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A collection of live feeds from cross-country ski blogs around the web.

  • U.S XC Nationals Recap

    When it comes to skiing, there’s a difference between what you think it’s going to be like, what it’s really like, and what you tell your friends it was like.


    When Reed, Adam, and I headed off to Rumford I think we all had different expectations, thoughts, and ideas of what it was going to be like when we arrived. When we returned to Rochester the three of us knew what it WAS like to race against past and future Olympians, Junior National Champions, and if for only one week we were ski racers at the biggest show on snow and dirt !


    Adam, and Reed raced in the classic sprint, 15k classic, and 10k skate races while I raced in the 15k classic, and 30k skate. As many of you already know the heat wave that hit New Years weekend greatly effected the courses in Rumford, but like any championship event it did not effect the competition. The negative of the lack of snow was that the volunteers, athletes, and coaches all had to do some shoveling, the positive about skiing 15k, or 30k on a 2.5k loop was that you had a lot of fast skiers to ski behind, ski past, and watch ski away! The opportunity to ski a lap or two or three behind a national champion gives you hope and knowledge that you can do it if only for a minute, you know if you work hard enough you can do it for 1 min, then 2min, 3min, 4min, and then hopefully for 30 minuets.


    Here are some pictures and video from the past week. Enjoy and hope to see you all at the Super Tour this weekend in Lake Placid !!

  • U.S XC Nationals Recap

    When it comes to skiing, there’s a difference between what you think it’s going to be like, what it’s really like, and what you tell your friends it was like.


    When Reed, Adam, and I headed off to Rumford I think we all had different expectations, thoughts, and ideas of what it was going to be like when we arrived. When we returned to Rochester the three of us knew what it WAS like to race against past and future Olympians, Junior National Champions, and if for only one week we were ski racers at the biggest show on snow and dirt !


    Adam, and Reed raced in the classic sprint, 15k classic, and 10k skate races while I raced in the 15k classic, and 30k skate. As many of you already know the heat wave that hit New Years weekend greatly effected the courses in Rumford, but like any championship event it did not effect the competition. The negative of the lack of snow was that the volunteers, athletes, and coaches all had to do some shoveling, the positive about skiing 15k, or 30k on a 2.5k loop was that you had a lot of fast skiers to ski behind, ski past, and watch ski away! The opportunity to ski a lap or two or three behind a national champion gives you hope and knowledge that you can do it if only for a minute, you know if you work hard enough you can do it for 1 min, then 2min, 3min, 4min, and then hopefully for 30 minuets.


    Here are some pictures and video from the past week. Enjoy and hope to see you all at the Super Tour this weekend in Lake Placid !!

  • U.S XC Nationals Recap

    When it comes to skiing, there’s a difference between what you think it’s going to be like, what it’s really like, and what you tell your friends it was like.


    When Reed, Adam, and I headed off to Rumford I think we all had different expectations, thoughts, and ideas of what it was going to be like when we arrived. When we returned to Rochester the three of us knew what it WAS like to race against past and future Olympians, Junior National Champions, and if for only one week we were ski racers at the biggest show on snow and dirt !


    Adam, and Reed raced in the classic sprint, 15k classic, and 10k skate races while I raced in the 15k classic, and 30k skate. As many of you already know the heat wave that hit New Years weekend greatly effected the courses in Rumford, but like any championship event it did not effect the competition. The negative of the lack of snow was that the volunteers, athletes, and coaches all had to do some shoveling, the positive about skiing 15k, or 30k on a 2.5k loop was that you had a lot of fast skiers to ski behind, ski past, and watch ski away! The opportunity to ski a lap or two or three behind a national champion gives you hope and knowledge that you can do it if only for a minute, you know if you work hard enough you can do it for 1 min, then 2min, 3min, 4min, and then hopefully for 30 minuets.


    Here are some pictures and video from the past week. Enjoy and hope to see you all at the Super Tour this weekend in Lake Placid !!

