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Gus Schumacher

Altitude!

I’m 2 weeks into camp at altitude in Utah. The first week I was in Salt Lake City living with my brother and some U.S. teammates (Luke Jager, Walker Hall, Bryan Bushey) to acclimate a little bit and hang out with my boys. I also wanted to get some extr...

Summer Update: My Biggest Training Focus…

One of the biggest questions I get in the spring and summer is “What’s going to be different about your training this year??”. The first few times I got asked this question, I almost worried about not having a big change. I would look for something tha...

5 steps to the new season (Written for SkiPost)

So maybe you read my last SkiPost article: Winding Down from Winter in 5 Steps, or maybe you didn’t, but wound down from winter anyway. Either way, I hope you took some time to chill and do things that make you happy, because returning to summer traini...

U23s in Norway

Finished off my season with a very nice week in Norway. Races were at Lygna, and it was awesome to see some great results from the young Team USA. Jr Boys got us back in the medals in the relay! Stoked for them. ...

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So Long, and Thanks for All the FIS: Nordic Insights Quasi-Retires

By Gavin Kentch Announcement: I am stepping away from full-time work on Nordic Insights. Ski journalism was never going to be a long-term job for me; it was more just...

Persistent to the End: Rosie Brennan Quasi-Retires

By Gavin Kentch Rosie Brennan is officially retiring from World Cup ski racing… but is spending this summer training twice a day, and will be taking her rollerskis with her...

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...