FasterSkier

Category: XCFeeds

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

  • Spring Ski Cleaning

  • 2 Fast Guys

    Steve and Alex jogging to victory
    These 2 are fast runners. Some of the fastest in New York High School System if not the Nation. Yesterday they both ran stride for stride basically jogging a 1600m in 4:43. Unfortunately neither one of them felt like throwing down. As a spectator I would have enjoyed that. What is peculiar about these 2 is that neither of them run in an organized fashion all winter long. After the fall xc running season is finished. Which by the way both of them raced in the Nike National Meet. Steve Mangan the one in the lead he raced cross country skiing all winter. Steve is one to watch next year he is attending Big Green in NH(Dartmouth) Steve will be a threat to qualify for Junior Worlds in the future. Following him is Alex Deir, already a High School National Champion in the Steeplechase as a Junior. That was after playing Varsity Basketball all winter. go figure. Imagine if he xc skied all winter? He shows how hard a sport basketball is.

    “The Look”

  • 2 Fast Guys

    Steve and Alex jogging to victory
    These 2 are fast runners. Some of the fastest in New York High School System if not the Nation. Yesterday they both ran stride for stride basically jogging a 1600m in 4:43. Unfortunately neither one of them felt like throwing down. As a spectator I would have enjoyed that. What is peculiar about these 2 is that neither of them run in an organized fashion all winter long. After the fall xc running season is finished. Which by the way both of them raced in the Nike National Meet. Steve Mangan the one in the lead he raced cross country skiing all winter. Steve is one to watch next year he is attending Big Green in NH(Dartmouth) Steve will be a threat to qualify for Junior Worlds in the future. Following him is Alex Deir, already a High School National Champion in the Steeplechase as a Junior. That was after playing Varsity Basketball all winter. go figure. Imagine if he xc skied all winter? He shows how hard a sport basketball is.

    “The Look”

  • 2 Fast Guys

    Steve and Alex jogging to victory
    These 2 are fast runners. Some of the fastest in New York High School System if not the Nation. Yesterday they both ran stride for stride basically jogging a 1600m in 4:43. Unfortunately neither one of them felt like throwing down. As a spectator I would have enjoyed that. What is peculiar about these 2 is that neither of them run in an organized fashion all winter long. After the fall xc running season is finished. Which by the way both of them raced in the Nike National Meet. Steve Mangan the one in the lead he raced cross country skiing all winter. Steve is one to watch next year he is attending Big Green in NH(Dartmouth) Steve will be a threat to qualify for Junior Worlds in the future. Following him is Alex Deir, already a High School National Champion in the Steeplechase as a Junior. That was after playing Varsity Basketball all winter. go figure. Imagine if he xc skied all winter? He shows how hard a sport basketball is.

    “The Look”

  • 2 Fast Guys

    Steve and Alex jogging to victory
    These 2 are fast runners. Some of the fastest in New York High School System if not the Nation. Yesterday they both ran stride for stride basically jogging a 1600m in 4:43. Unfortunately neither one of them felt like throwing down. As a spectator I would have enjoyed that. What is peculiar about these 2 is that neither of them run in an organized fashion all winter long. After the fall xc running season is finished. Which by the way both of them raced in the Nike National Meet. Steve Mangan the one in the lead he raced cross country skiing all winter. Steve is one to watch next year he is attending Big Green in NH(Dartmouth) Steve will be a threat to qualify for Junior Worlds in the future. Following him is Alex Deir, already a High School National Champion in the Steeplechase as a Junior. That was after playing Varsity Basketball all winter. go figure. Imagine if he xc skied all winter? He shows how hard a sport basketball is.

