“Wilderness rowing is far more than sport to me; it has been a conduit to knowing and trusting myself. It is my way of being, of thinking, of seeing. My rowing has taken me north and pushed me to explore my own horizons. In the process, rowing has evolved from something I do to some way that I am.” — Jill Fredston in her book, “Rowing to Latitude”.For me, cross-country skiing has been the
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A collection of live feeds from cross-country ski blogs around the web.
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"More Than Sport…"
“Wilderness rowing is far more than sport to me; it has been a conduit to knowing and trusting myself. It is my way of being, of thinking, of seeing. My rowing has taken me north and pushed me to explore my own horizons. In the process, rowing has evolved from something I do to some way that I am.” — Jill Fredston in her book, “Rowing to Latitude”.For me, cross-country skiing has been the
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Feeling Well Supported
Our APU Elite Team fundraiser was an absolute success– THANK YOU to everyone who donated their time, money, and/or goods which helped us surpass our fundraising goals! We raised over $65,000 including the generous match from the University. We will use this money wisely when traveling to competitions and for costs associated with making sure the Thomas Training Center on Eagle Glacier will be
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Feeling Well Supported
Our APU Elite Team fundraiser was an absolute success– THANK YOU to everyone who donated their time, money, and/or goods which helped us surpass our fundraising goals! We raised over $65,000 including the generous match from the University. We will use this money wisely when traveling to competitions and for costs associated with making sure the Thomas Training Center on Eagle Glacier will be
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What are you doing on your rollerskis? (via ZH)
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Johnny5: The Nominations.
pLast chance to nominate, cajole or bother. Check below for your nominee:/p
pGrethe Hagensen/p
pJoey Caterninchio/p
pLocal Race Directors/p
pBen Husaby / Brenna Knowles/p
pBryan Fish/p
pChris Mallory/p
pPeter Hale/p
pNBC/p
pDragen Danevski/p
pJohnny Klister/p
pPepa Milocheva/p
pJohn Hugus/p
pScott Patterson/p
pTim Burke/p
pHolly Brooks/p
pThe Montana State Men’s Ski Team/p
pChris Grover/p
pTom Steitz/p
pErik Flora/p
pKris Freeman/p
pNikolai Anikin/p
pAndy Newell/p
pFast Female/p
pThe Steinbock Guy/p
pYuri Gusev/p
pJan Buron/p
pSimi Hamilton/p
pNat Herz/p
pTad Elliot/p
pBilly Demong/p
pThe Nordic Combined Team/p
pDave Jarrett/p
pCollege Skiing/p
pCXC/p
pAPU/p
pSVSEF/p
pKikkan Randall/p
pMatt Whitcomb/p
pChad Salmela/p
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Springtime roller ski training can be casual…
In Europe, it appears that some of the spring training on roller skis can be pretty casual.br /br /I’ve been testing some One Way classic and skate roller skis, but so far I haven’t tested the extreme conditions that they have.br /br /object width=”480″ height=”385″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/UAZYkbihAi0amp;hl=en_USamp;fs=1amp;”param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/UAZYkbihAi0amp;hl=en_USamp;fs=1amp;” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”480″ height=”385″/embed/objectdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7250441303676475856-2076755643733636799?l=blog.ultratune.net’ alt=” //div
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is the third time a charm?
I have surgery on my right leg scheduled for June 1st at the Mayo Clinic… It will be my 3rd surgery this year, and the third year in a row to have leg surgery. I really really really hope it works this time.
This week was the last week for Paula Deen’s cooking competition… so now all I can do is keep my fingers crossed that she’ll love my recipes and pick me to be a finalist! A big thanks goes out to Suzi for video taping all of my cooking videos!!! :^)
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Busy, Busy
Life has been plenty busy here in Craftsbury since returning at the end of April. There are gardens plots to prepare and plant, compost sheds to build, and BKL kids to coach. And, of course, plenty of training! Here are a few photos showing what I’ve been up to the last couple weeks.
Hug that post.
Lauren vs. 6'8'' rower.
Need a nail? Just ask Satchel.
Compost shed. Sponsored by Swix wax.
Ani taking aim under the watchful eyes of Mike.
Ethan helping Patrick at the range yesterday.
The first round of planting in the new plot behind the office.
Pepa brought Chelsea and I down to Elmore State Park for a run/hike workout this morning. Our goal was to scope out a potential up-hill running time trial location for the NENSA REG camp that Craftsbury is hosting in June. The road heading up the mountain will be perfect for the time trial, which will end at the remains of an old cabin situated near a little overlook. After the cabin you can keep heading up a short but very steep section of trail and climb the fire tower. It was hot and humid today, but even with a bit of haze the views from the fire tower were wicked good. We had more time to go for our workout so we went down a trail to the “Balancing Rock” and explored the Catamount Trail for a bit. It’s a beautiful spot that we’ll definitely be coming back too. Plus, it’s great to jump in the lake at the end of a long hot run!
Chels at the top of the fire tower on Mt. Elmore.
