Art Of Feeding (And Keeping Hydrated) Your Athlete

Art Of Feeding (And Keeping Hydrated) Your Athlete

Newsfeed, Training & Outfitting
The Daily Skier reporter has spent a day with an Assistant Coach of the Russian ski team Egor Sorin during Toblach- Cortina 50k race last weekend, part of Visma Ski CLassics Series - and gleaned an invaluable insight into how the team of technical personal, aides and helpers work to keep "their" skiers fed, hydrated - and ready to win Follow the story through Instagram posts & captions https://www.instagram.com/p/Be5TNxaBJhb https://www.instagram.com/p/Be5XtU6BIfa/?taken-by=daily_skier https://www.instagram.com/p/Be5_j3whDf4/?taken-by=daily_skier https://www.instagram.com/p/Be7U5yhBy7P/?taken-by=daily_skier https://www.instagram.com/p/Be8PR9Ehw4A/?taken-by=daily_skier To refresh your memory: Ustiugov, for whom it was the first- ever Ski Classics race, have managed to stay with the leading group till the very end but lost a few centimeters to eventual winner Tord Asle Gjerdalen and Andreas Nygaard ( Ilya Chernousov was disqualified for obstruction)
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Music Or No Music While Training: World’s Best Ski Marathoners Share Their Preferences

Music Or No Music While Training: World’s Best Ski Marathoners Share Their Preferences

Leaders, Newsfeed
We at the Dailyskier like asking world's best skiers their opinion on things pertaining to their training and performance. Last time it was about rollerskis they prefer This time around we went all the way up and asked them what's in their ears - if anything, that is. - Do you ever train with earphones/loudspeakers on? - If “yes” - what do you listen to ( music, radio, podcasts, audiobooks) ? Andreaas Nygaard -I never use music in training. Ever! John Kristian Dahl - Sometimes I train with earphones, mostly without, focusing on technique etc. I will recommend fast beats like dance/edm for hard training, and meaningful podcast, with whatever you are interested in, for slow training. I mostly listen to this mentioned above , for example Avicii for hard training…
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Is World’s Best Ski Marathoner Preparing Comeback?

Is World’s Best Ski Marathoner Preparing Comeback?

Leaders, Newsfeed
The anticipation of the CAS verdict on Therese Johaug case have eclipsed another event of note in Norwegian skiing: Petter Eliassen is back! Well, kind of. For those of our readers, who are not following the ski marathons as closely as they deserve to be followed, a quick reminder: Eliassen is, arguably, the strongest long distance skier of the last five seasons. Won Vasaloppet, Jizerska and overall Visma Ski Classic titles. Many a skier the world over are still rewatching his Birkebeinerrennet 2015 duel with Martin Jonsrud Sundby, that the former won. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIdcf3a9qeo Eliassen was particularly popular for his distinct racing style: not a strong finisher, he's known to kick the tempo into the high gear mid-distance and run to victory. Lots of times it worked – other times strong…
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