October 2012

First off, here’s a link to a super cool video on the Frozen Thunder sprint time trial presented by Cross-Country Canada and Buff! http://vimeo.com/52513533 Second, I read back through some older blog posts and came to the realization that I seem to always RANT about how much I love being…

Camp wrapped up today in Canmore with a classic sprint time trial and strength. My warmup for strength was somewhat more embarrassing than usual since I lost a bet in the race and had to wear my underwear over my tights. But that’s not all that crazy. The crazy part…

Overheard 5 minutes into the run part of the team over-distance workout this morning: “Hey…I’ll give you 10 bucks if you stick your head in that snowgun”. So then, of course, it was done. Turns out, snowguns don’t shoot out snow automatically…it starts as a stream of freezing water, which…

For years I’d been hearing people gush over Canmore – how beautiful and unique the mountains are, how pro the ski area is, how nice the town is, and how great the coffee shops are. And I was always like “yeah, sure, you betcha it is”, picturing a typical ski town….

This is why I love going to Park City for October camp ever year – the weather is so awesome it makes for incredible training! While it’s starting to get rainy and gross outside in most of the US once the leaves have changed and fallen, PC has been sunny…

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving everyone! Ok, now the blog post can begin. (quick note: all F&F pics from Katie Perhai of USSA) The Fast and Female event in Park City was officially AWESOME. As per my usual, I got to lead the dancing/endurance station, where we keep moving the entire time…

So, now that I’ve been in Park City for a week, some pretty sweet stuff has gone down. First, I don’t feel like I’m breathing through a straw every time I walk up a flight of stairs since my body is starting to acclimate to the altitude. Second, the rock…

Last week while I was home I got to show two Swedish media guys around Afton. Jonas Karsson and Per, the cameraman from SVT station came over and got lots of footage for a small 5-15 min documentary-type thing that will be aired the weekend of the first World Cup…