Canadian Ski Marathon Report

This just in from FMN member Kim Callahan, from the 2008 Canadian Ski Marathon:

We skied a total of about 75k over the two days- about 51 the first day and the rest on Sunday. It was so much fun- I had three
friends from Colorado fly east to ski with my sister and me. The first day was a blue wax day and by the end we were using special violet.
Sunday as a VR50 purple day all day although a couple of my friends put a Toko red underneath their purple for all the climbing we had to do.
Both worked well and we are all nursing blisters and purple toenails now.

Forget the wintry mix...

In an effort to think happy thoughts, take a look at this picture, taken by Caroline Damon, of our Frost Mountain Nordic champs at the Citizen's Race last Sunday. Note the spiffy FMN jackets.

Frost Mountain Nordic at the Citizens' Race '08

Congratulations to all our FMN members who skied the 2008 Citizens' Race at Bread Loaf, and to those who won loaves of Otter Creek bread: Dia Jenks, Bruce Ingersoll and Bill McKibben. There are some photos posted on the the website, but here is one of FMN organizer, Dia Jenks dashing to the finish. Thanks to John, Tim, Jim, Peggy and all the crew for making it a great event!

Former Olympian's Nordic Clinic Was A Great Success!

Trina Hosmer, who represented the United States at the 1972 Olympics, taught a classic clinic at Breadloaf on February 7.  With ages ranging from 13 to 70 something, over seventeen intrepid skiers took part in the clinic to learn more about classic technique.   We participated in a number of drills including skiing without poles and counting to five on each glide and then skiing without using our legs and just poling.  Bill McKibben said he learned a tip about staying in your tuck as long as you can on the downhills.  Sally Carver felt she understood more about basic body position and looks forward to applying what she learned.  We all found it was a treat to watch Trina fly effortlessly down the track and our two hours passed all too quickly.  Trina generously donated all proceeds from the clinic to our new club.

Sorry, John

Dear John,

I have now spelled out the word "Rikert" one hundred times with my ski pole in the snow and will never misspell it again. (I hope.)

Your friend,
The Frost Mountain Nordic blogger

Middlebury Skiing Wins It All!

Not only did Tim Reynolds score big at the UVM Carnival, the entire Middlebury College ski team, nordic and alpine smoked the field. Congratulations to Andrew Gardner for his very first (of many) carnival win!

Congratulations to Tim Reynolds

Tim Reynolds--Middlebury College junior, Addison County native, and Frost Mountain Nordic founding member won his first nordic ski carnival today at UVM, winning the sprints with his blazing speed. Way to go, Tim!