I created a few threads on the Ultrasport Message Board to consolidate well wishes, taunts, news reports, etc on Cory. Feel free to chime in…
Click on the link above, select either forum (The organizers created a 2009 race board, but then proceeded to keep the old 2008 board in their site links, so […]
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10 Best Moments from the Liberec Worlds
At least, from my perspective on the cross-country skiing events. Van’s gold in women’s jumping, Lodwick’s double golds and Demong’s bronze and gold in nordic combined were pretty damn good, too. Having the U.S. finish second on the medal table was pretty damn sweet: “The United States tripled its total medal count for all world championships by taking four golds, a silver and a bronze.”10. No
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When does Exercise become Training?
My friend and teammate Jojo Winters and I were driving to the YWCA to teach a Nordic Walking Clinic earlier today, and we were discussing ways to get the group excited about getting out and doing Nordic Walking within a continuous exercise plan. As we were talking to the group I accidentally slipped the word “training” into the conversation, and realized that not everyone who exercises is necessarily “training” for something. Or are they?
When does “Exercise” become “Training”?
Whenever I go out for a ski, run, or to the gym I call it training, regardless of duration or intensity, it’s all training. I call it training because I have a goal in mind, and every session gets me closer to that goal. Jojo and I came to the realization that many people go for skis and runs, and to the gym with a much different goal. They simply want to live healthier lives, and enjoy their daily workouts, or escape from the stresses of life. Would you call that training, or simply exercising? Do more people say, “I’m heading out for exercise.”, or “I’m heading out to train.” Exercise and training are not really any different. They are different in scope of what they might hope to accomplish, heading to the Olympics, or completing a 5km run/walk, or simply losing a few pounds of weight.
When we were speaking to the group, we thought that using the word training might be somewhat intimidating to the group, but as we walked around the indoor track with the group, I realized that although this isn’t a part of training specifically for anything, this is still exercising, and everyone at the clinic who was talking part, was exercising, and just as focused and determined as I am training.
I also realized how much fun I was having, and although I would not log this time specifically in my training log, I hope to bring the “fun” into my other tough workouts I might have, and remember that it is all exercise.
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When does Exercise become Training?
My friend and teammate Jojo Winters and I were driving to the YWCA to teach a Nordic Walking Clinic earlier today, and we were discussing ways to get the group excited about getting out and doing Nordic Walking within a continuous exercise plan. As we were talking to the group I accidentally slipped the word “training” into the conversation, and realized that not everyone who exercises is necessarily “training” for something. Or are they?
When does “Exercise” become “Training”?
Whenever I go out for a ski, run, or to the gym I call it training, regardless of duration or intensity, it’s all training. I call it training because I have a goal in mind, and every session gets me closer to that goal. Jojo and I came to the realization that many people go for skis and runs, and to the gym with a much different goal. They simply want to live healthier lives, and enjoy their daily workouts, or escape from the stresses of life. Would you call that training, or simply exercising? Do more people say, “I’m heading out for exercise.”, or “I’m heading out to train.” Exercise and training are not really any different. They are different in scope of what they might hope to accomplish, heading to the Olympics, or completing a 5km run/walk, or simply losing a few pounds of weight.
When we were speaking to the group, we thought that using the word training might be somewhat intimidating to the group, but as we walked around the indoor track with the group, I realized that although this isn’t a part of training specifically for anything, this is still exercising, and everyone at the clinic who was talking part, was exercising, and just as focused and determined as I am training.
I also realized how much fun I was having, and although I would not log this time specifically in my training log, I hope to bring the “fun” into my other tough workouts I might have, and remember that it is all exercise.
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When does Exercise become Training?
My friend and teammate Jojo Winters and I were driving to the YWCA to teach a Nordic Walking Clinic earlier today, and we were discussing ways to get the group excited about getting out and doing Nordic Walking within a continuous exercise plan. As we were talking to the group I accidentally slipped the word “training” into the conversation, and realized that not everyone who exercises is necessarily “training” for something. Or are they?
When does “Exercise” become “Training”?
