News, tips, and guides for the Nordic Ski Racer

Novice biathlon clinic and race at Yellowstone Ski Festival

The Yellowstone Ski Festive will host two biathlon events: a standard IBU sprint race, and a novice biathlon clinic and race (no previous biathlon or shooting experience is necessary).

By Yellowstone Ski Festival
Nov 11, 2008

Myrda, Sauvala win "quick sand" Limestone Loppet

Despite heavy rain on Thursday, most of the course remained in good shape through Friday afternoon, but rain and snow showers overnight on Friday caused a lot of deterioration on open areas by race time.

By Bob Richards
Nov 11, 2008

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Real Racing

Team Atomic, aka The Thin Red Line, handily won Nordic skiing’s most impressive title this last winter. Roman Toferer compares sprint and marathon races with drag racing and the Les Mans auto race.

By Rick Halling
Nov 10, 2008

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Yellowstone Ski Festival: SuperTour registration

Details about registering for the SuperTour races on Friday and Saturday, November 29-29 at the Yellowstone Ski Festival

By Yellowstone Ski Festival
Nov 10, 2008

ABR Trails opens today

We have groomed about 10- 15 km with some decent early season skiing and some poor early season conditions.

By ABR Trails
Nov 10, 2008

Fischer cuts racing budget

The lack of snow in the past two winters has also left its mark on Fischer, which remains under family ownership. Budgets have had to be cut.

By Mike Muha
Nov 10, 2008

Nordic walking clinic in Hayward

CXC Elite Team athlete Heather Zimmerman will guide a Nordic Walking Clinic in Hayward, WI.

By CXC Skiing
Nov 8, 2008

November Nordic UltraTune newsletter

Here's a copy of Nordic Ultratune's November Newsletter!

By Mark Waechter
Nov 7, 2008

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Sunapee

Kris has just finished the best training season of his career. I think Kris is quite confident right now, but that’s his job. He’d better be confident. My job is to worry.

By Zach Caldwell
Nov 7, 2008

Sibley Ski Tour becomes Sleeping Giant Loppet

When participants gather for the largest cross country ski event in Northern Ontario, there will be a few new twists and turns, but not on the trails. Organisers of the annual Sibley Ski Tour announce its evolution into the the Sleeping Giant Loppet.

By Jean E. Pendziwol
Nov 7, 2008

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Royal Gorge reducing winter hours of operation

Royal Gorge, Ice Lakes Lodge, and Rainbow Lodge will all be cutting back to five days a week rather than seven this winter. "Sometimes it costs us more to open the doors than if we don't"

By Greyson Howard
Nov 6, 2008

Four Weeks

Kris trained a 30 hour week when he got home from Lake Placid and felt great - good energy and no meaningful suppression. He ended the period with a bounding intensity session and then he got a cold.

By Zach Caldwell
Nov 6, 2008