Latest "on-the-ground" update from Roger: "We are trying a new thing at Nationals this year, we are not racing."

Our Nordic ski and SkiGo USA guru Roger Knight in his own words...

The 2009 Tour Down Under, first stop in world cycling will take place January 18-25 in South Australia.

The Maine Track Club has announced the nine running races that will make up this year’s Maine Grand Prix competition

Considered the most important event of the American Nordic ski season, the 2009 US Cross Country Ski Championships will be held in Anchorage, Alaska during the first week of January. And we will be there.

The recently expanded 750-mile, nine-day stage race, considered to be the most important and popular cycling race held on U.S. soil, will take the world’s top professional cycling teams from Sacramento to San Diego County from February 14-22, 2009.  First eight teams announced.

USA Track & Field now says race directors may decide to allow runners to use headphones and other electronic devices in non-championship races.