Category: XCFeeds
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Bright Eyes, “Let’s Not Shit Ourselves”
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This is the evil wizard that put a curse on Justin Freeman and…
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Pre-OWG Camp in Mt. Washington on Vancouver Island
div style=”text-align: left;”All is well here. I had a good week of Ramp;R in Colorado last week and even got to catch up with my sister Kara – a.k.a. the person who takes care of all of my media, interviews, sponsors, donations, website, even facebook!, and is making sure I can stay focused without distractions this month – in Winter Park for a skate ski./divdivbr //divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; “img src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/S2ooS_Yyr7I/AAAAAAAAAy0/1wwVzjh3BSg/s200/IMG_0215.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434200207094099890″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; ” //span/divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1362992899157556571-6182061134183520751?l=comeskiwithme.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
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The 2010 US Winter Olympic Team – all 216 of us:
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Random thoughts on a recovery day…
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Since the phone rang…
For all I have been up to it has been way to long since I posted.
I got the call and was named one the first round of the selection process which made me breath a lot easier. I was pretty sure I would be named to the Olympic Team but I try to prepare myself for the worst. It was a big relief to get named early so I could start training full speed ahead and not worry about the selection process. I put in a big block of training in Anchorage in perfect conditions before heading down to Canmore to finish up the prep and spend some time at altitude before the World Cup this weekend.
This place is just awesome. For the first few days it was just the APU Crew of Kikkan, Erik, Holly and myself along with the Russians out on the trails. Pretty mellow out there but the last few days the venue has started to fill up and people are starting to get into race mode. Here are few pics from Canmore and home the last few weeks…
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Soldier Hollow Super Qualifier
On January 29-30th 8 skiers from the Methow Valley travelled to the 2002 Olympic venue at Soldier Hollow (near Park City) for a super-qualifier. This race included team from the Rocky Mountain, Far West, Inner Mountain, High Plains, and our division- PNSA. Over 650 juniors were at the race, making this the largest junior race in North America. The temperatures were cold- between 5-10 degrees F, and the MVNT skiers enjoyed perfect tracks!Everyone skied well and pushed themselves to reach their goals of qualifying for Junior Nationals. There are two remaining qualifier races in February: Bend and Spokane. Junior Nationals will be held this year in Presque Isle, Maine, March 7-14th.
Results for the Soldier Hollow race can be found at: http://summittiming.com/races/race_results.php.
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Soldier Hollow Super Qualifier
On January 29-30th 8 skiers from the Methow Valley travelled to the 2002 Olympic venue at Soldier Hollow (near Park City) for a super-qualifier. This race included team from the Rocky Mountain, Far West, Inner Mountain, High Plains, and our division- PNSA. Over 650 juniors were at the race, making this the largest junior race in North America. The temperatures were cold- between 5-10 degrees F, and the MVNT skiers enjoyed perfect tracks!Everyone skied well and pushed themselves to reach their goals of qualifying for Junior Nationals. There are two remaining qualifier races in February: Bend and Spokane. Junior Nationals will be held this year in Presque Isle, Maine, March 7-14th.
Results for the Soldier Hollow race can be found at: http://summittiming.com/races/race_results.php.
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Soldier Hollow Super Qualifier
On January 29-30th 8 skiers from the Methow Valley travelled to the 2002 Olympic venue at Soldier Hollow (near Park City) for a super-qualifier. This race included team from the Rocky Mountain, Far West, Inner Mountain, High Plains, and our division- PNSA. Over 650 juniors were at the race, making this the largest junior race in North America. The temperatures were cold- between 5-10 degrees F, and the MVNT skiers enjoyed perfect tracks!Everyone skied well and pushed themselves to reach their goals of qualifying for Junior Nationals. There are two remaining qualifier races in February: Bend and Spokane. Junior Nationals will be held this year in Presque Isle, Maine, March 7-14th.
Results for the Soldier Hollow race can be found at: http://summittiming.com/races/race_results.php.
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Perfection
Some days are simply dialed. Today has been one of those days. Woke up at 7:30am after a full 10 hours of sleep to sunny skies and temps around -5 C (we are in Canada, eh?). Got out for a light morning jog before a filling pancake breakfast at our hotel. The World Cup bus picked us up, along with many of the other teams in town, at 9am and we were off to the venue–a short 10 minute drive across town.
Canadian Olympian George Grey showing off his backyard trail network
US National Team coach Justin Wadsworth is flying solo here until the other US coaches and wax techs arrive back from World Juniors in Germany later this afternoon. Despite being spread thin, Justin had our wax cabin (closer to the trail than any other team’s), set up with benches and ready for me to scrape my skis and hit the trail.
Canmore World Cup Stadium – Home of the 1988 Calgary Olympics
The groomers in Canmore do their job better than almost anywhere I’ve ever skied (right up there with Little Siberia
) and today was no exception. I hit some of the flat valley trails for my warm-up, then zipped around the 15km race course doing some relaxed threshold intervals. The hardest thing about my ski today was not hammering too hard considering such great conditions and all the other World Cup athletes and coaches cruising the trails. Gotta leave the cork in the bottle for a couple more days. . .
I caught the first bus home after my morning workout, grabbed lunch, and a quick shower, then worked out some kinks with an afternoon massage. The US National Team is one of the few Cross Country teams that does not travel with a regular massage therapist. Typically, any body work we get done comes out of our personal budget. Massage is something that I’ve started to work into my routine this year and I’ve noticed a marked difference in my increased flexibility, and more importantly, injury prevention. Two weeks before the Games, however, the stops are pulled out and we’ve got a massage therapist working with the team this week.
Living out of a suitcase again. Roommate Noah Hoffman
I kicked back afterwards with a brief nap and a little reading while my roommate Noah crunched numbers on his computer (actually, I have no idea what he was doing, but it sure sounded like there was a lot of crunching going on). Noah, who stayed with the Adams Family in Park City all summer, and I reminisced about the by-gone days of our host family’s meals and entertainment. I’m heading out now for a jog to the store to pick up a few snacks to tide me over between meals. Although this is how most days should operate, it is rarely so. I need to remember not to take these perfect days for granted, but appreciate every minute of them. Get out and enjoy it!
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Telemark SuperTour (Sunday)
Sunday’s race at Telemark Resort was equally successful for the CXC Team Vertical Limit. Brian Gregg (CXC) won the Men’s race, followed closely by Matt Liebsch (CXC). Chris Cook (Steinbock Racing) led the rest of the field to a 3rd place finish, with Karl Nygren (CXC) right behind him in 4th. Bryan Cook (CXC) opted […]
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A message for the Best Buy team
This video was done for a quarterly Best Buy Head Office employees’ meeting. It was a quick summary of everything I’ve been working on… Enjoy!
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A message for the Best Buy team
This video was done for a quarterly Best Buy Head Office employees’ meeting. It was a quick summary of everything I’ve been working on… Enjoy!
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A message for the Best Buy team
This video was done for a quarterly Best Buy Head Office employees’ meeting. It was a quick summary of everything I’ve been working on… Enjoy!
