I have been in Ostersund, Sweden preparing for the start of the World Cup for a little over two weeks now. Despite the unseasonably warm temperatures, the skiing has been good enough to log some quality training. The Swedes are … Continue r...
Trollhaugen was a busy place on Wednesday morning, with a full parking lot and a bus load of high school kids out enjoying some early season skiing!It's November, and believe it or not, we have great xc skiing here in the St. Croix River Valley. ...
Finally a little bit of natural snow is falling here in Ostersund. This is the first snow falling out of the sky that I've seen this year! Just in time for the US crew racing the IBU cup here this morning!
It's been a long time since I've considered myself a distance skier. I've put my focus on the sprints and that has continued to be the emphasis of the training Scott has prescribed. But this dryland season we spent most of our training efforts on aerob...
After a short break in the Methow and some skiing at Klipchuck (thanks, Scott!), Alison, Mom, Dad and I jumped into a few trucks and headed east for West Yellowstone, MT and the opening Super Tour races. It's been two years since I was last in West and...
It was a beautiful day out here in West Yellowstone for a classic race. Post race photo of GMVS past and present: Heidi, Devlin, Coach and Athlete Evan, Kristin (Williams), Ryley, and Peter (APU).I got out to the stadium early with skis and waxin...
Check out these pictures of yesterdays 15km Skate from Fasterskier.com. Some of the pictures give you a pretty good idea of how stormy it go in the middle of the race.Check out the full article HEREPhoto: Fasterskier.com Photo: Fasterskier.com
A month after the rest of the GRP left for Finland, I finally found myself on a plane getting ready to start my biathlon race season. A week ago, I arrived in Ostersund, Sweden for US Biathlon’s first on-snow camp of the winter. With temperatures in the 40s (Farenheit), rain pouring down, and [...]
Yesterday was the first World Cup Sprint of the year. I had a really solid day of sprinting. The conditions were very unusual for Kuusamo... Usually its really cold and slow, but this year it was right around the freezing point and all ice. It made for...
It was a very challenging 15km skate today. The course was full of false flats and working downhills. My race plan was to go out at a comfortable pace, find my rhythm, and try and build to the finish. I went out at a comfortable pace, and it turned int...
Today was the 10k and 15k skate races in West Yellowstone. The temperature was about 28ºF, and it was alternately sunny, cloudy, or puking graupel. Luckily for the girls, the graupel held off until the dude’s race. We had firm and fairly fast trac...
I know the World Cup season is only two individual races old, but I'm jazzed about Kikkan Randall's chances this year. Her one "weakness" - relative to the most elite racers - has been her classic skiing, in both distance events and, more importantly, sprints, but so far this season she's showing some real chops along both axes.In the 10k skate at Sjusjøen last Saturday, she turned in a distance
This morning we hosted the Peru Relays in order to work off some of our Thanksgiving dinner.Temps were rising quickly into the low 40's.After a good warm up, we formed three teams of three.each skier skied 1.2 km before tagging off.Everyone had to do 4...
Missed Medals A reader asked on Twitter the other day if I’d recalculate the tallies for Kris Freeman’s top ten, top three, etc. results if we went back and removed a certain Estonian skier from prior results sheets. I’m going to preface this with some standard caveats about how I can’t know for sure when [...] Related posts:
West Yellowstone, it's a pretty cool place. Lots of snow, sunshine and some really fun ski trails. West Yellowstone is the Silver Star of Canada. Not in the colorful elvish village sort of way, but in the "it's the first time everyone gets together for...
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We're thankful for so many things out here: great family support, great team dynamic, great skiing, great living situation... the list goes on!And the whipped cream on the pumpkin pie was that we got to add another memory t...
Since arriving in West Yellowstone we have a lot to give thanks for ! The weather has been unbelievable with over 20 inches of snow on the ground and seasonable temperatures we have been really lucky.(The Gates To Heaven?)The goal and reasoning on our ...
Again this year, the 'groom-box' is back on the Goat Creek Trail in Mazama. For the past 10 years or so, I've kept a box at the side of the ski trail, behind our house, with treats for the groomer. Usually a few cookie...
A snowy November morning in front of Cyclova XC, in downtown St. Croix Falls, WI.Cyclova XC, Inc opened a new bicycle, xc ski, and trail run store in beautiful downtown St. Croix Falls, WI on October 1, 2011.We are located in beautiful downtown St. Cro...
Skiers from Alaska, Montana, Minnesota and Vermont have descended to Peru to find good November skiing. Extra blue was the kick wax of the morning, but most of the crew skated.Packer sandwhich (with Caldwell twins for bread).Menawhile...inLake Placid, ...