Since January 1st, the biathlon World Cup circuit has given us a tour of central Europe. We started in Oberhof, Germany, a biathlon mecca that attracts over 30,000 fans. Nove Mesto in the Czech Republic, site of the 2013 World Championships, hosted us the following week and treated us to some [...]
I love the classic-race weekends in Estonia. As Nat Herz described so well in Fasterskier last year and Kieran Jones summarized early this season, the place is nuts for skiing, and "diagonal stride" seems particularly, aptly old school. With the Estonian war horses Mae and Veerpalu retired, the racing should be even more interesting than usual - though I think Saturday's sprints are going to turn
Today's 10km classic was the race I was looking for. I went into this race hoping my body would be able to handle the tough 3.3km course, and it seemed to do just that. I was still a little further down the results list then I would have liked, but 14t...
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Gorgeous day at SMS! We got a nice 4-5" of snow last night that made for good cover on hard packed trails. Boobs was out early with the groomer and laid down some tracks for classic skiing. We had some kids up on the mountain doing some skate interv...
Wow - been a while since a blog post. Somewhat embarrassingly, I brought a camera with me on this racing tour but have neglected to take many photos. And without photos a blog can get boring pretty darn quick. So I haven't posted much. Here's a recap:A...
Jessie Diggins I’ll confess that I don’t much care for team sprints, so I suppose it’s not a surprise that I was more impressed by Diggins’ individual sprint than her podium performance paired with Kikkan last weekend. When I collect results data, I only track age very crudely, using the year of birth indicated by [...] Related posts:
Well, here I am. Back in Ramsau. This time there are no Christmas trees, no big group meals. It's just me, myself & I! I'm skipping some World Cup action to get some much needed time to heal my wrist. Injuries are just one unavoidable aspect ...
We had our race later today with the prologue at 3:45 and the heats starting at 5:15. Both Paddy and Heather skied solid prologues and made the heats so the day started off well.The course was short and fast. 1 km that took the boys 1:47 and the girls ...
After Nationals I had a couple days at home unpack, do laundry, and unwind after a week of racing. The skiing in Craftsbury was a huge improvement over the conditions in Rumford and being able to ski out the front door was once again a huge treat. But luckily I didn’t have time to get [...]
There may not be snow in St. Croix Falls or the Metro area - but there is still plenty of skiing and racing to be had not far away! (Photo taken on 1-14-2012 on the Wolverine Trails in Ironwood, MI)This brown winter of 2011 - 2012 is starting to ...
The skiers from Burke drove down an hour and a half to meet us in buster conditions at Trapps, and we made the most of the meeting, getting in a solid interval session in a "wave" format. The wave is a style of intervals without real rest: instead of g...
This morning while Paddy and Heather headed up the mountain on the tram, I decided to explore some of the trails around Seefeld. Here is a trail map with a little "you are here" arrow near Buchen. This was 40 minutes into the ski and I was feeling grea...
This morning, Paddy and I joined one of the "Cultural Education Program" activities to go on the tram up onto the mountain that rises out of Innsbruck. We've been able to see the station up there all week, and were really excited to get to see the view...
Jeff Foltz asked me to publish is schedule of upcoming appearances in the area, and I told him I'd be happy to do it. If you haven't looked at "Birkebeiner the Novel" yet, check out an interview with Foltz here.Wednesday, February 15, 5PM to 7PM ...
Ok, so I lied in the title. This post has almost nothing to do with Torin Koos. The whole reason I started this blog (or, at least, one of them) was that it seemed to me that folks in the XC skiing world had all sorts of weird beliefs about their sport that ought to [...] Related posts:
Farmington Maine Eastern Cup Sprint. Congrats to Big Boy Dakota and the J1 giant slayer Cory Stock on the wins! (they are not even in the vid! so I wanted to make sure they some recognition)link to Vimeo: CLICK HERE
Hey Everyone! We are now in beautiful Antholz, in the sunny Dolomite Alps of northern Italy. Just a couple of days until the first race here. There is plenty of snow (about 1 meter) and the weather has been great so far. Check out a few photos and video of the surroundings (above). Cheers, LB
On January 27th, skiing will be free in the Methow Valley. It's the Methow Valley's "backyard ski day", and there will be no trail passes required on the 200km MVSTA trail network. Local rental shops will have free renta...
The Eastern Cup weekend at Titcomb Mountain in Maine dawned cold and beautiful and pretty much stayed that way throughout. The course was not long, but we have gotten used to skiing loops this year and it held up well for all the races.'Our first...