Tad Elliott's guest appearances

Tad Elliott

Nordic Nation

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Back in January 2016, Tad Elliott emerged back onto the national championship scene with a win in the men’s 30-kilometer freestyle mass start at U.S. Nationals in Houghton, Mich. It had been some time since the skier originally from Durango, Colorado had felt unleashed from the grips of the energy-sapping Epstein-Barr virus.  Elliott went on to make the 2017 Nordic Ski World Championship team in Lahti, Finland. There, it was hard to miss his stunning effort firing up the first big climb out of the stadium as he skied the third leg of the U.S. men’s 4 x 10 k relay. Talk about lightness and upward momentum. In Lahti, he also notched a 27th in the men’s 50 k skate. He is a former member of the U.S. Ski Team and a three-time World Championship team member. (Let’s not forget this is a two-sport athlete. On two-wheels, Elliott crushed as an elite mountain biker. He won two U23 National Championship in mountain biking.) Tad Elliott (bib 36) and Kyle Bratrud (bib 39) during the men’s 30-kilometer skiathlon at the 2017 Lahti World Championships. (Photo: Matt Whitcomb) Known as one of the finest skate skiers of his generation, Elliott’s upward trajectory unraveled in 2013 as he began struggling with symptoms of the Epstein-Barr virus. The winner of multiple national championships, Elliott began literally walking towards a life and a career premised on rest and recovery with the occasional aerobic stimulus to gradually bring him back into form.  Tad Elliott racing the third leg of the U.S. men’s 4 x 10 k relay at the 2017 Nordic World Championships on Friday in Lahti, Finland. (Photo: John Lazenby/Lazenbyphoto.com) In this episode of Nordic Nation, we tracked down the now thirty-year-old Elliott on October 9th, where he has begun undergraduate studies in sport physiology at the University of Northern Michigan. Elliott is also applying what he learned during his racing career as an assistant coach with the storied NMU program. He has also begun a side gig consulting athletes struggling with recovery and those wanting to develop sustainable training plans.  We have the go-ahead to post his email. You can reach out to him at tadelliott2@gmail.com if you’ve got questions as it relates to his experience with overtraining and the rebound. And he drives an El Camino that we are informed is stored indoors somewhere back east. (Elliott also works with Nordic Team Solutions.) Tadd Elliott and his prized El Camino – part car/part truck. Pure class. The El Camino did not make the trip to NMU. (Photo: Tad Elliott Collection) (To subscribe to the Nordic Nation podcast channel, download the iTunes app. If you have iTunes, subscribe to Nordic Nation here.) The post Nordic Nation: The Recovery Episode with Tad Elliott appeared first on FasterSkier.com.

Back in January 2016, Tad Elliott emerged back onto the national championship scene with a win in the <a href="https://fasterskier.com/fsarticle/elliotts-still-got-it-wins-fourth-national-title-in-30-k-freestyle-in-houghton/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">men’s 30-kilometer freestyle mass start at U.S. Nationals in Houghton, Mich</a>. It had been some time since the skier originally from Durango, Colorado had felt unleashed from the grips of the energy-sapping Epstein-Barr virus. Elliott went on to make the 2017 Nordic Ski World Championship team in Lahti, Finland. There, it was hard to miss his stunning effort firing up the first big climb out of the stadium as he skied the third leg of the U.S. men’s 4 x 10 k relay. Talk about lightness and upward momentum. In Lahti, he also notched a 27th in the men’s 50 k skate. He is a former member of the U.S. Ski Team and a three-time World Championship team member. (<a href="https://www.adventuresportsnetwork.com/olympics/nordic-skier-tad-elliott-trains-for-gold/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Let’s not forget this is a two-sport athlete</a>. On two-wheels, Elliott crushed as an elite mountain biker. He won two U23 National Championship in mountain biking.) <a href="https://fasterskier.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2018/11/IMG_5091-e1541175651872.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Tad Elliott (bib 36) and Kyle Bratrud (bib 39) during the men’s 30-kilometer skiathlon at the 2017 Lahti World Championships. (Photo: Matt Whitcomb) Known as one of the finest skate skiers of his generation, <a href="http://www.caldwellsport.com/2015/11/tad-is-a-tiny-hummingbird/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Elliott’s upward trajectory unraveled in 2013</a> as he began struggling with symptoms of the Epstein-Barr virus. The winner of multiple national championships, Elliott began literally walking towards a life and a career premised on rest and recovery with the occasional aerobic stimulus to gradually bring him back into form. <a href="https://fasterskier.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/03/JCL_5315_1W-e1488565214750.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Tad Elliott racing the third leg of the U.S. men’s 4 x 10 k relay at the 2017 Nordic World Championships on Friday in Lahti, Finland. (Photo: John Lazenby/<a href="http://Lazenbyphoto.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lazenbyphoto.com</a>) In this episode of Nordic Nation, we tracked down the now thirty-year-old Elliott on October 9th, where he has begun undergraduate studies in sport physiology at the University of Northern Michigan. Elliott is also applying what he learned during his racing career as an assistant coach with the storied NMU program. He has also begun a side gig consulting athletes struggling with recovery and those wanting to develop sustainable training plans. We have the go-ahead to post his email. You can reach out to him at <a href="mailto:tadelliott2@gmail.com">tadelliott2@gmail.com</a> if you’ve got questions as it relates to his experience with overtraining and the rebound. And he drives an El Camino that we are informed is stored indoors somewhere back east. (Elliott also works with <a href="https://nordicteamsolutions.com/about-us" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Nordic Team Solutions.)</a> <a href="https://fasterskier.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2018/11/el-camino-tough-e1541175438985.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Tadd Elliott and his prized El Camino – part car/part truck. Pure class. The El Camino did not make the trip to NMU. (Photo: Tad Elliott Collection) (To subscribe to the Nordic Nation podcast channel, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/podcasts/id525463029?mt=8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">download the iTunes app.</a> If you have iTunes, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nordic-nation/id1169550149?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe to Nordic Nation here.</a>) The post <a href="https://fasterskier.com/fsarticle/nordic-nation-the-recovery-episode-with-tad-elliott/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nordic Nation: The Recovery Episode with Tad Elliott</a> appeared first on <a href="https://fasterskier.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FasterSkier.com</a>.

Nordic Nation: The Recovery Episode with Tad Elliott