August 2012

This is going to be a super short and sweet update since we’re leaving this morning for the drive up to New Gloucester, Maine, where we’ll be doing a 5 day mini-camp on the coast. I can’t wait to get in the water! Yesterday was my 21st Birthday and it…

The last half of the camp in Torsby was truly amazing. In between skiing laps..and laps…and a couple more laps…in the tunnel, we spent our rest time chilling in the sun, exploring the town, taking a FIKA (yummy afternoon snack), swimming, and playing guitar. It’s funny how tackling something truly hard…

I think maybe today we’ll go rollerskiing up a mountain. Ja?!? Jättebra! (means very good in Swedish) We finished up our dryland part of the camp and drove down to Torsby yesterday for 4 days of tunnel skiing. After four days of so much volume (18 hours! With 2 strength…

Day one of the Swedish National Team/US Ski Team training camp in Salen, Sweden: a 3 hour adventure run through mud, rocks, streams and a bog, followed by a 2 hour classic with speed work in the afternoon! YAHTZEE! This camp is so totally awesome. Not only are all the…

While shaking off the jet-lag, Matt, Holly, Ida, Chandra, Kikkan and I stayed in Sunne, just outside of Torsby, and checked out the ski tunnel. It’s SO COOL! And I do mean that literally, since it’s basically this underground freezer. While driving to training each day I’ve been impressed by…