Brian Gregg, Gus Kaeding, and Karl Nygren looking satisfied with a long day of using chainsaws.
Check out Garrott Kuzzy’s blog post about our Birkie Trail work yesterday HERE.
Category: XCFeeds
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Summer Training
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Back in Utah
The Whistler Training camp is now over, and it finished up just as great as it started. We finished our stay in Whister with a 10 kilometer time trial up the access road to the Olympic Park. It was definatley a hard workout to wrap up a hard training camp!
Then we headed to Tofino, on Vancouver Island to do some more training and enjoy the beach. The 3 hour run we did while we were there was absolutely amazing! We started off running through the rainforest (passing warning signs about the cougars in the area), then we ran along a beach for a while, went back into the rainforest and ran on a 2 mile long boardwalk, then finished up running on the beach for the last hour!
After a hard rollerski interval session… I thought I was going to puke, but I just had some serious dry heaves. Now THATS a hard workout! -
Copper Harbor
On Friday after running an hour and a half (!!) with Dan on the trails of Marquette, we packed up the RV, picked up our friend Tyler at work and headed up to Copper Harbor for the weekend. On Saturday Dan and Tyler mountain biked all of the peaks in the Keweenaw which was about 80 miles and over 10 hours in the saddle! I spent the morning running on the awesome trails right from our campsite at Fort Wilkins State Park. Level 3 intervals-5×8 minutes. That night I ran into a couple of friends from Houghton, Karl Walczack and Margot Hutchins, and we made plans for an over distance run the next morning. We spent three hours on Sunday morning running on forest roads and enjoying the great weather. I felt really good running and the company was great!
Training for this week looks good. I have 2 interval sessions which I am looking forward to as well as a specific strength workout which is always one of my favorites! On Friday Dan and I are headed to Traverse City, MI. Friday night I will be doing a presentation and on Saturday morning a rollerski clinic with the Vasa skiers.
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Birkie Trail Work
The American Birkebeiner ski trail is a 52km long, 6m wide ribbon of grass that transects the Chequamegon National Forest between Cable and Hayward, Wisconsin. Maintaining the trail requires almost constant attention. The CXC Vertical Limit Team athletes spent Sunday afternoon doing volunteer trail work to get the trail prepped for the winter.
Every five years, brush needs to be cut back from the trail’s edge and tree limbs need to be trimmed. This allows the Tidd Tech’s to groom the trails without running into downed trees and also allows maximal snow accumulation on the trail. We got after it with chain saws, brush cutters, and tree limbers to cut back overgrowth.
Of course, everything that got cut had to be cleared as well. A number of cyclists out inspecting the Fat Tire course for next weekend’s race came across our operation and got some good cyclocross practice dismounting to get over the tree piles. In all, we cleared 2km of trail from OO South. That’s a good chunk of the 10km that needs to be trimmed this year.
Oslo 2011
K: “Hey Laura, there’s some building going up here. Apparently they’re doing some ski thing.”
L: “Um, duh, the 2011 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS are in Oslo next winter. I don’t know if you know this, but it’s kind of a big deal.”
K: “meh.”
L: “Well if I get to race there you can come back to Norway to watch and visit your friends.”
K: “Sweet! You should definitely do this race.”
My little sister is spending the year in Oslo and we had this conversation the other day. Then I signed onto facebook and saw that she had tagged me in the above photo. Which I thought was cute.
It reminded me that work is busily being accomplished on the 2011 World Champs venue and, in fact, they’ve been working on it ever since they won the bid. I am, hopefully, going to show up to the 2011 World Championships and stay there for one week training nearby and then two weeks at the championships, then they’re over and all the athletes go their merry ways. The organizing committee, on the other hand, is working on this as a full-time job starting last year and ending well after I’m snuggled back into my own home in America.
The amount of work that goes into organizing and running an event is staggering. I am so grateful that people are willing to do this and to do it well. I can’t even imagine having to sit down and think out all of the needs of an event of that magnitude– the needs of all the athletes, coaches, waxers, staff, physicians, attaches, then all of the race organizers and volunteers, the sound system requirements of the announcers, the wiring needs of the timing crew and of the film crew, the comfort of the spectators. And before all of the people show up needing things the actual, physical venue needs to be built– ski trails, stadium, ski jumps, waxing areas, housing, parking lots, WADA testing area. It is unbelievable.
I feel so lucky to get to enjoy the hard work of so many people every time I show up to a starting line.
