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Swiss-Ski XC team members – including the 2023 Engadin Skimarathon champion – share advice on training, nutrition and racing.

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Last winter, two alpinists cooked up the adventure of a lifetime: an epic ski tour across the Alps. Ironically, the only thing missing was snow.

With a month left until race day, we ask the everyday athletes joining ODLO at the Engadiner the most important question of all: to taper or not to taper ahead of the March 12th event.

Odlo’s heritage in cross-country skiing is well-known, as is Fourcade’s. While Fourcade made a name for himself from his World Cup Debut in March 2008 and through 186 podiums and his Olympic success, Odlo’s Olympic moment came in 1972 at the Sapporo games, where an impressive 25 national teams wore the first fully synthetic base layer – the Odlo Thermic – but in the pre-sponsorship era when teams paid for kit themselves. A sign of its uniqueness.

According to several everyday athletes, it’s all about rhythm and timing

ODLO and the Engadin Skimarathon have announced a partnership extension through 2027. In the lead-up to the 53rd Engadiner, let’s look back at how both organisations have grown, inspiring generations of cross-country skiers to keep going.

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