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Web <a title="December 2012 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=1"> DEC 2012 VOL 32.2 FINE ART NEW HAMPSHIRE SKIING S</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=2"> 2 CCS | DEC 2012</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=3"> (And we haven't even mentioned the après-ski.) </a>
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<a title="December 2012 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=8"> IT‘S A BALANCING ACT Every so often we get a</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=9"> I gravitated toward Wisconsin... it is large, gre</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=10"> BACKYARD SKIS One early winter morning, my d</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=11"> Backyard skis, essentially rock skis, increas</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=12"> CLEAN UP YOUR DIAGONAL Skating has capture</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=13"> THE ROAD TO THE ROAD TO FREEDOM FREEDOM SNOW IS </a>
<a title="December 2012 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=14"> 14 CCS | DEC 2012</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=15"> Sherlock Holmes and the Davos Ski Mystery: Part 2</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=16"> Maienfelder Pass, where Watson and Holmes discove</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=17"> And now came the real sport of snow-shoeing. Hith</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=18"> and took us right to the stolen money.” As Hol</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=19"> wife did improve while at Davos, and Conan Doyle </a>
<a title="December 2012 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=20"> that Tobias Branger and his brother Johannes had </a>
<a title="December 2012 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=21"> published “The Final Problem,” a Sherlock H</a>
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<a title="December 2012 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=30"> by Erika Mennerick, DC see it all the time: peo</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=31"> dorsiflexion or “shin angle” and often lack endur</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=32"> Nordic Converts: By Aaron H. Bible Each year, </a>
<a title="December 2012 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=33"> “[People] see either the incredibly fit athlete co</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=34"> Nordic Converts: By Tim Hauserman A steady str</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=35"> certainly not something you want to do every day.</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=36"> BEYOND BY JEFF POTTER GROOMING: A NEW NORDIC</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=37"> Change in the Air So, let’s re-visualize the un</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=38"> Ski Orienteering Getting Cross Country Skiers on </a>
<a title="December 2012 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=39"> compared to summer orienteering races, navigat</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=40"> PINE HILL XC SKI CLUB New London, New Hampshire B</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=41"> people who want to take their dogs out for a wint</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=42"> celebrating all things cross country skiing. It'</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=43"> CCS | DEC 2012 43</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=44"> THE AMAZING SIMILARITIES BETWEEN BECKIE SCOTT AND</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=45"> In an historical context, what’s going on for US </a>
<a title="December 2012 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=46"> TRAINING TIPS FROM CXC MEASURING RECOVERY BY </a>
<a title="December 2012 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=47"> You may have trained hard on purpose. The result </a>
<a title="December 2012 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=48"> TRAINING TIPS FROM CXC GPS TRAINING: TAKE YOU</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=49"> MEASURING RECOVERY from page 47 to </a>
<a title="December 2012 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=50"> NUTRITION WHAT’S ON YOUR OATMEAL? RUMINATIONS</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=51"> Good Great transform a good breakfast bow</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=52"> ONCE YOU LOPP-ET... YOU’LL LOVE-IT THE UNIQUE</a>
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<a title="December 2012 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=54"> by Jon Pensak SUE (LONG) WEYMSS, One Tough Gal </a>
<a title="December 2012 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=55"> “Mental Toughness Training for Cross Countr</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=56"> KIRKWOOD CROSS COUNTRY SKI & SNOWSHOE KIRKWOOD CA</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=57"> MAPLELAG MAPLELAG MINNESOTA VOTED #1 XC SKI RESOR</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=58"> 58 CCS | DEC 2 MT. WASHINGTON VALLEY NEW HA</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=59"> Jackson Ski Touring Foundation It would not be </a>
<a title="December 2012 page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=60"> in pulling together the area’s cross country ski </a>
<a title="December 2012 page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=61"> A regular local event the White Mountain Classic</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=62"> The Great Glen trails were built in 1994 with pro</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=63"> the reality of the return on investment and the a</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=64"> wanted to do. But when the word got out that </a>
<a title="December 2012 page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=65"> and thoroughly functional. On the second st</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=66"> Bear Notch Ski Touring Center Skiing th</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=67"> woods, challenging hills up into the nearby White</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=68"> Vermont's Ripton Plateau Home of the Rikert Nord</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=69"> THE RACE TRAIL Officially, it's the Tormondsen Fam</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=70"> Taking a Tour in the Bob Marshall Wilderness </a>
<a title="December 2012 page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=71"> he bought his first pair of skis the next day, and</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=72"> settle down for the night on the North Fork of th</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 73" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=73"> hunter, he says: “I never thought I’d be pissed t</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 74" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=74"> HIDDENGEM by Peter Minnich THE UPPER NANAMOCOMUC</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 75" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=75"> A relaxing lunch break in the spring sun at the P</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 76" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=76"> TEACHING CROSS COUNTRY SKIING By Bridget Duoos an</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 77" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=77"> BEST BACKCOUNTRY SKIING IN THE NORTHEAST By David</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 78" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=78"> FACT OR FICTION REVIVED FILMS (DVD) Is it fact or</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 79" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=79"> THE GREATEST LAKE: STORIES FROM LAKE SUPERIOR’S N</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 80" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=80"> HATCHED TO LIGHT The City of Lakes Lumin</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 81" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=81"> melted away the course before skiers had the chan</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 82" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=82"> Vermont's Ripton Plateau Home of the Rikert Nordi</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 83" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=83"> from page 65 Paddling has been a very succe</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 84" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=84"> The editors of Cross Country Skier receive a stea</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 85" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=85"> Nutrition PROMAX CRUNCH Promax Crunch offers a ne</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 86" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=86"> NIKWAX BASEFRESH BaseFresh is a deodorizing condi</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 87" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=87"> THE LAVA SEAT The LavaSeat, from California Innov</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 88" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=88"> CALIFORNIA Bear Valley Cross Country Nestled in t</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 89" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=89"> VERMONT Viking Nordic Center 39 km of classic and</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 90" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=90"> THE ANSWER TO OUR HEALTH CARE AND ECONOMIC CRISIS</a>
<a title="December 2012 page 91" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=91"> from page 90 </a>
<a title="December 2012 page 92" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c7faeee?page=92"> 92 CCS | DEC 2012</a>