Sophia Laukli has proven on multiple occasions this summer that she can run uphill and downhill quickly. There was the win in the Marathon du Mont Blanc in Chamonix in June;...
Swedish skier Jenny Larsson is likely not a household name for even fairly well-informed American cross-country ski fans; the 27-year-old has a single World Cup start to her name, from last...
It is now September, but there is more ski racing occurring these days, in various formats, than you may realize. Here’s a brief roundup of two notable American results from across...
There were only a few dozen pro skiers in this country last fall when I surveyed the six main American domestic ski clubs for last year’s season preview. Now at least...
Last weekend saw a series of three rollerski races at Trollhättan Action Week, in and around Trollhättan in southwestern Sweden. There was a skate sprint on Friday, a 48-kilometer mass start...
Longtime fans of my meandering prose and my own personal ski-world obsessions — like my mother, say, and maybe Rachel Bachman Perkins and Greta Anderson, and probably that’s about it honestly...
By John Wood
John Wood has been an Alaska resident since age 11. You can find out more about his remarkable life in this fine first-person piece that he wrote...
History, they say, is written by the victors. Sports journalism typically is, too. The average race writeup in American nordic ski media includes thoughts from the winners, the top...
It’s October. Shoulder season. Darkness and frost season. Colds and flu season. 8.5 hours of daylight and losing nearly an hour a week season (hello, Fairbanks). L4 bounding intervals...
