From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.

BIG USST CROSS COUNTRY FUNDING INCREASE

In a letter to the U.S. Cross Country Committee Luke Bodensteiner outlined a new level of funding for the cross country program…
This is a very positive turn of events since the XC budget started out at $400,000 this spring (which covers everything from paper clips, all salaries, all travel, every drop of wax, hotels, training camps, all development projects, etc) and has increased since then…
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