Since declaring “I Want To Be An Olympian” Holly Brooks has wowed us with her determination. But after winning the SuperTour races and ranking high in the US Nationals, she was not one of the initial selections for Team USA. Still, hope remained as the system for allocating spots on the Olympic team allowed for the re-allocation of unused slots from other countries…
With 2009 fading into the distance and 2010 off to a running start, we’d like to thank the athletes we featured throughout the year and recap some of their inspiring accomplishments…
by Holly Brooks, Nordic Ski Coach
Someone once told me, “Every skier has to ski the Birkie at least once in his or her life!” Well, this past February I took this comment to heart when I traveled to the Midwest to race in the Nation’s largest cross country ski race. The American Birkebeiner is not just a race but, as many would describe, it’s a way or life or right of passage…
For the first time ever, Kettlebell Sport was a featured event at the largest sport and fitness expo in the country. In true form, the ICKB Girls walked away with more national championship titles…
Two years after completing the 300-mile Badwater Double and raising $294,000 for AIDS Orphans Rising, featured athlete Lisa Smith-Batchen is at it again. Starting July 9th, she will run and bike more than 800 miles…
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