    “The Look”

  • Springtime in Alaska.

    img src=”http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l29c303lMP1qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pSpringtime in Alaska./p

  • Springtime in Utah (via Downtown)

    img src=”http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l29bzcrZ631qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pSpringtime in Utah (via Downtown)/p

  • Springtime in New England. (viaCD)

    img src=”http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l29bguFnTp1qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pSpringtime in New England. (viaCD)/p

  • Springtime in the UP. (via LQ)

    img src=”http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l29b058GfM1qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pSpringtime in the UP. (via LQ)/p

  • Spring Time in the Sierra.  (viaAH)

    img src=”http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l29arkAuhf1qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pSpring Time in the Sierra.  (viaAH)/p

  • Back in Full-Swing

    Not only am I back in full-swing training mode, but I am back in full-swing at the YMCA Kid’s Club too! It was nice to be welcomed back by so many hugs and smiley faces. I received a lot of “Nicole, where have you been?” “yay, you’re back,” “you’re the fun one,” etc. It definitely made me feel pretty welcomed.

    These past few weeks have been filled with playing games, reading, swimming, arts and crafts, and much more. The kids definitely keep me busy and I enjoy spending time with them. Once the weather starts to get nice, we will spend more time outside, playing games and hiking. I’m ready for that!

    Here’s a look at our schedule for the rest of the week:

  • ELK

    Spring means lots of change. Flowers grow, we clean out our junk and have yard sales and SOME people, who hunt, give away their 2008 elk to make room for the 2010!

    One persons left overs are my lunch for the next 2 months. Nice. When I lived in Maine, at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle, people use to drop food off to us. The pro athletes had been adopted by the community and we would come home from a 6 hour hike to find 50 lbs of potatoes on our doorstep, or a gallon of peanut butter. It was awesome. The Star City knew how to embrace it’s athletes!

    It has been 4 years since I have lived in Maine, but on my visit to Montana last week I was the grateful recipient of some elk burger meat. The stuff is so lean that you have to add an egg if you want it to be a paddy! So far I have made elk goulash with shepherd’s pie on the to-do list for today.

    Thank you to all who have supported me over the years. Mike and Jan, thank you for Saturday night! I am a lucky girl to have people who care for me.

    Talking at Career Day, Potomac, MT 7th grade

  • ELK

    Spring means lots of change. Flowers grow, we clean out our junk and have yard sales and SOME people, who hunt, give away their 2008 elk to make room for the 2010!

    One persons left overs are my lunch for the next 2 months. Nice. When I lived in Maine, at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle, people use to drop food off to us. The pro athletes had been adopted by the community and we would come home from a 6 hour hike to find 50 lbs of potatoes on our doorstep, or a gallon of peanut butter. It was awesome. The Star City knew how to embrace it’s athletes!

    It has been 4 years since I have lived in Maine, but on my visit to Montana last week I was the grateful recipient of some elk burger meat. The stuff is so lean that you have to add an egg if you want it to be a paddy! So far I have made elk goulash with shepherd’s pie on the to-do list for today.

    Thank you to all who have supported me over the years. Mike and Jan, thank you for Saturday night! I am a lucky girl to have people who care for me.

    Talking at Career Day, Potomac, MT 7th grade

  • ELK

    Spring means lots of change. Flowers grow, we clean out our junk and have yard sales and SOME people, who hunt, give away their 2008 elk to make room for the 2010!

    One persons left overs are my lunch for the next 2 months. Nice. When I lived in Maine, at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle, people use to drop food off to us. The pro athletes had been adopted by the community and we would come home from a 6 hour hike to find 50 lbs of potatoes on our doorstep, or a gallon of peanut butter. It was awesome. The Star City knew how to embrace it’s athletes!

    It has been 4 years since I have lived in Maine, but on my visit to Montana last week I was the grateful recipient of some elk burger meat. The stuff is so lean that you have to add an egg if you want it to be a paddy! So far I have made elk goulash with shepherd’s pie on the to-do list for today.

    Thank you to all who have supported me over the years. Mike and Jan, thank you for Saturday night! I am a lucky girl to have people who care for me.

    Talking at Career Day, Potomac, MT 7th grade

  • ELK

    Spring means lots of change. Flowers grow, we clean out our junk and have yard sales and SOME people, who hunt, give away their 2008 elk to make room for the 2010!

    One persons left overs are my lunch for the next 2 months. Nice. When I lived in Maine, at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle, people use to drop food off to us. The pro athletes had been adopted by the community and we would come home from a 6 hour hike to find 50 lbs of potatoes on our doorstep, or a gallon of peanut butter. It was awesome. The Star City knew how to embrace it’s athletes!

