February 06, 2014 – In this segment of Talkin’ With the Gravy Train, we are treated to Part 2 of host Peter Graves’s interview with former US and Canadian Head XC coach, Marty Hall, just days before the kick-off of the Sochi Games… listen to Part 1 here.

Hall’s history in the sport and the Olympic movement are both deep and fascinating. It’s always a pleasure to catch up with him to get his perspective on the sport through his perceptive North American lens.

It was during Hall’s tenure as US XC Ski Head Coach that Bill Koch won a historic silver medal in the men’s 30km at the 1976 Olympic Games at Innsbruck, Austria, the country’s first and only cross-country ski Olympic hardware.

In this interview, the New Hampshire native gives us a preview of what to expect from the Sochi 2014 Games, talks about the state of the sport, and gives us another look at Kochi’s fabled medal from 1976.

As always, the interview is vintage Hall, always straightforward and candid, and we know you’ll find it both entertaining but also thought provoking and honest from one of the sport’s great thinkers.

Interview w/Marty Hall – Part 2