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FasterSkier.com strives to bring you the best articles and information on cross country skiing. On this page you will find a list of our feature series of articles. These series highlight some of the best that FasterSkier.com has to offer.

Adventure Racing
Adventure racing seems to be catching on among cross country skiers. It requires a wide range of outdoor skills, incredible endurance, and the willingness to suffer. No wonder skiers like it.

Around The Web
We scour the web, so you can spend your time on more constructive things, like reading all these articles.

Brian Olsen
Brian is a 2006 Olympian in biathlon and he will be sharing his training and racing experiences with you in this once-a-month series.

Bulk Up Or Slim Down?

Club Newsletter
Stay updated, inspired, motivated and get new training ideas as a member of the Fasterskier.com Club.

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Coaches Around The Country
This is a weekly column highlighting our ski coaches from around the country. If you would like to nominate a coach for an interview, please email robertwhitney99@hotmail.com

Coaches In Action
This mini-series of Coaches’ articles will include examples of workouts with some of our athletes, how we’ve structured the sessions, and what we’ve focused on during the workouts.

CVTC Training Reports

Get Off The Couch
A mini-series of articles intended to get you going this spring.

Interview Series
FasterSkier.com brings you interviews with some of the most prominent skies and coaches in North America and the world.

Junior To Senior
This mini-series puts the focus on the transition from junior to senior racer. This is often a difficult time in a young racer's life.

Kevin Brooker

Laura Valaas
As she makes the jump from busy collegiate skier to full-time ski racer, Laura will be sharing her experiences with FasterSkier.com readers. www.lauravalaas.com

Live From Norway
Torbjørn is filing reports from Norway on his annual trip.

New Koch
We are very excited to bring you this look at Pete Vordenberg's year as a U.S. Ski Team coach.

Nordic Dave Adventure Series

Optimized Skate Technique

Perspective on the US Ski Team
John Caldwell gives his perspective on the current state of the US Ski Team, and calls for changes to be made.

The Current State Of US XC Skiing
The Olympics are one year away. Is it realistic to talk about medals there or in the near future for US skiing? FasterSkier opens a discussion on the topic.

The Hunt For Gold By Bjorn Daehlie
FasterSkier.com is proud to bring you these exclusive translations of Bjørn Dæhlie's book.

The Road To Recovery
This series documents the ups and downs, both physical and mental, as I attempt to regain racing form following a collarbone fracture.

The Rollerski Diaries

The Search For XC Town USA
One of our writers recently embarked on a trip we all dream of taking: exploring the USA in order to find the ideal town for a cross country skier.

Torin Koos
Torin Koos is a member of the National A Team for the United States. A World Cup, World Championship and Olympic competitor, Koos brings this experience to the FasterSkier sportscasting arena for the 2007/2008 season.

Training Log Relay
Welcome to our Training Log Relay. In these articles we will feature the training plans and logs for some of the World’s best Cross-Country skiers in history.

Traveling With Tim Woodbury
Tim Woodbury is our man on the road in North America

US Ski Team Season in Review
We received a lot of great feedback on Pete Vordenberg's New Koch series that we ran last April. Now Pete has generously offered to do it all for us again. This is Pete Vordenberg's US Ski Team 2003-2004 Year In Review.

Women In Racing
This series is about moms who also happen to be very fast ski racers. Ski racing might not be their top priority, but they are still out there going very fast and having fun.

Workout With Torbjorn and Gordon
This series provides monthly training and racing ideas to help you prepare for the upcoming ski season.