  • Tour de Ski Recap: Part 1

    Now that the entire Tour is in the books, here’s how it played out, at least the big picture:

    I have to say, good job to Fransesc Soulie (AND) and Callum Watson (AUS) for hanging in there, despite being way off the back.  Eight races in ten days is a tough feat, even for the folks at the back, so everyone who made it to Val di Fiemme deserves a pat on the back.

    Kowalczyk was rarely seriously tested in this Tour.  The Italians pulled reasonably close to her after Stage 6, but the Pole rebounded in Stages 7 and 8.  Therese Johaug’s stunningly good final two stages, propelling her all the way into second place are readily apparent as well.  On the men’s side, Dario Cologna pulled away after Stage 4 and despite yielding some time to Petter Northug on the final climb held on for the win.  Northug’s big jump into second place after Stage 7 came largely on the shoulders of the 90 bonus seconds he racked up that day.

    Finally, here’s a look at the top twelve skiers from this year’s Tour (who also participated in last year’s Tour) comparing their results from each year (click through for full versions):

    Martin Jaks fell apart after Stage 4 last year and didn’t finish.  Quite a change, huh?  You can also see why I’m of the opinion that Alex Harvey actually had a better Tour, relative to last year, than Devon Kershaw did.  Of course, podium finishes don’t show up when I’m measuring things using “seconds back from the median skier”, and that should certainly count for something as well.  But strictly on a basis of time, relative to the field, Harvey saw a bigger improvement than Kershaw did.

    Vincent Vittoz finally seemed to be regaining some form for the final few stages.  Tom Reichelt’s performance over Stage’s 5-8 are basically mirror images between the two years.  Last year he had a strong day and jumped up only to slide backwards for the remainder of the Tour.  This year was exactly the opposite as he steadily moved up after Stage 5.  Curdin Perl is another skier who last year faded over the final few stages but this year moved up.  Roland Clara was dramatically better this year, particularly over the second half of the Tour.

    As for the women, the first thing that stands out is obviously Therese Johaug.  She wasn’t skiing terribly last year but dropped out after Stage 6 while essentially right in the middle of the field.  (I don’t recall why that was, illness perhaps?)  This year started off about the same, only she managed to hold her position for Stages 4-6 rather than slipping back.  Then of course she put in two stunningly good efforts to launch herself up to second.  It’s easy to be a cynic about doing well in Tour’s overall standings given the amount of attrition the event sees, but anyway you look at it, Johaug had two phenomenal days.

    Marianna Longa probably would have liked to challenge Kowalczyk for the overall win, but she still had a very strong Tour, particularly over the second half.  At the other end of the spectrum is Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, who had a rather abysmal Tour.

    Coming up in part two are the plots comparing 2010 to 2011 performances by nation, as well as alternate versions of these plots using seconds behind the winner, which happens to highlight a few things that are hard to see here.

    Related posts:

    1. <2011 Tour de Ski Preview
    2. <Tour de Ski Rest Day Recap
    3. <Tour de Ski: Comparison To 2010


  • 2011 Fort Kent and Presque Isle, ME USA Biathlon World Cups

    On a weekly basis, people searching for “Fort Kent biathlon,” “US biathlon worlds cups,” etc. nbsp;come across my blog. So, this is for all of You – and all those interested in heading up to the crown of Maine for some spectacular world class biathlon events in February!br /br /div style=”text-align: center;”

  • Eureka

    Eureka has some of the most scenic snow machine trails in Alaska, and its always fun to ski there. Bill, Kate, Rob and I are all trying to get ready for the White Mountains 100 race in March.  So we wanted to get out for a long ski on some trails with good hills.  Eureka […]

  • Congratulations to the 2011 J1 Scando Team

    Congrats to the new class:

    Annie Liotta, AWS
    Marion Woods, AWS
    Cambria McDermott, SMS
    Stella Holt, Glacier Nordic
    Sharmila Ahmed, Go Training
    Hannah Boyer, FXC-NCSF
    *Heather Mooney, SMS

    Forrest Mahlen, APU
    Logan Hanneman, FAST
    Patrick Caldwell, SMS
    Dylan McGarthwaite, MSC
    Peter Namrol, AWS
    Jack Hegman, Mansfield

    *Going to World Junior Championships

  • Great Day at the Landgraf Loppet!

