Updated with pictures from Holly Brooks! I get it now – why people work so hard, train for so many years, push themselves right to the edge in races. It’s just so exciting to be a part of the World Cup! Because when thousands of people are screaming, waving flags,…
Today we left Beitostolen and drove down some really windy roads to Drammen. We totally got short-changed by the GPS, which took us off the main road early on, and I thought I was going to get carsick. But we made it, and I’ve totally been re-charged with excitement and…
Yesterday my little sister, Mackenzie, did the 35km Mora Vasaloppet. What a badass. THIRTY-FIVE KILOMETERS!!! I myself have never, ever raced that far. I’m so impressed and proud of her! The fact that she won her age class and was 24th overall, and won a sweet dala horse is definitely…
I’m knocking on wood as I write this, because I’m scared to jinx this beautiful sunny streak we’ve been having lately! Today was another blue sky, bright sun, and crisp trails type of day. We had the final race of our “mini-tour” today; a 10km skate for the women and…
Tomorrow will be the third day of the Scandinavian Cup races here in Beitostølen. And I couldn’t be more excited! Originally, we had thought the skate sprint, classic 5/10km and skate 15/30km (which has since been shortened to 10/15km) was a mini-tour, but it turns out they’re separate races. No…
The last week or so has been absolutely crazy (and I say that in a good way!) We pack our bags, drive a few hours into a completely new country, unpack, race, and two days later we’re off to the next country! I’m learning a lot about…well, a lot of…
Holy cow, today’s been an absolutely huge day! With 4 races going on I have no idea how the coaches and wax techs kept up with it all! First we had the junior women’s 4×3.3km relay, in which we finished 7th. I’m so totally excited because we moved up a…
Today was a solid day for the US junior women. We had a 12th (me), 24th (Reid), 40th (Glen), and 50th (Mooney)! With 78 girls racing, I’m proud to have all our girls in the top 50. The guys finished 35th (Patterson), 43rd (Cartwright), 51st (Dougherty), and 56th (Kornfield). Kornfield…
This was an interesting post for me to write; I really had to sit down and think before typing. But this is important for me to say because I’ve always been the kind of athlete that wants to do more, more, more, and it’s hard to admit it but I…
Junior World Championships kicked off today with the 5km/10km freestyle race. It was super exciting what with all the athletes from every country here ready to rip around the challenging courses and kick some butt! Going into today’s race, I was super nervous, and had a ton of jittery energy….