Whenever I go out for a ski, run, or to the gym I call it training, regardless of duration or intensity, it’s all training. I call it training because I have a goal in mind, and every session gets me closer to that goal. Jojo and I came to the realization that many people go for skis and runs, and to the gym with a much different goal. They simply want to live healthier lives, and enjoy their daily workouts, or escape from the stresses of life. Would you call that training, or simply exercising? Do more people say, “I’m heading out for exercise.”, or “I’m heading out to train.” Exercise and training are not really any different. They are different in scope of what they might hope to accomplish, heading to the Olympics, or completing a 5km run/walk, or simply losing a few pounds of weight.
When we were speaking to the group, we thought that using the word training might be somewhat intimidating to the group, but as we walked around the indoor track with the group, I realized that although this isn’t a part of training specifically for anything, this is still exercising, and everyone at the clinic who was talking part, was exercising, and just as focused and determined as I am training.
I also realized how much fun I was having, and although I would not log this time specifically in my training log, I hope to bring the “fun” into my other tough workouts I might have, and remember that it is all exercise.
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When does Exercise become Training?
My friend and teammate Jojo Winters and I were driving to the YWCA to teach a Nordic Walking Clinic earlier today, and we were discussing ways to get the group excited about getting out and doing Nordic Walking within a continuous exercise plan. As we were talking to the group I accidentally slipped the word “training” into the conversation, and realized that not everyone who exercises is necessarily “training” for something. Or are they?
When does “Exercise” become “Training”?
Whenever I go out for a ski, run, or to the gym I call it training, regardless of duration or intensity, it’s all training. I call it training because I have a goal in mind, and every session gets me closer to that goal. Jojo and I came to the realization that many people go for skis and runs, and to the gym with a much different goal. They simply want to live healthier lives, and enjoy their daily workouts, or escape from the stresses of life. Would you call that training, or simply exercising? Do more people say, “I’m heading out for exercise.”, or “I’m heading out to train.” Exercise and training are not really any different. They are different in scope of what they might hope to accomplish, heading to the Olympics, or completing a 5km run/walk, or simply losing a few pounds of weight.
When we were speaking to the group, we thought that using the word training might be somewhat intimidating to the group, but as we walked around the indoor track with the group, I realized that although this isn’t a part of training specifically for anything, this is still exercising, and everyone at the clinic who was talking part, was exercising, and just as focused and determined as I am training.
I also realized how much fun I was having, and although I would not log this time specifically in my training log, I hope to bring the “fun” into my other tough workouts I might have, and remember that it is all exercise.
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SuperTour Win
span style=”font-size:85%;”Bryan Cook and I won the Freestyle Team Sprint at the Madison SuperTour. The SuperTour is the national race circuit that I follow around the country. I have had several second and third place finishes, but this was my first win on the circuit. My biggest pay day as a xc ski racer so far too.br //spanp align=”center”span style=”font-size:85%;”img src=”http://www.xcskilife.com/images/madison%20043.JPG” width=”550″ height=”413″ /br / Colin Rogers/David Chamberlain, Bryan Cook/Brian Gregg, Lars Flora/Mike Sinnot/span/p pspan style=”font-size:85%;”Two-person teams contest the team sprint relay. Skiers raced a 900 meter loop on the streets of Madison, WI and tagged their partner who went off to ski the same loop. Each teamates skis the loop four times for a total of eight laps/span/ppspan style=”font-size:85%;”Cook made some aggressive moves to put us in second place going into the final tag. In a good position I was able to take the lead on the final climb and keep it to the finish. We had some good luck today being seeded in a much easier semi-final. Cook and I were able to ski easy in our semi, where the teams in the other semi posted times that were just as fast as the final.br //span/pbr /p align=”center”span style=”font-size:85%;”img src=”http://www.xcskilife.com/images/madison%20023.JPG” width=”550″ height=”413″ /br / Brian, Chasing Sinnot around the 180 at the top of the course/span/pdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9V9RUbOlZzs/Sax8uvD71UI/AAAAAAAAALI/hAzvJYN0jM0/s1600-h/BGregg+Frosty+Kids+Runs.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9V9RUbOlZzs/Sax8uvD71UI/AAAAAAAAALI/hAzvJYN0jM0/s400/BGregg+Frosty+Kids+Runs.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308755203111769410″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”I joined in on the 1km fun run around the capitol before the afternoon races. I thought it was going to be easy, but there were some fast young runners out there./spanbr //divbr /div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9V9RUbOlZzs/Sax8udIe_WI/AAAAAAAAALA/8tSnQKP2jzI/s1600-h/BGregg++Skate+Relay.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9V9RUbOlZzs/Sax8udIe_WI/AAAAAAAAALA/8tSnQKP2jzI/s400/BGregg++Skate+Relay.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308755198299012450″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”Colin Rogers and Brian Gregg (right) Final 100m of the Madison Super Tour/spanbr /br //diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9V9RUbOlZzs/Sax8ubrqnHI/AAAAAAAAAK4/7ZJCH7Niyoo/s1600-h/BGregg+Madison+Kids+Ski.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9V9RUbOlZzs/Sax8ubrqnHI/AAAAAAAAAK4/7ZJCH7Niyoo/s400/BGregg+Madison+Kids+Ski.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308755197909703794″ border=”0″ //aFit City Kids is another part of the
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Going strong!