  • Race Snapshot: IBU WC 4 Mass Start

    Honestly, I’m too tired to comment much on this race.  Enjoy the graphs while I get some posts together recapping the entire Tour de Ski for tomorrow…

    Related posts:

    1. <Race Snapshot: IBU WC 1 Men/Women’s Pursuit
    2. <Race Snapshot: IBU WC 2 Sprint
    3. <Race Snapshot: IBU WC 3 Distance Race


  • Race Snapshot: TdS Final Climb

    If there were a race on the WC circuit so unlike any other that meaningful comparisons to past performance are rendered moot, this would be it.  But, you know, the skiers get FIS points for this race, so we might as well see what we can see.  Due to the unusual nature of the race, I’ve opted to adjust the FIS points once again (so these FIS points won’t match up with the official version).  This is a debatable decision, as this wasn’t strictly a mass start race, but there you have it.  Also, since the fields have dwindled down to nearly 30 on both sides, there are only the full versions.

    Related posts:

    1. <Race Snapshot: Gällivare
    2. <Race Snapshot: TdS Prologue
    3. <Race Snapshot: TdS Pursuit


  • Oberhof-ing

    Representing for the stars and stripes at the Oberhof Opening Ceremonies!

    That is the verb heard around the US team to describe the conditions we had this week here in Oberhof, Germany. The foggy, rainy, windy conditions that plagued, in some form or another, each race. Fortunately, the fog let up a bit for the women’s sprint and we had much better conditions than the ones the men battled the day before.

    It felt great to race again after a long break for the holidays. I felt very good skiing and with two penalties in standing, ended up 40th. It was a big improvement for me to be able to net points with two misses. And to top things off, Laura had a great day, ending up 19th and qualifying for the mass start! It was a great day for the US women, and everyone is looking forward to more racing.

    We head off to Rupholding, Germany in the morning. World Cup 5 starts off on Wednesday with the men’s individual race, and we’ll race an individual on Thursday. Our team will once again be full, as Haley Johnson will join us from the IBU Cup. And in Antholz we will have a full relay team, which we’re all looking forward to! Another set of world cups is off and running!

    Charging up one of the (many) hills in Oberhof. Photos: Viktoria Franke

  • Oberhof-ing

    Representing for the stars and stripes at the Oberhof Opening Ceremonies!

    That is the verb heard around the US team to describe the conditions we had this week here in Oberhof, Germany. The foggy, rainy, windy conditions that plagued, in some form or another, each race. Fortunately, the fog let up a bit for the women’s sprint and we had much better conditions than the ones the men battled the day before.

    It felt great to race again after a long break for the holidays. I felt very good skiing and with two penalties in standing, ended up 40th. It was a big improvement for me to be able to net points with two misses. And to top things off, Laura had a great day, ending up 19th and qualifying for the mass start! It was a great day for the US women, and everyone is looking forward to more racing.

    We head off to Rupholding, Germany in the morning. World Cup 5 starts off on Wednesday with the men’s individual race, and we’ll race an individual on Thursday. Our team will once again be full, as Haley Johnson will join us from the IBU Cup. And in Antholz we will have a full relay team, which we’re all looking forward to! Another set of world cups is off and running!

    Charging up one of the (many) hills in Oberhof. Photos: Viktoria Franke

  • Oberhof-ing

    Representing for the stars and stripes at the Oberhof Opening Ceremonies!

    That is the verb heard around the US team to describe the conditions we had this week here in Oberhof, Germany. The foggy, rainy, windy conditions that plagued, in some form or another, each race. Fortunately, the fog let up a bit for the women’s sprint and we had much better conditions than the ones the men battled the day before.

