Cross Country Ski Headquarters wins another Michigan Cup! Good job getting your skiers out, Headquarters!
Former Team NordicSkiRacer Mac Brennan turns pro with BISSELL Pro cycling team, along with the Cross Country Ski Headquarter's Alex Vanias.
My longest ride to date was only 50 miles, and most other rides were far shorter. I was feeling less than confident in my abilities in the weeks and days leading to the 100 mile JDRF Ride to Cure Diabetes in Burlington, Vermont.
The USA's Liz Stephen and Kikkan Randall finish 3rd and 6th overall at the the Lysebotn opp, a 7.5km long roller skiing competition from Lysebotn and up the winding roads to Øygardstøl ("The Eagles Nest"), with the finish line 640 meters above sea level.
We have an incredibly strong team as it is, but if you look at our top incoming skiers, they all have skied in high school like many of our current varsity team, and we have a good varsity team. Our women continue to develop into a more competitive team.
Michigan Tech head coach Joe Haggenmiller has announced that five student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to join the cross country, Nordic skiing and track and field teams.
The National Nordic Foundation will invest $26,000 in two Nordic Combined Pillar Projects in its summer round of NC 2012/2013 funding.
Top Michigan Cup skier Jim Harrington has just signed on to coach the Petoskey High School cross country running team.
Missed these photos from Eli Brown in my email...
Great group ski today! Over 20 started, almost 10 made it out and back 30+ miles. No one got hurt. Let's do it again!
Steve Teclaw becomes head coach of the men's and women's Nordic skiing teams after four seasons as an assistant with the school. In addition, former Northern Michigan standout Tim Cook has been hired as the program's associate head coach.
Better base than usual, but skiing into June at Mt. Bachelor is pretty routine, actually. Altitude is around 6,000ft, or ~1,700 meters.
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