An injured and frustrated Frode Estil has to stay home while the rest of the Norwegian team is preparing for the seasonopener in Val Senales, Italy. – The 34-year old is still struggling with an infection that started a month ago with an innocent small cut in a finger on his left hand. The Olympic and World Champion is now very concerned about the outlook for the upcoming season. – I have to start a...
For more camp info see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_National_Park At this time of year you pretty much have the trails to yourself, but we ran into a few Dutch and German tourists. 8:45 PM: Pasta dinner (we passed on Polygamy Porter with the catchy slogan “why just have oneâ€) in Springdale, the little cozy town next to the park was a good ending to a long day. Here are some photos:
The double Olympic gold medal winner Bjorn Lind of Sweden is missing having a sprint coach. Ola Rawald who quit the team to coach Chinese skiers has left a big void. As of now the Swedish national team is without a designated sprint coach. – We miss having someone guiding us regarding the sprint part. At this point we have to take care of everything on our own, says Bjorn Lind But the team’s head...
Rollerski photos from a (James Southam and Anders Haugen) training camp in Southern Utah After about two weeks of medium high altitude training in and around Park City, Utah at 5500- 7500 feet (1600-2300 meter) altitude, James Southam, Anders Haugen and myself (coach) decided to travel down for a short week of lower elevation training in Southern Utah. The forecast for Northern Utah was rain, windy and cold so the idea of cacti, palm-trees and...
Elite skiers doing hard rollerski workouts at Soldier Hollow Olympic stadium in Heber, Utah is a sure sign that we are getting close to a new race season. A new season is just around the corner and intervals and time-trials are frequently on the agenda for elite, juniors and masters around the globe. Here are a few photos of Alaskans Anders Haugen and James Southam from a hard skate rollerski workout at Soldier Hollow last...
Last years overall World Cup second place finisher Jens Arne Svartedal wraps up his summer training and gives advice for altitude training. I’m getting on snow at the Dachstein glacier at 2600 meter altitude in Ramsau, Austria this month [editor’s note: this camp has already taken place]. The focus at this camp will be volume training on snow. I want to write a little about positive and negative factors regarding this type of training camp....
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee, of which FIS President Gian-Franco Kasper is a member, has approved the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods for 2007. The 2007 List is valid for the upcoming 2006/2007 season includes only minor modifications and is now online. View The List at the WADA website:
Andre Watt, Adam Swank, Nikolai Anikin, and non-racing friend Jason Wall have completed our month long bike trip around Europe. It was a great trip. Road biking around Europe is the best. You have a virtually unlimited selection of bike friendly roads to choose from. You can climb all the mountains you want on low traffic roads. The cars don't drive very fast and are considerate of bikers. Additionally, all the cars are tiny. They...
Check out these FasterSkier.com archive articles if you are looking for ideas and inspiration for your fall training. A Good Moose-Hoofs Interval Workout Sixteen good non-national team skiers joined the Norwegian national team for moose-hoofs intervals on the first day of the team’s camp at Hafjell on Thursday….. Ski Technically Better By Incorporating Time-Trials And Pace Workouts In an article called Get Ready For Racing With A Time-Trial Or Pace Workout posted on November 10th...
Bjorndalen Back In Sweden Again The World’s number one ranked biathlon skier, Ole Einar Bjorndalen is back in Torsby, Sweden for the second time this fall. It’s the skitunnel with biathlon range that first of all attracts Bjorndalen. But he is also doing his tests in the lab right next to the tunnel. This includes interval training on the lab’s rollerski treadmill.
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (Sept. 25) – An expanded program, fresh coaching staff and an all-new approach to training is propelling the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team toward completion of another successful training camp in the 1932 and 1980 Olympic Village. http://ussa.smugmug.com/gallery/1919352 For audio of Lake Placid Camp:
The following was sent to us by Jesse Crandall, cross country ski coach at Western State College… Here are a handful of pictures of the Western State Ski Team training at Kebler Pass near Crested Butte, CO Saturday morning, September, 23rd. About a foot of snow fell in the mountains around Crested Butte and the skiers took advantage of the fresh white stuff and got in a good workout. If temps stay cool we should...
Kristine Vandbakk made the Norwegian junior national team when another skier pulled out and gave up her spot. But too much training ended with a bang, says the 19-year old. Kristine Vandbakk (19) had made a training plan as a “outside the junior national team†skier. But she didn’t reduce anything on her own plan when she suddenly made the junior national team when Ida Gjermundshaug Pedersen (daughter of Hilde GP) gave up her spot...
Athletes, at any level, find joy in their sport. Ultimately, our enjoyment of the sport motivates our involvement. Any skier can tell of the wonder of skimming across a well-groomed ski trail or the enchantment of experiencing a snow covered landscape on skis. The workouts and skis when we lack the wonder and the enchantment tend to be ignored and forgotten as quickly as possible. Experiencing a full range of emotions in all aspects of...
With one month to go before the World Cup opener in Dusseldorf, Germany the U.S. Ski Team preparations have moved east to the Lake Placid Olympic Training Center in upstate New York. The two-week training camp has taken advantage of Lake Placid’s low altitude, rolling terrain and U.S. Olympic Committee-funded accommodations. Athletes from XC Oregon, Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation, CXC, and New England’s top juniors have joined the U.S. Ski Team in Lake Placid....
-Olympic medallist takes year off, commits to leading team towards 2010- Canmore, Alta.-Olympic silver medallist, Sara Renner, will compete for Canada on the international cross-country ski circuit until the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, but her journey towards Vancouver will have a unique and exciting challenge, Cross Country Canada announced on Monday. The 30-year-old from Canmore, Alta., and husband Thomas Grandi, a four-time Olympian and leader of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team, are expecting their first...
Last Wednesday Kincaid Park in Anchorage, Alaska celebrated its 20th anniversary with a party and a rollerski race on a newly-paved trail paralleling the park road. The race was organized by Ronn Randall of the Anchorage Parks & Recreation Department, who also organized a sprint rollerski race at Cuddy Park in Anchorage last month. With great weather for the 6:00 PM start, over 60 athletes showed up to take part. In the men's 10K Eric...
Over the weekend, FasterSkier.com received its first report of skiing for the 2006-2007 winter season. Eli Brown, head coach of the Utah Cross Country Ski Team, sent us the following pictures from Saturday morning at Alta, Utah. The Utah team was able to get in a bit of early on-snow training. Alta is at about 9,000 feet elevation and is a 30-45 minute drive from Salt Lake City. The snow came just a few days...
The World Anti-Doping Agency has decided it won't ban hypoxic chambers until further studies can determine their health implications. On Saturday, WADA ruled the chambers enhance performance and violate “the spirit of sport,” but chose not to add them to the list of banned substances and methods for 2007. More… http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/10887.0.html WADA's 2007 Banned Substances List: http://www.fasterskier.com/training3498.html
Kristin Stormer Steira (25) had a tough summer and hit the wall. She has now taken a break from training. http://www.fasterskier.com/racing2990.html Source: Langrenn.com