March 2013

Hello, California! I’m in Squaw Valley right now, and Kikkan is taking me “real alpine skiing” for the first time! It’s been a crazy few days; after World Cup finals ended in Falun, the US girls stayed for the Fast and Female event, which was great. Then we spent the…

Yesterday was our last World Cup race of the year! It feels so good to be done, but there’s still Spring Series and National Champs races back home, so I guess this is kind of a “practice feeling like you’re done” moment. The best part about the race for me…

Wow! A lot has gone down since I last posted. I promise to explain how all the athletes ended up on the evening news and made FIS finally listen to us, but first I’d better wrap up the last two races.  Racing the 30km at Holmenkollen was a ton of fun….

It’s been really nice being here in Norway – after the Drammen sprint races we moved into the Rica Park hotel which is right next to the venue. It’s so convenient to be able to just walk to training whenever you want! Kikkan and I took a couple pictures with…

After our last race in Lahti, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (we call her Aikku) from the Finnish team had the girls over to her new house to hang out and relax. It was so awesome! She came to one of our training camps last summer and we got to know her really…

Brrr! Lahti was a bit of a slap to the face after being in a t-shirt and warm sunshine last week. But that doesn’t mean it didn’t get nice and sunny by noon today for the skate sprint. It was a fast course out there, with lots of turns and…

Well, that’s it! World Championships are over, with the 30km classic and yesterday’s men’s 50km. I went up to the far end of the course to cheer in the sun with Liz and Ida, and we had a really good time getting our cheer on. Watching Johan Olsson of Sweden ski…

Right now I’m sitting on Ida’s bed, and we’re busy watching the dude’s 4x10km relay race. I’m so excited for them – they’re right in the lead pack and Andy just tagged off to Bird man in a great spot. They’re skiing their hearts out, all while wearing the USA…