    It has been 4 years since I have lived in Maine, but on my visit to Montana last week I was the grateful recipient of some elk burger meat. The stuff is so lean that you have to add an egg if you want it to be a paddy! So far I have made elk goulash with shepherd’s pie on the to-do list for today.

    Thank you to all who have supported me over the years. Mike and Jan, thank you for Saturday night! I am a lucky girl to have people who care for me.

    Talking at Career Day, Potomac, MT 7th grade

  • ELK

    Spring means lots of change. Flowers grow, we clean out our junk and have yard sales and SOME people, who hunt, give away their 2008 elk to make room for the 2010!

    One persons left overs are my lunch for the next 2 months. Nice. When I lived in Maine, at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle, people use to drop food off to us. The pro athletes had been adopted by the community and we would come home from a 6 hour hike to find 50 lbs of potatoes on our doorstep, or a gallon of peanut butter. It was awesome. The Star City knew how to embrace it’s athletes!

    It has been 4 years since I have lived in Maine, but on my visit to Montana last week I was the grateful recipient of some elk burger meat. The stuff is so lean that you have to add an egg if you want it to be a paddy! So far I have made elk goulash with shepherd’s pie on the to-do list for today.

    Thank you to all who have supported me over the years. Mike and Jan, thank you for Saturday night! I am a lucky girl to have people who care for me.

    Talking at Career Day, Potomac, MT 7th grade

  • Kudos to Ian Havlick who stuck the guess. 

    img src=”http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l268whKJZB1qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pKudos to Ian Havlick who stuck the guess. /p

  • Whiteface Mtn Repeats





    This Saturday it is time do the first Annual Whiteface Repeat Event.

    So far there are 3 Olympians and 1 other so inclined individuals signed up. It is an an unofficial unsanctioned event.

    Sometimes one has to go out and do something a little unconventional, maybe it will not make sense to others. It might seem unreasonable or even downright ridiculous to other’s.
    Yet one can derive great satisfaction from setting a goal. The tougher and harder to accomplish the better. One can also get confidence and realize that they can accomplish the “Impossible”
    So go out there and have fun.
    Be Like Zatopek and just do it. Why Because that’s what you do!!!
    Here is an excerpt from a fellow cult member.
    Emil Zatopek was immortalized by what he did at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, winning the gold medal in the 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres, and marathon – yet between 1948 and 1958 he also set 20 world records, at 10 different distances. They didn’t call Zatopek the Human Locomotive for nothing. The great Czech runner was inspired by Paavo Nurmi, the man they called the Flying Finn – who in the three Olympic Games from 1920 to 1928 won nine gold and three silver medals. Nurmi was the first distance runner to base his training on repeat 400 metres, with a stopwatch in hand. When Zatopek read Nurmi would run one hour of repeat 400 metres, Zatopek decided he would run two hours of repeat 400 metres. Athletics Weekly gave seemingly unlimited space to the exploits of Zatopek during the 1950s, and in March 1955 carried an extensive feature, having observed his training in Prague for weeks. Included was a sample of Zatopek’s weekly training from that February – when he ran 420 repetitions of 400 meters, thus covering 168kms.
    Monday 7th: am 40 x 400 metres, twice (!) Tuesday 8th: am 50 x 400 metres; pm 40 x 400 metres. Wednesday 9th: am 50 x 400 metres; pm 40 x 400 metres. Thursday 10th: am 40 x 400 metres, twice (!) Friday 11th: am 40 x 400 metres, twice (!) Saturday 12th: am 30 x 400 metres; pm. One hour jogging, and exercises. Sunday 13th: am Two hours jogging and exercises.

    I know, I know, you did that while you were 12, and since you read Zatopek did 400’s – you did 800’s!!!

  • Whiteface Mtn Repeats





    This Saturday it is time do the first Annual Whiteface Repeat Event.

    So far there are 3 Olympians and 1 other so inclined individuals signed up. It is an an unofficial unsanctioned event.

