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Category: XCFeeds
A collection of live feeds from cross-country ski blogs around the web.
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Photos by Zach Simons::Fall Training
Occasionally, we get a glimpse from the outside. These photos work that way. By themselves, they’re another bit of glossy active porn, unremarkable in their remarkable beauty. However, these shots aren’t selling anything, they aren’t ad laden or cropped next to a photo of a flexing Lance Armstrong. There’s no hidden agenda. They were taken by a skier. Simons has caught training in Utah, an amazingly beautiful place, and held that minute long enough for the rest of us to realize that what we do is a big deal. Simons is talented (like his fellow skier photogs, Vordie Bowen) and he captures one of those minutes that would otherwise pass by unseen, a helluva nice morning bike ride. As a skier, we expect days like this when other folks plan and scrape and pay dearly for them. That’s a big deal.
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Photos by Zack Simons::Fall Training
pOccasionally, we get a glimpse from the outside. These photos work that way. By themselves, they’re another bit of glossy active porn, unremarkable in their remarkable beauty. However, these shots aren’t selling anything, they aren’t ad laden or cropped next to a photo of a flexing Lance Armstrong. There’s no hidden agenda. They were taken by a skier. Simons has caught training in Utah, an amazingly beautiful place, and held that minute long enough for the rest of us to realize that what we do is a big deal. Simons is talented (like his fellow skier photogs, Vordie Bowen) and he captures one of those minutes that would otherwise pass by unseen, a helluva nice morning bike ride. As a skier, we expect days like this when other folks plan and scrape and pay dearly for them. That’s a big deal./p
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InStep Joins in the BERGKÖNIG Trail Run
InStep is a running and walking specific physical therapy and performance footwear place that has many locations the Milwaukee area. Check out their website HERE. InStep is much more than just a shoe store and we are very excited to have them on board with our running race.
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Lake Placid, NY
After a very long car ride, the CXC team made it to Lake Placid, NY, on Monday, September 28th. We’ve been training very hard and resting well. The only other nordic team in the training center right now is Sun Valley and we’ve had a little fun playing volleyball and sharing the cafeteria with them. Unfortunately, we got our butts kicked in Volleyball. We will continue to work on our serving and hopefully give them a better run next week.
Today we did some very hard itervals up a steep mountain road. It has rained a lot the past two days and looks like rain the rest of the week. Today it was snowing in the morining. I wish I would have brought more warm cloths.
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Reminder
This post is directed to those who, like me, are training without a coach and do many of your workouts alone. There is nothing new here. I just find, especially at my age, that I need a reminder every now and then, of the things that I know. This came to me yesterday as I started a 12 mile uphill rollerski workout. br /br /Reminder # 1: Get up at least 3 hours before your event. I was up at about 6:45 and went through my normal early morning routine. Grind coffee beans and get the java going and then about 20 minutes of loosening my back and hips so I can move in a somewhat human like manner. Since I was eating alone at this time Sunday morning, it was just a couple English muffins with peanut butter and jelly. I drove to the top of the route and locked my bike to a tree off the road in the woods and drove to the bottom. So now at 9:00 I am ready to start, I thought. br /br /Reminder #2: It takes a long time to warm up. The temp was about 50 and it was sunny. I decided that it would be hot soon, since the sky was clear and there was no wind. So I started out wearing shorts, tech-T and my obnoxiously yellow, high-vis vest, helmet, gloves. Boy, did I feel awful. What was up? I have been rollerskiing all summer and it felt like the first time. My rhythm was off, struggling for balance and O2 . I tried no pole skiing, tried double poling, and then after 30 minutes everything came together. I had worked up a sweat, all physiological systems had been started and all of a sudden I felt good. The balance was there and the V2 was just as smooth as could be. I forget how long it really takes to get warm and how much better I ski when I am warmed up. I have to remember this on race day.br /br /Reminder #3: 1 water bottle for every hour of workout. Some people go for long rollerski workouts where they can stop at a store. Between Sunriver and Mt Bachelor there are no stores, nothing but trees, road, sky and sun, and uphill slope. I was right about it getting warm. My one bottle of water with HEED was not enough. I got on my bike at the top wishing I had more fluids for the 45 minute ride back down to my truck. br /br /I was pretty wiped out by the time I arrived back at the house where my wife was expecting me to build stone walls for next spring’s garden beds. That was my afternoon strength workout. Reminder #4: Don’t plan strength workout right after two hours of rollersking and 45 minutes of spinning on the bike. br /br /Older and hopefully a little wiser.br /br /Have a good one,br /Bertdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6589659500745667109-6389831226675543816?l=www.webskis.com%2Fwebskisblog.html’ alt=” //div
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New Johnny Klister Series: Nordic Skiing the Movie.