    It felt great to race again after a long break for the holidays. I felt very good skiing and with two penalties in standing, ended up 40th. It was a big improvement for me to be able to net points with two misses. And to top things off, Laura had a great day, ending up 19th and qualifying for the mass start! It was a great day for the US women, and everyone is looking forward to more racing.

    We head off to Rupholding, Germany in the morning. World Cup 5 starts off on Wednesday with the men’s individual race, and we’ll race an individual on Thursday. Our team will once again be full, as Haley Johnson will join us from the IBU Cup. And in Antholz we will have a full relay team, which we’re all looking forward to! Another set of world cups is off and running!

    Charging up one of the (many) hills in Oberhof. Photos: Viktoria Franke

  • Oberhof-ing

    Representing for the stars and stripes at the Oberhof Opening Ceremonies!

    That is the verb heard around the US team to describe the conditions we had this week here in Oberhof, Germany. The foggy, rainy, windy conditions that plagued, in some form or another, each race. Fortunately, the fog let up a bit for the women’s sprint and we had much better conditions than the ones the men battled the day before.

    It felt great to race again after a long break for the holidays. I felt very good skiing and with two penalties in standing, ended up 40th. It was a big improvement for me to be able to net points with two misses. And to top things off, Laura had a great day, ending up 19th and qualifying for the mass start! It was a great day for the US women, and everyone is looking forward to more racing.

    We head off to Rupholding, Germany in the morning. World Cup 5 starts off on Wednesday with the men’s individual race, and we’ll race an individual on Thursday. Our team will once again be full, as Haley Johnson will join us from the IBU Cup. And in Antholz we will have a full relay team, which we’re all looking forward to! Another set of world cups is off and running!

    Charging up one of the (many) hills in Oberhof. Photos: Viktoria Franke

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  • The Boys Git ‘er Done

    Today marked the final day of the US National Championships in Rumford, Maine and the MODsters finish in fine form. Torin raced his way to the top of the podium once again and Sam finally put in the race we have been waiting for by being right in the mix all through the heats to take the 9th spot in a very strong field.

    All week I have been seeing the guys’ energy right where it needed to be and building coming into the last race today, the skate sprint. Conditions were very fast, so it was not a great course to break up the field. In the men’s heats the racing was fast and tight right from the gun to the tape with most of the heats involving lunging finishes with the top two or three spots being decided by hundredths of seconds. No one was giving any quarter today.

    Torin leading the A final with Simi Hamilton and Lars Flora in hot pursuit.

    Torin skied relaxed and smoothly in each heat and felt like he could control the pace and stay in front as needed, always having another gear. Technically I feel Torin has come a long way this year and even in the last two months. He is a vision of economy in motion, maximizing glide in each stride!

    After a fair qualifier Sam stood in 20th place but he really laid down his strongest races in each heat. He managed to out sprint to the line, the day’s top qualifier, Colin Rogers in the quarter final: An ample demonstration of Sam’s real speed. The most exciting thing for me was to see how well he could ski in subsequent heats. He was able to mix it up with the best sprinters in the country all the way through his B final. This is a level of endurance that Sam has not had in previous years. I have known he had this in him and still see room for improvement as he regains fitness after the mono bout.

    My hat is off to Lars Flora who put in, perhaps, the overall strongest results of the week with his consistent and impressive finishes in each of the 4 races here. Great job Lars. Start packing your bags.

    Former MOD skier, Sadie Bjornsen wrapped up a great week with a third place in her sprint race today after a win in the 10km classic 3 days ago. Had she not tried to lead every heat, like she used to do as a J1, I think she’d have had herself another first place today. By adopting this tactic she was not able to use her prodigious finishing kick. None the less a nice week for her too.

    FYI: We raced on Toko HF Blue mixed with Toko Cold Powder as the wax layer with an over lay of Skigo C55/C99 liquid. Toko Jetstream blue and red block mix was our second choice.

