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Making a Healthy Transition to Running as the Seasons Change with Jessica Yeaton

Rachel PerkinsApril 30, 2021

Last year at this time, I was primarily gym-ridden. After roughly five months on snow, my fitness was high but my tolerance for the impact and specific demands of running were low. Throwing better judgement to the wind, I gave in to the allure of warm days, rapidly drying trails, and beloved road loops around town, and paid the price. Despite running between zero and ten miles total between December and the end of February,...

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Johaug: Fleet Footed in the 10 k

Jason AlbertJune 11, 2020

Norway’s Therese Johaug made news today on the running track, clocking a speedy 10 k in 31:40.69. Johaug’s run was part of a made-for-TV sport event in a time of limited international travel and social distancing. Called the “Impossible Games”, the format pitted some of Norway’s best track and field athletes against those from Kenya in a virtual competition. Best known by cross-country ski fans for dominating the distance races on the World Cup, Johaug...

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Comeau Just Can’t Quit Skiing: Back in the Sport and PyeongChang-Bound

Chelsea LittleJanuary 31, 2018

Today, she’s Olympic-bound. But two years ago, Anne-Marie Comeau was stepping away from cross-country skiing. Comeau had raced at 2015 World Junior Championships, finishing 25th in the skiathlon, but by December of that year the Canadian was diagnosed with a shoulder injury that required her to take half a year away from skiing. She didn’t compete past the first weekend of NorAms, or at all in the 2016-2017 season, after deciding to devote herself to...

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Best of Both Worlds: MSU Measures VO2max and Upper Body at the Same Time (with Video)

Gabby NaranjaNovember 16, 2015

While "a high VO2max is never a disadvantage -- ever!” Dr. Dan Heil of Montana State University explains that honing in on upper-body strength may be the way to go. "If [an athlete is] interested in being able to track their training progress, maybe all they need to be able to track is changes in upper-body power."

Workouts

Wednesday Workout: Quality Level 3 and 4 for the Working Class

Peter MindeOctober 14, 2015

A day after turning 58, FasterSkier contributor Peter Minde shaved 6 seconds off his time in the insanely tough Climb to the Castle. Here, Minde shares three workouts that have helped him get the most out of each week, while balancing work, family and training for skiing in New Jersey.

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Wednesday Workout: Throwback Uphill Running Intervals with Stephen

Alex KochonOctober 7, 2015

This week's workout comes from Liz Stephen in 2010: uphill running intervals on a solid grade with 20+ minutes of active time, and preferably a steady downpour, mud, slippery footing, and whatever else nature has in store.

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Running: National Champ Stephen’s Secret to Keeping Skiing ‘Happy and Fresh’

Austin CobbOctober 1, 2015

Liz Stephen has been taking advantage of summer to enjoy another endurance-sports passion of hers: running. By both running casually and in races, like the Trail Run National Championship and Red Bull 400 hill climb late last month, Stephen gets the most out of the popular form of cross training.

Workouts

Wednesday Workout: Need for Speed (and Time-Saving Gut-Busters) on the Track

BrainspiralAugust 26, 2015

We know the reason you ski is your love for variable terrain, ever-changing scenery and snow, but sometimes, you’ve just got to get a workout in. And in the summer, those feeling a lack of “me-time” might find they can work up one heck of a sweat in minimal time at a local track.

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Wednesday Workout (PPP Bonus!): Ride/Run & Run/Play with Sarah Max

BrainspiralMay 28, 2014

Sarah Max has experience on her side when it comes to multi-sport races. "After a winter of planned workouts, I generally don’t follow a training plan for the Pole Pedal Paddle," the race's four-time winner explains. This year was no different. But she did incorporate running workouts to minimize the "brick" feeling one gets from transitioning from the bike to run.

Training Workouts

Wednesday Workout: Early Season Agility with the Alberta World Cup Academy

BrainspiralMay 7, 20141

This week's workout comes from Ezekiel Williams, FasterSkier's newest intern and an athlete at the Alberta World Cup Academy. This time last season, Williams said he really enjoyed doing what his team called, the Agility Sprint Track Workout. "Combine the agility work and lactate threshold building into the short 1:30 hour workout time and it makes for a solid early training-season session," he says.

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Stay Cool! It’s Gonna Be Another Hot One

Alex KochonJuly 9, 2013

Quick tips for working out when it's oh-so-hot and humid. It could help you feel better, get more out of your workout, and potentially save your life.

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Scott Jurek: How Skiing Molded His Ultra Career

Audrey ManganJune 13, 2013

FasterSkier recently sat down with ultramarathon legend Scott Jurek over coffee in Boulder, Colo., to ask him about his background in skiing, his lifelong passion for running and his transition to a new phase of his career. When it comes to love of sport, his words are applicable whether you're a runner or a skier.

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This Month in Journals: Drink Your Coffee to Race Fast; Are Supplements a Gateway to Doping?

Chelsea LittleApril 26, 20133

There's a correlation between the use of nutritional supplements and the willingness to dope; but why, and how? Does one cause the other? Plus, quick reads on whether caffeine improves ski performance (hint: it does!) and if minimalist footwear really helps approximate the mechanics of barefoot running.

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Moosilauke – Full History

JoranOctober 25, 2012

After correcting a few typos in the the “official” results I thought we’d look again at the time histories for Dartmouth’s Moosilauke time trial. The following graph depicts every result (except for 2011, which I still can’t find anywhere). The blue is the median for each individual running; this includes both summer and fall times. [...] Related posts:

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The View From the Front of the Boston Marathon

Audrey ManganApril 24, 20121

Even if you’re not a running fan, chances are you heard that former Dartmouth College standout Glenn Randall led the opening 10 k of the Boston Marathon last Monday. Actually, ‘led’ doesn’t quite describe it — he gapped the elite men’s field, frenzy. To those who had never heard of Randall, it looked as though he was trying to grab a few minutes of fame with an opening pace he couldn’t hold. But as he...

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With Recent Success, Randall Takes Running One Step at a Time

Audrey ManganOctober 8, 2011

Since graduating from Dartmouth College in 2009, Glenn Randall has skied for the Bridger Ski Foundation in Bozeman, MT. While an undergrad, he competed three seasons a year for Dartmouth’s cross-country, skiing, and track teams, winning the 10 k freestyle at NCAAs his junior year. Running has always been an important part of Randall’s career, both in training and racing. But he didn’t discover he was good at post-graduate running until he entered and won...

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Pankratov on Norwegian Training Culture: Variety and Wet Feet

Inge ScheveSeptember 15, 20101

NORWAY - Langrenn.com’s exclusive interview with Nikolay Pankratov from September 2, 2010, reveals a universe of difference between Norwegian and Russian training culture.

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Skjeldal: Floating on Old Habits

Inge ScheveAugust 24, 20101

NORWAY – Former Norwegian national team skier Kristen Skjeldal enjoys uphill racing, who retired years ago, still beats the current national team skiers.

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Norway: More running, less rollerskiing

Inge ScheveAugust 4, 20101

The first day on the new program featured killer uphill bounding intervals that left even Northug winded. But that's the recipe for success this winter.

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Old School Not Always Better

Inge ScheveJuly 26, 2010

A lot of things were better in the old days. But distance workouts in rubber boots? “It felt mostly like running on cutting boards, but we didn’t think twice about it!”

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