Tony Percha (lead) and Cyril Grum getting in an early morning rollerski at Kensington Metropark on Island Drive. (Yes, besides a nice bike path, Kensington has a couple quieter roads...)
A day after dropping to seventh in the Tour de Ski, Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) came roaring back with a hard fought second in the stage six freestyle sprint at the Tour de Ski in the northern Italy village of Toblach.
Vasa Ski Club Sprints, 3-Jan-12, Vasa Ski Club Sprints, 3-Jan-12 Freestyle at Timber Ridge, Traverse City
It was a tough day for the U.S. Ski Team in stage five of the Tour de Ski in Toblach. Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) was 29th in a tightly fought 3.3k classic prologue to the three stages in Toblach, dropping to seventh in the overall.
Hanson Hills 6 Hour Team Event is ready to race this Saturday; the Boyne Highlands Classic on Sunday may turn into a skate event.
We tested continuously today so we'd learn as much as we can and could pass on as much info as we could to teams. Looks like it paid off!!
Torin Koos (Wenatchee, WA), skiing out of the Bridger Ski Foundation, and Jessie Diggins picked up opening day freestyle sprint titles as the U.S. Cross Country Championships opened at Rumford's Black Mountain.
Huron Meadows Metropark in Brighton, Michigan, becomes the first cross country ski trail system in southern Michigan to make snow. Snow making is in full swing!
The Rendezvous Ski Trails in West Yellowstone, Mont. are in great shape; Elevation and natural snowfall have been our friends this season, and skiers here have been spoiled with fantastic, mid-winter conditions all season.
Due to significant overnight rain, all racing and the scheduled welcoming ceremony today for the 2012 US Cross Country Championships at Rumford's Black Mountain of Maine have been postponed
Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) skied a strong freestyle leg on New Year's Day to take seventh in a mixed technique skiathlon, moving up to fourth in the Tour de Ski standings after four stages.
A fall on the final climb in the classic sprint semifinals cost Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) a spot in the finals as she finished ninth in stage three of the Tour de Ski in Oberstdorf.
Action in the Tour de Ski heated up on day two, with Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk taking her second straight win and American Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) moving into sixth in the 11-day, nine-stage Tour.
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