July 2010
51 posts
Coming Soon: The JK Summer Training Certificates...
Submit names, photos, etc for:
- Best “this-is-gonna-be-the-year” propaganda.
- Most painfully painful workout.
- Worst out-of-season team marketing and adjective use. (We’re looking in your direction, Midwest.)
- Most Likely to Succeed.
- Taking sexy back: why clothing and summer training don’t jive (“don’t you hate pants?”)
“I think I should work on technique today, even though I’ve been doing it...”
– 3rd year skier at practice. - (viaRG)
Ski Haiku by Simi Hamilton: New Zealand Edition
White dusting covers | Tracks wind around forever | Like the first time, yeahhhhhhhhh
Everything You've Ever Needed to Know About...
“I was often so tired, I couldn’t straighten out my back to eat the coffee...”
– Sixten Jernberg on the rigors of training.
Kalla Clones Evil Bronze Version of Herself for...
An Open Letter from the American Birkebeiner to...
Dear Birkie Skier,
It’s July, which can only mean one thing: single-minded obsessiveness to our race has surely taken hold by now. If you aren’t rabidly demo-ing the new Swix Triac pole in preparation for Birkie ‘11, you likely won’t finish the event at all so get to it! We’re writing to update you to our new Wave selection process for 2011. We believe this...
“I’m not continuing to race to win. I’m racing to feel human.”
– Erling Jevne, before his last races in 2002, on his decision to keep racing in after the tragic death of his four-year-old son in a car accident.
“He is fair loon is that boy. would nae want tae get in his wa fan hes gan full...”
– ski web comment of the month, by xclad on Fasterskier, who is clearly Mike Myers from So I Married an Axe Murderer. (viaPBo)
It was just a matter of time before sniffing... →
“I am going to crush you.”
– A 12-year-old wearing waxless classic skis to Nathan Schultz on the start line of the above biathlon race in New Zealand last week. Said Natron of the encounter, “You have to like where his head’s at.” (viaNatron)
Cycling & Skiing
Though increasingly rare, there are still corners of the coaching world that points at cycling with an air of disdain, still athletes that (what???!) log it at half hours and still the misguided that feel that skiers have no place in the saddle. While it obviously ain’t the only training, it seems to be part of a balanced diet of ski prep. And like the times in the past when weights were...
In the battle between skier and food, skier always... →
Somewhere, a Gastroenterologist is weeping. (viaBK)
“Trying out the new Turkey, Bacon & Avocado sandwich at Subway, really good,...”
– Kikkan giving an ENTIRELY IMPARTIAL review of Subway via Twitter.
“Cant imagine there is much vodka or red bull left in lake placid after last...”
– Simons, tweeting about something other than the weather and training during the Billy Demong wedding smackdown in Lake Placid.
“Congrats @BillyDemong and Katie! AWESOME weekend here in Lake Placid.”
– The ARJ on the Lake Placid nuptuals of Billy D. (viaTwitter)
Crust Skiing:
“The course was two laps of a short, figure-eight loop around two traffic islands...”
– Fasterskier reporting on the throngs of nordic ski fans in Vegas.
