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Johann Muhlegg was second in the 55-kilometer Koenig Ludwig Lauf skate race on Saturday. The skate race is held the day before the more popular FIS classic marathon race with the same name, which attracts a lot more racers including the World’s top marathon skiers. The unknown German skier, Christian Seegler won the race by almost four minutes to Muhlegg. There were 623 racers that completed the skate marathon. Muhlegg was caught for doping during...

The Boulder Mountain Tour (ID), Tug Hill Tourathon (NY), City of Lakes (MN) Frisco Gold Rush (CO), Alley Loop (CO) are all long races coming up this weekend, February 5 and 6, while the American Birkie is February 26. Here are some advice and suggestions regarding what to do and what to avoid in order to having your fastest ever long race. http://www.torbjornsport.com/tbksports/personalcoaching.html The Training: These suggestions are meant to be a guideline. Make smart...

Source: Langenn.com Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen crushed Marit Bjœrgen in the tough courses at the Norwegian 7.5 + 7.5- kilometer pursuit championship on Saturday and cruised to her second championship in three days http://langrenn.com/cparticle201764-1743.html

Source: Langrenn.com Frode Estil out-sprinted Kristen Skjeldal by 0.4 seconds and won the Norwegian 15+15-kilometer pursuit championship on Saturday Hw doesn’t have a good explanation why he has not succeeded as well at Nationals earlier. – I have often had a declining performance curve in January. He admits that he had problems hanging onto Skjeldal in the skate portion. – I was struggling big time when he increased the pace on the second skate lap....

Source: Langrenn.com Marit Bjorgen won her first ever Norwegian championship gold on Friday (Yes, that’s right). She is despite the victory happy that the sprint course at Worlds is tougher than what was used at Lillehammer. Marit Bjorgen was never threatened and dominated the Norwegian classic sprint championship on Friday. 18-year old Astrid Jacobsen was the big surprise of the day and captured silver ahead of national team skier Ella Gjomle

Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen Jens Arne Svartedal cruised to his first Norwegian championship sprint gold in the classic sprint on Friday. He admitted after the race that it went easier than he had expected. Svartedal was clearly ahead of Borre Naess and Tor Arne Hetland.

Cross Country Alaska held its second weekend of Besh Cup racing on Jan 22 & 23 in Soldotna, Alaska on the Tsalteshi Trail system. The Besh Cup series is used to determine the Alaska Junior National team. On Saturday the racers did a classic sprint. All the racers did a 1K preliminary race in the moring and then the top racers went head-to-head in the afternoon heats. There were action-packed heats in the J4, J3,...

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Source: Langrenn.com Tore Ruud Hofstad won his first Norwegian National Championship by winning the 15-kilometer freestyle event on Thursday, but it wasn’t a perfect race. Biathlon skier Lars Berger was 11 seconds ahead of Tore Ruud Hofstad after 1.8 kilometer in the Norwegian 15-kilometer freestyle championship on Thursday but could not hold on to the lead and ended up third to Ruud Hofstad (first) and Jan Egil Andresen (second). I’m 25-years old and it was...

Source: Langrenn.com Veteran national team skier Hilde G. Pedersen crushed a strong field that included last weekend’s World Cup pursuit winner Kristin Stormer Steira and won by 19 seconds in the Norwegian 10-kilometer freestyle championship on Thursday. She left no doubt that she needs to be counted on as medal candidate at the upcoming Oberstdorf Worlds that starts in less than three weeks. World Cup leader Marit Bjorgen did not race. Pedersen (40) was not...

Pontresina, SUI-Beckie Scott quickly found her way back onto an international podium after winning an invitational sprint event in Pontresina, Switzerland on Wednesday. The event, which included the best cross-country skiers from Canada, Germany and Switzerland, was held in the downtown streets of Pontresina. The Canadian Team participated in the event due to a two-week break in World Cup action. Scott of Vermilion, Alta., who has had solid results since returning to the World Cup...

