January 2013

At the moment, the 5th Russian fix-it-man of the day is watching Holly try to explain/pantomime that the upstairs shower leaks through the ceiling and upstairs someone else is working on the pipes. And this has been the “down-time” part of the last few days! Russia has been very exciting,…

I’m writing this from our couch in cabin #17, from the top of the mountain ski area in Sochi, Russia. But I’ll tell you more about Russia, our crazy travel day, and rule following in the next post. This one’s about how AWESOME training in France was for us last…

La Clusaz has been a great week of training and racing. I guess I am appreciating being on snow and racing even more after being sick, because sometimes its easy to forget how lucky we are to be getting outside every day and training! The venue here is a hard…

On Monday we made the 7.5 hour drive from Predazzo, Italy to La Clusaz, France. And we got to go through some really beautiful and old towns nestled into the sides of the mountains, and almost every one of them had a castle on the highest part of town. Just…

If you ever get the chance to visit Predazzo, Italy, you should definitely stay at Hotel Touring. No, I wasn’t paid to say that. I just think it’s true. The hotel staff is super nice and it’s a great place to be training and recovering in, and it’s right in…

I think maybe one of the most mixed feelings in the world is waking up super sore and achy, with knots in muscles you didn’t even know you had and energy levels so low you just go back to sleep instead of going down to breakfast. It feels aweful for sure…but at…

More coming in on this post very soon! But to start with, here’s a video Andy took today with a Go Pro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjmBkaY8t5o unfortunately the camera doesn’t do the slope justice as part of the hill was a 28% grade. But it’s a sweet look at the climb! Today a lot of…

The Tour waits for nobody, and whether or not you’re ready the races keep coming! But I really like that. The whole field is pretty fragile but we’re doing everything we can to stay on top of recovery, and I don’t feel too trashed yet. Although Steph, our massage therapist…

Wow, the tour has been crazy! It’s such a whirlwind of racing, traveling, trying to recover as best you can, and riding the line between being focused for races and having fun. The Tour started in Oberhof, Germany, with a pretty cool opening ceremonies. We left as they were launching…