Oslo 2011
K: “Hey Laura, there’s some building going up here. Apparently they’re doing some ski thing.”
L: “Um, duh, the 2011 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS are in Oslo next winter. I don’t know if you know this, but it’s kind of a big deal.”
K: “meh.”
L: “Well if I get to race there you can come back to Norway to watch and visit your friends.”
K: “Sweet! You should definitely do this race.”
My little sister is spending the year in Oslo and we had this conversation the other day. Then I signed onto facebook and saw that she had tagged me in the above photo. Which I thought was cute.
It reminded me that work is busily being accomplished on the 2011 World Champs venue and, in fact, they’ve been working on it ever since they won the bid. I am, hopefully, going to show up to the 2011 World Championships and stay there for one week training nearby and then two weeks at the championships, then they’re over and all the athletes go their merry ways. The organizing committee, on the other hand, is working on this as a full-time job starting last year and ending well after I’m snuggled back into my own home in America.
The amount of work that goes into organizing and running an event is staggering. I am so grateful that people are willing to do this and to do it well. I can’t even imagine having to sit down and think out all of the needs of an event of that magnitude– the needs of all the athletes, coaches, waxers, staff, physicians, attaches, then all of the race organizers and volunteers, the sound system requirements of the announcers, the wiring needs of the timing crew and of the film crew, the comfort of the spectators. And before all of the people show up needing things the actual, physical venue needs to be built– ski trails, stadium, ski jumps, waxing areas, housing, parking lots, WADA testing area. It is unbelievable.
I feel so lucky to get to enjoy the hard work of so many people every time I show up to a starting line.
Oslo 2011
K: “Hey Laura, there’s some building going up here. Apparently they’re doing some ski thing.”
L: “Um, duh, the 2011 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS are in Oslo next winter. I don’t know if you know this, but it’s kind of a big deal.”
K: “meh.”
L: “Well if I get to race there you can come back to Norway to watch and visit your friends.”
K: “Sweet! You should definitely do this race.”
My little sister is spending the year in Oslo and we had this conversation the other day. Then I signed onto facebook and saw that she had tagged me in the above photo. Which I thought was cute.
It reminded me that work is busily being accomplished on the 2011 World Champs venue and, in fact, they’ve been working on it ever since they won the bid. I am, hopefully, going to show up to the 2011 World Championships and stay there for one week training nearby and then two weeks at the championships, then they’re over and all the athletes go their merry ways. The organizing committee, on the other hand, is working on this as a full-time job starting last year and ending well after I’m snuggled back into my own home in America.
The amount of work that goes into organizing and running an event is staggering. I am so grateful that people are willing to do this and to do it well. I can’t even imagine having to sit down and think out all of the needs of an event of that magnitude– the needs of all the athletes, coaches, waxers, staff, physicians, attaches, then all of the race organizers and volunteers, the sound system requirements of the announcers, the wiring needs of the timing crew and of the film crew, the comfort of the spectators. And before all of the people show up needing things the actual, physical venue needs to be built– ski trails, stadium, ski jumps, waxing areas, housing, parking lots, WADA testing area. It is unbelievable.
I feel so lucky to get to enjoy the hard work of so many people every time I show up to a starting line.
Oslo 2011
K: “Hey Laura, there’s some building going up here. Apparently they’re doing some ski thing.”
L: “Um, duh, the 2011 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS are in Oslo next winter. I don’t know if you know this, but it’s kind of a big deal.”
K: “meh.”
L: “Well if I get to race there you can come back to Norway to watch and visit your friends.”
K: “Sweet! You should definitely do this race.”
My little sister is spending the year in Oslo and we had this conversation the other day. Then I signed onto facebook and saw that she had tagged me in the above photo. Which I thought was cute.
It reminded me that work is busily being accomplished on the 2011 World Champs venue and, in fact, they’ve been working on it ever since they won the bid. I am, hopefully, going to show up to the 2011 World Championships and stay there for one week training nearby and then two weeks at the championships, then they’re over and all the athletes go their merry ways. The organizing committee, on the other hand, is working on this as a full-time job starting last year and ending well after I’m snuggled back into my own home in America.
