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Zak Ketterson

R.E.G. Camp Recap

This blog is reposted from a piece I wrote for teambirkie.comHello, everyone! I’m checking in after a jam-packed week of fun at the Regional Elite Group camp in Marquette, Michigan. For those that don’t know, REG camps are an initiative by the U.S. Ski...

Altitude Training Guide

Introduction:I’m back after a pretty long break from writing new blogs! In the same way that I needed some time off from training after the season ended, I also wanted to take a little break from writing. A lot of effort goes into these blog posts and...

World Cup Highs and Lows

Hello, everyone! It has been a little while since I last checked in. In my last blog, I wrote a preview about the Period 3 World Cup races (here) that I just finished competing in. I want to take the opportunity to write more in-depth reports of each o...

Spring World Cup Preview

Hello, everyone! I am currently sitting in my hotel room in Lahti, Finland preparing for some World Cup races! I want to check in with everyone to provide a more detailed schedule of all the races I will be doing, including where they will be held and...

7 Reasons I Love Minnesota

Over the course of my career as a cross-country skier, I have had the privilege of traveling all around the world. I have trained and raced in numerous European countries, as well as a ton of different states in the USA. I have been to some truly incre...

Training and Racing in the Cold

No such thing as bad weather — only bad clothes. ...

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2023 Junior Nationals: Viewing Guide, Start Lists, Live Results, and More

2023 USSS Cross Country Ski Junior National Championships, aka Junior Nationals, aka JNs, take place in Fairbanks, Alaska, from March 13–16. Conditions look superb and the racing should be...

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...

How to Watch World Cup Cross-Country Ski Races and Biathlon from the U.S.

How to watch or stream World Cup cross-country skiing races and biathlon races from the U.S.