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Tour de Firsts for Americans, Plus a Second for Diggins

by Peggy Shinn
January 14, 2024January 14, 2024

For the U.S. Ski Team, the 2024 Tour de Ski—the notoriously grueling seven-stage, multi-day race in Italy and Switzerland—was a tour of firsts. It was the first time that a U.S. skier made the podium… Read More »Tour de Firsts for Americans, Plus a Second for Diggins

Jessie Diggins’s “Big Stupid” Workout and Other Epic Challenges

by Peggy Shinn
June 14, 2023June 14, 2023

Cross country skiers are arguably the fittest endurance athletes on the planet. OK, not arguably—we are the fittest athletes. Many of us spend our weekends finding the next goal, the next boundary to push, and… Read More »Jessie Diggins’s “Big Stupid” Workout and Other Epic Challenges