Marshall Nordic Ski Team Athletes

Duluth XC Summer Youth Program

2008 Program Coached by André Watt, Anders Osthus, and Nikolai Anikin

The Duluth Cross Country Ski Club (DXC) is excited to announce its 2008 (third annual!) Summer Youth Training Program. An important component of DXC’s educational mission, the summer training program provides a low-cost opportunity for high school athletes to learn about technique, conditioning and other components of Nordic skiing from experienced coaches. The program is funded in part by proceeds from the Banff Mountain Film Festival, which DXC hosts each November (scholarships are available). Summer 2007 participants included skiers from Marshall, East, and Central high schools; we hope to have even more Read the rest of this entry »

 St. John’s University Nordic Ski Camp is happy to announce that Caitlin Compton will be coaching with this summer’s Nordic Ski Camp July 9-13, 2008.  Caitlin is the 2008 US National Biathlon Pursuit Champion and the 2008 US National XC 5K Skate Champion.  She was an NCAA All-American in XC Running and Skiing at Northern Michigan University.  In 2007 she was the USSA Overall Super Tour Champion.  After a long and successful career in Nordic skiing she is aiming her sites on Biathlon.  She is a member of the US Biathlon National Team for 2008/2009.  This past winter she finished 37th in the 2008 Individual Biathlon World Championships.  She is training with Team CXC with the hopes of making the US Olympic Team…as a Nordic or Biathlon skier!

St. John’s University Nordic Ski Camp Brochure

Details for the camp can be found at:   www.skinnyski.com/ or http://www.csbsju.edu/summercamps/sju.htm

David A. Johnson M.S.
Head Nordic Ski Coach
College of Saint Benedict &
St. John’s University
(Office) 320-363-3296
(Home) 320-253-6452

“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”

                                                                             Cesare Pavese

By Chad Giese
Factory Team
First published in SkiPost Reprinted by permission

Spring is one of my favorite times of the year. Despite being physically tired and mentally drained after a long racing season it is now when I start to get excited for next season. During these low key weeks of running, biking, relaxing, and working, I generally just do whatever my body feels like it wants to do each day and sometimes that 1 hour workout turns into a 4 hour tour. So I don’t want to rain on anyone’s party, but May 1st is here just like it is every year. This is the traditional start of the training year and we want to be ready, not just for the first week of training, but with our plan for the coming year.

I worked with Ahvo Taipale throughout my entire ski career and we had a Plan, Execute, Analyze approach to things. We are at the end of this sequence and now is the time to Read the rest of this entry »

Just another month of school and then a great three months of summer!  What are you going to do to stay in great shape for the sports that you love? Here are two excellent possibilities for skiers in the Duluth area:

Summer Youth Program Registration Open

Registration is open for DXC’s third annual Summer Youth Training Program (June 9—August 1). Coached by André Watt, Anders Osthus, and Nikolai Anikin, the eight-week program offers morning or afternoon sessions of ski-specific activities (roller skiing, strength, ski-walking, etc.). It’s a fun way to build and maintain fitness, learn from experienced coaches, and get to know athletes from other schools. Subsidized by proceeds from the Banff Mt. Film Festival, the program costs only $75 for the summer.

Duluth Rowing Club

Pre-season registration is now open for the Duluth Rowing Club. The DRC provides instruction, coaching and daily training for Jr. High, Senior High and Adult folks interested in an exciting and fun sport. The open house for the Duluth Rowing Club will be on Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 10am to 12 noon.

Followed by:

Junior Parent Meeting
Saturday May 17 @ 12:00pm

We will be meeting with all Junior Rower Parents after the Open House.

For application materials and more information please visit: http://www.duluthrowing.org/

In The Zone

By Yuriy Gusev
Executive Director
Central Cross Country Ski Association

First published in Cross Country Skier, October 2007
Reprinted by permission

As you increased the intensity (workload) during your exercise or workout, your body responds differently at the various levels of exercise. Your body using aerobic energy sources at the lower intensity levels and anaerobic energy sources at the upper levels of intensity. These are different physiological “Zones” of your metabolism and are mostly driven by your heart and lung’s ability to provide sufficient oxygen to you body.

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Inside Speed Training

Originally Printed in Ski Post
January 31. 2008 Vol. 8/ No. 18
Reprinted by permission

By: Andrew Newell
US Ski Team
Salomon Athlete Force

Although speed training may seem like a fairly basic part of our training, the truth is sometimes the shortest bursts of energy take the most thought. Over the past few years there have been several advances in the way we approach our speed training to ensure we’re getting the most out of each session. Different techniques like over speed, drop in speed, and power speed have emerged to help get us moving faster than ever.

Just like our distance and intensity training needs to progress over the year, the same goes for speed workouts. To be doing the same speed workout in January as I did in May won’t give me the same benefit due to the training effect. Just like any activity, if we do the same thing over and over again our muscles will just get used that specific activity and before long there won’t be any physical gains whatsoever.

I will try to clarify where and when to perform these different speeds.

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