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XC Ottawa athletes have had a solid summer of ski training, with regular team workouts at Mooney’s Bay and Sunday morning rollerski sessions in the Gatineau Park.

Cross Country Canada opens Canada's newest National Athlete Development Centre for cross-country skiing in Ottawa-Gatineau!

A good day for XC Ottawa!

This year began back in May, when me, Karl and Tom, in consultation with our coach Pavol Skvaridlo, decided to try some very aggressive training programs in an attempt to ski a lot faster. As a result of this we all worked a lot harder than ever before, knowing that improvements were likely but there was a chance of being tired during the race season.

The innaugural Chelsea Nordiq spritns got a flying start last night. XCOttawa.ca, NADC, @ US college teams (St. Laurence and Bowdoin), and lots of local skiers turned out to test their speed. The course was great, thanks to Linda Landry, the Dunnderosa golf course and Lafleur de la Capitale!

Final preparations are underway for XC Ottawa athletes preparing to compete in the 3 day Eastern Canadian Ski Championships happening locally this weekend at Nakkertok South. With racers coming from all over Canada it is sure to be a highly competitive and challenging weekend of racing! Here is a preview of what is to come.

Karl, Megan, Sheila, and Alana are in Canmore getting ready for the 3rd and 4th races of the Haywood NorAm Canada Cup race series

Its a good idea to learn from other people's mistakes...

To this point, this season has been another adjustment. I moved back from Vancouver to Ottawa in mid-June, and started a full-time job with the federal government.

XCOttawa.ca showed up very strongly this past weekend at the National Long-Distance Championships, on both the mens and womens sides. The team placed two men in the top 10 and six in the top 15, while we had a 7th and 13th place showing from the women.