CXC Team Vertical Limit had a great training camp in Marine on St. Croix, MN. The old mill town was quiet and peaceful allowing us to get our work done. Roller skiing, running, biking and weight lifting were the names of the games.2010 CXC Team Vertic...
I have been in Washington State the past 3 weeks. I come out each spring to take advantage of some late season skiing on snow. It snows a lot high in the mountains and it takes all that snow a long time to melt away. During my trip I had 12 days of ...
I am out in Bend, Oregon for a ski camp this week. We ski on snow in the morning and train 'dryland' in the afternoon. Yesterday we tried a little paddle boarding. It was really fun.Dennis getting us all lined outI need to work more on my balance. I...
I picked up a few new pairs of 2011 Salomon skis this year while I was racing in Europe. They are awesome. Chuck, you have to try this wet klister ski.2011 Salomons- these skis are awesomeMark has a really slick system to flex the pockets of each ski...
Yesterday I did a bike ride with my Dad. We were lucky to not get wet.
I put my watch on at the beginning of the week. I now have wear it constantly. I even sleep with it. I take my morning heart rate to monitor my recovery/health, record my distance and interval training and make sure that my naps are just the right leng...
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p style="text-align: left;"Norwegians are very proud. For years I have been told how great the bread is in Norway. My friend and college roommate Kjetil would try hundreds of loaves of bread but never found any to his satisfaction. This mornin...
div style="text-align: left;"Over 1,000 young skiers slid to the line on thursday for the Barnebirkie. Pretty impressive considering the town of Hayward has a population of about 2,500. We had a good group from the Boys and Girls Club. Beautiful wea...
divFor the past four years I have had the privilege of living and training with an Olympian. That Olympian will start his first Olympic race tomorrow in the 15km Freestyle. Garrott has many talents and is a well balance skier, performing well in every...
div style="text-align: center;"br //divdiv style="text-align: left;"The Super Tour made its debut in my hometown this weekend. The McCabe Trails at the Liberty Bell High School offered a fantastic venue for Saturdays freestyle sprint. It was pretty c...
div style="text-align: left;"Top 10 at US Nationals has been a goal of mine since high school. I have had some really good races over the year, but I have never achieved this goal. I have raced at a level clearly within the top 10 in the nation, but ...
The first period of racing is complete for me and I drove down with my family for two weeks of training at my other 'home' in the Methow Valley. Driving up the valley, snow conditions were pretty sad and thin. Thankfully fresh snow fell overnight and...
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div style="text-align: left;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"I left Hayward on November 12th and will return, at the earliest, over two months later on January 25th. The travel plans include: /span/divdiv style="text-align: lef...