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Climbing

Paige Claassen - To Bolt or Not To Be

Staring up at the blank face, I wondered how I’d ever remember each precise movement. There wasn’t much room for error, and no place to recover if I wasted energy, so I needed to execute each move perfectly. I tried reading the route from the ground, but an endless pathway of tiny chalk marks up a featureless wall left no distinguishing features for reference. I tried video taping other people on the route, but the footage just looked like they weren’t actually grabbing holds.

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Running

Tiva Ames - Breakout Athlete

After a decisive victory at the 2013 Canine Classic, Tiva Ames's consistent performances could no longer go unnoticed.  La Sportiva had a chance to catch up with Tiva and her partner, La Sportiva Athlete Andy Ames, after the event.

Feature

Chelsea Rude - SCS Nationals

I took a different approach to training for this event than I have in the past and I am very happy about how it worked out. In the past I’ve worked primarily on pure endurance and some raw power. I would climb at 6am and pull out 1000 moves in a couple hours or boulder and work on a few really hard moves. I was intense in that I had a very strict schedule of when I would do cardio, when I would climb, what I would eat, I avoided alcohol, and I went to bed really really early. Somehow though that didn’t bring me consistent results...

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Video

Courtney Sanders - Training While Injured

La Sportiva athlete Courtney Sanders suffered a frustrating ankle injury in the prime of sending season. Did it deter her from staying fit and focusing on the bigger picture? Not one bit. Check out this video by Courtney and edited by BearCam Media for some inspiring footage and ideas for keeping it together when everything seems to have fallen apart.

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Training

Andrew Fast - Key Core Exercises

La Sportiva Mountain Running Athlete Andrew Fast goes through some of his favorite core exercise to help build the base strength you'll need to go fast and hard in the mountains.  Great advice for runners, skiers and climbers alike!

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Skiing

Luke Nelson: World Championships

When I went to Europe for the Ski Mountaineering World Championships a few weeks ago I intended on writing a brief write-up every day about the races and the things Team USA was up to.  Well, as often happens, I found myself much busier than expected and chose to take extra time to recovery or (gasp) ski! So here I find myself, home for almost two weeks, sitting at the keyboard trying to figure out how to share what happened.