The amount of work that goes into organizing and running an event is staggering. I am so grateful that people are willing to do this and to do it well. I can’t even imagine having to sit down and think out all of the needs of an event of that magnitude– the needs of all the athletes, coaches, waxers, staff, physicians, attaches, then all of the race organizers and volunteers, the sound system requirements of the announcers, the wiring needs of the timing crew and of the film crew, the comfort of the spectators. And before all of the people show up needing things the actual, physical venue needs to be built– ski trails, stadium, ski jumps, waxing areas, housing, parking lots, WADA testing area. It is unbelievable.
I feel so lucky to get to enjoy the hard work of so many people every time I show up to a starting line.
Oslo 2011
K: “Hey Laura, there’s some building going up here. Apparently they’re doing some ski thing.”
L: “Um, duh, the 2011 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS are in Oslo next winter. I don’t know if you know this, but it’s kind of a big deal.”
K: “meh.”
L: “Well if I get to race there you can come back to Norway to watch and visit your friends.”
K: “Sweet! You should definitely do this race.”
My little sister is spending the year in Oslo and we had this conversation the other day. Then I signed onto facebook and saw that she had tagged me in the above photo. Which I thought was cute.
It reminded me that work is busily being accomplished on the 2011 World Champs venue and, in fact, they’ve been working on it ever since they won the bid. I am, hopefully, going to show up to the 2011 World Championships and stay there for one week training nearby and then two weeks at the championships, then they’re over and all the athletes go their merry ways. The organizing committee, on the other hand, is working on this as a full-time job starting last year and ending well after I’m snuggled back into my own home in America.
The amount of work that goes into organizing and running an event is staggering. I am so grateful that people are willing to do this and to do it well. I can’t even imagine having to sit down and think out all of the needs of an event of that magnitude– the needs of all the athletes, coaches, waxers, staff, physicians, attaches, then all of the race organizers and volunteers, the sound system requirements of the announcers, the wiring needs of the timing crew and of the film crew, the comfort of the spectators. And before all of the people show up needing things the actual, physical venue needs to be built– ski trails, stadium, ski jumps, waxing areas, housing, parking lots, WADA testing area. It is unbelievable.
I feel so lucky to get to enjoy the hard work of so many people every time I show up to a starting line.
On the Move
In just under 2 weeks I will once again be moving. I have moved about 8 times in the past 4 years and I am hoping to stay put for a little longer this time. I am not moving very far from where I live now, only about two miles, but the area is quite a bit different.
I currently live in a part of Minneapolis known as Uptown. It is a vibrant area just southwest of Downtown that boasts tons of small shops, coffee houses, art galleries and restaurants. It is a fun place to live with so much going on all within walking distance. The only trouble with living in Uptown is the cost of living here. Ben and I don’t get to experience Uptown the way others do because we are always on a budget but it’s fun to be around it all.Last year Ben and I were lucky to get our current apartment because they needed an on-site caretaker. We had a huge reduction in rent but the work was pretty hard and sometimes really gross. When we heard, after a year of living here, that they no-longer needed us to care-take we knew immediately that we couldn’t afford to live here! So it was time to move elsewhere.
Our budget is pretty tight so we ended up searching through tons of apartments and most were too much for us. I finally found the perfect spot last week! We had a list of criteria that we were looking for but most important was the price.
It is an upper unit in a duplex located in the Harrison Neighborhood of Minneapolis. We now have a big backyard, a huge basement, free laundry and the ski trails are a block and a half from my door! We will care-take at our new apartment too so we will be saving some on rent but doing some extra work too.
With Theodore Wirth Park (the site of the 2011 XC Junior Olympics) outside my back door there are countless recreational activities available. I will be contacting the local high school called Harrison Academy and will begin working with their students this fall. I will update soon about what the plans are for the upcoming weeks.
I am also happy to report that my symptoms have subsided and I am back to feeling like myself. Training has been going well and my energy has been great!On the Move
In just under 2 weeks I will once again be moving. I have moved about 8 times in the past 4 years and I am hoping to stay put for a little longer this time. I am not moving very far from where I live now, only about two miles, but the area is quite a bit different.
I currently live in a part of Minneapolis known as Uptown. It is a vibrant area just southwest of Downtown that boasts tons of small shops, coffee houses, art galleries and restaurants. It is a fun place to live with so much going on all within walking distance. The only trouble with living in Uptown is the cost of living here. Ben and I don’t get to experience Uptown the way others do because we are always on a budget but it’s fun to be around it all.Last year Ben and I were lucky to get our current apartment because they needed an on-site caretaker. We had a huge reduction in rent but the work was pretty hard and sometimes really gross. When we heard, after a year of living here, that they no-longer needed us to care-take we knew immediately that we couldn’t afford to live here! So it was time to move elsewhere.
