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Gus Schumacher

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What why is there not a regularly scheduled blog with pictures and stories and advice and realizations from Gus’s summer training?? That’s because I don’t feel like doing it that much right now! Summer has been busy with training, seeing friends at hom...

Minne + Birkie

It's been a crazy week! Currently in Finland to kick off the end of the world cup season, after an absolutely amazing time in North America. First, I got to be home for a week and do some ski touring, school, and hanging with the fam. Then, I went to C...

the sickness blog

What’s up fans?! As many of you may know, I got sick during an especially fast streak for me at the Tour de Ski. It was definitely a bummer, but I want to talk through how that whole thing went down, and why decisions like the ones I made are really ke...

Early winter up north

I’ve finally chilled out a bit and have some more time to sit down and write/show pictures about the World Cup so far. It’s been super busy with a lot of racing and school that has kept me from doing much else besides that. School was good though! Kind...

How I adjust training for a vacation (+ photo update)

Whaddup! If you follow me on Instagram (@gus.schumacher) you may have seen that I traveled to Wisconsin to visit family. Seeing them is very worthwhile to me, even if it means disrupting my training rhythm a little bit. I haven’t gone every summer, bec...

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Exclusive: Who’s On the 2026/2027 U.S. Cross-Country Ski Team?

By Gavin Kentch This is a reader-funded website. Virtually all of my income (for perspective: I took home less than $5,000 from Nordic Insights last year after paying staff) comes...

Jessie Diggins and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Walk Into a Theater: Movie review, ‘Threshold’ and ‘Klæbo’

This is a reader-funded website. Virtually all of my income — for perspective: I took home less than $5,000 from Nordic Insights last year after paying staff — comes...

Greatest Snow Guns on Earth? Soldier Hollow Salvages 2026 NCAA Championships in a Warming World

This is a reader-funded website. Virtually all of my income — for perspective: I took home less than $5,000 from Nordic Insights last year after paying staff — comes...