World Cup City Sprint

Since my last post the World Cup has made a few incredible stops including downtown sprints in Milan and Moscow. One of the coolest things about modern xc ski racing is the ability to bring the races to the people and city sprints like these create an atmosphere that is insane. A lot of the time city sprints can be very fast because of the flat terrain and the narrow courses make it so there are much more crashed and a ton of carnage on the corners and finishing stretches.
racing in Milan Italy 

Another thing that makes the urban sprinting unique is that as an athlete we have to warm up by running and often times the first time we lock into our skis is right at the start line which can test your balance a little. I personally like that on the World Cup we have a huge variety of venues some in the City, some at standard courses.... it's fun to mix things up a bit. 

Switzerland Video

World Cup Upate

The world cup season is in full swing here in Eruope. For the past three weeks the US Ski team and I have been traveling to the opening races in Norway, finland, Germany, and now Switzerland. The world cup schedule is always hectic involving a lot of moving around to different hotels and different venues. So far snow has been a little thin at most races but it hasn't stopped the competitions from being as tough and exciting as ever bringing in tons of spectators and close finishes.
for me the goal has been to ease into the season and gain some experience in some of the longer races. So far the sprints have been going pretty well and as a team we are really coming together and improving having already picked up 2 podiums this season! This weekend we will be racing on Saturday and Sunday here in Davos switzerland with a 30k skate and a sprint! check the blog for more videos and updates 
http://blogs.fasterskier.com/andynewell/ 

National Nordic Fund

please help out the Drive for 25! on November 15th spare a few bucks to help grow the sport of xc skiing and fund US skiers over to Europe for international races!

www.nccsef.org

Lets train together!