Cross Country Ski Training News and Tips

Great snow at Endestad Atomic ski camp

11/13/2008 - By Curt Peterson

The annual Endestad Atomic ski camp was held, as always, during the first full week of Nov in Fairbanks Alaska. This year conditions were wonderful with great snow and winter conditions.

Noah- T-minus

11/13/2008 - By Noah Hoffman

Morgan, Alexa, and I are back in Sun Valley after Lake Placid training with the rest of the Sun Valley Olympic Development Team till West. It’s been a good opportunity for a good block of training.

Nordic walking clinic in Hayward

11/8/2008 - By CXC Skiing

CXC Elite Team athlete Heather Zimmerman will guide a Nordic Walking Clinic in Hayward, WI.

Sunapee

11/7/2008 - By Zach Caldwell

Kris has just finished the best training season of his career. I think Kris is quite confident right now, but that’s his job. He’d better be confident. My job is to worry.

Four Weeks

11/6/2008 - By Zach Caldwell

Kris trained a 30 hour week when he got home from Lake Placid and felt great - good energy and no meaningful suppression. He ended the period with a bounding intensity session and then he got a cold.

Balance

11/5/2008 - By Morgan Arritola

Morgan Arritola writes an important article with some nice pics, too... No, I'm talking about the ability to stand on one ski better than anyone else.

2008-2009 CXC Master's Team

11/5/2008 - By CXC Skiing

The CXC Masters Team is a vehicle for Master skiers at any ability level to experience the enjoyment of elite level coaching and race services while supporting the development of the sport we love.

Canada's Crawford, Kershaw aim for 2010 together

11/4/2008 - By Jeff McIntosh

Crawford won her gold medal in a skate-ski sprint in 2006, but the Olympic sprint in 2010 will be a classic race. The latter is her weaker discipline so she doubled her classic training over the summer.

Think about it

11/3/2008 - By Michael Sinnott

Call me a head case, but I believe that the single most overlooked aspect of skiing is the mental aspect

Fall Season

10/30/2008 - By Kris Freeman, Taz Mannix, Pete Vordenberg

Another off-season has flown by. Hundreds of hours have been logged. Sponsor obligations have been met and opportunities grasped. Now its time to manage energy and race fast.

Randall Takes Her Training to Canada

10/29/2008 - By US Ski Team

The U.S. Cross Country Ski Team's Kikkan Randall found herself in some very good training company recently with Canadian cross country all-star Chandra Crawford, who won the sprint gold medal in the 2006 Olympics.

First tracks at Yellowstone Ski Festival

10/28/2008 - By Sara Hoovler

Start your Nordic ski season off right. Preparations for the always popular Nordic Ski Clinics are in full swing. Due to popular demand, we have increased the number of days we offer the one day skate clinic to three and added a one day classic clinic.