Junior World Champion Petter Northug is traveling to his first ever on-snow altitude camp on October 10. He will be training with the Norwegian men’s team. – I’m hoping to do some skiing with the men’s team, and to get some guidance, says Northug. Northug is in his last season as a junior skier and is traveling to Val Senales on October 10, on the same day as the Norwegian men’s team. – My training...
Coach Gordon Lange sent us some photos from a Wednesday September 26 rollerski interval workout with the juniors From The National Sport Foundation (NSF) in Park City, Utah. The location is Lambs Canyon. Five miles of gradual uphill on brand new pavement. Dead end and very few cars.
Almost half of the Norwegian junior team will be doing on-snow altitude training in Central Europe in October. The coach, Jon Arne Schjetne believes that you can become equally good by staying home. Source: Langrenn.com 5 out of the 12 skiers on the Norwegian junior team will be doing on-snow altitude training in central Europe in October. Among those are junior World Champions Marte Elden and Petter Northug. But Anders Gloersen, Erik Kurland Olsen and...
Four skiers on the Norwegian national team set new personal records in their last MaxVO2 test. Tore Ruud Hofstad tested highest with 92 milliliter/kg. Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen – This was very good. Most everyone set PR’s, explains national team coach Krister Sorgard. He has lately been observing his skiers being tested at the elitesport center in Oslo (toppidrettssenteret) Hofstad highest Tore Ruud Hofstad tested highest with a new PR of 92...
Living and training at altitude has its benefits (for one, sleeping in an altitude-oxygen tent is pretty unnecessary, and we get first crack at the water that runs down the hill to the lowlands before it hits the sewage treatment plant), but when you’re ski training, it can have its disadvantages as well. Doing VO Max intervals at 7,000 feet just doesn’t cut it, and it can make you pretty tired for the next round...
You know you've had a good workout when you have a duffelbag full of sweaty clothes when you're done. With snow and skiing only a couple of weeks away, a small subset of the Ester Dome Ski Imposters with an average age of over 50 did the first, possibly annual, Ester Dome Quad – four trips ski-walking with poles up Ester Dome on Saturday, October 1. Snow had fallen three days earlier, and our major...
Beautiful fall colors, frost on the lawns in the morning, frozen water hoses. Tights and jackets one morning, shorts and T-shirts the next. The Düsseldorf World Cup opener is less than one month away. Juniors, elite and masters are making ticket and lodging reservations for camps in Fairbanks, Silver Star and West Yellowstone. Olympic hopefuls are renewing their FIS license and entering the early Continental Cup races. Skis are being stoneground, rockskis are waxed up...
FIS has asked WADA to remove alcohol from the list of banned substances. Source: Dagbladet.no http://www.wada-ama.org/en/ published on Wednesday the revised list of illegal substances in the sport world. The new list is valid from January 1, 2006. http://www.wada-ama.org/rtecontent/document/Explanatory_Note_2006.pdf The doping list is hard to understand for most people, but in short; buprenorphine, dextromoramide and oxycodone are narcotics that are illegal to have in you blood when you compete. Editors note: What is also important...
This morning I had breakfast at 7:45. It included a banana, oatmeal and raisin bran. Then I got my classic stuff and headed out to the van at 8:25. I jumped in and waited for everybody else to get in. Chris Cook and Kris Freeman were the last to get in. The first thing you think when you see Cook is that he must be a weightlifter or bodybuilder, not so much a skier. He...
Several members of the Norwegian women’s team had a tough time at the start of their first altitude camp in Livigno, but the team still believes in a medal rush at the Olympics in Torino. Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen Related article: Bjorgen Hit The Wall In Time-Trial Sprint relay action at Oberstdorf Worlds. Gold for Norway. Photo: Stian Hœgland
Neither Per Elofsson nor Mathias Fredriksson is participating in the Swedish team’s ongoing altitude camp in Livignio, Italy Source: Skidsport.com http://www.skidsport.com/
It is always a good time at the end of each season to sit down and review what happened and how we could modify our training to produce better results next season. As a masters skier with family and job commitments I don’t have access to the latest laboratory testing. A lot of review is done by feel and being honest with myself. Oh yes and my wife helped me by giving me a heart...
Humans performing one-legged hops uphill; running through the woods carrying “sticksâ€, at levels ranging from conversational pace, to all out, red in the face exertion; braving the pavement on two wheeled skis on a country road… what must the reindeer have thought? Though at first glance it would appear that the some type of bizarre show had come to the area, the reality was this is how avid Nordic skiers spent one weekend in September…...
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
This would be my third year coaching at the PNSA Junior Nordic camp in Trout Lake Washington, and the 2nd year bringing a group of juniors along from the East. It was a great camp for all of us and we are already looking forward to another trip out west in '06. A big Thank You goes out to Ben Husaby of MBSEF, for inviting us to participate. – Janice Sibilia, JLS sports It was...
Eli Brown of Fischer Skis sent us these photos of Day 1 at the US Ski Team's Lake Placid camp. How many coaches does it take to fix Chris Cooks skis? Ben Fick, 2005 Korteloppet Champ and high school skier is PSYCHED to be here! Morgan Arritola, the lone woman at this camp….looked strong today! 8. Kris Freeman and Andrew Johnson are on track. They were moving out today!
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...
Sprint World Champion Emelie Ohrstig has struggled with an inflamed thyroid gland lately. – Everything has been tough for a long time, says Emelie to the Swedish newspaper Kuriren. Source: Skidsport.com The World Champion was a couple weeks ago told that she had an inflamed thyroid gland. That message came after she had felt tired and drained for several weeks. She is now feeling better. – It takes time to come back, so I can’t...