September is the time of year to kick your training into high gear. The snow will be only a couple of months away! Join FasterSkier.com for a training camp on the Olympic trails of Soldier Hollow. These camps are suitable for all ages and abilities. John Aalberg makes a presentation at the June Camp
The Norwegian National Cross-Country Team members are training hard to fill the gap left by retiring stars. A potpourri of some of the team members’ summer training. Anders Aukland – tough rollerskiing 30-year old Anders Aukland ended up tenth in last year’s overall World Cup, after several podium awards, especially in classical technique. Since this winter’s calendar is without any Olympic Games or World Championships, the goal is improving to top three in the overall...
Some of our readers have e-mailed us and asked about the “Training with Torbjorn and Gordon†column. What happened to it? Well, we (Gordon and I) are still working and working out together, but this spring I focused on the new interview series with skiers and coaches from around the World instead of writing about “usâ€. We’ll get going again with more workouts, training stuff and “friendly duels†this fall. Langesund is a small town...
Thomas Training Center Ski Camps Athletes have two tremendous camps on Eagle Glacier Thomas Training Center The June camp was blessed with what many veterans described as the best weather ever for a camp, and several commented that the July camp was “doomed”, sure to have the worst weather. Those fears faded as the weather for the July camp was even better, without even a threat of “normal” periods of overcast, fog or rain. The...
The 50-km Olympic Champion from the 1976 Seefeld Olympic Games, Ivar Formo, lets our readers get a unique insight into his training Facts Let us first present Ivar Formo for all of you that are not old enough to remember his golden days: Born: June 24, 1951 in Oslo, Norway Results: Olympic Gold, 50 km, Seefeld 1976 Olympic Bronze, 15 km, 1972 Olympic Silver, Relay 1972 and 1976 World Championship Bronze 1974 and 1978 European...
Boise Twilight Criterium Rollerski Sprint
Short Report from the US Ski Team Including some training info Group training has begun in Park City, Utah for the 03-04 season. We have high goals including podium and top 10 finishes on the world cup this season and at the World Championships next season. We aim to win medals at the 2006 games in Italy. We have a large and very strong training group in town for all of July. The current crew...
FasterSkier.com editor John Aalberg recently conducted a training camp in Michigan with the GRand Rapids Nordic Ski Team. A major part of this camp was getting skiers to understand the different training zones. Camp participant Mike Muha has written about his experience with John's training zone interval workout. The article is very informative for anyone with questions about the different training zones/levels.
Ushuaia, Argentina by SkiFire and Subaru Factory Team Academies In 2002, an avid amateur skier named Matt Muir was in the middle of a graduate degree in Spanish, relocation with his wife back to their home, and hankering for a re-immersion in a Spanish speaking country. A profitable home sale, a little bit of vacation time, and an idea hit him all at once: he could go skiing in the middle of August; there must...
Newly hired Norwegian Sprint Coach Ulf Morten Aune is emphasizing more specialized sprint training, but also says that the sprinters more than ever can do well in other races. Cross-Country sprint is still a new sport, and there are many unknowns when it comes to training for it. – Within Cross-Country skiing, sprint is still something new, and there are few other sports to compare with and learn from. The closest may be the 1500m...
This mini-series of Coaches’ articles will include examples of workouts with some of our athletes, how we’ve structured the sessions, and what we’ve focused on during the workouts. With most of our residential and visiting athletes we early on like to determine their correct training zones. Training at the correct speed and heart rates is critical for the long-term effect and efficiency of the time spent training. In determining the correct training zones we use...
Welcome to our Training Log Relay. In these articles we will feature the training plans and logs for some of the World’s best Cross-Country skiers in history. First out in our relay is 1992 Olympic Champion Vegard Ulvang, who will give you an insight into his training from when he was 15, 20 and 27 years old.
Smart Training: Real improvements come from hard work and 10 months of smart specific training. The first of FasterSkier’s three camps to aid skiers at any level was held June 12 to 15th in Park City, Utah. This was a dry-land camp with rollerski technique training, training and training methods as the main focus. A Few Great Athletes Participants included a medalist from last seasons Masters Nationals in Anchorage, Alaska, one of the top...
Summary of FIS International Coaches’ Seminar on CC Sprint training and competitions. Molde, Norway May 22 — 25, 2003 The International Ski Federation (FIS) every other year holds an International Seminar for Cross-Country coaches, often covering special interest topics. A couple of years’ ago, this seminar was held in the US (Midway, Utah) on topics related to coaching women. This year’s seminar was called a “Sprint Seminar”. Lecturers from several countries spoke, including several National...
Tasha Betcherman is a cross country skier from Canada. She lives and trains in Canmore, Alberta. Her family is in Thunder Bay, Ontario as well as her home club of Lappe Nordic. She won two National Championship races in 2003 as well as represented Canada at the World Championships in Val di Femme, Italy. The Time is now Since spending a few weeks in Park City this spring working with Torbjorn Karlsen and John Aalberg...
Sarah Peters is a cross country ski racer from Canada. Her hometown is Navan, Ontario but will be skiing out of the Maine Winter Sports Center this season. Sarah represented Canada at the 2003 World University Games. She won the 2002 Keskinada World Loppet 50 km free. Her goals for the upcoming season is top 5 NorAm placing and to medal at Canadian Nationals. She hopes to represent Canada at the 2005 World Championships. Sarah's...
This mini-series of Coaches’ articles will include examples of workouts with some of our athletes, how we’ve structured the sessions, and what we’ve focused on during the workouts. This month we’ve had two of our most talented female skiers visiting Park City for a training camp. These athletes are relatively “new” for us, and through our workouts together we’ve discovered and determined the tasks and adjustments needed to improve their future racing performance. Example...
By Top National level Canadian Cross-Country skiers Tasha Betcherman and Sarah Peters are currently in Park City for more than a two week long training camp as part of the Karlsen/Aalberg/Gundersen personal coaching program. This visit can be regarded as a “boot camp” for the two aspiring World Cup skiers, where the coaches are daily evaluating and assessing their new athletes’ strengths and training methods. The main goal for the camp has been to “get...