Kikkan Randall

Kikkan Randall shares workout secrets with the Wall St. Journal

The Wall Street Journal's "What's Your Workout" column goes hardcore this week with a look at World Cup-winning Anchorage nordic skier Kikkan Randall's off-season routines -- including gear choices, music playlist and naptimes. Warning: This isn't weekend warrior stuff.

Randall returns to celebrate World Cup title

Anchorage gets a chance to celebrate a home-grown world champion Tuesday at Kincaid Park. Kikkan Randall, back home after clinching the World Cup cross-country sprint title, will meet with fans and show off the crystal globe awarded to her for winning the sprint championship.

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High-fives from a cross-country ski champion

Three-time Olympian and World Cup overall sprint champion Kikkan Randall high-fives students after the school assembly at Tyson Elementary in Mountain View on Tuesday afternoon, where she helped kick off the ARISE (Anchorage Runners Inspired to Succeed and Excel) a physical fitness program. ARISE is a partnership between Healthy Futures, the Anchorage School District and the state Department of Health and Social Services.

Randall ends 2012 season with another nordic victory

Kikkan Randall, the World Cup's reigning sprint champion, used her strength and fast-twitch muscles to reap a reward in the longest of women's races by capturing the 30-kilometer freestyle national championship Friday in Craftsbury, Vt

A great season on snow for Alaskans

From Kikkan Randall's historic World Cup title to Amy Glen's photo-finish NCAA championship to Jay Hakkinen's age-defying biathlon results to Tyler Kornfield's delayed glory, Alaskans set the world of snow sports on fire this winter.

Alaska sports roundup (3/15/12)

Roundup of Alaska sports events

NORDIC SKIING

Randall 21st in 30-K classic race

Showing her versatility, World Cup sprint champion Kikkan Randall of Anchorage skied to 21st place in a 30-kilometer classic race in Oslo, Norway.

Randall clinches World Cup sprint title in unusual fashion

Even on one ski, Kikkan Randall is the best in the world. The three-time Olympian from Anchorage clinched the World Cup cross-country sprint world championship Wednesday in Drammen, Norway, despite skiing on one ski while carrying the other for part of the race.

Photos: Kikkan Randall's World Cup season

Randall closes in on World Cup title

Kikkan Randall crept closer to coronation as the planet's best female sprint skier Sunday by claiming fifth place in a World Cup cross-country race in Lahti, Finland.

NORDIC SKIING

Randall 12th in Norway race despite having stomach bug

Coming off her second illness in recent weeks, Kikkan Randall of Anchorage steadily moved up in a World Cup nordic skiathon Saturday in Lahti, Finland, and led Americans with a 12th-place finish.

Randall skis a career best in World Cup classic race

Kikkan Randall, showing no signs of the illness that sidelined her for most of the previous two weeks, skied to a career-best finish in a classic distance race today in Poland.

Despite fall, Kikkan Randall claims bronze medal in Poland

Showing she can take a licking and keep on ticking, Anchorage's Kikkan Randall recovered from a crash in the finals to power her way back into contention and claim the bronze medal Friday in a World Cup freestyle sprint race in Szklarska Poreba, Poland.

Ailing Randall finishes 25th in skiathlon

Anchorage's Kikkan Randall continued to struggle from the aftereffects of the stomach flu, skiing to 25th place Sunday in a World Cup skiathlon in Rybinsk, Russia. She was one of three American women scoring points in the race.

Randall sits, Brooks returns

Kikkan Randall skipped a World Cup cross-country race for the first time all season to recover from the flu, Holly Brooks raced for the first time in nearly a month and a 20-year-old from Minnesota racked the best distance-race finish in decades by an American woman Saturday in Rybinsk, Russia.

NORDIC SKIING

Randall just misses spot in freestyle final

Kikkan Randall of Anchorage once again helped the U.S. Ski Team make history, although this time she wasn't the leader of the American squad on a cold and windy day in Moscow, Russia.

Randall 15th in classic Cup race in Estonia

Kikkan Randall of Anchorage led a banner day for U.S. cross-country skiers Sunday in Otepaa, Estonia, placing 15th in a 10-kilometer classic World Cup race. The result keeps Randall in fourth place in the World Cup overall standings.

Randall 9th in Estonia

Kikkan Randall survived a tough quarterfinal battle but couldn't advance beyond the semifinals in a World Cup classic sprint race Saturday in Otepaa, Estonia.

After teammate falls, Randall still manages 2nd place

Add another superlative to the list of adjectives that describe Anchorage cross-country skier Kikkan Randall: World's best teammate.

Randall takes strong hold on World Cup sprint lead

Her goggles got knocked off her face early and a slight hesitation cost her victory late, but an adventurous day of sprint racing ended Saturday with Anchorage's Kikkan Randall tightening her grip on the World Cup women's sprint lead.

Randall finishes 10th in Tour de Ski

With Kikkan Randall leading the way, the U.S. women continued to earn respect on the world stage with their show of grit, guts and, at times, greatness in the Tour de Ski, a brutal test of endurance that wrapped up Sunday in Italy with a trial of strength and fitness.

Randall in 8th heading into Tour de Ski final

It's eight down and one to go for Anchorage's Kikkan Randall and Holly Brooks in the Tour de Ski, a grueling nine-race series that wraps up today with the most grueling event of all -- a nine-kilometer, all-uphill race on Alpe de Cermis, an alpine ski hill in Val di Fiemme, Italy.