Ever thought you were too old to exercise or that it was too late for you to start getting in shape? Think again! Read all about how my 70-year-old father is in the best shape of his life and how his secrets can help YOU get there too! Here it is, right up front: your age is just a number. It's not who you are…it's not your limitation. It's just a number. How do I...
WANAKA, N.Z. (Aug. 3) – For the fourth consecutive preseason, U.S. cross country skiers have gone Down Under – to New Zealand – to train at the Snow Farm outside Wanaka on South Island. And for the fourth straight preseason, they've found plenty of snow and long loops for a variety of training situations. “We could use a little more snow – you always can,” Head Coach (and newlywed) Trond Nystad said Wednesday after a...
The Norwegian men’s team started their dryland camp at Hafjell on Thursday. Several hard workouts and a time-trial are on the agenda. Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen The Norwegian men’s team started their dryland camp at Hafjell on Thursday. The first interval session and next Tuesday’s skate rollerski time-trial is open to anyone that want to test themselves up against the national team skiers. It’s expected that a number of good skiers from...
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 Photos from Thursday’s workout. Both photos by Torbjœrn Broks Pettersen.
Eight junior skiers and two coaches from Utah and Wyoming just completed a six day backpacking trip in the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming. Coach Gordon Lange sent us some great photos and a short report. On July 18th four skiers and one coach from the National Sports Foundation in Park City, Utah teamed up with four skiers and Coach Ali Deines from the Jackson Hole Ski Club of Wyoming for a unique training camp...
Alaskan skier Anders Haugen (24) is spending two months training in Norway this summer. After having spent a couple of weeks training with a few local athletes in the vicinity of Trondheim, I was able to meet up with the private team, Manpower, in central Norway’s Sognefjell region. Team Manpower is a privately funded team that is led by Fredrik Aukland, one of Norway’s famous Aukland brothers. It consists of some of Norway’s most promising...
Mini-series with focus on the Norwegian longdistance team: It’s the “classy classics†races that count for the Norwegian longdistance team. Source: Langrenn.com
Mini-series with focus on the Norwegian long distance team: Longdistancespecialist Jorgen Aukland has gathered knowledge from some of the Worlds best sprinters in order to get even better. Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen http://www.fasterskier.com/Club/info.php
Norwegian sprint coach Ulf Morten Aune is training his team to do well in the Olympic course profiles. The goal is to have skiers that can win regardless of the race’s development. Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen
Last weekend I was able to get in on a skate rollerski threshold interval session with US Ski Team member Andrew Johnson. AJ had been training at home in Greensboro, Vermont for several weeks and was about to head off to Park City to meet up with the rest of the Team–the plan being to spend about a week training at elevation in Utah in order to be ready for their annual on-snow camp in...
It’s hard not to be noticed when you rollerski up Alp d’Huez Source: Langrenn.com The following article was recently printed in Journal des Alp d’Huez (this is the super shortened version): Locals and tourists couldn’t believe what they saw on July 8, 2005; a rollerskier coming up Alp d’Huez a few minutes ahead of the cyclists from the Discovery team. The rollerskier’s support car yelled out 1.14.47 when he crossed the finish banner. Was it...
Luke Bodensteiner, Nordic Program Director for USSA, recently informed us that the Italian National Ski Team will be holding a training camp in Park City, Utah from July 26-August 6. While their exact reasons for coming all the way to North America for a training camp are not known, Bodensteiner speculates that they want to hold an altitude camp in place where they can also train at low levels. They also might just want a...
Alaskan skier Anders Haugen did a MaxVO2 test using double-poling, skating and classic skiing in an uphill on rollerskis in Trondheim on Monday. Modern technology has now made it possible to do this testing outside of a lab environment, making it specific to the sport by using lightweight, high tech equipment and allowing athletes to do the test using terrain, techniques and equipment they normally use. When testing to determine O2 capacity, max heart rate...
The Canadian National Ski Team is currently training in New Zealand. Here are links to a few photos and updates on the Cross Country Canada site. A Coach's View of New Zealand By: Mike Cavaliere http://www.cccski.com/main.asp?cmd=doc&ID=3005&lan=0 Canada Ski Team Gallery:
Alaskan skier Anders Haugen (24) is spending two months training in Norway this summer. His schedule includes workouts with national team skiers, a glacier camp with Olympic hopefuls and Max VO2 testing by World renowned endurance and strength researcher. Anders Haugen (24) of Anchorage, Alaska looked for a new and inspirational environment for his summer training this year. Last fall he moved to Park City, Utah and joined Team TorbjornSport. He had been bothered by...
This year marks the 26th season that West Yellowstone, Montana has played host to cross country skiers during the month of November. Known for years as Fall Camp, the renamed Yellowstone Ski Festival takes place during Thanksgiving Week on November 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26, 2005. West Yellowstone's location and elevation mean that we usually have enough snow to start grooming our trails by mid-November. Back in the late 1970's, the US Ski Team...
NENSA Elite Team Camp — “It’s not about Prettiness. It’s about Power-ness†Pete Vordenberg July 10 (Hanover, NH): The NENSA Elite Team camp is over and now there are over 30 cross-country skiers headed back home, looking like Jesse James and dreaming of stealing some heavy medals on the World Cup circuit. USSA coach, Pete Vordenberg was on hand to update the athletes and coaches on technique and training of the US athletes. Starting from...
“Classic training is important upper body strength training. It helps me become a better skaterâ€. 2005 relay World Champion and Skate specialist Tore Ruud Hofstad of Norway contemplated this spring if he was going to emphasize further specializing in skating or increase his focus on classic. He is now training equal amounts for both technique styles. http://www.fasterskier.com/news2184.html – I have not yet found a permanent solution, but it’s now already July, so in a way...
I recently spent a week in Iliamna, AK doing some environmental assessment work for what, if the project flies, will be the largest mine in Alaska’s history. As it turns out, I ran into (or maybe I should say rolled into) another superlative in Iliamna: the town may be home to some of the best rollerskiing in the world. Rollerskiing out of town Now, before you start planning your trip to rollerskiing paradise, keep in...