December 2011

Well, here we are! Ready for the 2011-12 National Championships. Rumford has done a great job prepping the trails. In a year when there hasn’t been great snow anywhere on the East coast, they managed to put together some very good sprint loops, and when the spread the snow they’ve…

It’s absolutely wonderful to be home for Christmas. I’ve been spending time with family and friends, going to my little sister’s choir concerts and cheering for Stillwater at the High School’s Conference meet. Fun stuff! I’d also like to give a HUGE thank-you to Ahvo of Finn-Sisu for offering a matching fund…

It appears that I have a singular talent for embarrassing myself in front of the ski community. I got so zoned out in today’s mass start 10km skate that I completely ignored the very clearly marked “lap” lane and took the longer route to the finish instead. I looked up…

“I believe it’s jogging or yogging. It might be a soft j. I’m not sure but apparently you just run for an extended period of time. It’s supposed to be wild”. Thank you, Ron Burgandy. Today during the skate sprint, I tried something a little bit new. Gus and Cork suggested…

You know how people always say, “have fun out there” right before a race? Usually I’m thinking “yeah, right! this is going to hurt a LOT”. And getting nervous before races has never been one of my favorite things. But the races in Silver Star actually WERE fun! For starters,…

After another looong road trip, the CXC team is moved in and ready to train! I think Silver Star might just be my favorite place on the Western tour. Maybe it’s all the bright pink, purple and blue houses with neon lights. Maybe it’s the fact that you can only…

First of all, if you haven’t heard about or read about Kikkan and the USA ladies having an amazing weekend over in Europe – you should! It’s all over Fasterskier, Skitrax and Skinnyski. Kikkan won the skate sprint, and today Kikk and Sadie got silver in the team skate sprint….