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Jessie

The last 3 races in Europe!

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The 2017 World Championships were such a positive experience for me. There were many highs, many lessons learned to take into the Olympic year, and many inspirational moments seeing my own teammates as well as friends from other teams have breakthrough days and, even more inspiring, continue to push through…

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Behind the World Champs races

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I’m running around in tight little circles before the start of the team sprint final, and I’m excited, nervous, and ready to go all at once. I hear Cork finish brushing out my race skis and say “hey, you guys think it’s a little hot out here?” in a strangely…

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Ready for World Champs!

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Exciting news, you guys! Thanks to USSA, you can now watch all of our races at World Champs! Follow along as we start the races this Thursday in Lahti, Finland. We’ve been working so hard towards these races since May (and, to be honest, for the last 5 years because…

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Vålådalen Pre-camp

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It’s always tricky to know EXACTLY how to best prepare for the upcoming World Championships, but all you can do is make your very best plan and then run with it! And that’s what we did. To me, spending 2.5 weeks in a cozy little town in Sweden accompanied by…

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On caring, trying and risking failure

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All you can ever give is your best shot. But that’s actually much harder to do than it sounds. It’s incredibly hard to care about something so much that you put everything you have towards it, without holding anything back in your mind. It’s scary to risk failure. I mean,…

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The post-tour-de-ski-party

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Wow, it’s crazy how fast time goes by when you’re racing, racing, racing! The Tour de Ski was such a blast this year, and I was happy not only with my own racing but in seeing the determination, grit and mental strength of my teammates and our staff! The Tour…

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The last of 2016

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Here comes another round of photos! It’s been a while, but since I last posted I traveled to La Clusaz feeling great and fully intending to do some awesome skate racing. Then I got the cold that made it’s way through our entire team (staff included) and wasn’t able to…

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The Davos week!

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Buckle up for a nice long post (mostly photos though, don’t worry)! Every year I look forward to coming to Davos because it’s become our home away from home here in Europe. Our team has been staying at the Hotel Kulm since the 80’s and the family-run hotel has treated…

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I just LOVE those 5km skates!

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Wow! I don’t know what to say, except that I’ve been so fortunate to have such a strong team that helped me get my second career World Cup win this weekend! You can’t ever accomplish anything alone in life, and all the hours of training with my teammates, the support…

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For the Love of Glitter

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Here we go again! The first World Cup weekend is under our belts and it felt SO GOOD to get the jitters out! I never know how it’s going to go until I’m actually on the course, racing, so it was a relief to get the first races out of…

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