After a little xc race series back in the states, I packed up the bags, hopped a freighter and put the anchor down in the North Sea port of Trondheim, Norway. The locals here speak with the treacherous Trondersk accent. The morning's start with a bowl ...
The SMS coaches had a great afternoon with the West River BKL skiers! We had a crew of 11 up at the mountain zipping around on skis and having a bunch of fun. Sverre led everyone in some great drills - the bungee drill, slaloms, skiing on one foot, a ...
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Since I feel bad picking on Vibeke Skofterud twice now, I thought I’d follow that up with a look at that kind of trend among all skiers. Today we’ll look at distance results, Friday we’ll consider sprinting. I hauled out my favorite statistical canon for this one, a mixed-effect model that compares each skiers results [...] Related posts:
King Boreas 10 km Freestyle race summary 1/8/12The King Boreas ski race, which is part of the St. Paul Winter Carnival, is typically held at Phalen park. This year it was moved to Green Acres Recreation, like many other races, due to the lack of natur...
King Boreas 10 km Freestyle race summary 1/8/12The King Boreas ski race, which is part of the St. Paul Winter Carnival, is typically held at Phalen park. This year it was moved to Green Acres Recreation, like many other races, due to the lack of natur...
During the season it is easy to lose the strength that you worked so hard to gain in the summer and fall. Skiing every day can keep you away from the weight room, so we make sure to schedule regular maintenance strength sessions to make sure we can sti...
I was a little nervous for the Craftsbury Marathon, because I had never done a classic race longer than 30km. The four-loop course we did for this year’s marathon totaled around 44km, so I wasn’t sure how I would fare in the final third of the race. My two concerns were food and kick wax [...]
Another nice day up at the mountain! The younger kids did a speed & skills workout - similar to the workout the older kids did yesterday. Lots of fun with bungees, slaloms, and skiing on one foot! Above, Katharine skis with a smile!Helena.Macken...
Recently I was offered to opportunity to go down to Antarctica for the winter. The only catch was that I had about 12 hours to think about it and about two weeks to get ready to go. The offer came out of the blue. I had applied last May for a summer (...
Hi Everyone! US Biathlon is raffling off 4 tickets to this year’s Superbowl! This is an all-expenses paid trip for you and three guests for two nights in Indianapolis! The raffle tickets are only $2 a piece but the contest ends at 1pm EST on Thursday, February 2. Thanks for the support and good luck! [...]
Thanks to Skinny Ski and David Owen for the shots. results Catlin showed a 3rd in Sat. classic and managed a stellar 1st in the pursuit freestyle on Sunday. This brought her in overall in the tour 2nd. Brian missed his high gear on the races Sat and Sun, ending 6th in the overall tour.
In a winter you get a handful of skis that make your mind, heart and muscles align into a beautiful dance. Often these days are the result of excellent conditions and sharing your passion with a group of people who feel the same way about the adv...
This morning we had a great workout up at the mountain - speed & skills on skate skis up at Solstice. We started off in pairs, using the bungees to work on getting your weight forward and then worked on our balance by cruising back down the hill on...
Back in December I posted a short note about how Vibeke Skofterud has a tendency to ski considerably better in the early part of the season. Since we’re in the midst of a break between WC periods I thought it might be good to check in and see how things are progressing: Those are her [...] Related posts:
Stratton came up for a few days of skiing at Trapps, and we thought it was a good opportunity to get a fun time trial in. The format was 5 km classic followed by a transition to a 5 km skate. Conditions were a little scratchy, with icy snow covered by ...
Life is good and I’m feeling very lucky! I just finished up an awesome training camp in Ramsau, Austria. A week off from the World Cup was an opportunity to increase the volume and put in a short block of training a midst a busy period of racing. I couldn’t have asked for a better location either [...]
On Saturday we raced the 5/10km classic at the Austrian National Championships. The race was held at Rettenbachalm, a little ski area in Bad Isch, Austria which was 15km up a single lane snowy road that bordered a steep drop-off into a raging brook. It was really fun to experience a different kind of National [...]
Today concluded the Tour de Twin Cities a series of 5 Super Tour races right out our back door. Three races were contested at Wirth which really is right out our back door. On a good snow year it is faster to ski to the venue than it is to...