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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
