News, tips, and guides for the Nordic Ski Racer

No more pain...

Don't let it get you down - the soreness will go away with frequency of exercise.

By Mike Muha
Aug 10, 2007

A place I'd like to rollerski

A video tour of the new roller ski trail built at the Canmore Nordic Center last year.,

By Mike Muha
Aug 10, 2007

Katerina Neumannova move from racing to organizing

Katerina Neumannova, the former top Cross-Country athlete from the Czech Republic, has switched from active sport to managing the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec.,

By FIS
Aug 9, 2007

Dry land Cross-Country season in full progress

During the summer months, Cross-Country athletes and the Roller Skiing specialists participate in several competitions around Europe. Today, we’ve included an overview of some of these interesting summer races.,

By FIS
Aug 8, 2007

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July Camp - Train, Test, Team

While we learned a lot about each individual and how their training is going, the best general piece of info we observed is that you truely get what you pay for. If you do a lot of threshold training, your threshold values improve.,

By Pete Vordenberg, TeamToday.org
Aug 8, 2007

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Athletes pose danger on roads

Residents living near Kinloss claim an accident is waiting to happen with vehicles being confronted by members of a team of British biathlon athletes who use local roads for training on roller-skis.,

By Tanya McLaren - ForresGazette
Aug 7, 2007

Treadmill, strength, conditioning workouts paying off

From on-snow training and some ocean fun in June to intense testing and roller-ski workouts. That was the transition for U.S. Ski Team cross country athletes in their latest camp where their third round of testing showed continued improvement.,

By US Ski Team
Aug 7, 2007

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Disabled XC Trains with Kayaks in Colorado

It's difficult to picture Colorado's Dillon Reservoir as a top training destination for cross country skiing, especially in July, but Jon Kreamelmeyer, head coach of the U.S. Disabled Cross Country Ski Team, says it's an ideal location for a summer camp.,

By US Ski Team
Aug 6, 2007

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How to Mount the Vasa Ergometer on a Wall

Here are step-by-step instructions for mounting a Vasa Ergometer to a wall where you can better replication ski-specific motions than by using the Ergometer in it's original configuration.,

By Mike Muha
Aug 6, 2007

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Planning well underway for 2nd Viessmann FIS Tour de Ski

We were very happy with the way the first Tour de Ski turned out. However, last year’s success has also increased the expectations and we need to do even better this time.,

By FIS
Aug 3, 2007

CXC Team visits four sites in the Twin Cities for free clinics

Over 25 skiers junior high age and older braved the pockets of thunderstorms and attended what turned out to be a beautiful night for rollerskiing at Baker.,

By CXC Skiing
Aug 2, 2007

2007 Race for Hope Results

Team NordicSkiRacer.com member Spencer Ruffner was one of the organizers. Both Spencer and his 9 year-old son Garrett also raced. Did we mention that Garrett is also a member of Team NordicSkiRacer.com?,

By Spencer Ruffner
Aug 2, 2007