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Category: XCFeeds
A collection of live feeds from cross-country ski blogs around the web.
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Season Comes to an End
span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; “br /This past Monday Sadie, Scott and I got home from Super Tour Finals in Fort Kent, Maine. The races were held in a Tour-style competition. A couple things usually happen during a tour; first, there is usually no rest days in between races, as this is better for spectators but harder for racers to recover. Second thing that happens in Tour-style competition is that on the last day you do a handicap start. That means that they add the time back of your first two races and that’s what time you start at. For example I started the third day 3:03 back from the leader. These couple of changes make for a more friendly spectator event and also I find them pretty fun.br //spanbr /span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; “The first race was a 11km classic mass start over a pretty gentle course. We did 3 laps that went 2 or so kilometers up a gradual low incline hill and then turned around and came down. It was a hectic start; there where 100 guys trying to fight for position on a pretty narrow course. I managed to get through without falling, and after a lap in it started to spread out. I felt like I skied the last couple laps slowly picking guys off and managed to out sprint a someone right at the line to finish 32nd./spandivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; “br //spana onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pZgXW6b1QMk/S7oqZkDgZOI/AAAAAAAAAHc/w-Iecg4y2ZI/s1600/IMG_2510.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/_pZgXW6b1QMk/S7oqZkDgZOI/AAAAAAAAAHc/w-Iecg4y2ZI/s400/IMG_2510.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456720517176255714″ //adivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Helvetica;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: 12px; “br /The second day was the classic sprint. It was on a fun course with a good size hill in the middle of it. The qualifier was held in the morning, still cold enough that the tracks where hard and fast. I had my usual pretty good qualifier, qualifying 21st, but knew where I could make some changes to make a fast performance in the rounds. There were three or four hours before the rounds so I got a chance to relax and shortly talk to Torin Koos, US Ski Team athlete, and get pumped for my race. I was in a heat with Andy Newell, a US Ski Team athlete and Ivan Babikov, Canadian National Team athlete, along with three other guys. I had a great start and got into 3rd position. Before long I had made my position up into second behind Newell before the downhill corner. I was feeling good and knew if I could stay in position around this corner I would have a good chance at moving on into the semi finals. Babikov was slowly gaining on me from behind. I took the corner pretty sharp cutting Babikov off a little and just as we made it around the corner and I thought I had made it, Babikov falls over beside me and we get tangled up. I got up as fast as I could and to try and catch back up to the group, but I had lost too much time in the fall. That’s how heats sometime go; it was a little unfortunate but I was happy with how I felt./span/span/span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;”br //span/divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Helvetica;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: 12px; “img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pZgXW6b1QMk/S7opP2_ug0I/AAAAAAAAAHU/bAr15GRZGPM/s400/DSC_0256.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456719250950357826″ /div style=”text-align: center;”(Trying to get untangled)/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //div/span/span/span/divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Helvetica;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: medium;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: 12px; “The third race was the hill climb, the one I was looking forward to the least. I had an alright race, but it was a tough course. It did 3 km on a rolling course and then up a downhill area finishing with a kilometer or two.br /br /I ended the week in 37th overall. It was one of the best sets of races I had this season although the results might not show it. Now it’s time to relax for a bit and get excited to start a new year of training!/spanbr //span/spanbr //div/divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2910103639238326543-853534314812752726?l=methowolympicdevelopment.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
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One Month Post-Olympics
div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”I’ve been home for less than a week after 24 straight days in Northern Maine…. I coached at JOs, hung out in the “county” for a week, and then raced in the US Nationals 30k and Super Tour Finals. The season is finally over. I say “finally” not because I’m burnt out but just because my first Super Tour race of the season seems like two life-times ago. nbsp;A lot has happened between West Yellowstone in November and my return to Anchorage March 30th. I’ll let the photos tell most of the stories……nbsp;/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”br //divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”
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OPENING DAY
Brie & me with Galena at our back
Spring has always been a time for change and a time for play. My flowers (now 4 inches tall) are somehow weathering the frost and snow each night and my legs (miraculously) are still supporting me after 6 days of skiing powder. I love life and I am living it up, happily!
