The City of Duluth has prepared a draft of the Parks & Recreation Master Plan which will guide the city for the next 20 years. Comments on the plan will be accepted through Friday, September 3rd. Please send a comment expressing your support for our cross-country ski trails, and identify yourself as DXC member. Thank[...]
Atomic’s Head Nordic Race Director (as in world-wide) will be at Skihut Monday, September 13th from 6-8p.m. A discussion of Atomic’s Olympic results, ski fit, and ski preperation will be included in the evenings itinerary. Event will be FREE and refreshments will be served. Hope you all can make it. www.theskihut.com
Do you want to improve your ski-specific fitness before the snow falls? Then join DXC for its third annual Fall Training Program, coached by André Watt, Kevin Patzoldt and Kelly Chaudoin. The program will meet September 13—November 18 (ten weeks!) on Mondays and Thursdays from 5:45—7:15 p.m. at several locations (Chester, Lakewalk, etc). Activities include[...]
The Great Hawk Chase, COGGS’ newest race using the sublime singletrack at Lester-Amity is quickly approaching. The race will be on Sunday, August 22nd and more than 300 racers, many of which are coming from the Twin Cities and beyond, will be in attendence to see some of the best riding we have to offer.[...]
DXC Juniors summer training wrapped up tonight with one final rollerski workout along the scenic highway. Lake Superior provided not only the perfect backdrop for the distance ski, but also the rocks (think medicine balls) for a unique form of strength training known simply as “rock strength.” Afterwards, Coach Andre’ handed out prizes to all,[...]
On August, 22nd, COGGS, the organization that has brought you both the DirtSpanker and Powder Monkey, will unveil a brand new race at Lester Park in Duluth, MN. Featuring their newest trail project, the Lester-Amity Trails, the Great Hawk Chase is sure to become a must do event on the MNMBS calendar. More info on[...]
The IMBA (International Mountain Biking Assoc.) trail crew is coming to Duluth Aug 26-Aug 29. If you or anyone you know is interested in learning more about sustainable trail builing for any purpose (this isn’t just about mountain bikes – it’s about trails) please register yourself or encourage others to register. This will be a[...]
Ask any one of our junior skiers this question and their answer will be something like, “Getting ready for the ski season, of course.” Here’s a sampling of videos from the 7am (yes, am) group that Coach James took at Spirit Mt the other day. I had the pleasure of ski walking and bounding with[...]
Working with all Duluth has to offer, the DXC summer juniors run the trails, bound the hills, rollerski the Munger and Lakewalk, and now have jumped into the lake. Yes, THE lake. Fortunately for today’s workout at Park Point, the weather cooperated with air temps in the 80s and rare warm water in Lake Superior.[...]
The 2010 DXC Summer Juniors program got off to a solid start this week with nearly 40 skiers joining together from local schools including Duluth Central, Denfeld, East, Marshall and Two Harbors. Also several alumni who will be skiing in college are continuing to train with DXC before heading off to St. Olaf, UMD and[...]
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