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.

Sven Johansson 30k Race

The Sven Johansson, the final race in the AMH Anchorage Cup, is nicknamed as “The Tour of Kincaid”, because the course tackles just about every big climb in the park– Stairway to Heaven, Hairpin, Ice Box, Elliots Climb, Burky’s climb, Lekisch, you name it.Several of the elite women got the honor of starting in the elite men’s wave, which made for a more interesting and exciting race. Once the