Cross Country Ski Training News and Tips
Discounted Trail Passes for the Yellowstone Ski Festival
9/15/2008 - By Sara Hoovler
Regularly $45.00 each, trail passes can be purchased by college, high school and club coaches for $35.00 each. Passes must be paid for by check no later than October 31, 2008.
Time to plan for the Yellowstone Ski Festival
9/14/2008 - By Yellowstone Ski Festival
The West Yellowstone Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the dates for the 2008 Yellowstone Ski Festival. Join over three thousand other Nordic ski enthusiasts in West Yellowstone during the Thanksgiving week.
XC Calls Whistler Second Home
9/11/2008 - By US Ski Team
"Home course advantage is pretty high. So, we've had a lot of camps here to try to gain that advantage," said Cross Country Head Coach Pete Vordenberg.
XC Trains With Yoga and Kayaking
9/9/2008 - By US Ski Team
The U.S. Disabled Cross Country Team took part in some fun and innovative training near the home of Head Coach Jon Kreamelmeyer in Frisco, CO: Yoga and kayaking
Sugarbomb
9/9/2008 - By Zach Caldwell
He beat his July time trial time - so what’s the problem? The problem is that Kris finished with his blood sugar over 300, and felt absolutely terrible during the test.
Canadian Home Course
9/8/2008 - By Kikkan Randall & Pete Vordenberg
Today my fellow US Ski teammers and I traveled out to the 2010 Olympic cross-country venue, Whistler Olympic Park (becoming affectionately known as WOP), for a team sprint simulation on skate roller skis.
Whistler Sprint Relay
9/8/2008 - By Zach Caldwell
Today was one of a number of events and training sessions that will be considered in picking the team in the represent the US in the sprint relay at World Championships..
Watch out for the late summer ruts and grooves
9/5/2008 - By Craig Storey, XC Ottowa
While tar snakes are bad, the 'ruts and grooves' that I really want to warn you about here are the mental and physical ones that often occur in late summer training.
Whistler, BC, our second home
9/4/2008 - By Pete Vordenberg
Photos from the Whistler, BC camp by Pete Vordenberg.
Whistler Camp (again)
9/3/2008 - By Zach Caldwell
Kris is back in Whistler - this time with the whole USST. This is Kris’s second intensity camp of the year - the July camp being the first.
The Simple Life of a Cross Country Ski Racer in Ohio
9/3/2008 - By Mike Muha
Michigan Cup racer Kelly Mikolajczyk has started a blog to chronicle "the adventures of a female cross country ski racer who lives and trains in the Cleveland Ohio area."
Does it Look like we're Kidding?
9/2/2008 - By Pete Vordenberg
Where have we been? What have we been doing? We've been getting it done.
