John Wessling has lived all over and has pretty much done it all in sport, both endurance sports and skill sports. He self-effacingly describes himself as “the best of the worst” in most of these endeavors, but he’s also a three-time Cat 1 national champion in cross-country mountain bike racing, so take that last assessment with a grain of salt.

Wessling brings this cross-disciplinary perspective to bear as he discusses why nordic skiers make the best athletes, why he puts motocross world champions on the SkiErg, the single thing that mid-pack Birkie skiers should be thinking about, and much more.