The boys are in Bend, Oregon skiing on snow right now but my big trip of the summer will be a lot closer to home. Starting next Tuesday (June 1) I will be hiking the Appalachian Trail from Katahdin to Caratunk in Maine. It’s 152 miles and includes the “100 Mile Wilderness,” which is generally considered the most remote section of the AT because it doesn’t cross a paved road for 100 miles. I’m doing the trip with my friend Bob, who was a couple years older than me at Gould. Hiking this section of the AT has been on my life list for a long time and I’m really happy that I have a friend crazy enough to do it with me! I’m also grateful that Pepa is okay with the trip. Bob’s hometown is Caratunk (population 40) so it will be cool to walk right over to his Dad’s house at the end of the trek. We’re hoping to average 15 miles a day, with maybe a day of rest (and fly fishing) somewhere in the middle. It will certainly be an adventure and I can’t wait to get started. Undoubtedly, I will bring plenty of stories and photos home with me…if I don’t get carried off by black flies along the way.
The AT in Maine. We're starting at the far northern end with Katahdin and ending at Caratunk on Rte. 201.
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Sinner takes Bolton Hill Climb — 3k run — D Grald in the house.
a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3c1Nv5NLyNg/S_rTBuF8ilI/AAAAAAAABlM/HCWbleLqGSw/s1600/IMG_3064.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3c1Nv5NLyNg/S_rTBuF8ilI/AAAAAAAABlM/HCWbleLqGSw/s400/IMG_3064.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474920323528559186″ border=”0″ //aApril 28, 2010. Top of Lincoln Gap. About 65 degrees colder than today… What a difference a month makes…br /br /br /David opted to do the GMBC Hill Climb last week and guess what?? He took a victory. Congrats David.
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Johnny5 :: Nominations through 5|24:
pBen Husaby / Brenna Knowles/p
pBryan Fish/p
pChris Mallory/p
pPeter Hale/p
pNBC/p
pDragen Danevski/p
pJohnny Klister/p
pPepa Milocheva/p
pJohn Hugus/p
pScott Patterson/p
pTim Burke/p
pHolly Brooks/p
pThe Montana State Men’s Ski Team/p
pChris Grover/p
pTom Steitz/p
pErik Flora/p
pKris Freeman/p
pNikolai Anikin/p
pAndy Newell/p
pFast Female/p
pThe Steinbock Guy/p
pYuri Gusev/p
pJan Buron/p
pSimi Hamilton/p
pNat Herz/p
pTad Elliot/p
pBilly Demong/p
pThe Nordic Combined Team/p
pDave Jarrett/p
pCollege Skiing/p
pCXC/p
pAPU/p
pSVSEF/p
pKikkan Randall/p
pMatt Whitcomb/p
pChad Salmela/p
pNENSA/p -
Bend Bound
It’s that time of year again…Bend Camp! Every year the season kicks off with an on-snow ski camp in Bend, Oregon. Fortunately, Mt. Bachelor gets a ton of snow during the winter and it holds through May and into June, making for some good spring skiing. Although, it’s a bit difficult to tell its spring right now. Yesterday I woke up to a couple inches of snow on the ground and today on our drive from Sun Valley to Bend, we ran into some snow in Boise…CRAZY! Not too common for this time of year.
Its a good thing we came with our skis and we are ready to put in some hours on snow. I will keep you posted on the conditions and how the training goes the rest of the week!
More later!
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Bend Bound
It’s that time of year again…Bend Camp! Every year the season kicks off with an on-snow ski camp in Bend, Oregon. Fortunately, Mt. Bachelor gets a ton of snow during the winter and it holds through May and into June, making for some good spring skiing. Although, it’s a bit difficult to tell its spring right now. Yesterday I woke up to a couple inches of snow on the ground and today on our drive from Sun Valley to Bend, we ran into some snow in Boise…CRAZY! Not too common for this time of year.
Its a good thing we came with our skis and we are ready to put in some hours on snow. I will keep you posted on the conditions and how the training goes the rest of the week!
More later!
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Bend Bound
It’s that time of year again…Bend Camp! Every year the season kicks off with an on-snow ski camp in Bend, Oregon. Fortunately, Mt. Bachelor gets a ton of snow during the winter and it holds through May and into June, making for some good spring skiing. Although, it’s a bit difficult to tell its spring right now. Yesterday I woke up to a couple inches of snow on the ground and today on our drive from Sun Valley to Bend, we ran into some snow in Boise…CRAZY! Not too common for this time of year.
Its a good thing we came with our skis and we are ready to put in some hours on snow. I will keep you posted on the conditions and how the training goes the rest of the week!
More later!
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Bend Bound
It’s that time of year again…Bend Camp! Every year the season kicks off with an on-snow ski camp in Bend, Oregon. Fortunately, Mt. Bachelor gets a ton of snow during the winter and it holds through May and into June, making for some good spring skiing. Although, it’s a bit difficult to tell its spring right now. Yesterday I woke up to a couple inches of snow on the ground and today on our drive from Sun Valley to Bend, we ran into some snow in Boise…CRAZY! Not too common for this time of year.
Its a good thing we came with our skis and we are ready to put in some hours on snow. I will keep you posted on the conditions and how the training goes the rest of the week!
More later!
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