Don’t forget, the FinnSisu SuperFit sale is this weekend. SuperFit is a CXC program where CXC Vertical Limit athletes and coaches work with local retailers to help skiers find the best equipment for the coming winter. I was scheduled to work at the event, but had to back out at the last minute to take [...]
Roberto Carcelen is a member of the Peruvian National Team. In fact, for all intents and purposes, Carcelen is the Peruvian National Team. I first met Roberto on a bus ride home from the venue at the World Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic last winter. He’s one of the few other skiers out on the [...]
Roberto Carcelen is a member of the Peruvian National Team. In fact, for all intents and purposes, Carcelen is the Peruvian National Team. I first met Roberto on a bus ride home from the venue at the World Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic last winter. He’s one of the few other skiers out on the [...]
Early this morning, I met Bryan and Lindsey Dehlin at “the rock cut” which is a popular location for interval training in the Marquette area on county road 480. We all had a slightly different hard workouts to do, but we still managed to join forces. I did a 10K time trail, Bryan [...]
It didn’t get nearly as warm as forecasted today – we probably have the high clouds to thank for that – and the forecast is now a lot more favorable. I’m quite confident we’ll be on good skis for the rest of the week. This morning it was klister covered at Sovereign Lakes. It’s getting a little granular and greasy over there, but it’s still really good skiing. The real bonus though was this afternoon at Silver Star. Marshall and I decided to try to explore the knoll a little on the way to the mountain trails and we never made it to the mountain. The Pisten Bully and tiller were out – and the skiing was pretty good. It was a bit soft (the daytime grooming may have prevented it from setting up perfectly) and a little dirty, but otherwise pretty much perfect. With the knoll open we now have two sets of legit ski trails to train on. Hard to argue with that. My camera battery is struggling. I’m going to try to coax a few shots out of it tomorrow.
When Marshall and I decided to come up here on Wednesday there was more than a foot of snow on Main Street and perfect tracks pretty much everywhere. Since then late October and early November has happened. There’s been some melting, some transforming and 16 inches has turned into about 6 or 7. But, that’s still 6 or 7 more than just about anywhere other trail system has in North America right now. So I’ll take it. We skied at Sovereign Lakes this morning and Silver Star this afternoon. The conditions at Sovereign were significantly better than they were for the first round of Nor-Ams last year. The track is rock-hard but it was covered with a dusting of fresh snow, which made kicking pretty easy. It would have been good if someone, anyone really (we’re staying with Kuzzy and Liebsch), had brought some binder – but I guess we can buy some if it really becomes necessary. One thing I didn’t consider when we decided to come up here was that we’re still 7 weeks away from the equinox. That’s like mid-February style sun. It packs some punch. Hopefully we won’t end up on rock skis, but even if we do I’ll be okay with it. Real skiing on November 3rd (Happy Birthday Marshall) is not a bad way to start the season. Kuzzy took some pictures.
It's time for ski racing. For those of us with unreal VO2 capacities, unbelievable webs of fast- and slow-twitch muscles, fantastical abilities to handle lactic acid, superhuman willpower, and/or the finest pharmaceuticals in the world, there's the 2009-2010 World Cup, including once again the Tour de Ski (January 1-10, 2010) but punctuated by the Winter Olympic Games (February 12-28) in our
Another beautiful day in Silver Star. Matt & I are out of the hostel and living with Marshall Greene, my old Middlebury teammate, & Brayton Osgood of the XC Oregon team, in a little condo. After a lot of planning and travel, it’s great to be in one place for a while. We skied classic at Sovereign [...]
Another beautiful day in Silver Star. Matt & I are out of the hostel and living with Marshall Greene, my old Middlebury teammate, & Brayton Osgood of the XC Oregon team, in a little condo. After a lot of planning and travel, it’s great to be in one place for a while. We skied classic at Sovereign [...]
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I always thought that riding in the team van was slow, stopping at every rest stop to relieve full bladders and top off empty Nalgenes. Well, compared to my first experience on a Greyhound bus yesterday, I’ve decided the van feels like a Formula 1 race car, flying down the road making wicked fast pit [...]
I always thought that riding in the team van was slow, stopping at every rest stop to relieve full bladders and top off empty Nalgenes. Well, compared to my first experience on a Greyhound bus yesterday, I’ve decided the van feels like a Formula 1 race car, flying down the road making wicked fast pit [...]
Chuck came up to Hayward last Wednesday to pick up his new skis. We heard through the grapevine that Silver Star got hit by a big snowstorm and, what started as a “what if. . .?” on a wet and rainy roller ski quickly turned into a conceivable plan. . .
Chuck came up to Hayward last Wednesday to pick up his new skis. We heard through the grapevine that Silver Star got hit by a big snowstorm and, what started as a “what if. . .?” on a wet and rainy roller ski quickly turned into a conceivable plan. . .
Chuck came up to Hayward last Wednesday to pick up his new skis. We heard through the grapevine that Silver Star got hit by a big snowstorm and, what started as a “what if. . .?” on a wet and rainy roller ski quickly turned into a conceivable plan. . .
After proving her talent as a junior racer, Rebecca Dussault hung up her skis for several years between 1999 and 2003 in order to focus on her family. After returning to racing in 2004 she found that she still had the talent, love for the sport, and a mind for the competition. Since then she has set her focus on national and international titles – not only in nordic skiing but also in winter and summer...
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