Moving on from last time to the most improved in women’s distance events…you can read that post for an explanation of the metrics I’m using, and the usual round of caveats. Here’s the top twelve: As before, you can click through for a slightly larger version. By these measures, Sweden’s Sofia Bleckur comes out on [...] Related posts:
Greetings from the far north. For the last couple days I've been kicking it in Fauske, Norway. The small city sits on the North Sea, right up next to the Arctic Circle. I never knew much at all about this place, except that it is the hometown of the Ny...
Thanks to Herve Pelletier for these great photos from the women's 30k on Friday at Craftsbury! Holly Brooks, Sophie Caldwell, Susan Dunklee, Caitlin Gregg, Caitlin Patterson, Chelsea Holmes, & Annie Hart in the mass start. Gage Fichter (...
Here is a link to my google calendar with LOTS of important information regarding training locations, disciplines, and times:Mansfield Nordic Club 2012-2013 Calendar
Let’s start wrapping up the 2011-2012 World Cup season, shall we? First, we’ll look at skiers who made the largest jumps, either up or down, compared to last year, beginning with the men’s distance events. As always, you get somewhat different lists of skiers as the “most improved” depending on what metric you use. My [...] Related posts:
Thanks to Austin for these pictures.Click on any to enlarge.The above picture was snagged from Zach :)... taken on the hill climb day.
After a long winter of racing, you could sense that things were wrapping up. Competition was fierce the last couple of days, but for most people it was a celebration. The feeling was, "let's go out on a high note". Case in point is the picture above of...
The 2012 season wrapped up today with the 50km National Championships. Thank you to Craftsbury for fighting the eighty degree weather and hanging on to a race course for us. 33 laps today. I had a solid day and finished 12th. Thanks for the wonderful...
On Wednesday at Jay Peak, Hans, Heidi, and MK finished up their seasons, literally. There was nothing but up out there, in a 1.8 km hill climb that took the athletes 1200 vertical feet in somewhere between 13 and 25 minutes. Hiking/skiing up...
Cologna won the World Cup overall, but I always feel like he’s sort of in the background compared to other top skiing personalities. Doing well in the World Cup overall rewards not just speed, but showing up at tons of races and skiing fast. For instance, let’s check out his won/loss record versus the next [...] Related posts:
Here is a hodge - podge of pictures from the last couple of race days. Above, Tyler works the hill climb.Hamish crests the last hill in the sprint.Gino hammers the hill climb with Hamish (who was fighting a cold) cheering him on.Doesn't look much like ...
Another mini-tour is under the belt, this time in North America. I returned to the states a little more than a week ago to finish off the season on US soil with my club team, APU Nordic Ski Center. Speaking of that team.... how's this for en...
The racing season is now officially over for me and I am back home in Lake Placid. After over four months on the road, it feels great to be back in my own bed. All in all I am pleased … Continue reading →
Bring your skis in to Cyclova XC by the end of the day, Thursday (3/29/2012) to get in on our last grinding batch of the season!It's been a great winter for stonegrinding (much better than it in fact was for XC skiing). With that said, Thursday i...
Yesterday we had a classic sprint at Carftsbury. The conditions for the prelim. in the am were hard and fast over the 1.6 km loop. We were led by Skyler who blazed to a 3rd place in the prelim. and Anika who placed 31st. For the afternoon heats we got ...
If you hang around skiing in North America long enough you will eventually hear people talking about point differences between races in Europe and North America (or the US in particular). One of the most common forms of this is the complaint that penalties (and hence points) are artificially high in the US, compared to [...] Related posts:
If you hang around skiing in North America long enough you will eventually hear people talking about point differences between races in Europe and North America (or the US in particular). One of the most common forms of this is the complaint that penalties (and hence points) are artificially high in the US, compared to [...] Related posts:
It was as close to perfect a day of racing as we have had all year today. After a somewhat frustrating day in the classic mass start on Sunday, the GMVS crew took it to the trails today, posting strong results in the classic sprint on a magnificent Mar...
Okay ok ok. Legs. My legs. When Maine Winter Sport Centers Will Sweetser saw me no pole skiing in Utah in October and made some remark along the lines of, “Well that will put some legs on you!” I sort of just chuckled and shook my head, “Oh that crazy Will Sweetser!” Man was he right…. [...]