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If I were asked to name the one athlete on the circuit this year who is excelling to great heights, one who deserves such excellence, I would name Brian Gregg. A local Methow skier who races for CXC Team Vertical Limit out of Wisconsin, Brian and I gre...
After the weekend's racing, Brian and I got a chance to show off some of the trails we grew up on to our fellow SuperTour athletes and friends. This morning a group of about twenty met at the Winthrop Barn and carpooled to the Cub Creek trailhead where...
It was an exciting weekend for Methow Valley skiing - we hosted our first national-level event at the McCabe Trails and saw racing action featuring some of America AND Canada's top athletes. After a nerve-wracking week of above-freezing temperatures an...
div style="text-align: center;"br //divErik and I have just arrived in Germany today- bags and everything. Lucky!! Saturday morning we both started the sprint supertour race on our home course before we took off for the drive over the mountains to Seat...
We just got back from the naming of the Under-23 and World Junior Championships trip. The team is chosen by scoring the athletes two best results and then the top 6 junior and top 5 under-23 athletes make the team. Sadie and I both made our respective ...
Yesterday was our second race of the week, a 10/15K skate race. It was on a great course, plenty of short climbs and comparable recovery, but almost no flat skiing to be had. For Erik and Sadie it was the second of three qualifying races for their U23/...
Our first race at the US National is over and from the coach's perspective I am pleased and proud of all three MOD skiers. They have made a very strong recovery from their over training episode of a few weeks ago. Their hearts and minds were fully i...
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Tomorrow is the first day of the four day Senior Nationals Competition in Anchorage, Alaska. It seems the weather will be warm enough to start the races this year!!. Todays temperatures in the stadium hovered around single digit numbers, so it is in no...
After a two week break and some great skiing at home (despite some low snowfall), the MOD Squad has arrived fit and healthy in Anchorage, Alaska for the 2010 US National Championships and World Junior/U23/Canmore World Cup/Olympic Trials. Lots going on...
In an attempt to make it easier for our supporters, sponsors, friends and family to follow our race results and travels, we've updated our MOD website's calendar. Now you can go to: a href="http://methowolympicdevelopment.com/calendar"http://methowolym...
This past weekend was another tough one for the MOD Squad. We took part in two NorAm Cup races in Silver Star, B.C. where the competition rivals that of a National Championships. For the Canadians it determined Olympic team alternates, for the American...
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I'm five days into a mandatory rest period following our West Yellowstone debacle. The weather in Mazama has been cold and clear, with the only skiing being a very icy 4km out-and-back at Klipchuck campground. Still, it's better than rollerskiing; in f...
A Perfect Storm of Stressbr /br /Life often does not deal us the hand we expect. This was made abundantly clear to me over the past 2 weeks of training and racing with the MOD Squad. br /br /During the past 6 months of training daily with these three...
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For our first official race as a team and ensuing report, we'll try a collaborative blog. Following is an account from each of us on how the race went. Enjoy!divbr //divdivSam's race:/divdivAfter three days here in West Yellowstone, at an altitude of ~...
After a solid fall of nose to the grind stone training for the MOD Squad it seemed appropriate that we take advantage of being home for a week between training camps and a recent dump of snow in our little mountains that ring the Methow Valley to have ...
The first Silver Star camp came to end Sunday afternoon, after an intense morning workout. This last week was a great chance for us to test out the technique we have been working on all summer. Sometimes it comes as a surprise when you don't have that...