Here’s some awesome video our physical therapist Tara Fontenot took of Saturday’s classic race in Muonio Finland: And here’s a picture Brian Fish took of me in Sunday’s Skate Race: Yesterday morning I skated for a little over two hours. … Continue reading →
Yesterday’s 15km individual start skate race in Muonio was better for me than the classic race on Saturday. The conditions were challenging. It was above freezing and we got about an inch of new snow the night before the race. … Continue reading →
Gunnar Caldwell, Zach’s son, drilled me in one of the toughest interviews I’ve ever done. Zach put together this video:
I didn’t achieve the result I was looking for in the first race of the season yesterday, a 10 km classic race in Muonio, Finland. I executed my plan well, so I am not too disappointed. I finished in 30th place, one … Continue reading →
On a clear, cold morning in Muonio, Finland, time marched one step closer to the World Cup and turned up mounting anticipation for it’s commencement by a few degrees. Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ) claimed his second victory of the weekend in the 10 k classic, though the rest Kazakh team was not quite as dominant as it was in Friday’s sprint. Lukas Bauer (CZE) was less than five seconds back from Poltoranin in second place and...
The Muonio 10km classic race, my first race of the year, starts in a couple of hours. I took a bunch of photos of the sprint race rounds yesterday afternoon. My teammate Andy Newell ended up 4th and Simi Hamilton … Continue reading →
I took a trip into the town of Muonio yesterday with my teammates Liz Stephen (left below) and Holly Brooks. Town is about 3 miles away from the ski hill where we are staying. It was a beautiful sunset at 2 p.m. … Continue reading →
Welcome to the latest installment of FasterSkier’s season previews! Here we break down what to expect from the US Ski Team’s cross-country athletes on the international stage in 2012-2013. With the pre-World Cup races in Muonio, Finland, just around the corner, now is a good time to take stock of what happened last season. When it was time to write this preview a year ago, the Americans were coming off of a very different winter....
Afternoon skiing here in Muonio, Finland means skiing in the dark. Here’s my teammate Kris Freeman heading out for a session: Most of the trails around here are lit. The US Ski Team has been having fun since being back … Continue reading →
Yesterday we had blue skies here in Muonio, Finland. The sun never hits our side of the mountain. (The mountain is not very big, but the sun doesn’t get high in the sky north of the arctic circle.) Some of … Continue reading →
Kris Freeman and I had an easy travel day yesterday. All of our flights were on time, and we got all of our bags. We met some of our teammates in Frankfurt and the rest in Helsinki. I couldn’t stay … Continue reading →
I woke up in Putney, Vermont this morning hoping to pack and get one more technique ski in with Zach Caldwell. (It may be a stretch to call it “this morning”. It’s currently 6:55 a.m. on Monday here in Frankfurt, … Continue reading →
This morning I spent a couple of hours cutting my poles down and getting everything set up exactly how I like it. I’m travelling to the World Cup tomorrow with six pairs of poles. Zach Caldwell and I did one … Continue reading →
I had a good skate technique session with my coach Zach Caldwell this morning. The new technique cues that I developed yesterday were easy to incorporate today. I was nervous and not very confident about my skate skiing coming into … Continue reading →
This morning I did skate technique work with my coach Zach Caldwell. We had a good session. I was a little tired from the travel yesterday, but my energy was good. We developed two new technique cues: “push to extension … Continue reading →
I woke up at my grandparent’s house in beautiful Castle Rock, Colorado today. My mom and grandmother dropped me off at the airport this morning with lots of gear. They are doing lots at Denver International Airport. They are building … Continue reading →
This morning I skate roller skied with my Team Homegrown teammates up Vail pass. We did a loop around town first. The whole session took two and a half hours. We started in Vail at 8,150′ (2,484 meters) and ended … Continue reading →
On Saturday, a fundraiser was held in Aspen, Colo., to help support local U.S. Ski Team cross-country athletes Simi Hamilton and Noah Hoffman and nordic combined skier Michael Ward in their quest for international success. A few hundred community members came through the doors over the course of the evening, the sense of pride in their hometown practically tangible. It’s rare, when covering a sport largely from afar, to witness the inspirational power athletes have...
I had a long day. We (Team Homegrown) did 6 by 3:30 classic intensity this morning in Eagle. It was a good hard session. I was not skiing as fast as my teammates Sylvan Ellefson and Ryan Scott. I am … Continue reading →
This morning I did a classic roller ski speed (10-15 seconds as fast as possible) session with my Team Homegrown teammates. At the uphill station, I played around with gliding versus running on skis. At the double pole station I … Continue reading →