    Sometimes one has to go out and do something a little unconventional, maybe it will not make sense to others. It might seem unreasonable or even downright ridiculous to other’s.
    Yet one can derive great satisfaction from setting a goal. The tougher and harder to accomplish the better. One can also get confidence and realize that they can accomplish the “Impossible”
    So go out there and have fun.
    Be Like Zatopek and just do it. Why Because that’s what you do!!!
    Here is an excerpt from a fellow cult member.
    Emil Zatopek was immortalized by what he did at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, winning the gold medal in the 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres, and marathon – yet between 1948 and 1958 he also set 20 world records, at 10 different distances. They didn’t call Zatopek the Human Locomotive for nothing. The great Czech runner was inspired by Paavo Nurmi, the man they called the Flying Finn – who in the three Olympic Games from 1920 to 1928 won nine gold and three silver medals. Nurmi was the first distance runner to base his training on repeat 400 metres, with a stopwatch in hand. When Zatopek read Nurmi would run one hour of repeat 400 metres, Zatopek decided he would run two hours of repeat 400 metres. Athletics Weekly gave seemingly unlimited space to the exploits of Zatopek during the 1950s, and in March 1955 carried an extensive feature, having observed his training in Prague for weeks. Included was a sample of Zatopek’s weekly training from that February – when he ran 420 repetitions of 400 meters, thus covering 168kms.
    Monday 7th: am 40 x 400 metres, twice (!) Tuesday 8th: am 50 x 400 metres; pm 40 x 400 metres. Wednesday 9th: am 50 x 400 metres; pm 40 x 400 metres. Thursday 10th: am 40 x 400 metres, twice (!) Friday 11th: am 40 x 400 metres, twice (!) Saturday 12th: am 30 x 400 metres; pm. One hour jogging, and exercises. Sunday 13th: am Two hours jogging and exercises.

    I know, I know, you did that while you were 12, and since you read Zatopek did 400’s – you did 800’s!!!

  • Whiteface Mtn Repeats





    This Saturday it is time do the first Annual Whiteface Repeat Event.

    So far there are 3 Olympians and 1 other so inclined individuals signed up. It is an an unofficial unsanctioned event.

    Sometimes one has to go out and do something a little unconventional, maybe it will not make sense to others. It might seem unreasonable or even downright ridiculous to other’s.
    Yet one can derive great satisfaction from setting a goal. The tougher and harder to accomplish the better. One can also get confidence and realize that they can accomplish the “Impossible”
    So go out there and have fun.
    Be Like Zatopek and just do it. Why Because that’s what you do!!!
    Here is an excerpt from a fellow cult member.
    Emil Zatopek was immortalized by what he did at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, winning the gold medal in the 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres, and marathon – yet between 1948 and 1958 he also set 20 world records, at 10 different distances. They didn’t call Zatopek the Human Locomotive for nothing. The great Czech runner was inspired by Paavo Nurmi, the man they called the Flying Finn – who in the three Olympic Games from 1920 to 1928 won nine gold and three silver medals. Nurmi was the first distance runner to base his training on repeat 400 metres, with a stopwatch in hand. When Zatopek read Nurmi would run one hour of repeat 400 metres, Zatopek decided he would run two hours of repeat 400 metres. Athletics Weekly gave seemingly unlimited space to the exploits of Zatopek during the 1950s, and in March 1955 carried an extensive feature, having observed his training in Prague for weeks. Included was a sample of Zatopek’s weekly training from that February – when he ran 420 repetitions of 400 meters, thus covering 168kms.
    Monday 7th: am 40 x 400 metres, twice (!) Tuesday 8th: am 50 x 400 metres; pm 40 x 400 metres. Wednesday 9th: am 50 x 400 metres; pm 40 x 400 metres. Thursday 10th: am 40 x 400 metres, twice (!) Friday 11th: am 40 x 400 metres, twice (!) Saturday 12th: am 30 x 400 metres; pm. One hour jogging, and exercises. Sunday 13th: am Two hours jogging and exercises.

    I know, I know, you did that while you were 12, and since you read Zatopek did 400’s – you did 800’s!!!