Single Track Dreams at Nordic Heritage

Nordic Heritage Center is known for fantastic skiing.  The trails, lodge and range are all world class but the single track is a dream.  There is nothing like this in a days drive from Maine.  For a little over 11 miles, these IMBA designed and built trails snake, flow and climb through different forest types around Nordic Heritage.  They create such a fantastic experience that hours seem like seconds on bike or foot and it is one of the greatest parts of athletic life in Presque Isle. 

Finding the Time

Bjorn fitting in threshold intervals on Chapman Hill during lunch.  These were around six minutes long and were the ending to a hard training block.

Aroostook State Park

Hiking is such a fantastic part of any season, but the fall often yields the greatest surprises.  The things found, experienced or learned as you run in the woods of the Northeast after the leaves have fallen are often startling.  On what was scheduled to be a recovery run became a show of nature as we were able to look DOWN on a hundredish Canada geese as the started their journey south.   

Women’s Team Nationally Ranked

The University of Maine Presque Isle Women’s Team was recently ranked 5th nationally in the 2006-07 United States Collegiate Ski Association preseason coaches poll. 

St. Olaf College of Minnesota was ranked first, followed by Clarkson, University of Wyoming, Cornell and Presque Isle. This is great recognition for a program that is in only its second year.

Women’s Team and Specific Strength

Megan Toussaint working on no pole on the roller loop.

Sometimes you just need to smile after 45 minutes of no pole work.

Testing (Number Two)

Time trial just outside Caribou on the Grimms Road.  Women skied 7.5km and the guys did 15km.  Megan focused at the start and smiles at the finish.

Stride for Stride

Somehow the pride of Minnesota Duluth (Bjorn) and ”the cities” (Brandan) found its way into this bounding intensity workout.  The video revealed that Brandan took this one by a few inches, “TC” 1 - Duluth 0. 

October Tests

October has started with testing, testing and more testing.  We have run up mountains, done strength testing in the gym, double polled up big hills, tested upper body power in the physiology lab and soon will be on the treadmill to determine threshold and lactate levels.  

 

The Chummy Broomhall Cup

On January 13th and 14th the inaugural Maine Collegiate Nordic Ski Championships (event poster)will be held in Rumford, Maine.  This event is being held in conjunction with the NENSA TD Banknorth Eastern Cup Series and has been named in living honor of one of the pivotal individuals in United States skiing, Chummy Broomhall.

The Chummy Broomhall Cup will be awarded to the top collegiate cross country ski team in Maine.  The Cup will be awarded based on the combined scores of the top three men and women from each collegiate team.  The winning college will have its name added to the cup and be able to display it on their campus for the following.

Welcome to Presque Isle Skiing

At the University of Maine at Presque Isle it is possible to combine a quality education with an NCAA ski team in one the nation’s most exciting Nordic communities. The goal of Presque Isle Skiing is to support aspirations through a commitment of continual improvement and the supportive development of all our skiing student-athletes.    

This site will connect all supporters of Presque Isle Skiing in a community of shared achievement and participation.  Discover the commitment of team members, impact of community projects and the power of a blossoming legacy.  Enjoy the stories, leave a comment and be a part of Presque Isle Skiing.