Cross Country Ski Training News and Tips

My pedals were barely turning...

7/23/2012 - By Mike Muha

My longest ride to date was only 50 miles, and most other rides were far shorter. I was feeling less than confident in my abilities in the weeks and days leading to the 100 mile JDRF Ride to Cure Diabetes in Burlington, Vermont.

A summer (on snow) skate in Bend

7/2/2012 - By intrepid1traveler

Better base than usual, but skiing into June at Mt. Bachelor is pretty routine, actually. Altitude is around 6,000ft, or ~1,700 meters.

Summer ski camps for ages 7 to 21

5/29/2012 - By CXC Skiing

From a 7-year-old junior skier to a 21-year-old college skier, CXC offers a variety of camp opportunities this summer to help CXC member athletes across the Midwest and Great Lakes to reach their full potential.

Killer Pull-Ups, Brutal Sprints and a Nap for a Ski Champ

5/15/2012 - By Matthew Futterman, Wall Street Journal

Her regimen is a brutal, six- (sometimes seven) day-a-week mix of roller skiing, biking, running and strength training. Pull-ups are a fairly unpleasant experience for most humans, but the ones Ms. Randall does resemble a form of medieval torture.

Running vs Skiing Technique?

5/14/2012 - By Jim Galanes for SkiPost.com

Long question short: Have there been any discussions of the similarities and/or differences between running form (for people who are competing as runners, not just training for skiing) and classic ski form?

Get ready for next year

3/22/2012 - By Ian Harvey

If you are a racer or want to become a faster skier, I recommend you make sure to go through a process that I find always yields improvement. Sometime around now or just after your season is over...

My heart's all a-flutter

3/21/2012 - By Mike Muha

The ablation works!...for awhile. Atrial fibrillation turns to atrial flutter and I head in to get my heart shocked again. I'd rather be cross country skiing....

Eli Brown skate clinic this Saturday

3/15/2012 - By Bob Frye

Eli Brown will be hosting a skate clinic March 17th. 10:00am until noon at XCHQ. His vast skiing experience includes NMU collegiate skier, head ski coach University of Utah, and 2012 Mi.Cup Men's Title winner.

Today's Ablation Day: Surgery

1/31/2012 - By Mike Muha

OK, so it’s ablation time. Well, not really. It turns out there are multiple preliminary steps that must be dealt with before today's ablation procedure.

Be still my beating heart...

1/30/2012 - By Mike Muha

Well, maybe not still, but I’d sure like to have a resting heart rate well below my current 83 BPM. I remember the days, a few months ago, when it was down in the low 50’s, a fond memory.

Sprints and musing from Huron Meadows

1/28/2012 - By Mike Muha

We started out doing 1 lap intervals with a three minute rest. The first was skating without ski poles, the second a doublepole-only lap, and the third a normal skate with poles.

PSIA Educational Course at Hanson Hills, Jan 21-22, 2012

1/18/2012 - By Amy Powell

PSIA is holding an Instructor Training Workshop as well as Level One through Level Three Exam Certification at Hanson Hills in Grayling, MI