  • Nationals Freestyle Sprint

    a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkjDSx-6HI/AAAAAAAAF-s/bR9gX0fLq3M/s1600/IMG_0754.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkjDSx-6HI/AAAAAAAAF-s/bR9gX0fLq3M/s400/IMG_0754.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560013754453649522″ //aThe Senior National Championships concluded today with the freestyle sprint. Conditions were firm and fast and competition was fierce.br /Stratton skiers enjoyed another great day, highlighted by Sophie’s 2nd place. She joined Morgan Smyth and Skyler Davis as SMS podium skiers this week.br /Heather placed 15th overall and 3rd for Jrs. Cambria and Rachel skied well and ended 10th and 13th for juniors.br /Paddy was 6th and Bridger 10th for Juniors.br /We all drove home after the races and will hit the books and do some easy distance skiing before heading up to Lake Placid for the Super Series next weekend.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkioNPO_KI/AAAAAAAAF-k/dVzqYFgOsWo/s1600/IMG_0762.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkioNPO_KI/AAAAAAAAF-k/dVzqYFgOsWo/s400/IMG_0762.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560013289109257378″ //aRachel skiing away from everyone to win the girls B final.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkh7m8QuwI/AAAAAAAAF-c/sjQDT3a9kF4/s1600/IMG_0752.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkh7m8QuwI/AAAAAAAAF-c/sjQDT3a9kF4/s400/IMG_0752.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560012522914888450″ //a70 meters to go in the womens A final. Sophie made a great move to take the lead, but Jesse came up on her right and out stretched her for the win. It was a great, exciting race.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkheAhn29I/AAAAAAAAF-U/RLnq-Vdn4Os/s1600/IMG_0759.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 350px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkheAhn29I/AAAAAAAAF-U/RLnq-Vdn4Os/s400/IMG_0759.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560012014386404306″ //aBoys semi final…what is Austin Cobb doing????br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkg8XumSpI/AAAAAAAAF-M/-65RH8qNZyg/s1600/IMG_0765.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkg8XumSpI/AAAAAAAAF-M/-65RH8qNZyg/s400/IMG_0765.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560011436499290770″ //aMorgan and Karmen out cheering everyone on during the heats.br /Below are pictures of the prelims from Herve P.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkgmOgWiiI/AAAAAAAAF-E/5TGwd72S92s/s1600/Austen_DSC8450.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 339px; height: 400px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkgmOgWiiI/AAAAAAAAF-E/5TGwd72S92s/s400/Austen_DSC8450.jpg” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560011056066497058″ //aAustin.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkgc4RSuLI/AAAAAAAAF98/qF-k5z8REqA/s1600/Bridger_DSC8421.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkgc4RSuLI/AAAAAAAAF98/qF-k5z8REqA/s400/Bridger_DSC8421.jpg” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560010895478929586″ //aBridger.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkgU78A-WI/AAAAAAAAF90/aJLQEEY1j1M/s1600/Cam_DSC8286.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkgU78A-WI/AAAAAAAAF90/aJLQEEY1j1M/s400/Cam_DSC8286.jpg” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560010759024474466″ //aCambria.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkgLGbzORI/AAAAAAAAF9s/c__bObuHFUU/s1600/Cam_Heather_Issy_DSC8518.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkgLGbzORI/AAAAAAAAF9s/c__bObuHFUU/s400/Cam_Heather_Issy_DSC8518.jpg” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560010590043453714″ //aHappy girls.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TSkgCynQ_dI/AAAAAAAAF9k/qTdhFfEFQHc/s1600/Charlie_DSC8438.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; 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  • Race Snapshot: IBU WC 4 Women’s Sprint

    Spector-acular day for Laura?  Ok, so maybe I’m not that funny.  Still, looks like she had the race of her life (thus far)!

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    As we would expect, a late in the Tour mass start race with a reduced field results in some unusual FIS points.  I’ve adjusted them, as before, using Equivalent Percent Back but ultimately races like todays are simply a different animal so we should be cautious about making comparisons.  Still, things shake out more as less as expected:

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