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The oldest skier on the Norwegian women’s team, Hilde Gjermindshaug Pedersen has decided to train more like Marit Bjorgen. Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen

Source: Langrenn.com/Wintersport.as The Norwegian women’s team is continuing their interval oriented training approach. Nine interval sessions in five days was on the agenda on the first dryland training camp of the year. Agenda for last week’s Norwegian women’s team training camp: Day Technique Type of training Intensity (1-5) 5/22 Roll skate 5x4minutes interval 5 5/23 Skiwalk/bound w/poles 4-5-4-5-4 minutes interval 4-5 Roll classic d.pole 4x5minutes interval 4 5/24 Roll classic d.pole 4x6minutes interval 4-5 Running...

Norway’s O2 King, Espen Harald Bjerke says that he is often using bounding/running/walking with poles as his key interval method. It’s not as easy to do this well as it sound like. Norwegians call this way of moving “moose-hoofs”. Here are some tips for technique and intensity control. Background article: This Is How The VO2 Max King Is Training http://www.fasterskier.com/training1484.html – Running or running with poles in uphills (also called moose-hoofs or bounding with poles)....

Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen Many people view the maximal oxygen uptake as the most important performance factor for cross country skiers. This is how the VO2 Max king Espen Harald Bjerke is training. Bjerke changed his training this season and believes that the changes are part of the reason for the progress. – I was in the past very focused on separating the distance sessions from the hard workouts. The hard workouts...

Source: Langrenn.com Twenty-five year-old Espen Harald Bjeke, a member of the Norwegian cross country national team shocked himself, coaches, team-mates and the person responsible for testing at the Norwegian High level sport center (toppidrettsenteret), Erlend Hem, when they Thursday last week did a MaxV02 test.

We received this email from Dave Knoop of Park City, Utah in mid April. It reflects on why we love cold weather, snow and winter. – It's a tough time of year, I LOVE WINTER! It's soo clean and bright, and when it's not, it's storming and the snow flurries get me even more excited to get out and play. Snow in Utah means life, it means semi green summers to a place that can...

FASTERSKIER CLUB SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE – 2005 May, 2005 Volume 2 Issue 1 The Club! This is the first issue of the 2005 season Fasterskier.com’s subscription service covering in-depth, modern and interesting issues in the sport of Cross-Country. For non-subscribers, this is a great time to join. You're subscription helps keep FasterSkier.com going, and you get in-depth articles you can't find anywhere else. The May 2005 issue This month we include two articles: 1. Endurance training...