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Compared to other World Cup skiers, my development through high school was unusual having played multiple non-endurance sports. However, as I started my college search the spring of my Junior year, I

Training with the Flow: Harnessing Your Menstrual Cycle for Better PerformanceLeading up to the 2022 Olympic games, I stumbled into the perfect personal performance experiment: three sets of races sep

It was on a whim that I signed up for the Vasaloppet this fall. My dad told me that he and my mom were doing a Lumi Experiences trip to Finland, before striking out on their own to head over to S

The number one question I get from folks who are new to rollerskiing is “how do you stop on rollerskis?”. The majority of rollerskis are sold without brakes, and the majority of rollerskiers hit the t

LES GRANDS DÉPARTS: How about a Tour de France in winter?!The 110th running of the Tour de France starts this Saturday! (to celebrate, we’re offering $300 off the Lumi France trip this July!) You migh

On the Birkie and Suffering Beautifully02/29/2024 Photos courtesy of Skinny Ski. Birkie #3 is in the books and it looked quite a bit different this year than in the past. The lack of snow was almost a

Birkebeiner skiers, both old and new alike, have a long and storied history. Cross country skiing began as a form of transportation, it became a popular recreational activity, and soon developed intoa

I had always heard rumors about athletes experiencing a post-Olympic slump but thought that the slump was reserved for athletes who finished 4th or barely missed out on making the Olympic team. I was

It's the end of summer in the west so we all know what that means, it’s smoky! With wildfires raging in California, southern Oregon, and many parts of Idaho, we are getting bombarded with smoke in the

Hello SkiPost!Checking in from Sun Valley where we are gearing up for our second weekend of racing. We just wrapped up a whirlwind first week of racing in beautiful Silver Star, BC and the season is n

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With the recent running of the American Birkebeiner, Cross Country Skier magazine takes a look back at this profile of Ernie St. Germaine, the only skier to have completed all 50 Birkies. We publish m

Hello from Norway! I’m now back in Trondheim, where we’re waiting on snow to arrive so we can officially start preparing for the first World Cup — less than a month away! The excitement is definitely

EnjoyWinter Factory Team Ski de She RecapInvesting in the Long GameThis past weekend, I had the privilege of racing at the 2nd annual Ski de She in Cable, Wisconsin. Despite the frigid temperatures an

One of the world’s most popular ski marathons has made a significant change for this coming winter’s race. Beginning in 2027, the Birkebeinerrennet in Norway – better known as the Birken – will now re

Ten days ago I flew over to Switzerland with my former collegiate teammate Adam Martin and we settled in and got acclimated to the Davos elevation of 5200 feet. The leadup to the race was spectacular

As in any sport, a lot of different variables are taken into account while ski jumping. People might be able to guess what a lot of these factors are by using common sense, like the wind constantly ch

Hi everyone! I’m currently sitting in a tiny airbnb in Italy for a training camp prior to IBU Cups 8 and 9 (and when I say tiny, I mean that this host should only rent to people 5’5” and below). I’ve

One of my biggest take-aways from re-entering the professional skiing world is how much the little things matter. In particular, the little self care and injury preventive actions, can truly make a d

Now two weeks into June and summer training underway, athletes across the country are amidst these first volume blocks of the summer, setting the tone for training to come. The APU athletes are skiing

Stretching the foot and ankle isn’t something that’s in everyone’s stretching repertoire, despite the foot being the one part of the body that is used nearly all day, every day for standing, walking,

My brand new Abilica rollerski treadmill (XC 2700) got in yesterday! I got a few friends to come over to receive it, because we are all super excited about it. As far as I know, it’s the first rollers

Pregnancy is a weird thing. Changes are sudden and some of them really took me by surprise. Here are the top 5 things that surprised me and why they happen.1. Respiratory RateHeavier breathing was one

Hello Ski Post - In my last article I mentioned that I was going to race a college carnival and three marathons in the span of about a week. Here is the recap on how that went, focusing mainly on the