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Nordic Skiing

Birkie Fever

February 23, 2015 By Nichole Porath Leave a Comment

We had a great weekend at the cabin this weekend. Birkie weekend is always so much fun, between the anticipation of the race, the MOUNTAINS of food we always eat, and the friends and family that crowd the cabin. This year was Greta's first year cheering which also made the ...

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Lately…

February 26, 2014 By Nichole Porath 9 Comments

An overdue update! Let's start with life updates, since that's more fun than describing training miles :) Life updates: Nate finished his awesome Nordic ski season with a 51st finish at the American Birkiebeiner! He has had a great season, as recapped here. Other than that, ...

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Motivation Monday – Nate’s ski season

February 25, 2014 By Nichole Porath 1 Comment

I've been really impressed with Nate's ski training and racing this winter, which ended this Saturday at the Birkie. I think he has had the best overall season  he's ever had. It's been fun to watch! Nate winning the 35k skate at Mora!!! The podium at Mora It ...

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Me + Nordic Skiing = ?

February 24, 2011 By Nichole Porath Leave a Comment

Long blog... warning! This blog originally started when Ahvo, the owner of Finn Sisu, convinced me that it would be interesting to have a blog that followed a more "average" person learning how to ski and race, and trying to combine that with training for another sport (in my ...

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First Vakava practice… WOW

June 11, 2010 By Nichole Porath Leave a Comment

So I've done a little double polling lately as cross training (doesn't use the hip muscles much). I'm not great at it, which is why it's good to show up at practice with coaching help once a week. Tonight was my first Vakava practice -- I hadn't gone yet this summer because my ...

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Time Trial w/ Vakava

July 10, 2009 By Nichole Porath Leave a Comment

Tonight the Sisu program lined up a timed 10K skate time trial. How'd it go for me? Lets just say that I'm super frustrated and discouraged right now. ARRRGGGGHHHHH is a good way to express how I feel. I have no idea how fast I went, or even what the results are... but I know ...

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