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Pictures and some words from Andy Newell. From Kuusamo sprint and distance to Davos training
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The World Cup has officially kicked off in Gallivare, Sweden this past weekend. The first sprint is scheduled for this Saturday in Kuusamo, Finland and we sprinters are definitely getting anxious.
After a good week of training and some tune up races in Muonio, we were all ready to get the season going. Bird opened up with a solid distance result in the 15k skate to set the tone for the upcoming season. Due to some unwanted colds we were unable to field a complete relay team, but this did not stop Newell and I from getting into the mix. Newell took the first leg, which was a body to body fight for the one track. And yeah a World Cup relay and the decision was they only need one track…Newell held his own and fought hard. He came into the stadium for the exchange just off the lead group. I went out looking to catch everyone I could see…maybe this wasn’t the best strategy but eventually it will be, the season is young.
The relay was over for only a couple of hours, and we were back out there for an evening training session. We have a couple more days of training here and every session is a countdown to Kuusamo.
We knocked out another solid sprint interval session Wednesday morning and tackled our long road trip the following day.
Off to Kuusamo…
Time to get our Sprint on….
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We won't be able to do any real updates for a while. No time today and tomorrow directly after the race we have to split for the airport and the long road to Davos (about the same dist in km as driving from Fairbanks to LA). Today we were aiming for the podium. That is where our sites are set. Though we came up short of that today our confidence remains very high. We have prepared well and we know it. Keep checking in - we'll post stuff from West Yellowstone and Kuusamo as soon as we can. Train well!
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Congratulations to Luke Bodensteiner who was recently named the USSA's Vice President. I can personally say that Luke deserves this promotion as one of the hardest working people I have ever met. He has done great work for US cross country and I know he is going to do a great job for US Skiing. Congratulations Luke!
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