Overview: A lot has happened in the past few days! A week ago we were planning on heading to Fairbanks. Then Fairbanks was cancelled because it was -40º F (and C!) and we were planning on racing in Anchorage. Our first race in Anchorage was a 1.8k ...
Today is our third day at altitude, and we celebrated with some threshold intervals around a loop away from today's sprint races. Alum Kristin Halvorsen and UNH skier Elizabeth Guiney joined us for the workout. It was great to have them along.&nbs...
We had some happy skiers with 11" of fresh, dense (but relatively dry) snow. Our driveway looks impassable so we packed out a loop around the house and enjoyed some good classic skiing with VR60.Thanking the snow Gods.Tomorrow we plan the Peru Open. We...
On the World Cup there is little room for error. The times are so tight that being a little off is magnified greatly on the results list. The field is so competitive and deep that save for Marit Bjoergen (who after watching her ski last weekend I’m not convinced she’s totally human) a flat race [...]
Hi Everyone, The snow is flying and winter is in full swing here in blustery Sweden! Er… wait… that’s not right. Oh yeah, that was last November. This year is a whole different ball of wax, or ball of mud as it were. We arrived last Tuesday to above-freezing temps and nothing but green Swedish [...]
Finally, the World Cup season is under way. The individual 10/15km freestyle races this past weekend had some predictable performances (the Norwegian women) and some not so predictable performances (Swedish men). Men Let’s focus on just three of the men with notable performances on Saturday: Definitely strong races for each of these guys, but there [...] Related posts:
Hello Everybody,At CyclovaXC we understand that the process of preparing your skis can be a daunting task. For that reason, we have broken up the waxing process into 7 separate wax clinics. We highly recommend these clinics for both novices...
Welcome to the Wild West!We showed up in Big Sky country on Sunday night and woke up to beautiful blue skies and snow in Bozeman, Montana. Our minivan took a stone to the windshield roughly four minutes into our trip from the airport and we used t...
We are on our Thanksgiving break now, but a bunch of us got together for a little intensity at Ball Mtn Dam. We were practicing a longer spring (1.8 km) in order to help Skyler with his pacing at the upcoming World Cups. We started out by rte 30 and fi...
Current primo ski conditions in West out on Windy RidgeHistory:Have no idea how many of the past winters that were blessed by beginning in West but probably have spent 6 months to a year over time in West Yellowstone.24 years ago it was the 3rd year No...
As you might have heard, there is not an excess of activities here in Mounio. When I’m not skiing or eating or writing blogs, I’ve taken up a small pet project helping my friend Tim with a little problem. There is something blocking his left ear. We are not sure what it is, perhaps a [...]
Franz GoeringPhoto: Atomic Skis, GEPA/Felix RoittnerThanksgiving is coming up. Here's an update on the schedule for Nordic Ultratune.The shop will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Nov 24th. Skis that arrive on Wednesday or earlier will stil...
I’ll have a post up on Wednesday with some items from this weekends World Cup races. But I’ve been busy over the off-season and the site has seen some fairly major changes, so I need to take a second to describe what’s new. First, some general housekeeping. Regular readers may notice that I’m going to [...] Related posts:
WC weekend in Sjusjoen Norway. Results not great. Looking forward to Kuusamo, Finland next weekend.
Ian presenting at the annual TOKO "University". Which runs concurrently with the Ski Festival TOKO tech reps get versed in wax updates, and other topics pertaining to skiing. Today we had an informative session on the particulars of ski flex with respe...
The first stop on the World Cup is over and this makes one week that I've been in Europe. Here are some pictures from the weekend: Walking into the venue the first day we weren't quite sure what to expect... But Marit does... basically ...
Yes, though I may have seemed more than a little M.I.A. these last couple months, I've actually been quite busy. It's been pretty much the usual fall schedule since I left Alaska (with my cousin's wedding thrown in): Utah camp, prep for snow, hea...
I was just digging through some old photos when I came across this one from the Sibley Ski Tour from about fifteen years ago. Frank and I are decked out in the original Riverbrook duds that we designed after a rollerski down at Lake Wissota Park....
So it is officially that time of year again, and I could not be more happy. The times of roller-skiing, running and bike are officially over which is good! Tomorrow, Nov. 19th we are leaving for the first period of world cups in Finland and Norway [...]
So it is officially that time of year again, and I could not be more happy. The times of roller-skiing, running and bike are officially over which is good! Tomorrow, Nov. 19th we are leaving for the first period of world cups in Finland and Norway [...]