The “April Attitude”

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Well, my friends, it’s April 14th and am I training yet? Nope! I’m still smack-dab in the middle of a phenomenon I like to call the “April Attitude”, where I’m happy with the season that has come and gone and not yet ready to contemplate starting another one! I’m starting…

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Spring Series: the last hurrah

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Spring Series, SuperTour finals, US Distance Nationals…whatever you want to call it, it’s always one of those bittersweet things. Everyone is excited to be there racing one last time, and getting to hang out with all the skiers from every club team. But also feeling (at least, for me) pretty…

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Tour de Canada recap!

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Whooooooeeee! That was a big, big end to the season with 8 races right in a row like that! I won’t recap each race, but here are some highlights from the tour…things that really stood out for me. I’ll be letting the photos tell most of the story. THE CROWD.  The…

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One last exciting week in Europe!

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The sprint day was a total blast. I talk a lot about skiing being fun and I know many of you out there are rolling your eyes…”how can being nervous hours before the start, racing your absolute hardest and pushing yourself to the point of throwing up after a race…

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A Swedish Weekend

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The past weekend of racing in Falun was a ton of fun for me. I have great memories from racing at the venue here, not just from World Championships last year but from World Cup finals in years before. The courses are challenging, especially with the Mörderbacken “killer hill”, but…

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It’s all so classic!

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From here on out, the racing gets pretty fast and furious. Last wednesday we raced a city sprint in Drammen, Norway, then on the weekend raced 50/30km classic races at the famous Holmenkollen venue in Oslo. We have another mid-week city sprint coming up in Stockholm, Sweden before we race…

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