Feb. 22, 2008-Ready to race....

Time to race...the trails are looking great and it is about to be a sweet week of skiing fast. Tomorrow is the junior sprint race and the U23 race is on sunday. I am stoked to be racing again and hopefully I will be feeling top notch come sunday...

Feb. 18, 2008-Back in the Alps: Italy is sweet!

It seems like I have spent a large amount of time in the Alps over the last couple of years, and this year it just feels like home. I forgot how fun the small roads. little cars, and awesome people are. And being in the Alps is always nice for the views...

Feb. 12, 2008-U23 Worlds Are On!!!

U23 news is finally good news for me. On monday we got the word that the U23 Worlds are on, they just decided to move them to a location that has snow. In other words, we are now going to be racing in Males Venostra, which is in northern Italy right up by Austria and Switzerland. It should be very cool. I feel like I have spent a lot of time in that area, so in some ways it is like going back home. I will be a few hours west of where I was last year.

The Euro adventures are on and I am excited. I fly out on friday into Munich and then I am going to get on a train to get to Italy, from then on we hope to get picked up and driven to Males Venostra where the races are. it should be sweet.

My next update will be from across the ocean so until then ciao...Time to get my race on...

Feb. 10, 2008-Final Besh Cups: Chugiak...Day 2 10k skate!

Last Besh Cup race of the season, I ended up skiing much better than I thought I could. It was a very successful weekend for all of the skiers with APU and myself. I was able to ski to a very painful 10k skate and win for the second time in 2 days....

Check out results on Cross Country Alaska

Also check out Fasterskier.com for the race article...

Feb. 9, 2008-Final Besh Cups: Chugiak...My first Besh Cup win of the year, 10k classic!

Today we raced a 10k classic race in Chugiak Alaska, which had been moved from the cold fairbanks to the warmer weather a bit further south. Chugiak did a great job in hosting the race with perfect tracks and staying on time. I also had one of my better races of the winter. I ended up winning my first Besh Cup race of the year, I also won the same race in last years Besh Cup, and I felt as though it could have been better. So that is a great thing for me. I started out hard because in a 10k race that is somewhat flat if you don't go out with everything you have got you will not be able to stay with the leaders. I ended up double polling much of the course and feeling really good about it. My double pole has never felt so good for so long, we have been training hard lately and I can tell I am making some great improvements in technique and power.

APU had a great day today with Becca Rorabaugh taking the women's race and with Taz, Kate, and Ky all in behind her in the top 5. In the men's race, I took the win with Anders Haugen, Frode Lillefjell, Dylan Watts, and Bart Dengel all in the top 5 and all APU. What a great day. Reese Hanneman, Max Treinen, and Eric Packer rounded out the top 3 juniors just behind us. I am proud of all the Fairbanks skiers who are racing so well.

Check out results on Cross Country Alaska

Some pictures to come later....and tomorrow we have a 10k skate race, it should be fun!!! stay tuned for more.- Tyson...

Feb. 4, 2008-And the next race is ???

I am just waiting for the next race to happen. The weather has been cold all over Alaska recently so the Besh Cup series final weekend that was supposed to take place this past weekend got postponed another week. I am tired of races being posponed, I just want to race. On the other hand I have been able to get a lot of high quality training in recently that I am never normally able to get in this time of the season.

I am leaving on the 14th for Poland potentially as long as they still have snow. The FIS is doing another official snow check on the 11th to determine the feasability of making the races happen. I really hope it all works out.

I was able to take a few pictures over the last week...(here)