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NNF: Applications Open for Summer Athlete Support Grants

The following press release was received from the National Nordic Foundation earlier this month. It was, full disclosure, received last week, and I admittedly probably should have posted it earlier. But...

Laukli Wins Again, Takes Victory in 50th Running of Sierre–Zinal

A fine recent article in Outside Online, previewing Saturday’s running of the epochal Sierre–Zinal, noted that only four Americans had won the classic mountain running race held annually in the Swiss...

Ticket Sales for Wirth World Cup Weekend to Open Tuesday Morning

As per the headline: If you are interested in attending this year’s epochal American-based World Cup weekend, at Wirth Park in central Minneapolis on February 17 and 18, 2024, ticket sales...

Postcards from Camp: Skate Sprint Day at Alaska REG

ANCHORAGE — For even the most dedicated skier, there are lulls in the training year where you might have to draw on some visualization to help you get out the door...

Postcards from Camp: Uphill Run Time Trial Day at Alaska REG

ANCHORAGE — Alaska is, by both reputation and reality, the land of ice and snow and cold for over half the year. But Alaska, at least as experienced in the state’s...

NNF Thanks Skiers and Supporters for Successful Summer Auction

The following post was recently received from the National Nordic Foundation. It is the official position of this website that NNF is good, and you should give them money. Thank you...

Editors Picks

Personal Essay: This is Where the Cowboy Rides Away

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...

Athletes in their own words: My worst race, and what I learned from it

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...

October Skiing Photo Roundup: Alaska, Alberta, Montana, Colorado, Michigan

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...