Seder-skier podcast

Jan. 18 – https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1d469e We review Klaebo’s dominance and give insight on how to take the Norwegian down in a sprint…. We talk about Jessie’s fitness and what we think of her Olympic build-up plan…. We talk about the state of skiing …. Is the U.S. women’s team as cohesive as everyone thinks? We read […]

Home, sweet home

Every athlete has their stomping grounds. Larry Bird at the Garden. Favre’s invincibility inside frigid Lambeau. Champion ultra-runner Jim Walmsley claims he could take anyone on the trails of the Grand Canyon. It’s the place that has both been given to you and thrust upon you. You didn’t choose it as much as it choose […]

Dear Concordia College,

Hi there! My name is Ryan Sederquist! I grew up in Moorhead, MN, went to Moorhead High and later Concordia College, graduating in 2015 with a B.A. in Music Education. I worked in Alamosa, Colorado as an elementary music teacher for three years, getting my M.S. in Exercise Physiology on the side. My wife Christie […]

Faith restored

Skieologians: The Applied Sport Theology Column “We’re going to make it, Ryan,” said the 80-something-year-old striding alongside me, his cross-country ski form belying his age. Our un-planned daily meetups at the remote, snow-laden gravel road were now at a streak of 35 days. I could trust him, the only person possessing an obsession for training […]

Sederskier podcast is back to kick off the FIS season

Novi Sederquist makes an appearance …. Intro music honors Battle Mountain soccer and xc teams…. Seder rants on Fasterskier podcasts, gives a weather and training update, and explains why he knows that he is slacking on his pre-season fitness…. We give a mention to a female skier who got no love on FS but we […]

22 for 22: Making the cut

22 STORIES TO GET YOU AMPED FOR THE 2022 OLYMPICS Inside the bsf elite team’s park city fall camp https://www.vaildaily.com/news/22-for-22-inside-the-us-cross-country-ski-teams-fall-training-camp/ Check out my story on the Vail Daily

Just try

A Boston-based financial analyst decides to make his first race ever a 50k trail run in Colorado….and meets his inspiration on the trail. On a perfect late September Saturday, a certain frustrated, overburdened public school teacher with dreams of being a writer was stewing in his own self-pity as he mindlessly drove south towards Buena […]

Do you know if we matter?

skieologians: Applied Sport Theology By Ryan Sederquist Here is something you’ve probably heard a good coach tell an athlete: “You matter.” Here is a response you’ve probably never heard: “Says who?” Because 95% of practicing coaches and sport psychologists would not answer that question with a person’s name, they fail – in sufficiency and consistency […]

In the dark

October 25, 2021 Well, October is nearly complete, which means two things: Depressing afternoon darkness trying to shorten my afternoon bike rides. I’ve invested body, mind, and soul to my annual Lance Armstrong novel study. Fall in Colorado can’t be beat. With it winding down, I’m always pulled by some force to enjoy the yellow […]

Athlete Burnout

Suggestions for coaches in managing the physical and mental variables of overtraining in a uniquely modern environment Managing mental and physical burnout and overtraining requires coaches to teach their athletes to be their best monitors, weighing the known physiological principles with their individual mental and physical stressors “When you are not practicing, remember someone, somewhere […]