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Wednesday Workout: Beach Skiing with the Bowdoin Nordic Team
Maine is Beach Skiing Paradise for Bowdoin College’s Ski Team. (Photo: Nathan Alsobrook) The workout this week comes from the head coach of the rising Bowdoin Ski Team, Nate Alsobrook. While it can...
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Wednesday Workout: Simi Hamilton’s 10’000 Foot View of Fun
Simi Hamilton on a solo ski-mountaineering adventure to Oregon’s North Sister. The photo was shot before Hamilton skied down and tagged the summit of the Middle Sister (rightmost peak) this May....
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Wednesday Workout: Core Nordic Exercises with Stuart Kremzner
More Core with Stuart Kremzner. The following strength and performance tips come from one of our resident experts, Stuart Kremzner, MS, CSCS, FMSII, OS, RN, an exercise physiologist who has coached and...
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Wednesday Workout: Getting Out With Kids in Tow
Mom. Wife. Kikkan. Fighter. Kid-tower. Gold medalist. All of the above. Kikkan Randall tows Breck. (Photo: Kikkan Randall collection) This week’s workout comes from contributing reporter Rachel...
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Wednesday Workout: A Flashback to 2016 and Midweek Race Prep with the U.S....
The U.S. Ski Team’s Sadie Bjornsen during the 2018 World Cup 10 k pursuit in Lillehammer, Norway. (Photo: Fischer/Nordic Focus) We hear a lot about the details of a cross-country ski racer’s day on...
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Wednesday Workout: What’s the Prescription for “Flooding” Legs?
Now retired from competition, Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess (bib 1) skates away as he earned his second national title at the 2015 U.S. Cross Country Championships 1.5 k freestyle sprint in Houghton,...
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Wednesday Workout: Cold Weather Resource for Insiders and Outsiders
If you find yourself this morning in a part of the world where it’s truly cold, we feel for you. If you get outside and ski today, say in the Midwest (we’re thinking of you Duluth), the snow might be...
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Wednesday Workout: Race Prep with UNM’s Kornelius Grov
University of New Mexico’s Men’s Team, from left to right, Ben Berend, Kornelius Groev, Johan Eirik and Ricardo Izquierdo-Bernier (Photo: Ben Berend) For this week’s Wednesday Workout, FasterSkier...
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Wednesday Workout: The Pressure is Off Approach to Your First World Cup
Gus Schumacher during the 1.6 k classic sprint qualifier at Junior World Ski Championships in Lahti, Finland. (Photo: Doug Stephen) At eighteen-years-old, Gus Schumacher remains composed in what is a...
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Wednesday Workout: How One Skier Keeps Marathon Race Fit in Portland, Ore.
This Wednesday Workout comes to us from Harrison Harb; Portland, Oregon denizen. HH grew up racing bicycles and xc skis in Hopkinton, NH. He graduated from Stratton Mountain School in 07, and UNH...
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Wednesday Workout: Summer Training for Junior Athletes Competing in Fall...
This Wednesday Workout comes to us from Matt Boobar who has been coaching the Stratton Mountain School (SMS) nordic team since 2007. In the fall, he also works with the cross country running and...
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Wednesday Workout: Lizzy Larkins and Ski Tunnel Hot Laps
Lizzie Larkins and Phoebe Meyerson skiing at MidSweden 365. (Photo: Gus Johnson) In September, I got an email from my high school club coach, Gus Johnson, about an opportunity to go to Östersund,...
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Wednesday Workout: Inside or Out, Improve Your Double Poling
We are trying to stay slightly ahead of the overuse injury and poor air quality curves. You may be midway through your summer training schedule and dealing with a bum ankle. Or you live in a place like...
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Wednesday Workout: Depletion
To be depleted can take on many forms. In endurance sport, depletion often refers to an athlete’s fueling state. Are they stocked up on muscle glycogen, have they properly fueled with a balanced diet...
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Wednesday Workout: Mitigating Risks in Mountain Running Races with David...
Before we begin, if you have not heard of the Mount Marathon Race, which takes place annually on the Fourth of July in Seward, AK, watch this video. If you’re short on time, fast forward to the six...
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Ski Games for Kids of All Ages
“We want to see the sport thrive, we want to see more people on skis. The collection of youth game videos, those are like a gift to the cross country ski community.” — Kim McKenney, XC Ski Nation (If...
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Juggling Work, Life, and Training for the Birkie: A How-To Guide
Katie Miller making the best with what nature has on offer. (Photo: Katie Miller) At some point in the past seven months you signed up for the American Birkebeiner. Maybe you’ve done it before, maybe...
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Want to Work Out With Johannes Høsflot Klæbo?
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo on course with fading December light in Ruka, Finland. (Photo: NordicFocus) A new reality is setting in. As a nation, we are isolating ourselves at home, minimizing our contact...
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Wednesday Workout: Strong From Home with Carolyn Parker of the Ripple Effect...
The small mountain town of Carbondale, CO is home to the Ripple Effect Training Center. Like many mountain towns, Carbondale, Colorado is a magnet for athletes. The definition of that word is used...
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DIY Fitness Testing: The How and Why with Pepa Miloucheva
The SMST2 squad led by Jessie Diggins pushes the pace in a double pole interval workout during a fall 2019 training camp in Lake Placid, NY. (Photo: Matt Whitcomb / smseliteteam.wordpress.com) It’s...
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