is difficult (and probably slightly foolish) to try to quantify a coach’s impact on skiing results, so let’s consider this post a rememberance, rather than an analysis. Perhaps most famously, Braten coached the Norwegian men during their “Golden Era”: (My [...] Related posts:
Thank you NENSA and all of the past present and future GMVS skiers for making me look good!APRIL 23, 2012NENSA Announces 2012 New England Coach of the YearPosted by: Janice SibiliaSummary:NENSA is pleased to announce Justin Beckwith as our 2012 Ne...
After the winter's end, it came time to say goodbye to Norway. Here I pay my respect's to the 11th century voyaging Viking Leif Erikson. Before making it stateside, I had to stop by London for the first time, especially as I was flying British Airway...
The past three weeks have marked the most amount of time I have spent in one place for the past year. I enjoy the excitement of travel, but it has been nice to have a standard routine. After taking a good week off from training I have been ...
It's been a busy week at SMS! We've just finished our first week of school & spring training after our two-week spring break. We had a really nice week of weather (see above!) and got spring training off to a nice start with several bik...
Last in the series of most improved/unimproved we finally turn to the women’s sprinters: Alena Prochazkova took a major tumble this season in sprints. She had been a fairly reliable presence in the semifinals until this season, when she appeared to often have trouble qualifying. Celine Brun-Lie also saw a major drop-off, but the much [...] Related posts:
Greetings Skiers!Did you know?The Burlington-area has the highest density of the best Nordic skiers in the StateVermont is the best State in New England (Eastern High School Champions!)New England is the best region in the country (an unprecedented 4 c...
About this blog - There just isnt very much out there for professional or volunteer coaches about 'best practice' in the world of coaching adolescent cross country skiers. This blog will pull together ideas from a number of sources including club...
I’ve been meaning to write about my races this season for some time now but just haven’t found any time to do it, so I’m making the time now. I managed to get 5 races in, which was 2 more than I was hoping for. I started out with two short classi...