Video from Friday's skate sprint race in Muonio, Finland. Kikkan Randal is leading the pack (racer bib 5, in black suit).
Says Freeman, "Good race today. Skiing is fantastic. Don't want to leave. First for Muonio."
Despite not being seeded in the men's classic 10k race Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) crushed the field, winning the race by 12 seconds.
Randall beat the field by nearly a second in the final round, while Estonia's Timo Simonlatser crushed the men's line-up by close to two seconds.
U.S. top female athlete Kikkan Randall led two biggest rivals for the Big Crystal Globe in the Finnish sprint opener in Muonio and swept victory.
The Noquemanon race committee has completed three new significant trail improvements already this fall.
Last Saturday, 6th November, the FIS Council held its Autumn Meeting and took some important decisions for the upcoming seasons.
All 16,000 start bibs to the popular Norwegian loppet, the Birkebeinerrennet, were sold out 18 minutes after the online registration has started.
The Frosty Freestyle will present a series of three FREE classes designed to introduce people to the sport of cross country ski racing. The classes will be held at REI in Ann Arbor every Tuesday evening for three weeks, starting Nov 30.
This trip marks one of the premier steps of the elite athlete and coach development pipeline in the U.S. The U.S. Ski Team is pleased to announce the 2011 staff.
The J1 Scandinavia Championship Trip is a fixed piece of the elite athlete and coach development pipeline in the U.S. having been in place as an organized trip for over ten years.
The most popular events are the Cross-Country relay men, Ski Jumping (individual, large hill); Cross-Country pursuit 30 km men, 10 km ladies, sprint, 30 km ladies and 50 km men. 100,000 tickets are still available.