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...)
Nove Mesto has snow, 4.5 km with wide courses and reports minus 5 degrees Celsius. Conditions can't be better.,
The Classic Clinic at the Boyne Valley Lodge is on. Saturday's Holiday Classic race could move to Boyne Mountain and could change to a freestyle race if Boyne Valley Lodge does not get more snow.,
About the town, the skiing, the race, course maps and web cam. Only scheduled for two stages, Nove Mesto picked up a couple more at the last minute when the German Ski Association decided did not host the two Stages of the Tour planned for Oberstdorf.,
I noticed the flexible boot cuff allows the foot to ride flatter longer. Without a stiff cuff, when I tip my ankle the foot and the ski stays flat for a bit before beginning to tip onto the edge. A flat ski is a fast ski.,
To make it easy for the viewers and spectators to identify the current leaders – the overall and sprint ranking leader - of the Tour de Ski, FIS spent considerable effort to re-design the Tour leader bibs.,
Based on the Detroit records, the Santa award for the "whitest" (most snow on the ground) and also the second snowiest Christmas (snow falling on Christmas) goes to the Christmas of 1951!,
Artificial or man-made snow is a combination of snow, dirt and oil. Man-made snow is a hard particle of ice, not a hollow flake of snow. For this reason, wax recommendations will change slightly from those for natural snow.
Kris got home early this week, and arrived with a cold. There’s a good reason to try to avoid international travel when you’re run-down. In this case there was no option...,
The 20-year old Astrid Jacobsen from Norway has been the surprise of the Cross-Country season so far. The Sprint World Champion from Sapporo 2007 has made her mark in the distance races as well and is the current leader of the overall World Cup.,
Ernie was released from Spectrum Butterworth Meijer Heart Center about 7:00 PM last night. He still has the pneumonia from aspirating before/during his heart attack. ,
The Alaska Pacific Nordic Ski Team leads the SuperTour Team Classification after four races. The ranking is based on the cumulative total of all points scored by the team members. ,
Team NordicSkiRacer Rollerski Workout
Kensington Metropark, Milford, MI
Team NordicSkiRacer Rollerski or Ski Workout
Kensington Metropark, Milford, MI
Team NordicSkiRacer Rollerski or Ski Workout
Kensington Metropark, Milford, MI
Team NordicSkiRacer Rollerski or Ski Workout
Kensington Metropark, Milford, MI
Dunes Golf Club: And so it begins. Just enough snow on the ground to scrape the barnacles off your old track no wax or hickory trail busters... But do it on the mowed courses. Hopefully this is the new awakening of the season!