Training

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...

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.

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...