The night sprint is the third race of the five-stage Tour de Twin Cities. The 1.4 K freestyle was held on the fast Theodore Wirth course. The last two stages will be this week end on artificial snow at Green Acres. (unlike the Methow Valley in Washington that had 14 inches of real snow last night) results Congratulations [...]
I've added a link to the WOTD from this blog.Look for the link on the lower rightFor the past few seasons I've been doing daily updates for the Methow Valley's grooming report to provide wax-of-the-day information.On most days it's a relatively straigh...
For the past four weeks I've been traveling on the race circuit, first in New England and now in the Twin Cities. Everywhere I've been folks have been lamenting the poor winter they're experiencing in their home area. "There's no good skiing anywhere i...
I was interested (rather than offended) to read about Noah Hoffman’s pacing strategies in Sunday’s classic WC race. I have a limited supply of data on split times (what I do have is thanks to Jan over at worldofxc.com, though) so the following data is definitely incomplete. Hoffman seemed determined to not start too fast, [...] Related posts:
I am now enjoying a week off from racing after competing 8 times in the last 18 days. I decided to stay right in Antholz, Italy after the last races for my off week. Antholz is the perfect place for … Continue reading →
Rolling with La NinaIn so many ways we have been incrediblylucky here on the East Side of the Green Mountains this winter. Thismorning was just one of those times and one of my favorite kinds ofskis. The temperature rose last night in the Valleys int...
Its funny how things work–first I didn’t make any plans for my season, hoping to qualify to race in the IBU cups. Then when I raced poorly and didn’t qualify for that, I decided that I didn’t want to set myself up for more frustration, so I made plans for the season that didn’t involve [...]
If you're in or near the Methow Valley this winter and looking for an opportunity to learn cross-country skiing, look no further! MOD Squad athlete and elite Nordic skier Sam Naney is now offering private and small group lessons, by appointment.Sam uti...
Finally! I am feeling rested; rip-roarin’ ready to rumble, really. After a weekend of restorative rejuvenation in Homer, it’s go time again!My Mom, Dad, sister, two dogs and I all piled into the truck and road tripped down south last Friday. Bes...
By Issy, Mollie, Gino, & CharlieOn the quest for snow, we headed out for Stowe, Vermont on Sunday. The first day we all did a 2 -3 hour easy classic distance ski with the majestic view of the Vermont mountains in our sights and the sun setting dow...
In April Dave and I skied the Fossavatn 50k race in Iceland. Minnesota Trails Magazine asked us to write articles and submit photos for the winter edition featuring the Skinny Ski Series. We dutifully sent in our stuff but since the Series is not happe...
Some nice V1 skate footage. Bonus section of some of the top open men.DIRECT LINK HERE
Yesterday we hosted the Valley cup at Ole's in Warren. This is one of the oldest races in Vermont with a 37 year history. There is a very cool trophy with the names of the winners, which includes Olympians, Mike Gallagher, Bob Gray and now,...
Saturday MK Cirelli and Kaitlin took a trip to Mountain Top for the Annual Paintball Race.MK took the Victory in the Adult Race and Kaitlin took Third in the High School Division.Good racing and good times for sure!
I think I’ve been remiss in mentioning this, but as always thanks go to Jan at worldofxc.com for helping to provide the heat times for these sprint races. Let’s see how the men’s finalists fared first: There were apparently some crashes in this race, as evidenced by the outlying slow times. But in general I’m [...] Related posts:
After meeting with the radiation oncologist about starting radiation, I started having serious second thoughts. Some radiation to my ribs and lungs, and even a small amount to my heart, is unavoidable. The lungs in particular are very sensitive to radi...
70 nations, over 1,000 athletes and 100,000 spectators were part of the first Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria.The flame was extinguished this evening and the Olympic flag passed to the mayor of Lillihammer, Norway, where the next YOG's...
Today is an off day so we have slept in, relaxed and walked around town. The athletes are being encouraged to participate in a bunch of activities at Congress (the place where we eat lunch and dinner). Paddy and Heather have done enough activities to g...
Sunny skies, crisp temperatures and light winds combined for some good classical conditions Saturday morning for the Mayor’s Challenge events. Sunday brought warmer but damp and cloudy conditions for the Mayor’s Challenge freestyle races at Theodore Wirth. Thanks to Bruce http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/ and David Owen www.davidjowen.com for the pictures. results
This morning we had a biathlon/cross-country relay race at the Youth Olymoic Games. The first leg was biathlon girls, followed by x-c girls (Heather), then biathlon boys and finally the x-c boy (Paddy). Each biathlete shot twice and there were big swin...