The Mora Vasaloppet is a special race in the hearts of thousands of skiers who have experienced it. The colorful mass start, the separate 58K and 35K courses, the wooded trails, and the exciting finish line in downtown Mora are reasons why the race is the largest in Minnesota and one of the biggest participation winter athletic events in the United States.
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Another one in the books. Solid skate race this morning. Tried to start conservative and pick it up towards the finish. Paced and raced exactly like I wanted and I’m very happy with the race. Congrats to Leif on his win in classic Zimmermann style, laying down the hammer in the final kilometers. Also great [...]
Today was the men’s 15k and women’s 10k skate races. Leif Zimmerman and Holly Brooks had the fastest times of the day. The CXC Team Vertical Limit Men dominated the top 10 with Kuzzy, Liebsch, and Gregg in 2nd, 5th, and 6th, respectively. The Women’s team managed to get 2 in the top 20 with [...]
The Yellowstone Ski Festival classic sprint happened this morning. Unofficial results can be found HERE. Everyone on the CXC Team Vertical Limit is very proud of our teammate, Garrott Kuzzy, for finishing first place today! Read Kuzzy’s race report HERE. The course was rock solid and had several sketchy corners throwing lots of us, including myself, [...]
“Not you. You sit down. You guys are the worst of all of them.”br/br/ - em Random anonymous coach accusations from a 2000 meeting re: Russian doping to the Russian delegate intent on speaking. Seems that little has changed in a a href="http://fasterskier.com/2009/11/ussts-wadsworth-calls-international-coachs-meeting-to-discuss-sanctions-on-russian-team/"decade/a./em
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“Average World Cup Sprint, 2009: men = 3:08, women = 2:52. West Yellowstone, 2010: men = 4:04, women = 4:50. It just screams SUCCESS”br/br/ - em Random Anonymous Coach Musings, West Yellowstone Edition./em
Kristin Halvorsen is a featured athlete on the new a href="http://www.nccsef.org/athletes.shtml"NCCSEF/a (National Cross Country Ski Education Foundation) website.br /br /There are also a bunch of pictures from our camp in Silver Star posted on a href=...
Dr. Pepa has an interesting cure for just about every ailment encountered by GRP athletes thus far. And if any of us are drug tested this season, we can safely say her treatments fall quite far from the banned substance list. These are a few remedies already prescribed during our West Yellowstone camp. [...]
Last March I went to Canadian Nationals with my club team Skibec from Québec City. The first race of the week was the team sprint and there was a lot of debate about whether to do it or not. Many racers opted out, wanting to save themselves for the remaining four “more important” races. The [...]
Tour of Anchorage Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage P.O. Box 103504 Anchorage, AK 99510 Telephone (907) 561-0949 or (907) 346-2233
Starting precisely 32km from the edge of the Sun Valley/Ketchum community at the rustic Galena Lodge, the Tour parallels the Galena Pass Highway as it flows steadily down to the finish. One of the shortest American Ski Marathon Series events, the Tour is also the easiest to navigate featuring a gently flowing course over a series of meadows and grass-covered foothills. Spectacular views of the surrounding mountains unfold continuously with each and every turn....
Michigan’s premier cross-country ski event offers those of all abilities the opportunity to experience a wonderful day amongst towering white pines and through the pristine serenity of the Pere’ Marquette State forest of Northern Michigan. Named after King Gustav Vasa, a monarch in Sweden several centuries ago, the Vasa Pathway is also host to three of the Midwest’s most popular ski events. VASA Race Start Times: 27 km Classic – 8:30 am 27 km Freestyle...
33K Freestyle, 25K Hoigaard’s Classic, cross country ski festival featuring snow sculptures, skijoring, the Luminary Loppet and much more. The City of Lakes Loppet is a cross country ski festival featuring the beautiful trails and lakes of the Twin Cities. Join us on the first weekend in February for this celebration of winter in Minnesota.
Royal Gorge P.O. Box 1100 Soda Springs, CA 95728 (800) 500-3871
The Marquette General Health Systems Noquemanon Ski Marathon is a 51K cross country ski race taking skiers on a journey from Ishpeming (home of the National Ski Hall of Fame) to Marquette where the finish line is right outside the Superior Dome, the world’s largest wooden dome stadium. It’s sister event, the mBank Half Marathon is a 25K race that utilizes the second half of the Noquemanon course sharing the finish line outside of the...
Seventy (70) kilometers of scenic, well-groomed trails climb on and over “Giants Ridge” which straddles the Laurentian Divide with superb overlooks of rivers, lakes and forest. A system initially developed for intensive training by the U.S. Ski Team presents long, gradual grades, spectacular vistas, roller coaster rides and a variety of challenges for beginners through accomplished skiers. Giants Ridge’s cross country trail system is one of the finest in North America. The annual Pepsi Challenge...
January 30, 2010. The Craftsbury Marathon, with 50 and 25 kilometer classic races, traverses some of Vermont’s most scenic countryside. The Center located on Lake Hosmer in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom has put this popular event on each year since 1981 and offers accommodations for 90 . The marathon is a point to point event featuring food stations provisioned with delicious soups and fresh baked goodies by local inns. Contact: stay@craftsbury.com
After a lot of hard work this spring, summer, and fall, the racing season is finally here. . . We’ll be racing a 1.5km classic sprint tomorrow morning at 9am. There are 400 men and women on the start list, starting at 15 sec intervals. No heats, just one blazing fast qualifier. Hit it!