Got a call from Greg, a work friend of Cory’s. He wanted to let me know that he was flying his plane in the area of the race today, and spotted Cory at about 5:30pm (3-1/2 hours in). He called to let me know that Cory looked strong. A lot of the […]
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Into the wild….
[disclaimer- Cory may be pissed I’m posting, but he can always delete this later]
After yesterday’s snowstorm, today’s clear skies were a relief. I doubt any of the racers were excited to see several inches of soft snow arrive, but maybe the nice weather will bring out the snowmobilers and they’ll pack the trail.
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OFF TO LAHTI….
divbr //divdivWe are off to Lahti, Finland today for some World Cups this weekend. Czech has been great, team spirit is high and we are fired up to keep the momentum going through the rest of the season. More soon…./divdivbr //divdivbr //divdivbr //diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ObMdc4mpVIg/SauI6Rih3HI/AAAAAAAAAE4/J4vjFyjlgao/s1600-h/hunting_kalla.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 158px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ObMdc4mpVIg/SauI6Rih3HI/AAAAAAAAAE4/J4vjFyjlgao/s320/hunting_kalla.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308487120508279922″ //adiv style=”text-align: center;”A shot of me skiing with Charlotte Kalla in the 30K….really fun!/divbr /divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ObMdc4mpVIg/SauI6b5pycI/AAAAAAAAAEw/uIS3Yk3weQ0/s1600-h/liz_rolling.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 179px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ObMdc4mpVIg/SauI6b5pycI/AAAAAAAAAEw/uIS3Yk3weQ0/s320/liz_rolling.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308487123289622978″ //adiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdivdiv style=”text-align: center;”Another 30K shot, both courtesy of Torin Koos./divbr /br //div/divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8313858291794282393-6975134785526629756?l=lizhstephen.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
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Success & Failure
The 2009 World Championship courses in Liberec, CZE.There are two things which drive an obsession for competition– success and failure. It seems a paradox that the two extremes of the performance spectrum lead to the same outcome. Really, the worst race is one in which you are happy with your performance but not inspired to strive for greater heights. Enough of those races will stall a career as surely as an LJ03 grind at -17°c brings your skis to a halt.
As I’m growing as a skier I see the importance of choosing the field in which I compete, providing myself with a balance of failure and success. Exposure to the best field is good but last year I stayed on the World Cup circuit too long and got disheartened. This year I’m staying not quite long enough. It’s still long enough to get an infusion of dreams and aspirations.
I ski here, at the World Champs, look around me and tell myself, “that’s how I want to ski. That’s the skier I want to be.” It’s an ongoing lesson in potential and concrete examples of the goals I have being realized. I want to ski well. I want to ski better than I have skied before and better than I ski now. How I ski now is not good enough. My fitness now is not high enough. Watching my competitors makes this clear. Skiing requires a combination of brute capacity and beautiful efficiency.
It’s easy to fail. It’s equally easy to convince yourself that you haven’t failed. If I went home I would be perceived as a better skier. It’s that simple to turn failure into success. I don’t want that facade of success. I would rather receive condolences despite a good race than congratulations despite a poorly skied race.
