Highlights

Bike To Work Week - May 10-18
May 8, 2008
Improve your fitness and save some gas...
May 10-17 Wisconsin Bike to Work Week - Check out scheduled events for Fox Valley, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee and Sheboygan.
May 12-18 Twin Cities Bike to Work Week - Find commuter convoys and downtown celebrations, all encouraging to make the switch to cycling.

Twin Cities Master's Biathlon Clinic
May 4, 2008
Want to add more excitement to your X-C Racing? Always wanted to try Biathlon? Then plan on attending the Masters Introduction to Biathlon clinic on Saturday, May 10 in Elk River.  Update: Cancelled due to lack of participants.

Spring Triathlon Clinic Series
April 30, 2008
Endurance Athlete is offering a free Spring Triathlon Training and Information Clinic series, meeting Sundays, May 11-June 1st in Arden Hills.

Summer Junior Programs Preview
April 28, 2008
School is out in almost a month and many metro area juniors are looking at their options for a summer training program. We've got the "skinny" on changes and new offerings in the most of the Twin Cities programs.
Related:
Summer Training Programs Calendar

Mora Ski Club Offering Ski Clinics
April 24, 2008
The Mora Ski Club invites juniors and adults to register and attend four Mora Vasaloppet Ski Clinics this summer and fall at the Mora Vasaloppet Nordic Ski Center. Instructors will include Mora champions Chad Giese and Nikolai Anikin.

Skifire: Tierra del Fuego Nordic Ski Festival Announced
April 22, 2008
Skifire along with its Argentine partners announce the first ever Tierra del Fuego Nordic Ski Festival. Over 40km of cross-country trails in the Valley of Tierra Mayor and at the Francisco Jerman Nordic Ski Area will get daily, Pisten Bully grooming for both classic and skate techniques. The 20 day long festival kicks off on July 30th.

Sisu Skier Masters Open House
April 22, 2008
Finn Sisu and Endurance Athlete will be hosting an open house, Saturday, May 3rd, at Battle Creek for the masters programs. The open house will review and discuss the master full-year programs, which kick off in May. All levels and abilities welcome.

CXC Announces Openings For Athletes
April 14, 2008
Central Cross Country Skiing (CXC) announces openings for athletes in their CXC Elite Team, the newly created CXC Post Graduate Program, and the updated Junior Development Programs.

RSSS Training Groups
April 7, 2008
The Russian Style Ski School is offering training programs in Madison and Dousman starting this April. In fact, there will be a presentation on the Southern Kettle Moraine group, Tuesday, April 8th, 6pm to 8pm at Bicycle Doctor Ski Shop in Dousman (door prizes, beer and snacks!)

Sisu Juniors Summer Programs Open House
April 2, 2008
Finn Sisu and Endurance Athlete will be hosting an open-house session this Saturday, April 12th starting at 10 am. Come find out more about the summer program and interact with the coaches.

MYSL Fast Camp
March 30, 2008
MYSL will offer a two week introduction to dryland training this June for younger skiers that will feature include rollerskiing and dryland drills, based out of Minnehaha Falls park in Minneapolis.

More Summer Training
March 18, 2008
A number of additions to the training calendar...
Apr 8 Learn to Race - Womens beginner bike racing clinic held at Now Bikes in St. Paul.
Apr 7-Aug 25 Rice Creek Boat Club - A summer program focusing on canoe and kayak racing as cross-training.
Jun 9-Aug 1 Nordicwerks - Summer Nordic training program, working out in the NE metro and lead by top coach Deno Johnson.
Jun 16-Aug 15 Mpls Rowing Club Summer Program - Rowing workouts weekday mornings on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.

WAMXC Workouts
March 17, 2008
WAMXC (Women and Men who Cross Country Ski and Drink Coffee) will be starting up their spring hikes beginning in April. The group accommodates a wide range of fitness and speed by various on-the-trail techniques so no one gets left behind.

More Summer Programs
March 11, 2008
We've added another big set of summer programs to the training calendar:
Jun 17-Aug 9 Sisu Skiers Junior Program - Finn Sisu joins with Endurance Athlete to offer top notch training programs for high school skiers.
Jun 16-Aug 15 Go!Training Summer Program - A full range of summer training programs, lead by Piotr Bednarski and numerous other top skiers.
Jun 16-Aug 8 DERT - John Dyste's summer program, featuring dartfish video analsys and workouts all based out of Hyland Park.
Jun 16-Sep 7 SkiCraft Summer Training - Summer training based in the heart of the Cities, led by Marc Beitz.
Jun 9-Aug 2 Cowboy Nordic - Lead by Moundsview coach Mark Skildum with multiple program options.

Summer Training
March 9, 2008
Details on the summer training programs are starting to come online:
Jun 16-Aug 8 MSC West Side Summer Program - Minneapolis Ski Clubs west metro program, training out of French and Elm Creek (and Lakeville).
Jun 16-Aug 8 MSC East Side Summer Program - The east metro version, featuring training locales of Lake Elmo, Mahtomedi, and Afton.
Jun 16-Aug 8 MSC Adult Summer Program - Training with the top high school skiers in the evenings as part of the MSC program.
Jun 16-Aug 8 Minnesota Valley - Multiple summer program levels, and new this year, a possible ski trip to Sweden in August!

Finn Sisu, Endurance Athlete Pairing for Juniors
February 18, 2008
Finn Sisu and Endurance Athlete will be working together this summer and fall to offer an expanded junior competition level program.

CXC Team Nordic Tune-Up Camp Feb 29-Mar 2
February 15, 2008
CXC Coach Bryan Fish, along with most of the CXC Team stars, will be hosting a Nordic Tune-up Camp at Rainbow Resort the first weekend in March.

Luminary Loppet Expected to be more Magical Than Ever
December 28, 2007
Planners for the 2008 Luminary Loppet have some surprises in store for participants, including a luminary pyramid upon coming onto Lake of the Isles and an enchanted forest.
Related:
Pre-Loppet Added to Race Calendar, Jan 5th

Chicks on Sticks 2008
December 17, 2007
Kara Salmela and Siiri Morse former owners of Midnight Sun Adventure Company in Duluth, MN are continuing to do what they love: A weekend full of chocolate, wine, cheese, coffee and world class ski instruction for women only, held at Giants Ridge Ski resort, January 11th-13th.

Wine Camp: March 2-6
December 14, 2007
Got that urge for a early spring cycling fling? Check out Endurance Athlete's WineCamp, a "training camp" based out of Healdsburg, CA, the Tuscany of America.

Introduction to Biathlon Clinic at McMiller
December 10, 2007
An introduction to biathlon clinic is scheduled for this Saturday, December 15 from 10am-2:30pm at the McMiller Sports Center in Eagle, WI.

Cross-Training at the Rollerdome
November 13, 2005
[ Editors note: We highlight this feature again with the lack of snow -- the 2-for-1 special coupon as been extended.] Joe Sem climbed from a relative unknown to one of the top high school skiers in Minnesota, culminating with his freestyle victory at the 2004 Minnesota State Meet. Sem used inline skating at the Rollerdome last winter as his primary means of training for the American Birkebeiner.
Related:
Skinnyski Rollerdome Special Coupon

American Birkebeiner Skier Development Grants Awarded
November 27, 2007
Sixteen youth cross country ski programs will get a boost this winter thanks to funding from the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation (ABSF). The Foundation recently awarded $13,850 to programs around the country targeted to youth skiers.