Great video highlighting the performance of the US Women's team at a recent World Cup relay ...
Team USA - Lillehammer 4x5km 2013 from MarcelH on Vimeo.
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
Grand Beach race ... cancelled due to cold conditions
Sadly, the Grand Beach race this Sunday was cancelled.
... but we will be back with a Grand Beach race in the future some time!
... but we will be back with a Grand Beach race in the future some time!
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
12 Days of Grand Beach
On Sunday, December 22nd, ski racing returns to Grand Beach. The Grand Beach trails, when groomed well, are arguably the best ski trails in the southern half of the province. The trails will be groomed very well for the race ...
Information:
www.ccsam.ca/race-notice-manitoba-cup-1-grand-beach-classic/
Course maps:
http://www.ccsam.ca/grand-beach-race-course-maps/
online registration ... closes on Monday!
https://zone4.ca/onlinereg.asp?id=6121&lan=1
Information:
www.ccsam.ca/race-notice-manitoba-cup-1-grand-beach-classic/
Course maps:
http://www.ccsam.ca/grand-beach-race-course-maps/
online registration ... closes on Monday!
https://zone4.ca/onlinereg.asp?id=6121&lan=1
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Grand Beach Classic
It's back ... December 22nd. We haven't raced there in 5 years.
http://www.ccsam.ca/old/rr_2009_GrandBeachClassic.htm
registration details coming soon (and there is an early registration closing date)
http://www.ccsam.ca/old/rr_2009_GrandBeachClassic.htm
registration details coming soon (and there is an early registration closing date)
Nice classic technique
We are spending sometime working on classic technique right now in the club. Here's a great photo of perfect striding. It's actually on a fairly steep hill.
Here are a few things to note:
1) All of her weight is on the right side (her left). To help with the weight shift, she has a bit of body lean to that side. In the old days, it was taught as Tony Knows (Toe-Knee-Nose all lined up on one side). Rather than move the lean to the side, the better way is to shift the hips over a little bit so the body is aligned over the foot.
2) Her hips are not pushed back, nor is her body piked in a way that pushes the hips back. By doing this, she is both keeping her body weight over the foot and will also be able to apply significant power from her hip and hamstring muscles in pulling back that ski to propel herself up the hill.
3) She has just generated that significant power on the left side (her right), so that foot and ski have come off the ground.
4) To help maintain that correct body position, she is looking slightly ahead and not at her feet ... Look ahead and you will shred.
Here are a few things to note:
1) All of her weight is on the right side (her left). To help with the weight shift, she has a bit of body lean to that side. In the old days, it was taught as Tony Knows (Toe-Knee-Nose all lined up on one side). Rather than move the lean to the side, the better way is to shift the hips over a little bit so the body is aligned over the foot.
2) Her hips are not pushed back, nor is her body piked in a way that pushes the hips back. By doing this, she is both keeping her body weight over the foot and will also be able to apply significant power from her hip and hamstring muscles in pulling back that ski to propel herself up the hill.
3) She has just generated that significant power on the left side (her right), so that foot and ski have come off the ground.
4) To help maintain that correct body position, she is looking slightly ahead and not at her feet ... Look ahead and you will shred.
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Live TV:
The day got off to a bad start when I found out I would not have my own personal trailer on the set, but other than that, things went well ...
http://www.btwinnipeg.ca/videos/2895682630001/
http://www.btwinnipeg.ca/videos/2895706692001/
http://www.btwinnipeg.ca/videos/2895682630001/
http://www.btwinnipeg.ca/videos/2895706692001/
Grand Unveiling of the DN Buff ...
I was wondering when pets would be brought into this ...
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| No animals were hurt in the making of this photo |
Last Yellowstone update
I got a little behind on the blog ... here is the last update from DN's Elite team in Yellowstone:
We all seem to be feeling less sore as the week progresses but are feeling very fatigued from the training volume, and feeling the effects of training at an elevation of almost 7000 feet.
David continued with his clinic today while the rest of us hit the trails to get as much skiing in paradise before returning to the loops at Windsor Park. Ben, Stig, Gyula and Esther started with classic skiing in the AM. Ben was loving it, and we got over 23 km in before lunch. We watched the Supertour freestyle sprints. Very exciting to see such powerful skiers, and Ben was able to see those he would be competing against tomorrow in the 15 km distance event.
In the afternoon, we reluctantly pulled ourselves out of our beds, and returned to skate the trails. Esther and Gyula soon lagged behind Ben and Stig, who ended up skiing 50 km today. They also hit 59.2 km/h on the telemark hill. Hoping to hit sixty tomorrow.
There was once again free beer, hot chocolate and s'mores at the end of the trails. Great atmosphere, and so inspiring to be surrounded by such fit people. They make us feel like slobs as they get up and run in the morning before skiing. Average person here has 6% body fat.
Tonight we all plan to go listen to the keynote speaker, ex Olympian Dan Simoneau.
We all seem to be feeling less sore as the week progresses but are feeling very fatigued from the training volume, and feeling the effects of training at an elevation of almost 7000 feet.
David continued with his clinic today while the rest of us hit the trails to get as much skiing in paradise before returning to the loops at Windsor Park. Ben, Stig, Gyula and Esther started with classic skiing in the AM. Ben was loving it, and we got over 23 km in before lunch. We watched the Supertour freestyle sprints. Very exciting to see such powerful skiers, and Ben was able to see those he would be competing against tomorrow in the 15 km distance event.
In the afternoon, we reluctantly pulled ourselves out of our beds, and returned to skate the trails. Esther and Gyula soon lagged behind Ben and Stig, who ended up skiing 50 km today. They also hit 59.2 km/h on the telemark hill. Hoping to hit sixty tomorrow.
There was once again free beer, hot chocolate and s'mores at the end of the trails. Great atmosphere, and so inspiring to be surrounded by such fit people. They make us feel like slobs as they get up and run in the morning before skiing. Average person here has 6% body fat.
Tonight we all plan to go listen to the keynote speaker, ex Olympian Dan Simoneau.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Photo Contest Entry
Here's Julie's entry from last week-ends Grey Cup.
That is the same Golden Boy that posed for the symbol on our toques!
That is the same Golden Boy that posed for the symbol on our toques!
Latest Yellowstone update ...
Waking up to our third day of skiing and we all were in rough shape. Could barely dress ourselves, our hip flexors are especially a problem. Regardless of all the cross training we have done over the last few months, our bodies were not prepared for this.
We all learned lots in our ski clinics. Ben admitted to almost "Liking" classic skiing. He liked the pendulum feeling of swinging the arms. Gyula made some huge breakthroughs in his skate technique and now loves skate skiing.
The clinics were focused mostly on balance and body position yesterday. Today we focused on poling for the classic sessions and the V1 or offset and lots of long gliding drills for the skate clinics in the afternoon. Also saw how driving the knee into the ski on an uphill helps propel you forward. Some of us were even video taped for some technique analysis.
Meanwhile, Stig took an easy day and only skied 36 km.
Best part was the free beer for us all around the campfire at the trail head at end of the day.
Beautiful conditions once again. Above zero and sunny all afternoon. Lots of very fit skinny skiers from around the world. Everyone is so friendly. Great vibe.
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