July 12th through 16th saw approximately 25 junior skiers from around Colorado gather on the Western State College Campus to take part in the Western State College/Crested Butte-Gunnison Nordic Summer Training Camp. The camp provided young skiers with the chance to work with an impressive group of coaches who have 7 trips to the Olympic Games between them. 3 time Olympian Ingrid Butts shared her insights on training, racing and preparing for a career as...
Eldar Ronning (Norway) is hoping that he will ski fast enough to race Tour de Ski, Worlds and World Cup. Ronning is a member of the Norwegian sprint team, but is training just as much for regular races as for the sprint. Racing in Tour de Ski, World Cup and Worlds will be very tough with lots of frequent races. Ronning will therefore down-prioritize the Norwegian national championship which takes place after Tour de Ski,...
German Skistar Axel Teichmann has started the seasonpreparations, in a very special way Teichmann had surgery for a leg injury in June. He now has a special made wheelchair made with rollerskis in order to get going with the dryland training. Teichmann is very happy with the wheelchair that allows him to double pole and says: – This way I can get in some meaningful training despite the injury German headcoach Jochen Behle is hoping...
Cross Country Alaska (CCAK) and the US Ski Team hosted a dry-land training camp in Anchorage July 11 – 15, 2006 for elite junior and senior skiers. This was a step toward fulfilling CCAK’s mission “to create and support a cross country skiing culture and environment that allows Alaskan cross country ski racers to succeed in regional, national, and international competitions.†Invited athletes included those that qualified for the 2006 Alaska Junior National Team, NCAA...
Central Cross Country Ski Association recently completed a week long testing and technique camp for CXC Ski Team, Regional Development Group, and State Development Group athletes. 38 junior, collegiate, U23 and top senior athletes from across the Central region attended this camp. www.cxcskiing.org for comparison by athletes not able to attend. “This is the best camp we have ever done by far. Three years ago we set the bar where we wanted to be today,...
The Norwegian women’s team has a new coach, but Kristin Stormer Steira (25) has no plans of dropping the old coach’s interval oriented training principles. Stormer Steira made great progress by following Svein Tore Samdal’s training principles. The women’s team’s new head coach is Egil Kristiansen, but Steira continues to use the interval blocktraining introduced to the national team by Samdal. Enjoys hard training – I enjoy training hard more than long and easy workouts....
Expedition gives new meaning to the term cross country By TERRY SMITH Express Staff Writer Taking cross-country skiers on a summer backpacking trip seemed like a good idea to Rick Kapala, so he organized 16 members of his junior ski team into an expedition and took them on a 110-mile jaunt across the Frank Church Wilderness. Ten days later, with sore feet, increased physical and mental endurance, a new admiration for the Idaho wilderness and...
June 30 to July 6, 2006 Lake Placid Olympic Training Center Compiled by NENSA Program Directors Janice Sibilia and Stuart Kremzner The NENSA Elite Camp was held at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid June 30th — July 5th. Twenty-six of the regions top junior and senior skiers participated, along with 8 regional coaches, USST coach Pat Casey, and University of Utah’s Eli Brown, on hand to guide and educate. The OTC is one...
I’m overtrained. I’ll admit it. But it is all part of the plan. Only by stressing our bodies just beyond our limits, do we progress. Of course, the stress must be followed by recovery. That’s why I’m taking it easier this week. The body needs time to heal, to repair the damage we’ve done, and build things even better than they were before. It’s an amazing process. For ten years, since I was twelve years...
Cross Country Alaska is pleased to announce its July dryland training camp for developing elite skiers. The camp will begin on Tuesday morning, July 11 and run through Saturday, July 15. The camp, to be held in and around Anchorage, is being run in cooperation with US Ski Team development coach Matt Whitcomb. Matt will be on hand to help lead all the camp workouts. He will also give a talk about the US Ski...
Athletes from around Aroostook County and Southern Maine gathered in Ft. Kent for the summer’s first training camp. A well energized staff from the Maine Winter Sports Center and U.S. Biathlon Team greeted the athletes as they arrived at the Lodge, the newer apartments on the campus of the University of Maine-Ft. Kent. Focusing on the basics, body position in both classic and skate skiing as well as biathlon shooting position were high on the...
The REG Camp in the beautiful Wood River Valley was attended by 40 of the top junior racers from all over the west as well as 15 top coaches from around the region. Day one kicked off with skate video technique work and a great bounding workout with blood lactate monitoring. A couple of the girls weren't so happy to see the blood, but they got back up and got the job done none-the-less. Everyone...
Marthe Katrine Myhre (21) has struggled with anorexia and has been hospitalized for a total of more than one year. She is now warning athletes about dieting. – Very few cross country skiers need to lose weight. Its plain dangerous to diet, says Myhre. She knows better than most people what eating disorders are all about. She has had big problems with it from when she was 15-years old until two-three years ago. She has,...
Junior World Champion and World Cup race winner Petter Northug believes that Jan Egil Andresen will lose out by reducing his weight and losing muscle mass. — I’d rather be a few kilos over race weight, he says. http://www.fasterskier.com/racing3201.html Source: Langrenn.com
Source: Langrenn.com The Norwegian junior national team completed their second camp for the season last week. The first camp was dryland training in Oslo in May. Six days with skiing was this time on the agenda. Coach Fredrik Aukland had this to say: – We chose Sognefjellet since we wanted a period with volume and technique. It’s important to spend time on technique when we are together Aukland was especially impressed by the girls test...
TECHNIQUE AND TRAINING CAMP FOR MASTER/CITIZEN SKIERS July 6-8 Cresthill Resort, Hayward, WI CXC Skiing is pleased to announce a technique and training camp for master/citizen cross country skiers. This camp will offer valuable information for all amateur athletes; first through eleventh wave Birkie skiers and off season cross trainers. Train shoulder to shoulder with CXC Ski Team athletes. Learn from the CXC Team coaches and well known guest coaches. CXC has purchased, and several...
Western State College and the Crested Butte Gunnison Nordic Team will be hosting a summer dryland camp this July 12-16 at Western State College of Colorado and throughout the Gunnison Valley. The camp is headlined by Olympian Coaches and will take advantage of the great training opportunities found in the Gunnison Valley. Scheduled to coach at the camp are Olympic Skiers, Wendy Wagner, Abby Larson, Ingrid Butts and Rebecca Dussault. In addition, NCAA and Rocky...
Madison Technique Rollerski Clinic and Workshop Recap Last Monday and Tuesday CXC Skiing provided learning opportunities for high school, college, and master/citizen skiers in the Madison, WI area. Andre Watt conducted a two day clinic for skate and classic techniques with dry land and rollerski drills as well as answering questions about training and cross country ski equipment. Monday Skate Clinic “I was very excited to see the enthusiasm and energy that the Madison community...