Remember to support US skiing and donate to the NNF Drive for 25. All donations are quintupled by a 5-1 matching donor. To donate at my ambassador page: http://grouprev.com/ericpacker. We’ve had an awesome camp in Canmore with lots of high quality … Continue reading →
This morning our girls running team had their State meet in Thetford. This is an annual event for Thetford, they have a tough 5 km loop and they do an excellent job running races. Recently we have had to deal with rainy days for the race, but today the...
Today we biked, skied, and ran up into the clouds for the Vertical Challenge. Starting from the Manchester P.O. we biked up to the Winhall Library (12.25 miles), then switched to classic rollerskis and skied up the Access Road (4.75 miles), then&...
Fed Ex, UPS, and other trucks have been frequenting Cyclova XC as of late!If you've been in downtown St. Croix Falls recently, you may have noticed delivery trucks stopping by frequently, dropping off boxes of all shapes - long skinny ones, square ones...
Today was the Frozen Thunder Classic Sprint Race put on by Cross Country Canada. It was professionally run and super well organized. I didn’t ski as well as I have in the past. The top 16 skiers from the individual … Continue reading →
This morning the US Ski Team did a skate speed session. The workout was two hours long with 18 by 15 second speeds. Here’s my teammate Kris Freeman before the session: Speeds are continuously a struggle for me. My sprint … Continue reading →
For the third year running, Team Black Jack travelled over to Canmore Alberta for Frozen Thunder. Despite being the second week of October, the Canmore Nordic Centre provided 2km of nearly winter-esque skiing. Joined by Holly Burn and Telemark Ski Team...
This year Gunnar asked for Madshus skis. Why Madshus? Because that’s what Noah Hoffman skis on, and Noah is the second best classic skier in the world (silver medal at U23 World Champs makes you the second best in Gunnar’s world). Apparently these athlete sponsorships work. All a company needs to do in order to [...]
This afternoon we had an easy classic ski & strength on the schedule. We've got a big weekend coming up with the state meet for our XC run girls, the soccer playoffs for the soccer girls, and the Vertical Challenge for the boys. With th...
Here's a clip of Caitlin and Brian skiing at Washington Pass, here in the the Methow Valley.Caitlin sent this note:Hi Mark,Yesterday was the earliest on snow skiing for me in 5 years. It was awesome!!! Dave Ford set some tracks around the Washing Pas...
How much competition is the right amount for 12-13 year cross country skiers?Early Adolescence is a critical age in developing a positive disposition and orientation to racing. At 12-13, many kids venture beyond their local club races for th...
I have been out in Utah for two-weeks now at our last dry-land training camp of the year. When we left Lake Placid it was snowing so it felt great to come out here for some nice summer weather. … Continue reading →
After correcting a few typos in the the “official” results I thought we’d look again at the time histories for Dartmouth’s Moosilauke time trial. The following graph depicts every result (except for 2011, which I still can’t find anywhere). The blue is the median for each individual running; this includes both summer and fall times. [...] Related posts:
With fallen leaves, cold nights and the ski season fast approaching, it is time for all of us to roll up our sleeves and help out with the National Nordic Foundation (NNF) and their fund raising events.The USST does not have enough funding to pay for a...
This morning I did an hour and a half double pole only (a classic technique using only my arms) by myself. Some of the hills on the 1.8 kilometer loop are tough to double pole up. It was a bit … Continue reading →
We had an easy day here in Canmore, with the morning off from training and a 90 minute skate ski in the afternoon. Erika, Sophie, Annie, Skyler and I decided to take a morning trip into Banff National Park. I’ll … Continue reading →
This afternoon our whole school came out to support the girls soccer team in their first round playoff game against Woodstock HS. Alex, Brooke, & Ana all started in the game and got a lot of playing time! The game was really evenly matc...
With a little snow on the ground, really good skiing, and temperatures in the 20s or colder, it doesn’t feel like October in Canmore. The Nordic center Camore saves snow from the previous winter and rolls it out in the middle of October every year for “Frozen Thunder.” Our first day here it was warm [...]
JohnnyKlister.com, a fun website that makes fun of the Nordic ski world, put up a condemnation of anyone who continues to support Lance Armstrong. I recommend it. You can find it here.
Freezing temps & snow are in the forecast - this mean's that it's Stonegrinding Season at Cyclova XC!Freezing temperatures & flurries are in our forecast - and Troll Hollow is planning on firing up the snow guns this week. This can only m...