The Endurance Village has a lot of fun! This will definitely make you HAPPY! Video courtesy of the USA Biathalon team, with cameos by skiers from so many countries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkH0TQsveLc At the moment the Endurance Village has an interesting spring-series kind of feel to it. When you’re competing in an…

There’s been a lot to see and do the last few days! Since I don’t race again till the second to last day, I had enough of a break that I was able to spend a day with my parents and check out the Olympic Park down in Sochi (details…

All you can ever give is everything that you have at this moment, this day, at this point in your life. It’s mathematically impossible to give more than 100%. So when each of us on the team crossed the line or tagged to a teammate and weren’t able to take another…

So wow, that was pretty cool. And noisy. And intimidating. And exciting. And adrenaline-filled. And terrifying. And thrilling. And filled with pressure and expectations and surprises. The skate sprint was, for me, an ok race…not the best I’ve ever had and not what I was hoping for, but there were also a…

The Opening Ceremonies was such an incredible experience, and it’s something I’m never going to forget. Walking into that stadium with Team USA, with the enormous crowd and flashing lights and music blasting made me feel like I was in the middle of a race – my heart was pounding…

Today’s the day! Opening Ceremonies…probably the thing I’ve heard Olympians talk the most about. I’ve been looking forward to this for a long, long time, and it’s happening tonight! However, the question of “to walk or not to walk” has been a big debate over the last few weeks. The…