Our budget is pretty tight so we ended up searching through tons of apartments and most were too much for us. I finally found the perfect spot last week! We had a list of criteria that we were looking for but most important was the price.It is an upper unit in a duplex located in the Harrison Neighborhood of Minneapolis. We now have a big backyard, a huge basement, free laundry and the ski trails are a block and a half from my door! We will care-take at our new apartment too so we will be saving some on rent but doing some extra work too.With Theodore Wirth Park (the site of the 2011 XC Junior Olympics) outside my back door there are countless recreational activities available. I will be contacting the local high school called Harrison Academy and will begin working with their students this fall. I will update soon about what the plans are for the upcoming weeks.
I am also happy to report that my symptoms have subsided and I am back to feeling like myself. Training has been going well and my energy has been great!On the Move
In just under 2 weeks I will once again be moving. I have moved about 8 times in the past 4 years and I am hoping to stay put for a little longer this time. I am not moving very far from where I live now, only about two miles, but the area is quite a bit different.
I currently live in a part of Minneapolis known as Uptown. It is a vibrant area just southwest of Downtown that boasts tons of small shops, coffee houses, art galleries and restaurants. It is a fun place to live with so much going on all within walking distance. The only trouble with living in Uptown is the cost of living here. Ben and I don’t get to experience Uptown the way others do because we are always on a budget but it’s fun to be around it all.Last year Ben and I were lucky to get our current apartment because they needed an on-site caretaker. We had a huge reduction in rent but the work was pretty hard and sometimes really gross. When we heard, after a year of living here, that they no-longer needed us to care-take we knew immediately that we couldn’t afford to live here! So it was time to move elsewhere.
Our budget is pretty tight so we ended up searching through tons of apartments and most were too much for us. I finally found the perfect spot last week! We had a list of criteria that we were looking for but most important was the price.It is an upper unit in a duplex located in the Harrison Neighborhood of Minneapolis. We now have a big backyard, a huge basement, free laundry and the ski trails are a block and a half from my door! We will care-take at our new apartment too so we will be saving some on rent but doing some extra work too.With Theodore Wirth Park (the site of the 2011 XC Junior Olympics) outside my back door there are countless recreational activities available. I will be contacting the local high school called Harrison Academy and will begin working with their students this fall. I will update soon about what the plans are for the upcoming weeks.
I am also happy to report that my symptoms have subsided and I am back to feeling like myself. Training has been going well and my energy has been great!On the Move
In just under 2 weeks I will once again be moving. I have moved about 8 times in the past 4 years and I am hoping to stay put for a little longer this time. I am not moving very far from where I live now, only about two miles, but the area is quite a bit different.
I currently live in a part of Minneapolis known as Uptown. It is a vibrant area just southwest of Downtown that boasts tons of small shops, coffee houses, art galleries and restaurants. It is a fun place to live with so much going on all within walking distance. The only trouble with living in Uptown is the cost of living here. Ben and I don’t get to experience Uptown the way others do because we are always on a budget but it’s fun to be around it all.Last year Ben and I were lucky to get our current apartment because they needed an on-site caretaker. We had a huge reduction in rent but the work was pretty hard and sometimes really gross. When we heard, after a year of living here, that they no-longer needed us to care-take we knew immediately that we couldn’t afford to live here! So it was time to move elsewhere.
Our budget is pretty tight so we ended up searching through tons of apartments and most were too much for us. I finally found the perfect spot last week! We had a list of criteria that we were looking for but most important was the price.It is an upper unit in a duplex located in the Harrison Neighborhood of Minneapolis. We now have a big backyard, a huge basement, free laundry and the ski trails are a block and a half from my door! We will care-take at our new apartment too so we will be saving some on rent but doing some extra work too.With Theodore Wirth Park (the site of the 2011 XC Junior Olympics) outside my back door there are countless recreational activities available. I will be contacting the local high school called Harrison Academy and will begin working with their students this fall. I will update soon about what the plans are for the upcoming weeks.
I am also happy to report that my symptoms have subsided and I am back to feeling like myself. Training has been going well and my energy has been great!On the Move
In just under 2 weeks I will once again be moving. I have moved about 8 times in the past 4 years and I am hoping to stay put for a little longer this time. I am not moving very far from where I live now, only about two miles, but the area is quite a bit different.
