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With summer coming to an end, TeamToday again features new content – a photo summary of the last months and a look at the current training camp at the Olympic venue. Kris Freeman The US Ski Team is currently in Whistler, BC for a training camp. In the usual TeamToday fashion, a picture is worth a thousand words. Photos of America's best hard at work… See them all… Lindsey Williams http://www.teamtoday.org/Stories/tabid/391/ctl/Details/mid/763/ItemID/1176/Default.aspx Source: TeamToday.org

Two CXC Teams, Senior and Junior, recently concluded their monthly training camp at the US Olympic Education Center in Marquette, MI. Following are weekly reports from Elite Team members Caitlin Compton and Maria Stuber: The weather has been extremely cooperative and all training sessions have been very high quality. The CXC Junior Development Program had the opportunity to join the Elite athletes for most of the workouts this first week, which created an impressive mass...

On the tenth of August 17 athletes, two coaches and three coach / assistants gathered in Keene, NY for Burke Mountain Academy’s August training camp. Described as “Hard” in pre-camp information, the week was designed to test athletes’ fitness levels and to give them a guide for training going into the Fall. The schedule had an intensity bias, with hard workouts following hard workouts and recovery periods requiring attention so as not to waste them....

The view from the back of the pack. From L-R: Koos, Cook, Wadsworth, Newell. (Photo by Paul Murray). “As a team we really feel New Zealand provides the best on-snow training in the world, said Wadsworth. “We’ve been to the Haig. We’ve been to Dachstein. New Zealand’s got them all beat. It’s the absolute best skiing in the world. Sitting at 1600 meters, it’s not too high. You can get in quality speed and interval...

HAYWARD, WI – XC kicked off the 12th annual Technique Development Camp at Telemark Resort on Monday, July 28. The camp is sponsored by the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation and included participants ranging from beginning J3-J4 skiers to master skiers and a coaches education block. The majority of the skiers were high school age. Meals, lodging and most training was provided by the excellent staff and facilities at Telemark. Sessions were led with a solid...

Lake Placid, NY – The New York Ski Educational Foundation XC Program hosted 17 athletes from around the state at the Olympic Training Center July 8-13 in Lake Placid. The week was to be a high volume week and a chance to continue working on technique. Athletes had three focuses for the week: 1. preparation (for training and the upcoming winter) 2. focus while training 3. technique (improve efficiency) All three of these areas were...

Central Cross Country Ski Association recently concluded a week of testing, training, and technique work at Cresthill Resort in Hayward, WI. Participants included the 12 CXC Elite Team members, 11 Junior Development Group athletes, 4 Regional Elite qualified juniors, 23 members of the qualified State Development Group and 10 juniors and seniors that petitioned in to the camp. Also attending were 8 coaches participating in the 3 day Coaches Education program. Coaching staff included US...

“The way to beat the Europeans is to take advantage of training in our high mountains.” — Vlady Members of the Junior National Biathlon Team and several fellow senior athletes came together from across the United States for a two week camp that began at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and later moved to Winter Park. This camp pushed these hopeful athletes to a higher level with a primary focus on a high...

Central Cross Country Ski Association with the support of the American Birkebeiner is pleased to announce the 2008 Regional Technique Development Camp for Regional Development Group, State Development Group, and Open category athletes and Master skiers. This camp blends upper level regional athletes in combination with entry level and first time participants. The goal of the camp will be technique development in small groups (4-6 athletes per coach) of similar levels and individual video analysis...

The 2008 CXC Regional Elite Group (REG) camp kicked off last weekend at Cresthill Resort in Hayward, WI. Over 50 of the Midwest’s best junior skiers are attending the camp as well as the CXC Elite Team and Junior Team. Skiers at the camp receive coaching from US Ski Team coaches Pete Vordenberg and Matt Whitcomb, as well as CXC Elite Team coach Bryan Fish, Junior Team coach Bill Pierce, and St. Scholastica College coach...

Choosing your own line out in a big open meadow in the Deschutes National Forest is what makes the West’s spring skiing scene so special. This year six hundred inches of snowfall, combined with the high desert climate of sub-zero Celsius nights and sunny days make for epic crust cruises. It’s June 15th and rollerskiing’s a choice, not a necessity. Running high on the trail up Cascade Head, above where saltwater and freshwater meet. Nothing...