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Success & Failure
The 2009 World Championship courses in Liberec, CZE.There are two things which drive an obsession for competition– success and failure. It seems a paradox that the two extremes of the performance spectrum lead to the same outcome. Really, the worst race is one in which you are happy with your performance but not inspired to strive for greater heights. Enough of those races will stall a career as surely as an LJ03 grind at -17°c brings your skis to a halt.
As I’m growing as a skier I see the importance of choosing the field in which I compete, providing myself with a balance of failure and success. Exposure to the best field is good but last year I stayed on the World Cup circuit too long and got disheartened. This year I’m staying not quite long enough. It’s still long enough to get an infusion of dreams and aspirations.
I ski here, at the World Champs, look around me and tell myself, “that’s how I want to ski. That’s the skier I want to be.” It’s an ongoing lesson in potential and concrete examples of the goals I have being realized. I want to ski well. I want to ski better than I have skied before and better than I ski now. How I ski now is not good enough. My fitness now is not high enough. Watching my competitors makes this clear. Skiing requires a combination of brute capacity and beautiful efficiency.
It’s easy to fail. It’s equally easy to convince yourself that you haven’t failed. If I went home I would be perceived as a better skier. It’s that simple to turn failure into success. I don’t want that facade of success. I would rather receive condolences despite a good race than congratulations despite a poorly skied race.
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Success & Failure
The 2009 World Championship courses in Liberec, CZE.There are two things which drive an obsession for competition– success and failure. It seems a paradox that the two extremes of the performance spectrum lead to the same outcome. Really, the worst race is one in which you are happy with your performance but not inspired to strive for greater heights. Enough of those races will stall a career as surely as an LJ03 grind at -17°c brings your skis to a halt.
As I’m growing as a skier I see the importance of choosing the field in which I compete, providing myself with a balance of failure and success. Exposure to the best field is good but last year I stayed on the World Cup circuit too long and got disheartened. This year I’m staying not quite long enough. It’s still long enough to get an infusion of dreams and aspirations.
I ski here, at the World Champs, look around me and tell myself, “that’s how I want to ski. That’s the skier I want to be.” It’s an ongoing lesson in potential and concrete examples of the goals I have being realized. I want to ski well. I want to ski better than I have skied before and better than I ski now. How I ski now is not good enough. My fitness now is not high enough. Watching my competitors makes this clear. Skiing requires a combination of brute capacity and beautiful efficiency.
It’s easy to fail. It’s equally easy to convince yourself that you haven’t failed. If I went home I would be perceived as a better skier. It’s that simple to turn failure into success. I don’t want that facade of success. I would rather receive condolences despite a good race than congratulations despite a poorly skied race.
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Success & Failure
The 2009 World Championship courses in Liberec, CZE.There are two things which drive an obsession for competition– success and failure. It seems a paradox that the two extremes of the performance spectrum lead to the same outcome. Really, the worst race is one in which you are happy with your performance but not inspired to strive for greater heights. Enough of those races will stall a career as surely as an LJ03 grind at -17°c brings your skis to a halt.
As I’m growing as a skier I see the importance of choosing the field in which I compete, providing myself with a balance of failure and success. Exposure to the best field is good but last year I stayed on the World Cup circuit too long and got disheartened. This year I’m staying not quite long enough. It’s still long enough to get an infusion of dreams and aspirations.
I ski here, at the World Champs, look around me and tell myself, “that’s how I want to ski. That’s the skier I want to be.” It’s an ongoing lesson in potential and concrete examples of the goals I have being realized. I want to ski well. I want to ski better than I have skied before and better than I ski now. How I ski now is not good enough. My fitness now is not high enough. Watching my competitors makes this clear. Skiing requires a combination of brute capacity and beautiful efficiency.
It’s easy to fail. It’s equally easy to convince yourself that you haven’t failed. If I went home I would be perceived as a better skier. It’s that simple to turn failure into success. I don’t want that facade of success. I would rather receive condolences despite a good race than congratulations despite a poorly skied race.
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It’s Go Time
Okay, its finally time to stop typing and start skiing. Heavy snow yesterday will make for a slow first day (and maybe second day, and ….).
Many people have asked how they can get updates during the race. I followed the race online last year, and I can tell you that updates are sporadic […]
The 2009 World Championship courses in Liberec, CZE.