Subaru Factory Team skier Eric Meyer used strong double pole form on the second day to pull away from Rossignol's Josh Smullin and Alpina's Michael Brothers to win the Swix Pursuit Championship in decisive fashion at Devil's Thumb Ranch in Fraser, CO. Meyer dominated the two day, 10k skate, 15k classic event from start to finish taking the first day's skate race in a group sprint as well. Sweden's Maria Wik, who is training for...

January 23 (Jackson, NH): Team Atomic skiers David Chamberlain (Bethel, ME) and Kate Underwood (Woodstock ,VT) won easily at Sunday’s Banknorth Eastern Cup at Jackson, NH. Chamberlain, en route to the World Nordic Ski Championships in Oberstorf, Germany next week, skied the mass start 20km classic course in 1hr 02:26, over four minutes ahead of Coastal Nordic Ski Club’s Ben Knowles (Cumberland, ME). Second place was a terrific result for Knowles, who was just 10...

January 15, 2005 (Pomfret, Vermont): Perhaps not believing there was really enough snow to race on, Dartmouth’s Alison Crocker (Poughkeepsie, NY) brought her rock skis to the 21st Annual Vomax Bogburn race. Just back from U.S. Nationals, where she won a silver medal in the women’s 5km classic race — missing gold by 2 seconds, Crocker this time missed gold by 8 seconds. Whether it was the skis, or the fact that she’d traveled 2,000...

All photos by Rich Dressen We know it hurts watching photos of great ski conditions if you are still dryland training or skiing on a few inches of snow and ice, but use these photos from the January 1, Wasatch Citizens series 15-kilometer race in Park City, Utah as an inspiration. This is how great skiing can be and you might get “your” snowstorm and super skiing soon. We just got another foot the last...

Stowe, VT (January 9, 2005): The Trapp Family Lodge trails weren’t home turf, but Ford Sayre Ski Club’s Dorcas Wonsavage (Etna, NH) won their annual Nordic race, the Silver Fox Trot, by just 12 seconds over Team Atomic’s Kate Underwood (Newmarket, NH). The freestyle Nordic race see-sawed back and forth over the 10km course, as first Underwood took the lead, and then Wonsavage leap-frogged ahead. They never saw each other on the course because of...

It was a Norwegian victory in Wednesdays sprint warm-up before the Peking FIS marathon. The 22 year old Johan Kjolstad beat out his teammate Oystein Pettersen to make it 1-2 for the Norwegians. www.fasterskier.com/racing.php?id=1668

Pirjo Manninen won the women’s 5-kilometer freestyle race by 1 minute and 54 seconds and Jari Isometsa won the men’s 10-kilometer race by 38 seconds in Sunday’s races in Rovaniemi, Finland. Results: Women 5 km freestyle 1. Pirjo Manninen Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura 14.05,7 2. Nanna Johansson IFK Kiruna +1.54,6 3. Katri Mehtälä Aavasaksan Urheilijat +2.02,5 4. Hilla Rapo Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura +2.29,3 Men 10 km freestyle 1. Jari Isometsä Alatornion Pirkat 24.34,1 2. Reima Idström Inarin Yritys...

Kelly Milligan of Team TorbjornSport doubled up and raced both the Continental Cup and the Wasatch citizen race at Soldier Hollow on December 12. The 5-kilometer classic Continental cup race started at 9 am and Kelly placed 19th, 1.48 minutes behind the winner Beckie Scott. A few hours later she was on the starting line again, this time for the 10-kilometer citizen classic race where she posted the fastest women’s time by several minutes. Four...

Former doping convicted Finnish skier Mika Myllyla is still competing. He showed that he is in very good shape during a race in Finland last weekend. The race was held in classic style and many of Finland’s best skiers competed. Myllyla won in dominating fashion and was more than one minute ahead of number two. When will we see Myllyla in World Cup races?   Results: Men 1. Mika Myllylä Joutsan  Pommi 42.57 2. Karri...