Cross Country Ski Headquarters wins another Michigan Cup! Good job getting your skiers out, Headquarters!
The Vasa board president led a fired-up group of 250 VASA volunteers in the Heikki Lunta Snow Dance. It was truly a sight to see and the participants did a great job as it was snowing within minutes.
EARLY NEWS: Milan Biac outsprinted Dan Yankus to win the 2012 Michigan Cup Sprints. John Goble took third, followed by Cligg Onthank, John Gravlin, and Scott Howard.
Thirty some racers showed up on a beautiful, sunny Saturday morning for the Keep It in Michigan Flashrace #4.
These are the results for the 4 km freestyle sprint race that took place at Timber Ridge the evening of Tuesday, January 31, 2012.
Tracy took a few photos or Saturday's FLASH race at Boyne Mountain...
World Cup rookie Jessie Diggins continued her strong Eastern European tour scoring another career best finishing fifth in a frigid 10k mass start skate race in Rybinsk.
The Marcialonga Ski Marathon is 70k long, relatively flat, and all the top men doublepole the entire course. This video is complete coverage of the race, start to finish.
On a day that saw three American women square off in the semifinals, young Jessie Diggins led the USA with a career best sixth in zero temperatures in the Moscow sprints, beating Kikkan Randall.
The Sprints are still on for Sunday! The snow coverage at Timber Ridge is great, sprint course is fun and fast, custom medals are super cool and the food will be tasty and nutritious!
A few pictures of the 50k classic start and the 50k skate start at the 2012 Noquemanon Ski Marathon.
UPDATED: Ski waxing recommendations for this weekend's races.
In light of the White Pine Stampede cancellation, the Cross Country Ski Headquarters would like to offer all would-be White Pine participants a complimentary weekend pass (Feb 4 & 5, 2012) to the XC Ski HQ trail network and facilities.