Yesterday was a little bittersweet. I’m headed to Montana on Monday for Nationals… and although I’m super excited to go end the season out west I’m bummed that yesterday was probably my last day skiing with “my kids” for the winter. That’s right parents… I’ve emotionally adopted your children. Congratulations Lake Placid. I’m pretty sure [...]
OPA races are the real deal. 11 countries brought athletes and techs to Rogla for the weekend.Same wax trailers as on the World Cup. Each country has one with their flag on the door. Colin (SVSEF), Fish (USST) and Casey (APU) gave us all some great ski...
OPA races are the real deal. 11 countries brought athletes and techs to Rogla for the weekend.Same wax trailers as on the World Cup. Each country has one with their flag on the door. Colin (SVSEF), Fish (USST) and Casey (APU) gave us all some great ski...
Thank you to the Russian fan for the beautiful Women's Day flowers! You made my day!!So I'm a couple day late...but these things happen with the excitement of World Championships. Let me break down the excitement since the Mixed Relay: I recovered fro...
… Oh Spring? Oh winter? Spring? Oh for pete’s sake ya big tease!!! I have no idea what season it is anymore. It changes so fast I can’t keep up! Welcome to March I guess… Even after almost a full day of rain and temperatures soaring well into the 50′s we managed to get snow [...]
The transition to Europe went really smoothly for me. The 7 hour time difference from Minneapolis can mess with your body, but I seem to have handled it easily. I met up with a large group of Americans coming from the World Junior/U23 Champ...
Since I’ve been neglecting biathlon a bit lately, I figured I owed everyone a biathlon post, particularly given the shocking 5th place finish the other day by Susan Dunklee. So here is some historical data on how the US and Canada have performed at WBCs over the years. First, measured by finishing place: The blue [...] Related posts:
There is certainly an art to traveling and traveling well. There are tricks to traveling in a big group such as the US Ski Team, and there are tricks to traveling by yourself. Both have their advantages as well as their challenges....
MK skiing at the Dartmouth Carnival earlier this year. She was 5th in the 10 km OJ girls skate at Junior Nationals.Mary Kate Cirelli took home 5th place in the OJ Girls 10 km skate on Wednesday. She skied with the lead pack for the duration, and weathe...
The Black Jack Squad had a phenominal day of distance racing today. Although the racing conditions at Soldier Hollow were rather unfavourable, the team managed to pull off some impressive races. By the time the J1 Class started at around 11:00 am, the ...
Today is Sverre's birthday! Sver often celebrates his birthday at Junior Nationals and we miss having him here, so all of us out in Utah, plus a few others, wanted to wish you a very happy birthday! From left: Gino (5), Paddy (1), Eli ...
The roads at the Range are impassable, so we will ski at Bolton Valley.Thursday, Bolton Valley, 4:15 - 5:30pm. Skate skiing with Tim.Friday, Bolton Valley, 4:00pm. Classic skiing with Eli.Good luck to all the J2's going to Rumford!
2012 JN Classci sprint video New England HighlightsDirect link: HERE
I’ve been periodically going in and skiing with the students of Lake Placid Elementary School. (Yeah they get to ski in gym class how cool is that!?) It’s been fantastic. I think I relate to 8 year old really well… mostly because we share a very similar level of passion for skiing. You know. Uphills [...]
While we were enjoying a picture perfect day of nor-pining and watching the US Open, our teammates have been crushing it around the world!Andy Newell was 6th in the Drammen World Cup this morning.Sophie Caldwell led SMS alums with a 3rd place at NCAA's...
The return of Emil Jönsson: I’ve removed a few times from folks who fell and had extremely outlying times. Jönsson sort of owned this one all day, it seems. Only a moderate difference between the semifinals this time (with the outlying times, just for fun): On the women’s side, Bjørgen was able to hold off [...] Related posts:
Hi Everyone, Sitting here in my room on Wednesday afternoon, enjoying a day off from racing here at World Champs in Ruhpolding. It hasn’t been the World Champs that I was hoping for so far, but there are still two races to go. Things started off Ok for me in the Mixed Relay. I hit [...]
Great photos of Monday's classic sprint from Michael Cobb! I neglected to mention Bridger Tyler, who finished 30th in the sprint, in the last post. Bridger skis at MSU and is competing for the Intermountain team this week. Thanks...
Check out the most recent Toko E-Blast for a recap of the Amercian Birkebeiner Race. The team had great skis, racing on a mixture of Jestream Blue and Jetstream Red (2:1 Ratio)
New Graphics!A pair of 197cm Atomic SDS World Cup Classic skis arrived at noon on Feb 10th, by FedEx. A client was in the shop, but was happy to pause while I opened the box and immediately took the skis to the flex tester to gi...