Garrott Kuzzy

If there are two things I learned in Professor Frank Winkler’s physics class, Introduction to the Universe, it is that: 1. A lunar eclipse can only occur during a full moon and 2. the moon looks larger when it is closer to the horizon, not because it is “enlarged” in any way, but because it [...]

The winter solstice is barely a week behind us and Anchorage is still very much in the dark.  The sun starts rising around 9am.  Fortunately, there’s no ” – ” in front of the 14F like there was last year. The distant Chugach Mountains make for a cool panorama around the city.  We’ve been waiting to [...]

Is it possible to go for over a week without internet?  Yes.  And it’s good to know the world keeps on spinning without it. garrottkuzzy.com is back, signing in from Anchorage, Alaska.  For now, though, let’s take a look back at several highlights from the past week. I’m not really into politics, but one politician I respect [...]

Just finished the last weekend of racing on the fall tour.  The week in Canmore has been solid and relatively uneventful.  The organizers built a new classic sprint course to deter double-poling on skate skis.  They added two solid climbs which improved it significantly.  Speaking of improved, the Canadians skied strong this weekend on their [...]

Holiday Ski Clinic with Garrott Kuzzy Wednesday, December 23,  9:00am -10:30am Wirth Park Chalet Join Garrott Kuzzy (USST/CXC) and the Hopkins High School ski team for a Holiday Ski Clinic at the Wirth Park Chalet in Minneapolis from 9:00 – 10:30am on Wednesday, December 23.  The skate clinic will be geared towards high school skiers, but everyone [...]

Canmore is awesome.  The CXC Team left Silver Star on Monday and I moved in with the national team – a small group including Morgan Smyth, Lindsay Williams, and coach Abi Holt. Monday was a relaxing day off, doing almost nothing, after a full weekend of racing at Sovereign.  We spent Tuesday on the road, [...]

Bring in the chains.  Canadian sprinter Phil Widmer got me at the line to take the NorAm Skate Sprint at Sovereign Lake yesterday.  Sprint racing is just plain fun and there was some exciting, close racing yesterday.  Congrats to Phil on a great race.  Kicking back in Silver Star today and getting ready to move [...]

Great day for the men – and women – in black.  Four CXC in the Top-6 on the mens side, two in the Top-5 for the women.  Kelly took the top spot in the womens open race at ABR, along with our juniors posting some solid results.  Podium shots: Bryan Fish images (man, that guy knows [...]

I’ve heard the term “ski-in, ski-out,” but never actually knew what it meant.  I just assumed it referred to the hill side condos at alpine ski areas.  It  turns out, that all of Silver Star Resort is ski-in, ski-out.  To make this possible, there is an extensive network of ski trails that connect all the [...]

Skiing, like life, is all about keeping it simple and making the right decisions.  What do I eat for breakfast?  What do I do for my warm-up?  What skis do I race on?  These decisions are easy.  Sometimes they get harder. On Monday, I earned the opportunity to compete in the January World Cup races in [...]

We’re back in Silver Star.  It’s so cold here that the battery on my camera hasn’t allowed me to take any photos outside.  The men’s and women’s teams are staying at different condos here at the Star.  This cold weather has really increased our appetites. Silver Star is set up for training.  Cook and I got [...]

I took Sunday off of racing, part of the plan that my coach Bryan Fish and I made earlier this fall.  Instead, I spent the morning exploring the vast network of trails at Bohart Ranch.  My favorite loop was the Loggers Trail, which goes high into the Gallatin National Forest, and supposedly offers some spectacular [...]

This weekend was a weekend of City Sprints, with the World Cup skiers flying around the streets of Dusseldorf, Germany, and the Continental Cup skiers ripping around Lindley Park in Bozeman.  City Sprints are always a blast because the courses are fast and there are a lot of spectators lining the course.  This weekend was [...]

Well, maybe we don’t tear out the walls quite like Joe Walsh.  We do take out the beds and furniture, then cover the floor with plastic to make ourselves a wax room.  It’s busy in there today, waxing for the weekend.  Everyone is pouring Toko LF blue, the fastest cold wax around, into their skis in [...]

Being a Midwesterner, I’m not used to the dry weather in the West.  There are definite advantages to the dry air, like being able to forget wet ski clothes in a backpack and still have them be dry when you’re ready to work out in the afternoon.  One of the disadvantages is that it seems [...]