pThe part of Abi Holt will be played by Mr. T./p
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New Johnny Klister Series: Nordic Skiing the Movie.
pThe part of Pete Vordenberg will be played by Jason Statham/p
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on the road again
fall colors in utah
Today is my last day in Utah for a while… Tomorrow extremely early in the morning I am flying to Minnesota and will spend the night at my mom’s house. Then I will get up bright and early the next day to catch a flight out to New York for the training camp at the Lake Placid Olympic Training Center. Its a 2 week long camp and skiers from all across the country will be there. The training is going to be hard, but thats how we are going to get faster!
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Two for Tuesday
a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsOBOfWT8iI/AAAAAAAABJg/PTs9p414kOY/s1600-h/100_4989.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 315px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsOBOfWT8iI/AAAAAAAABJg/PTs9p414kOY/s400/100_4989.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387291665198477858″ //aThis morning we did our pre breakfast classic drills and pick-ups. It is a little dark at 6:30, so we drove up to the parking lot, but we had a great wake up workout. Nice picture here of Bridger getting after it!br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsOBGIinsDI/AAAAAAAABJY/xtZXu7EytUM/s1600-h/100_4993.JPG”img style=”float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsOBGIinsDI/AAAAAAAABJY/xtZXu7EytUM/s400/100_4993.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387291521637134386″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsOA7W5eW6I/AAAAAAAABJQ/Gq8lt0XM49s/s1600-h/100_5012.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsOA7W5eW6I/AAAAAAAABJQ/Gq8lt0XM49s/s400/100_5012.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387291336512527266″ //aIn the afternoon we traveled to Brattleboro for a Marble Valley League running race. Most of the older boys were a little flat, but Mac, Walker and Tyler all showed good improvement.Here is Mac (above) and Tyler doing their thing.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsOAwgYLffI/AAAAAAAABJI/gqbFAZNWPcM/s1600-h/100_5013.JPG”img style=”float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsOAwgYLffI/AAAAAAAABJI/gqbFAZNWPcM/s400/100_5013.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387291150078672370″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsOAdoYXkjI/AAAAAAAABJA/OWOZDklJK4Q/s1600-h/100_5014.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/SsOAdoYXkjI/AAAAAAAABJA/OWOZDklJK4Q/s400/100_5014.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387290825809433138″ //abr /Cobby was our top boy in 7th place.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsOAJGesNNI/AAAAAAAABI4/gRTzWlrIKNk/s1600-h/100_5016.JPG”img style=”float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsOAJGesNNI/AAAAAAAABI4/gRTzWlrIKNk/s400/100_5016.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387290473111762130″ //abr /The girls steamrolled the competition by placing 7 in the top 9. We roller ski too much to run really fast, but they are pretty fit. It will be interesting to see if they get faster with the 3 races that we have in the next 8 days.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsN_07tEQvI/AAAAAAAABIw/EFb9hA3wNP0/s1600-h/100_5026.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsN_07tEQvI/AAAAAAAABIw/EFb9hA3wNP0/s400/100_5026.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387290126621885170″ //aPheobe and Cam teamed up to come home in 8th and 9th.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsN_Zi9eUGI/AAAAAAAABIo/_aFfj8Rm_so/s1600-h/100_5029.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/SsN_Zi9eUGI/AAAAAAAABIo/_aFfj8Rm_so/s400/100_5029.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387289656123347042″ //abr /Heather and Gage ran together for the whole race and finished 3rd and 4th.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsN-p6Uej-I/AAAAAAAABIg/YWVCBsrvwyA/s1600-h/100_5039.JPG”img style=”float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsN-p6Uej-I/AAAAAAAABIg/YWVCBsrvwyA/s400/100_5039.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387288837760126946″ //abr /Rachel cruising to victory.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/SsKhQJMWM9I/AAAAAAAABIY/CG34sVIQEbg/s1600-h/100_5045.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/SsKhQJMWM9I/AAAAAAAABIY/CG34sVIQEbg/s400/100_5045.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387045403006219218″ //abr /Female runner of the day, Lena Kuchera, who knocked 3 minutes off her time from 2 weeks ago.div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-6222576185300100199?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’//div