I traveled with teammate Tad Elliott from Park City to Canmore, Alberta, Canada today. Because of our limited budget, we didn’t have the best itinerary. We flew from Salt Lake City to Phoenix, Arizona. We got nice views of the Grand Canyon: … Continue reading →
The U.S. Ski Team’s cross-country athletes finished their final round of pre-season testing last week in Park City, Utah. Athlete blogs currently abound with documentation of skiers pushing themselves to the point of falling off the treadmill in order to collect data on how much they’ve each progressed since their last test. The importance an athlete attaches to his or her test results varies by individual, but in the lab and in training they can...
This morning I went on a three hour run with my teammates Simi Hamilton, Andy Newell, and Tad Elliott as well as Alaska Pacific University skier Pete Kling and Stratton Mountain School’s Erik Packer. We took it easy and chatted … Continue reading →
For the third time this year, the U.S. Ski Team ran into their counterparts on the biathlon squad earlier this week when both groups were in Utah for their respective training camps. “The biathletes were at Soldier Hollow yesterday as was the entire U.S. Ski Team,” skier Noah Hoffman wrote in an e-mail to FasterSkier on Tuesday. “Cross country was doing a speed (10-15 seconds) session classic. I’m not sure what was involved in the...
This evening Mike Engel, a very generous US Ski Team supporter, hosted a fundraiser to give Nordic enthusiasts a chance to show their support for the US Cross Country Ski Team. My teammate Kikkan Randall brought her world cup sprint … Continue reading →
This morning the US Ski Team did a classic roller ski speed session (10 to 15 seconds as fast as possible) down at Soldier Hollow (the roller ski track at the 2002 Olympic venue.) There were three stations of speeds, … Continue reading →
Most of the athletes at the US Ski Team camp had the day off of training today. I went down to Salt Lake this morning to hang out with some friends, Sarah MacCarthy and Tegan Troutner. This afternoon we organized … Continue reading →
It snowed up high in Park City today! The US Ski Team did max bounding intervals this morning. I did 6 by 3-4 minutes race pace to maximal with Tad Elliott, Erik Bjornsen, and a few club skiers. We started … Continue reading →
This morning’s workout for the US Ski Team camp was two hours of distance skate roller skiing at Soldier Hollow (on the roller ski track at the 2002 Olympic Venue.) We included 30 minutes of no pole skiing in the … Continue reading →
This morning the whole US Ski Team plus several elite level club athletes did a two and a half double pole only session. Here is Stratton Mountain School athlete Eric Packer (left) and US Ski Team athlete Andy Newell post … Continue reading →
Madshus, my ski, boot and pole sponsor is running a contest where they’re giving away top of the line skis, boots, and poles to one lucky winner. I truly believe they make world class products. I can think of multiple races on … Continue reading →
My only workout today was an hour and a half road bike ride. I was too much of a wimp to go out early this morning in the cold so I waited until mid day and drove down to Salt … Continue reading →
People have asked me about my views on doping and Lance Armstrong. The defense I have heard most often of Lance is that everybody was cheating so he was still the best when he won his Tours. I have also … Continue reading →
The US Ski Team October Camp started today. This is a split camp that starts here in Park City for 10 days then moves to Canmore, Alberta (on-snow) for 10 more days. Most of my teammates are testing for the … Continue reading →
This morning I did skate intensity by myself. I went to a road I have only skied once before, Hoytsville Rd. It is a great location that I will try to use more often. I warmed up for half an … Continue reading →
I was over-scheduled today. This morning I did a two hour skate roller ski down in Salt Lake on my own. I went straight from there to a tennis match with my strength coach Alex Moore, and then straight into my second … Continue reading →
I did a long fun session with the Canadian National Team this morning. We started classic rollerskiing down in Salt Lake City at the base of Mill Creek Canyon. We skied to the end of the pavement at the top … Continue reading →
Off day today. I played a couple hours of tennis this morning with Stefan Kuhn, Canadian National Team coach and former World Cup skier. He is better than me and thoroughly beat me but it was a ton of fun. It was … Continue reading →
I did classic intervals this morning with the Canadian men. The session was much harder for me than the skate session we did last week. Today we did 6 by 4 minutes. The pace for every interval was around race … Continue reading →