When Zone 5 isn’t Zone 5

TL;DR: When I tell you to do 5 minutes of  “Zone 5” I do NOT mean that your goal is to get your heart rate into Zone 5 for 5 minutes. Your goal is to stay

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Alba De Silvestro – Skimo Racer

Badass pure and simple. Alba De Silvestro lives skimo. She’s an Italian, so could out ski pretty much all of us, and has a hell of a racing history. Two-time Trofeo Mezzalama winner, two-time World Champion,

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On Fitness vs Freshness

If you’re measuring your performance regularly (hint: You should be), then you may notice that your numbers from testing aren’t linear. If you were to graph your performance over time, it should TREND up (if it

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Emily Harrop – Skimo Racer

Emily Harrop is a relative newcomer to the skimo scene. This French racer came onto the ISMF World Cup in 2020 with very solid results as a U23 racer, and then over the next couple years

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