As most of you know, at some point CyclovaXC in association with IncaRunners is going to do an EXTREMELY EPIC trip down the Inca trail (I had to put that in all caps and I STILL didn't convey how EPIC and LIFE CHANGING this trip is going to be).I did t...
Things have really slowed down here in Ostersund. Check out this video made by Kevin Sandau! (sandau.ca)
It has begun. Last weekend, Bruksvallarna, 15km Skate, very little snow.I was very happy with my race. The course suited me very nicely, fairly flat with short steep hills. It was like doing a buch of 10-15 seconds sprints uphill and then hammering the...
A quick look at our lovely neighbors to the north! I’m going to focus on the folks on the World Cup squad, starting with the men: These are the WC level distance results (excluding Len Valjas). I confess I’m a little worried about Ivan Babikov, who had a rough season last year. His trend over [...] Related posts:
After a long weekend of racing, I decided to take Tuesday completely off. This gave me the perfect opportunity to carry out a project that I’d been thinking about. I thought it would be fun to stop by the local school to see if a visitor from the US would be welcome in an English [...]
So little change of plan. It's way to cold to race in Fairbanks. We will now be racing tomorrow in Anchorage as an unofficial race between the three Alaska college teams. Alaska Pacific University, University of Alaska Anchorage, and University o...
Baby Mac losing his cool while rocking a Swedish accent. Re-imagining Bjorn Borg and Arthur Ashe as uber-cool 8 year olds beside the baseline. Djokovik and his ball antics. Soderling pouting. Oh, those crafty Swedes.
Today is the last day up here; I head back to the Methow early tomorrow morning to do several things. First, I need to drop off the now-tested Madshus skis to Mark at Nordic Ultratune to get some grinds on them in time for West Yellowstone. Second, Ali...
Today is the last day up here; I head back to the Methow early tomorrow morning to do several things. First, I need to drop off the now-tested Madshus skis to Mark at Nordic Ultratune to get some grinds on them in time for West Yellowstone. Second, Ali...
Yesterday was a great day on the trails. It seems that after a summer of heavy aerobic training I can acclimate quite a bit quicker than in the past. I got out the door early because it looked a bit stormy, and headed up Paradise Trail to find a steep ...
Yesterday was a great day on the trails. It seems that after a summer of heavy aerobic training I can acclimate quite a bit quicker than in the past. I got out the door early because it looked a bit stormy, and headed up Paradise Trail to find a steep ...
This morning we did a combi workout - classic rollerski out to the town of Stratton and a run/hike over Stratton Mountain. A few of the girls decided to ski a little longer, instead of running. Everyone enjoyed a nice easy ski after a busy Nationals ...
It's been a quiet week here in Waitsfield and we are getting rested and prepared for our big fall trip to West Yellowstone and Bozeman. Today we are headed to Rutland to run our final 3k of the fall with the Rutland XC Team and have a team dinner...
I said my goodbyes to Muonio and traveled to Norway yesterday. While it was great to be able to do a big block of training on snow before the season started, after three weeks in Muonio, the darkness was setting in, and I was ready for a change of scenery. The first World Cups of the season are [...]
Three days in Torsby and two training sessions on the 1.3k loop in the tunnel proved to be just about perfect. While the tunnel is a huge asset at the disposal of the athletes that use it (particularly in the summer) I prefer skiing on natural sn...
Tomorrow morning we leave for Fairbanks for my first race series of the year. We race a 3.5 km classic course Friday night, then we have a 10km classic on Saturday, and a 7.5km skate on Sunday. Here is the weather forecast.It does look a bit on the chi...
Today marks the three week anniversary of our arrival in Finland. Over the course of this time, we have shared 21 dinners together, skied by the low light of the arctic winter sun, frozen our legs in the icy (and questionably healing?) waters of the Muonio River, and competed alongside some of the world’s fastest skiers. [...]
Today marks the three week anniversary of our arrival in Finland. Over the course of this time, we have shared 21 dinners together, skied by the low light of the arctic winter sun, frozen our legs in the icy (and questionably healing?) waters of the Muonio River, and competed alongside some of the world’s fastest skiers. [...]
We finished our Nationals week simulation this morning with a 5/10 km classic time trail. Word was leaking out so we had some additional participants to bolster the competition. Bryan Cook and Maria Stuber joined us along with Megan Killigrew (SMS '09,...