Kate U’s birthday cruise, Alturas Lake, ID
I still have the residue of sickness in my chest but my heart is happy and healthy! My car is still having trouble and I am flirting with sending Justy to car heaven (appropriate on this Easter Sunday). I am studying for my personal trainers certificate and look forward to regular scheduled training again soon. People in the Wood River Valley are already on their road bikes but I am sticking to the snow for now. That time will come and I can wait for it (translation: fair-weather biker).
This is Idaho. Yes please.
More regular updates to come. Happy Birthday little brother (yesterday), mom (Tuesday) and of course Go Sox! -
OPENING DAY
Brie & me with Galena at our back
Spring has always been a time for change and a time for play. My flowers (now 4 inches tall) are somehow weathering the frost and snow each night and my legs (miraculously) are still supporting me after 6 days of skiing powder. I love life and I am living it up, happily!Kate U’s birthday cruise, Alturas Lake, ID
I still have the residue of sickness in my chest but my heart is happy and healthy! My car is still having trouble and I am flirting with sending Justy to car heaven (appropriate on this Easter Sunday). I am studying for my personal trainers certificate and look forward to regular scheduled training again soon. People in the Wood River Valley are already on their road bikes but I am sticking to the snow for now. That time will come and I can wait for it (translation: fair-weather biker).This is Idaho. Yes please.
More regular updates to come. Happy Birthday little brother (yesterday), mom (Tuesday) and of course Go Sox! -
OPENING DAY
Brie & me with Galena at our back
Spring has always been a time for change and a time for play. My flowers (now 4 inches tall) are somehow weathering the frost and snow each night and my legs (miraculously) are still supporting me after 6 days of skiing powder. I love life and I am living it up, happily!Kate U’s birthday cruise, Alturas Lake, ID
I still have the residue of sickness in my chest but my heart is happy and healthy! My car is still having trouble and I am flirting with sending Justy to car heaven (appropriate on this Easter Sunday). I am studying for my personal trainers certificate and look forward to regular scheduled training again soon. People in the Wood River Valley are already on their road bikes but I am sticking to the snow for now. That time will come and I can wait for it (translation: fair-weather biker).This is Idaho. Yes please.
More regular updates to come. Happy Birthday little brother (yesterday), mom (Tuesday) and of course Go Sox! -
OPENING DAY
Brie & me with Galena at our back
Spring has always been a time for change and a time for play. My flowers (now 4 inches tall) are somehow weathering the frost and snow each night and my legs (miraculously) are still supporting me after 6 days of skiing powder. I love life and I am living it up, happily!Kate U’s birthday cruise, Alturas Lake, ID
I still have the residue of sickness in my chest but my heart is happy and healthy! My car is still having trouble and I am flirting with sending Justy to car heaven (appropriate on this Easter Sunday). I am studying for my personal trainers certificate and look forward to regular scheduled training again soon. People in the Wood River Valley are already on their road bikes but I am sticking to the snow for now. That time will come and I can wait for it (translation: fair-weather biker).This is Idaho. Yes please.
More regular updates to come. Happy Birthday little brother (yesterday), mom (Tuesday) and of course Go Sox! -
OPENING DAY
Brie & me with Galena at our back
Spring has always been a time for change and a time for play. My flowers (now 4 inches tall) are somehow weathering the frost and snow each night and my legs (miraculously) are still supporting me after 6 days of skiing powder. I love life and I am living it up, happily!Kate U’s birthday cruise, Alturas Lake, ID
I still have the residue of sickness in my chest but my heart is happy and healthy! My car is still having trouble and I am flirting with sending Justy to car heaven (appropriate on this Easter Sunday). I am studying for my personal trainers certificate and look forward to regular scheduled training again soon. People in the Wood River Valley are already on their road bikes but I am sticking to the snow for now. That time will come and I can wait for it (translation: fair-weather biker).This is Idaho. Yes please.
