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First and foremost, a big thanks go out to all those who helped and encouraged us through the year, with huge respect and thanks to our coaches, Pavol Skvaridlo and John Langstone. Their patience and help were irreplaceable and they guided us to our terrific season. Thanks to other coaches who worked with us throughout the year: Greg Mark, Amy Mark, Don Moxley and Patti Kitler. Thanks also to a strong program supporter, Gail Blake at Carleton, and to Basil Phillips for the massage therapy help.

Generally the team did really well - Sheila was 3rd and Megan 7th in the women's 53km, Karl 4th and Brian 7th, Ed 10th, Wayne 11th, Tom 15th, Craig 23rd in the men's 53km. Gavin won the 28km and Andrew was 2nd in the 10km. Here's the blow-by-blow fro

Here's a fun challenge to see how far you (and a team of up to 4 people) can ski in 6 hours. Conditions at Nakkertok look terrific for the March 31 Enduro!

Silver Fox put on an excellent event, this past Sunday. The tracks were fast, and held up well despite all the fresh snow.

This past weekend, a group from XC Ottawa, Carleton U, and the NADC travelled to Mt. Tremblant to participate in the Grand Prix des Couleurs. This is a weeekend event, starting on Saturday with kids races and continuing on Sunday with a choice of a Mountain bike race, an uphill race straight up the downhill run or the extreme version which winds through the bush. This is the event that we participated in...

Race Report from this past weekends Noram races in Sovereign Lake British Columbia

As I buckled up my seat-belt in rental van that we would be driving down to Mt. Itasca for the Super Tour races from Thunder Bay I asked the other passengers, “Is this going to be an awesome trip?!”

When she was seven years old, Beckie Scott watched a video of a World Cup cross country ski race. She decided then and there that she was going to be a ski racer. When I was twelve years old, I watched Beckie Scott win an Olympic bronze medal...

XCOttawa fielded a strong team of 2 men and 3 women in this year's edition of the GLOPPET 51km skate race! Read on to see how it went...