I currently live in a part of Minneapolis known as Uptown. It is a vibrant area just southwest of Downtown that boasts tons of small shops, coffee houses, art galleries and restaurants. It is a fun place to live with so much going on all within walking distance. The only trouble with living in Uptown is the cost of living here. Ben and I don’t get to experience Uptown the way others do because we are always on a budget but it’s fun to be around it all.Last year Ben and I were lucky to get our current apartment because they needed an on-site caretaker. We had a huge reduction in rent but the work was pretty hard and sometimes really gross. When we heard, after a year of living here, that they no-longer needed us to care-take we knew immediately that we couldn’t afford to live here! So it was time to move elsewhere.
Our budget is pretty tight so we ended up searching through tons of apartments and most were too much for us. I finally found the perfect spot last week! We had a list of criteria that we were looking for but most important was the price.It is an upper unit in a duplex located in the Harrison Neighborhood of Minneapolis. We now have a big backyard, a huge basement, free laundry and the ski trails are a block and a half from my door! We will care-take at our new apartment too so we will be saving some on rent but doing some extra work too.With Theodore Wirth Park (the site of the 2011 XC Junior Olympics) outside my back door there are countless recreational activities available. I will be contacting the local high school called Harrison Academy and will begin working with their students this fall. I will update soon about what the plans are for the upcoming weeks.
I am also happy to report that my symptoms have subsided and I am back to feeling like myself. Training has been going well and my energy has been great!On the Move
In just under 2 weeks I will once again be moving. I have moved about 8 times in the past 4 years and I am hoping to stay put for a little longer this time. I am not moving very far from where I live now, only about two miles, but the area is quite a bit different.
I currently live in a part of Minneapolis known as Uptown. It is a vibrant area just southwest of Downtown that boasts tons of small shops, coffee houses, art galleries and restaurants. It is a fun place to live with so much going on all within walking distance. The only trouble with living in Uptown is the cost of living here. Ben and I don’t get to experience Uptown the way others do because we are always on a budget but it’s fun to be around it all.Last year Ben and I were lucky to get our current apartment because they needed an on-site caretaker. We had a huge reduction in rent but the work was pretty hard and sometimes really gross. When we heard, after a year of living here, that they no-longer needed us to care-take we knew immediately that we couldn’t afford to live here! So it was time to move elsewhere.
Our budget is pretty tight so we ended up searching through tons of apartments and most were too much for us. I finally found the perfect spot last week! We had a list of criteria that we were looking for but most important was the price.
It is an upper unit in a duplex located in the Harrison Neighborhood of Minneapolis. We now have a big backyard, a huge basement, free laundry and the ski trails are a block and a half from my door! We will care-take at our new apartment too so we will be saving some on rent but doing some extra work too.With Theodore Wirth Park (the site of the 2011 XC Junior Olympics) outside my back door there are countless recreational activities available. I will be contacting the local high school called Harrison Academy and will begin working with their students this fall. I will update soon about what the plans are for the upcoming weeks.
I am also happy to report that my symptoms have subsided and I am back to feeling like myself. Training has been going well and my energy has been great!Home for a rest
pAfter overcoming financial and geographical difficultly to get to New Zealand, it did not disappoint. Sitting here in Canmore, back after a three-week foray, I am very pleased with what I accomplished. This was my first time to New Zealand and I was treated to very scenic, switch backing trails at the Snow Farm, near Wanaka. The camp was all encompassing, including two races, intensity, distance and strength training. I was able to get in great quality skiing in a variety of snow and weather conditions and left with some energy to spare./p
pBeing back in Canmore has been vegetative due in part to the jetlag and mild sickness I picked up on the plane ride home. This past week has felt like a haze, with the only injunction from the cloudiness being coffee. Every afternoon the espresso machine hisses like a geyser. I am already nearly blind from the morning caffeine, but it is hard to say no./p
pThe only hiccup in the mind-numbingly relaxed week in Canmore was my Macroeconomics final. Even though I was studying all week, I could tell not much was getting in; on exam day my hunch was validated. Wow. My mental capacity reached an all time low, when under Name, I wrote: name./p
pHopefully the brain fog is over now. I am excited to hit the road on Monday back to Quebec for the fall training block. I will be making my annual pilgrimage to Ramsau, Austria for two more weeks of skiing on September 23./p
