We recap American successes on day 1 of the Ostersund World C-up in Sweden. Brennan and Diggins go 4-5 for the women and JC and Ogden go 3-4 for the men.

We grade the U.S. Ski Team on the first two weeks of the World Cup, plus talk about the state of Klaebo, get interrupted by crying babies, and discuss the true solution to elevating the ski game in our country.

Plus...Ski or Die is out on the SC Play site, and we've watched all three episodes...they're awesome! Find out what tugged at our heartstrings at the end.

We discuss our trip down to Colorado Springs to cover the state xc meet, which included a little scoping out of the Barr Trail, the Pikes Peak Ascent course.

Plus, Zak Ketterson switches to Leki poles and Erik Bjornsen launches his own pole company....we talk about OneWay, Swix, Leki and the USSPC differences....and the ski pole invention we don't think will change really anything....

Snow has fallen in Leadville - so it's time to get out and log some K's...

Keep on striving. Keep on skiing.

Klaebo drama has morphed into Klaebo confusion, but first, we talk about a pitch-black rollerski session in downtown Leadville, the perfect real-life segway into how to squeeze training into 'real life'...plus, we discuss who is the most valuable Salomon athlete - Courtney, Jessie or Sophia - plus our reactions to Jessie Diggins announcement that her eating disorder has resurfaced, a Facebook post on wax restrictions, and some thoughts on the Super Tour schedule.

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We tested out the studio by interviewing Tom Sederquist after his unofficial world record marathon for a human without a colon (we plan on getting as much clickbait mileage from that as possible).....and his Lake Effect teammate Scott Behling!

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The SederSkier Podcast is back and we dive right into the biggest stories of the summer: is Sophia Laukli a world-class runner? Who is wrong in the Norwegian national team/Klaebo drama

...plus, we get a few preposterous statement tournament nominees....

The pitch was: 'hey, I wonder what the old Denver Nuggets play-by-play was thinking from the Colorado Rockies booth when his old team won their first NBA title?'

Our conversation went way beyond that, however, and for good reason. Jerry Schemmel has done a lot. In addition to broadcasting, he's also biked across America a few times (won the RAAM two-person event in 2015), written a book, survived a plane crash, and earned a law degree.

If you like hearing from successful people who live with intentionality, you'll appreciate this man's Nuggets of wisdom.

Check out the Vail Daily for a profile I wrote on Jerry.

We split things up — first half is mostly running and the second is Nordic skiing — in this bonus double-length episode of the best cross-country ski podcast ... English-speaking ... on this side of the Atlantic. ....

First, Sederquist talks about what makes the Mountain Games in Vail so special, why high school should go back to one class (maybe two), and the aspect of Jakob Ingebrigtsen's greatness no one is mentioning. Then, we analyze Alayna Sonneyn's interview with David Norris regarding national team selection criteria.

Stick around for the end — we've also received nominations for the 2024 preposterous statement tournament, and they're excellent.

Well, last week's show was all nonsense celebration and preposterousness, but on this edition of the SederSkier Podcast we get into the meat of the matter.

First, we honor the life of NSIC legend Paul Yak, who passed away last week - a tremendous runner we lost far too soon.

Then, it's right into the ins and outs of all things hot, controversial XC skiing takes....and there's serious controversy.

- What's wrong with ski journalists and the difference between being in PR and writing hard news pieces.....

- A nice climate-change rant...

- What do we think of the FIS Games?

- The Russians are banned again - but the IOC doesn't agree with FIS....why? And, how is the Russian online press covering this?

- Why do we think Klaebo was thrilled about the Norwegian team cutting its budget

- We close with some EPIC controversy hidden deep within the FIS congress committee reports