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June 8, 2009- Summer update, back in the saddle.. Now that work is slowing down a bit at the bike shop it is time for me to think a lot more about skiing this upcoming winter and how I am going to get the maximum out of my body for qualifying for the Olympics... Check out my new calendars that are out, send me an email and I can get you one. They are $20.00 each and support my Olympic efforts....Thanks...Tyson
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March 19, 2009- Winter is still here for how long?
Nationals in Fairbanks next week preview and Birkie, Tour of Anchorage, and Sonot recaps coming soon. I have been kind of out of it lately. I am getting back to work a bit and still trying to get my schedule figured out so I can be a bit more effective with my time. 4 more races and I am done with this season of racing so then it is all getting ready for next year. Well I need to get some sleep now before I am up too late and end up typing my whole bit I want to type so see ya next time, Tyson... |
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Feb 16, 2009- Madison and Beyond
After an interesting weekend in Madison I am now here in Hayward WI getting set for the American Birkie going on this weekend...(click photo to read more)
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Feb 10, 2009- Warm weather and pondering...
I am here now in Waukesha WI, about 50 miles east of Madison. I have a sweet free place to stay and the training was perfect. This weekend I traveled over to Grand Rapids Michigan to visit almost all of my mom's family who I have not seen in the last 8 years so it was a trip that needed to be doing, I had a lot of catching up to do. Then yesterday I need to get back to training so I drove the 5 hours back here and was a little bummed when I arrived because so much snow had melted since I had been here 3 days earlier. I was going to go for a long ski when I got back, but I was not really in the mood to get into the car again and go snow hunting so I just went for an hour run to stretch out the body a bit. Last night it was raining when I went to bed and today when I got up it was already 50 degrees and very sunny, some would say that this is perfect for February, but being a skier and needing snow for another week down here it is not so nice. Today I am finaly heading out for my snow hunt, I have a couple of ski areas that might have some potential, so until I find out more. Enjoy the cold if you have it, and if it is getting too warm out and the sun is hot try to get a sun burn, that is my goal for today at least...
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Feb 4, 2009- Time to recover from racing and get the body feeling good agian....
Here is a little bit about the first 3 races last week and what I have been up to: Hello from the road, I am now 7 days into my 32 day ski trip... And a quick update on the last two races in Telemark and what my plans are for the next week or so. Currently I am staying in Waukesha WI, which is about a 50 mile drive east of Madison where my next races will be held in a week and a half. As for my last couple of races: In the 10k classic I thought that maybe I would be able to have a sweet race and if things went real well I could be on the top of the list. Well I felt like crap, I was suffering pretty much the whole way and could not really race, I ended up 15th, which was not where I should be at any time. So then I went into the 10k skate I was feeling like I would have a good race, I have been skiing well in mass start races this season and this was a good course for staying together till the end. Well I was not comfortable from the start. Normaly I am fine handling myself in a large pack, but this time I was all over the place and just not able to ski very clean. I was almost freeking out because I could not move up in the pack and when we were finaly down to about 20 guys about halfway through the first lap I started having trouble on the back, I felt like I was just going slower and slower. In the end I was 18th. OUCH.... I have decided that my body just needs a couple of easy days to get back recovered then I will be fine and racing well again. I have some great skiing here and I should be able to get in a few 3 hr skis this next week. It will be nice and I will be ready for all my upcoming races. . . .
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Jan. 24, 2009- 5th in 10k classic 10k classic today in Itasca, I finished a solid 5th, it was not a great race, but it was a good one. I felt pretty bad the first lap then on the second lap I was able to ski a little stronger. It always seems to be the way it is for me when I travel, I get better every race. Dave Chamberlain was the winner today with Chris Cook 1 second back. I was 25 seconds out of 1st so I feel that if I have a good race tomorrow I will be a little higher on the results. Tomorrow is a 10k skate so it should be fun with some good steep climbing on the first portion of the course. We got a couple of temperature delays today and ended up racing by 1:00 in the afternoon so it was a nice and relaxed morning. The high temp for the day was -2F. I like open doors....
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Jan. 23 , 2009- Ready to go in MN This season has now brought me to Grand Rapids, MN for a sereis of 5 Super Tour races over the next week or so. It is going to be great. You should check out www.fasterskier.com for our new Team FAST blog, it should be coming online in the next day or so. Here is my schedule for the next month: Jan. 24-25 Jan. 28: Jan 31: Feb 1: Feb 14-15 Feb 21 Then back home.... Here is a quick photo of the trails at Mt. Itasca for this weekend. It is about -8 degrees out right now, so hopefully it is warm enough.
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Jan. 16 , 2009- Nationals and Beyond!!!
I am now planning my big trip for the season after an eventfull early season of racing and cancelations. Yellowstone went well for me and then I had a couple of solid Besh Cup races here in Alasaka. I was perfectly set up for US Nationals in Anchorage and for the races we were able to pull off I was able to ski up to my expectations which was nice....
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Nov. 29, 2008- First Races Over...
This weekend we have finished the first weekend of racing. I am pleased with my results today and yesterday was a good warmup for what is to come. This weekend has shown that I am on track for my goals, my fitness level is right where I want it and I think there is lots of potential to go really fast at nationals. This weekend...
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Nov. 26, 2008- Skiing and Race Prep in Yellowstone Well the skiing is not spectacular and the races are not totaly known. The training has been sufficient and we are feeling ready to race. We have been hoping to see some more snow this week, but it just has not arrived....
hmm....well not quite like this but this picture of last year will due just to make me feel better.
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Nov. 24, 2008- Arriving at West Yellowstone I am on our van ride from Bozeman to West Yellowstone right now. The snow has not been looking too bad on the way so far, but in about 20 miles we shall see what things are realy like....
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August 7, 2008-Summer Update I am finaly getting the time to get up some spring/summer pictures that I have found on my camera that I have forgotten about...
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July 23, 2008-32 Hours of FUN... Eagle Glacier skiing with APU usually means that I am going to ski a lot and get very tired. That is just what I did by putting down my largest training week of all time with about 32 hours, WOW, I did not think I could do it, but it just got easier and easier as the week progressed. By the end I could ski hard for a couple of hours and feel good about it. At about an hour and a half my body would start to turn on and I could go as fast as I wanted for a good deal of time....
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June 22, 2008-Summer Fun In The Sun... Here I am now in the hot days of summer training and working. I have had a very busy summer and on that note have completely forgotten to update my website for quite some time now. whoops. I have been doing a bit of biking and rollerskiing lately just getting ready to hit it harder and harder as the summer goes on. I am currently preparing to get on the glacier for the first time this year, and ski my self crazy. then I get two weeks off then do it all again. Pictures will come eventually. hopefuly more updates as well will grace my screen.
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