Free Nordic Ski Walking Clinics are coming to Traverse City's Hagerty Insurance Health And Wellness Fair on Tuesday, November 18th from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
It's amazing the way that these three-day clinics help both new and experienced coaches open their eyes to new ideas while reinforcing the fundamentals of coaching communication, technique, and physiology.
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.
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.
CXC Elite Team athlete Heather Zimmerman will guide a Nordic Walking Clinic in Hayward, WI.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Call me a head case, but I believe that the single most overlooked aspect of skiing is the mental aspect
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.