As with most stage races these days, the Tour de Ski included some handicap start pursuits. Generally, the athletes will start in a staggered fashion based upon their time back in the overall standings, and the first person to the finish line wins the stage. This creates some very unusual incentives for the athletes, depending [...] Related posts:
The first race of National Championships was postponed by a day due to heavy rain which threatened to wash away the tiny amount of man-made snow accumulated on the course. After a thankfully cold night and more snowmaking, the skate sprint was on for T...
For the past two weeks I've been in New England, racing first in the National Championships in Rumford, ME; now training in Vermont before some more races in Maine. Then next week I'll be on to the Midwest for some SuperTours. But first...Following my ...
Men's Quarterfinal heat in the skate sprint (I'm in the red suit and black hat, second from left)Skiing in the 15km skate raceQualifying 5th in the skate sprint(All photos are courtesy of Ian Harvey at Toko US)
The new Madshus Nanosonic skate boot.Some 2012/13 Madshus Nanosonic skate boots passed through the shop yesterday, and they happened to be my size, so I got a fit check, and nabbed a couple pictures while no authority figures were looking too closely. ...
SMS alum/Middlebury freshman Heather Mooney and senior Paddy Caldwell depart with Sverre for Innsbruck, Austria today to compete in the Youth Olympic Games! Paddy & Heather will race 3 times: the 5/10K classic on Tues, Jan 17, a freestyle spri...
We just finished a good week of racing in Rumford for the Sr National Championships. As a team we were a little off of top form, but everyone gave a great effort and we still had some excellent results. Everything is a learning experience; we are confi...
One of the fun things about going to Nationals is seeing all of the alumni there, coaching and racing. Last week alums Matt Whitcomb (USST), Justin Beckwith (GMVS), Gus Kaeding (CXC), Pat Weaver (UVM) and Ben Husaby (Bend) were all in Rumford coaching,...
The Annual Valley Cup RaceWill be held Sunday, January 22 at Ole's, with the first racesstarting at 10AM. For grown-ups, this year's race will be a 10kfreestyle race; there will also be a 5k race for J1 and J2 youths anda BKL race for the littler kids....
I don't know what went down in the Sprint Finals so I won't weigh-in on the DQ question, but for certain Torin had great skis and Torin was clearly the fastest man on the course.---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------...
I didn’t do nearly as much writing about the Tour as I would have liked, but here are some graphs summarizing the way things shook out. Men Here’s a bird’s eye view of the men’s Tour, measured using seconds behind the median skier: These sorts of bump charts are nice, as they can allow you [...] Related posts:
I snuck away on Saturday and spent the whole glorious day making myself suffer up there north of Hayward. I really should have spent a bit more time taking pictures honestly, but I was having too much fun skiing to properly document my adventure.I was ...
As the snow beat down on me in Oberhof during the Mass Start today, I was psyched to learn that my sis, mom, and a bunch of friends in Portland were cheering me on back home in the States via the interweb. For those of you confused by the hand gestures in the photo as [...]
Oh, man. The Final Climb on the Alpe Cermis tomorrow is going to be pretty exciting - just the sort of stage that should conclude the Tour de Ski. On the men's side, I can't see Cologna doing anything but finishing first (becoming the first triple cha...
I was back racing today after a long three week break since my last race in Rogla. I spent Christmas in Davos, Switzerland this year because Toronto had no snow for me to train on over the holidays.With such a long time between races, I didn't know how...
I did the Frosty Bottom 50 mile race this year for the first time since 2007. The race goes from Kincaid Park to Hilltop and back to Kincaid. You can bike it, ski it or run it. I am sure you can guess my chosen mode of travel. My friends Seth and Bill were doing [...]
Oh Italy..... I am finally back in connectivity after no Internet for days. There is a theory that Internet is especially sparse in Italy due to some Mafia thing but that has yet to be confirmed. Alas, my apologies for those of you that have chec...
The mass-start classic races in Val di Fiemme see a lot of action every year as racers jockey for the bonus seconds that could advantage themselves and disadvantage their rivals in the last race of the Tour de Ski, the Final Climb. Remember how Lukas B...