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Toppidrettsveka Rollerski Races in Norway: Day 2, Sadie Bjornsen Wins

Day two of the Toppidrettsveka rollerski races began in Aure, Norway with a 25-kilometer skate race. U.S. Ski Team (USST) athlete Sadie Bjornsen won the women's race in 1:10:12.4 hours. Katie Feldman of the SVSEF...

Wednesday Workout: Mitigating Risks in Mountain Running Races with David Norris and Jessica Yeaton

Before we begin, if you have not heard of the Mount Marathon Race, which takes place annually on the Fourth of July in Seward, AK, watch this video. If you’re short on time, fast forward to the six minute mark to witness...

From Half to Full with Kris Freeman

This is the third story following Kris Freeman as he prepped for his first Ironman triathlon. You can read part 1 here, and part two here. *** The half is now full. In an often over-corporatized scene blazed with...

2019 Mt. Marathon Rundown

Regional air quality and higher than normal temperatures have been the story during the run-up to the 2019 Mt. Marathon race. According to a NYT's piece, Anchorage has never recorded an official temperature 90 degrees or...

Skate Sprints in Beito: Klæbo and Falla Win with Challengers Right Behind

In a place like Norway, where the pool of cross-country athletes appears eternally deep, when you see competitors raise the bar, there’s nothing else to do but jump. On Saturday in Beitostølen, Norway the...

Johaug and Tønseth take Beitostølen, Norway Classic Openers

After an 18 month suspension for a positive out of competition positive doping test, during which Norway’s thirty-year-old Therese Johaug could build hour upon hour of base fitness and fine tune the engine with no...

Friday Rundown: Beitostølen FIS Opening Race and More

Welcome to The Rundown, your quick primer of need-to-know information about the day’s racing. We’ll be updating this digest as the day goes on with additional results, photos and quotes. The Rundown is NOT...

Frozen Thunder Day 2 Distance Race Rundown: Canada’s Emily Nishikawa and Russell Kennedy Win

Frozen Thunder (Canmore, Alberta) 7.5k/10k Freestyle On Tuesday, Frozen Thunder at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta hosted women’s and men’s individual start freestyle races. The women raced 7.5...

Frozen Thunder Day 1 Classic Sprint Run Down

Day 1 Frozen Thunder (Canmore, Canada) Classic Sprint The first day of race season at Canmore Nordic Centre’s Frozen Thunder began with a classic sprint. Frozen Thunder is an annual on-snow event at the...

Blink Ends with Jam-Packed Friday/Saturday

The 2018 Blink Ski Festival continued in full force on Friday and Saturday, with cross-country and biathlon prologues, 10- and 15-kilometer cross-country races and biathlon mass starts all taking place on Friday, followed...

Johaug, Krüger First to Top in Lysebotn Opp; Harvey 10th, Torchia 13th

The Blink Ski Festival's famed Lysebotn Opp hill climb returned on Thursday, and with it, a familiar name landed at the top of the results. After serving an 18-month ban from ski racing and subsequently missing the...

Bolshunov, Gjeitnes Win Blink Classics Distance Races on Opening Day

A predictor for the winter ski season ahead? Could be. Either way, Norway’s Blink Ski Festival, or as it's called in Norway, Blinkfestivalen, remains the ultimate in rollerski racing and returned for the 12th year in a...

Heather and Brooke Mooney on Where Skiing Led Them and What’s Next

Perhaps you have heard of them. Or at least seen them. At 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches tall, respectively, the Mooney sisters, Heather and Brooke, are hard to miss. But their height is not the only reason the two women...

Yeaton, Norris Take Dramatic Mt. Marathon Wins

The 91st annual Mount Marathon Race, one of the oldest footraces in the country, once more descended on the small town of Seward, Alaska, on July 4. Crowds estimated at up to 30,000 perennially throng to the waterfront...

After Winter Marred by Mono, Brennan Breaks Record at Alaska Run for Women

The last time Rosie Brennan was focused on competitive running, she was sporting a red, white and black singlet as a senior at Park City High School in Utah. In the 11 years since, the former U.S. Ski Team member’s...

Beatty Caps Season with 160 k Arctic Circle Race Victory

Canada’s Dahria Beatty closed out her World Cup season with the rest of her international-racing peers on March 18 in Falun, Sweden. After three straight days of races, the 24-year-old Whitehorse, Yukon, native finished...

Ski Orienteering as You’ve Never Seen It Before: Craftsbury Photos

Ski orienteering -- it's a real-deal, fast-paced sport. Don't believe it, check out these photos. Earlier this month from March 5-10, the Craftsbury Outdoor Center in Craftsbury, Vermont, hosted the 2018 Ski Orienteering...

When the World Comes to Town (Craftsbury)

The following was submitted by Kevin Brooker, who attended the 2018 Ski Orienteering World Cup and Ski Orienteering World Masters Championships last week in Craftsbury, Vermont. Brooker, who wrote an introductory piece...

Intro to Ski-O as Craftsbury World Cup, World Masters Champs Begin

CRAFTSBURY, Vermont -- This week, the Craftsbury Outdoor Center is hosting the final three races of the 2018 Ski Orienteering World Cup as well as Ski Orienteering World Masters Championships. In addition to flocking...

Under 23 Questions: Thomas O’Harra

In an effort to showcase the North Americans who competed at last week’s International Ski Federation (FIS) 2018 Nordic Junior/U23 World Championships in Goms, Switzerland, we asked those qualifying athletes several...