Michael Sinnott (SVSEF ODT) won the men’s 10K classic at Michigan Tech by a good second to Adam Katey (Big Thunder), while Maria Stuber (CXC) won the women’s 5K classic by almost 5 seconds over Carolyn Freeman (UWGB).
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Kuzzy, Compton Lead CXC in SuperTour Domination
Topher SabotJanuary 22, 2011
Whether or not home-course advantage has much impact in cross-country skiing, the CXC Elite Team had no problem defending their local snow. SuperTour racing moved to the Midwest for the Mayor’s Challenge – two days of racing in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Last week combined an EISA collegiate carnival with the Lake Placid SuperTour, and this week was similar, swapping out the Central Collegiate Ski Association (CCSA) for the EISA. The races are also Junior Olympic Qualifiers...
5K/10K Trail Run, Walk or Nordic Walk – This exciting new event at Lapham Peak State Park in Delafield, Wisconsin will utilize both the park trails and the ice age trail. It will start and finish by the Evergreen Shelter. The word Bergkönig means “Mountain King” in German. For those of you who are not familiar with the park, the course involves numerous hill climbs, technical sections, and flights of stairs. The race should be...
CXC Gears up for 2011
Maddy WendtJune 14, 2010
Big changes to the team roster and the coaching staff are this spring’s news for the Central Cross-Country Ski Association (CXC). 18 athletes and three coaches will comprise the 2011 team for one of North America’s largest and fastest-growing clubs. Vacating the post of head coach that he held since the formation of CXC in 2006, Bryan Fish has accepted a position with the US Ski Team (USST) as Continental Cup coach. Jason Cork will...
Brian Gregg in Falun World Cup
mariastuberMarch 25, 2010
This video is currently all over the web and most everyone in the skiing world has watched in over 30 times. Just to make sure that my family and friends (who don’t follow World Cup skiing as much) have gotten a chance to see it I’m going...
Brian Gregg in Falun World Cup
mariastuberMarch 25, 2010
This video is currently all over the web and most everyone in the skiing world has watched in over 30 times. Just to make sure that my family and friends (who don’t follow World Cup skiing as much) have gotten a chance to see it I’m going...
Brian Gregg in Falun World Cup
mariastuberMarch 25, 2010
This video is currently all over the web and most everyone in the skiing world has watched in over 30 times. Just to make sure that my family and friends (who don’t follow World Cup skiing as much) have gotten a chance to see it I’m going...
Stuber, Gregg Comment on SuperTour, Season Plans
Matthew VoisinJanuary 23, 2010
Maria Stuber and Brian Gregg, teammates on CXC Team Vertical Limit both finished 2nd in today’s 5/10km freestyle SuperTour in Minneapolis. They took a few minutes to answer some questions following the race. Maria Stuber It sounds like the conditions were pretty sloppy out there with all of the warm and wet weather. Can you tell us a bit about the conditions; how did the weather effect things, how the trails held up, etc? Maria...
Trail Report
FasterSkierNovember 16, 2009
I got on snow for the first time today and it was absolutely perfect. The Rendezvous ski trails have just enough snow so that you can not tell if you are skiing on 4 inches packed snow or 4 feet (except for a couple spots). Today’s temperatures were in the 20’s, it was super sunny, [...]
On the Road Again…
FasterSkierNovember 9, 2009
Bryan and I just left Marquette for a trip of unknown length. We will be in Rhinelander for a couple days and then we will make our way around the Midwest (Milwaukee area, Twin Cities area, Winona, and Hayward) to do clinics and ski fittings. Afterward, we will fly from Madison, WI to [...]
Rock Cut
FasterSkierNovember 4, 2009
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 [...]
Sunday Rollerski in New Berlin, WI
FasterSkierOctober 21, 2009
I had lived less than 20 minutes away from New Berlin, WI, for the majority of my life, and I never once roller skied there. Last Sunday, my brother Thomas took Bryan and me to meet a group of his ski friends for their usual 3+ hour Sunday ski in New Berlin, WI, which is [...]
Lake Placid Ski Clinic
FasterSkierOctober 4, 2009
On Saturday, Lindsey Dehlin and I conducted a ski clinic for a group of female skiers in the Lake Placid area. This was a mixed group of experienced and novice skiers. All of the women who attended were very enthusiastic and excited to improve their skiing technique. We did all dry-land work, both classic and [...]
Photos From Lake Placid
FasterSkierOctober 3, 2009
So far it has rained every day since we’ve been here. Fortunately, Lake Placid is still beautiful when it is cloudy and dark. Here are some photos from the CXC Women’s team afternoon run on Thursday. Hopefully the sun will come out soon.
Salomon joins in the BERGKÖNIG Trail Run
FasterSkierSeptember 24, 2009
I have Great News! Salomon has just become a sponsor of the BERGKÖNIG 8K Run at Lapham Peak on October 17th. They have donated 2 pair of running shoes that will be awarded to the top male and female participants overall. There will also be Salomon water bottles available to the first 100 participants to [...]
Nina Gavrilyuk is My New Hero
FasterSkierSeptember 12, 2009
We are winding down another camp in Hayward, WI. This week was speed block #2 for most of the team. We had lots of hard training and we are starting to feel pretty wiped out. This morning, Coach Igor’s wife, Nina Gavrilyuk, joined us for the big OO time trial. Nina is a 4 time [...]
Lakeshore Blvd.
FasterSkierAugust 31, 2009
I may have gone for the most treacherous roller ski of my life on Saturday. I needed to do a 3 hour skate ski. I hadn’t checked the weather, but I knew it was supposed to rain all day. I waited around the house all morning for a window so I could at least warm up [...]
Ironwood, MI Camp
FasterSkierAugust 23, 2009
The CXC Team Vertical Limit just finished its fourth camp of the year in Ironwood, MI. I have spent a lot of time in Ironwood, but never in the Summer time. I was pleasantly surprised by how good the training was there. There are lots of giant hills with very little traffic. We stayed at [...]
Developing a Successful Training Plan
FasterSkierAugust 22, 2009
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Maria Stuber is a member of the CXC Elite Team. She is a 2009 U.S. National Championship Silver Medalist and a graduate of Northern Michigan University, where she was captain of the women’s cross country ski team. Maria received a bachelor’s degree in Physiology from NMU in 2007 and will complete her master’s degree in Exercise science in December, 2009. She is currently running an Endurance-Based Personal Training program called Alliance Training (info@xcskialliance.com or call...