Articles tagged 'Training'

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Time to plan for the Yellowstone Ski Festival

The West Yellowstone Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the dates for the 2008 Yellowstone Ski Festival. Join over three thousand other Nordic ski enthusiasts in West Yellowstone during the Thanksgiving week.

By Yellowstone Ski Festival
Sep 14, 2008

XC Calls Whistler Second Home

"Home course advantage is pretty high. So, we've had a lot of camps here to try to gain that advantage," said Cross Country Head Coach Pete Vordenberg.

By US Ski Team
Sep 11, 2008

XC Trains With Yoga and Kayaking

The U.S. Disabled Cross Country Team took part in some fun and innovative training near the home of Head Coach Jon Kreamelmeyer in Frisco, CO: Yoga and kayaking

By US Ski Team
Sep 9, 2008

Sugarbomb

He beat his July time trial time - so what’s the problem? The problem is that Kris finished with his blood sugar over 300, and felt absolutely terrible during the test.

By Zach Caldwell
Sep 9, 2008

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Whistler Sprint Relay

Today was one of a number of events and training sessions that will be considered in picking the team in the represent the US in the sprint relay at World Championships..

By Zach Caldwell
Sep 8, 2008

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Canadian Home Course

Today my fellow US Ski teammers and I traveled out to the 2010 Olympic cross-country venue, Whistler Olympic Park (becoming affectionately known as WOP), for a team sprint simulation on skate roller skis.

By Kikkan Randall & Pete Vordenberg
Sep 8, 2008

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Watch out for the late summer ruts and grooves

While tar snakes are bad, the 'ruts and grooves' that I really want to warn you about here are the mental and physical ones that often occur in late summer training.

By Craig Storey, XC Ottowa
Sep 5, 2008

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Whistler, BC, our second home

Photos from the Whistler, BC camp by Pete Vordenberg.

By Pete Vordenberg
Sep 4, 2008

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The Simple Life of a Cross Country Ski Racer in Ohio

Michigan Cup racer Kelly Mikolajczyk has started a blog to chronicle "the adventures of a female cross country ski racer who lives and trains in the Cleveland Ohio area."

By Mike Muha
Sep 3, 2008

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Whistler Camp (again)

Kris is back in Whistler - this time with the whole USST. This is Kris’s second intensity camp of the year - the July camp being the first.

By Zach Caldwell
Sep 3, 2008

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Does it Look like we're Kidding?

Where have we been? What have we been doing? We've been getting it done.

By Pete Vordenberg
Sep 2, 2008

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A short photo essay of time spent on the Haig Glacier

The Haig Glacier is located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta. It is about an 18km run away from just about anything so it makes for an excellent spot to focus on training and enjoying real skiing in July.

By Alana Thomas
Aug 27, 2008

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