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January 2011

Pursuit Day for the US of A

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Today was a solid day for the US junior women. We had a 12th (me), 24th (Reid), 40th (Glen), and 50th (Mooney)! With 78 girls racing, I’m proud to have all our girls in the top 50. The guys finished 35th (Patterson), 43rd (Cartwright), 51st (Dougherty), and 56th (Kornfield). Kornfield…

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Update from the Finland pre-camp

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I realize I haven’t updated in a while (sorry about that); so here’s what’s been going on. After Nationals in Maine, I flew home for a quality 6 days in which I hung out with my little sister, got caught up on work and laundry, and then packed up to…

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Visiting Pleasantview Elementary

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At the moment, I’m sitting on my hotel room bed in Vierumaki, Finland (pronounced vee-roo-mah-kee…I think!). But before leaving home I got the awesome opportunity to visit the 3-5th graders at Pleasantview Elementary School, up in Sauk Rapids, MN. It was so much fun to be able to share pictures,…

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Definitely the luckiest race of my life!

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I’m so psyched on today! Not only did my little sister Mackenzie get to race her first Mesabi invite race (the biggest high school race in the US – Go Stillwater!!!), I got to experience the best sprint race of my life! (pictures from Erik Fagerstrom, Ian Harvey, and Fasterskier)….

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The distance races

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It’s truly amazing what a few days of colder weather, a couple snow guns, and a lot of hardworking volunteers can do to a racecourse! I’m super impressed with how we now have a 2.5 km loop that’s well covered and groomed, and every day I’ve seen people out shoveling…

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Nationals – day ONE!

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Hello from Rumford, Maine! Where the smokestacks create a truly interesting smell throughout town, where the restaurants kick butt and where Mother Nature kicks our butt. We’ve been challenged by a lack of snow and extremely warm temperatures which melted a lot of the existing snow. There were some volunteers…

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