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The new Swedish coach, Inge Braaten is using a training camp model that is very similar to what the Norwegian team is using. Source: Langrenn.com – Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen Background articles: Inge Braaten New Swedish National Team Head Coach http://www.fasterskier.com/news2324.html Sweden’s New Coach Is Putting The Bar High http://www.fasterskier.com/news2364.html The Norwegian team has been in Stelvio and is still in Livignio, and later this fall they will be in Val Senales. The Swedes will...

The Norwegian junior national team just finished a hard dryland training camp at Sjusjoen. Here is a report including time-trial results. Source: Langrenn.com Coach Jon Arne Schjetne has an interval-oriented philosophy Using A Samdal-Like Plan

FASTERSKIER CLUB SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE – 2005 August, 2005 Volume 2 Issue 4 The Club! We recently emailed the fourth issue of the 2005 season Fasterskier.com’s subscription service covering in-depth, modern and interesting issues in the sport of Cross-Country. The subscription service runs from May through April. If you have signed up recently and not received the first three issues, please let us know so we can send them. The August 2005 issue This month we...

The Norwegian men national team started their first altitude camp for the season on Monday, and the plan calls for more altitude training than the last seasons. Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen – We started on a program toward Olympics at altitude in Torino two seasons ago. That involves that we increase the number of altitude days each season. We will have 85 to 90 altitude days before the Olympics this season. That...

2005 Junior World Champion Marte Elden (19) has made changes and down prioritized track running this summer. She still managed to run the 1500-meter in 4.32 and the 3000-meter in 9.49. Source: Langrenn.com

It’s going to be more altitude training for the Swedish national team, promises the new head coach, Inge Braathen. The team is leaving for their first altitude camp of the season in Ramsau, Austria on Monday. Source: Skidsport.com – It’s important that the Swedish national team skiers get to train a lot at high altitude, says Braathen. The Swedish team has in the past not had the same focus on altitude training as their Norwegian...

Tord Asle Gjerdalen (22) has so far been able to combine medicine studies and elite cross country ski training, but that might get tougher. Source: Langrenn.com – It’s going to get tougher to combine studies and elite level training this year says Tord Asle Gjerdalen. He has despite his young age impressed in ski racing, especially since he is also studying medicine. – It has up until now not been mandatory too show up at...

Remi Andersen (32) is training up to four workouts per day in his quest to make the Norwegian team for the 2006 Torino Olympics. Source: Langrenn.com – I have down prioritized my job and am only working two days per week. I have worked or studied too much in the past to achieve top results in cross country skiing, says Andersen

Source: Langrenn.com Coach Svein Tore Samdal has gathered the Norwegian women’s team to a dryland capacity training week at Ilsetra. The camp runs from August 8-14 and all eight elite national team members are participating along with two invited skiers. – We are mostly doing two daily workouts. One workout on the first and on the last day as well as on one day in the middle of the camp and the rest will be...