Cross Country Ski Headquarters wins another Michigan Cup! Good job getting your skiers out, Headquarters!
Under Cobb’s leadership the US Biathlon Team emerged as one of the top programs in the world this winter when American Tim Burke wore the yellow bib as the world’s top ranked biathlete.
The hard work is clearly etched everyone’s face at the halfway point. At the mid-point, every athlete has to stop for at least 10 seconds, switch rollerskis in order to use up the wheels evenly and drink. Afterwards, the mental battle continues.
One video and four different workouts: Sprints, longer intervals, distance training. It's interesting to see the intensity of the skiing in each workout - and the expenditure of energy.
The video from the camp features rollerskiing, sprint drills - including head-to-head racing - strength exercises (including my favorite, the sideways rock toss), and some great footage of the doublepush in slow-mo.
Media interest in Marcus is much higher than ever before but he likes to control his time. "There has been definitely more media interest in me recently. Though it so not so high I could not handle it by myself."
2010 Olympic gold and silver medalist Billy Demong will be spending time in the saddle as he competes on Team Cole Sport in the 2010 Tour of Utah bike race. After Tuesday's prologue, Demong sits 47 seconds behind the leader.
Michigan Cup skier Denny Paull wins in his first attempt at the US National Canoe & Kayak Championships in Peshtigo, WI.
Norway's waxing team has been in Torsby in the ski tunnel for ski testing. FIS Cross-Country talked to their boss, Knut Nystad who is passionate about his work and makes huge efforts to be better every race.
The best Czech skier Lukas Bauer, double winner of Tour de Ski and Olympic medalist from Vancouver was on the way to Obertiliach for a training camp when fisscountry.com asked him a few questions about his training and plans for upcoming weeks.
The U.S. Ski Team has named the Norwegian roller ski brand Swenor as a supplier to the Team. Swenor recently entered into a long-term distribution agreement with Swix Sport.
Flashy sports cars are out, now no mid-life crisis is complete without a souped-up road bike. Why?
With Garland Resort dropping out of the Michigan Cup Series, the Michigan Cup Committee acted on requests from numerous race directors to shift the race schedule around.
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