More regular updates to come. Happy Birthday little brother (yesterday), mom (Tuesday) and of course Go Sox! -
Easter means pastel colors.
img src=”http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0dpiryRAO1qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pEaster means pastel colors./p
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Easter at home
My family doesn’t have much of an Easter tradition. When I was younger we would have an Easter egg hunt, with beautiful hand-painted wooden eggs that my mother made. She painted a few more every year and now we have quite a collection. I’m an only child, though, so in the last few years, unless my younger cousins are visiting, we don’t do much. This year my father hid a few of the eggs for me and my mother to find, which turned out to be pretty difficult, since he literally buried a few under dead leaves in the garden.
I remembered Pepa talking about the bread her mother made for Easter. While Pepa is a very talented lady and I’m sure would be great at cooking if she tried, she mostly isn’t interested, and was shaking her head about how long her mother spent making this bread. I think she said something like, “I can go to the store and buy it and it looks exactly the same!” Her only concession towards the benefits of home-made was that the baking bread made the whole house smell good.
With this in mind, I set out to try to make some Bulgarian Easter bread. I really had no idea what kind of bread Pepa’s mother made, so I settled on Cozonac. The dough had so much butter, egg, and sugar in it that it almost felt like cookie dough! After the initial rise, I divided it into thirds and rolled each third into a rectangle with a rolling pin. I then spread cinnamon, coconut flakes (not very European, I know), flax, sesame, black caraway, sunflower, poppy, and anise seeds on the dough and rolled it up. Each of these rolled up pieces became one strand of a braid. I let the braided dough sit in the refrigerator overnight, and in the morning my mother brushed it with egg whites, sprinkled some more seeds on the top, and stuck in the oven. Voila, our Bulgarian Easter breakfast! It was pretty tasty, so it might have to become a tradition.
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Madness
The ski season may be over, but there are plenty of other sports going strong. Cruising around the Twin Cities it is pretty obvious.
Of course, the Twins are opening their new stadium this weekend in a pre-season game against the Cardinals.
The new stadium is pretty sweet. . .and about time we had an outdoor baseball stadium in Minneapolis.
Place your bets here: How soon will the City of Lakes Loppet sprints be held in Target Field?
Sure seems like a great venue to me!
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“The real reason that Olympic and FIS officials don’t want women jumping could be that ……”
“The real reason that Olympic and FIS officials don’t want women jumping could be that … the women may soon be jumping farther than the men… The participation of women would threaten jumping’s virile self-image and dilute the pool of money for prizes and endorsements.”br/br/ – emNick Paumgarten from a New Yorker article, the Ski Gods, printed in the March 15 issue./em
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Text to folow: Mad River Glen, Compton, USSA List 7
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Enjoy the spring!
a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/S7dNYgx0KPI/AAAAAAAAA9k/fg-7nhF7Snw/s1600/High+Peaks.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/S7dNYgx0KPI/AAAAAAAAA9k/fg-7nhF7Snw/s400/High+Peaks.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455914557093718258″ //aWith the season over and taxes completed, I am looking forward to this spring break. My 2010-2011 training year will begin at the end of April back in Lake Placid. And news of note:div- my snowfall card stock will be refreshed at the Bookstore Plus next week/divdiv- the US Winter Olympic Team will be in Washington, DC April 20-22/divdivbr //divdiv*haley/divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1362992899157556571-7389707544047349837?l=comeskiwithme.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
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Keeping Carl Howelson proud. Billy Demong is the man. (via…
img src=”http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l09uf573po1qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pKeeping Carl Howelson proud. Billy Demong is the man. (via Twitter)/p
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“Easter, because I need another excuse to get drunk on schnapps-filled chocolate eggs…”
“Easter, because I need another excuse to get drunk on schnapps-filled chocolate eggs…”br/br/ – em The ARJ, via Twitter./em
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This is a gold medalist mountain biker. Please note: the weight…
img src=”http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l09u42242z1qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pThis is a gold medalist mountain biker. Please note: the weight of a gold medal in cycling presses you deep into the back seat on skis. (via LD)/p
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This is a Thank you note from a J5 to a ski program. Not much…
img src=”http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l09tzryKyh1qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pThis is a Thank you note from a J5 to a ski program. Not much changes as you get older, kid. (via DW)/p
