I promise to get up another post tomorrow with a few more details (and hopefully some pictures!), but for now I wanted to post a big THANK YOU to all the friends and family that are here and those sending emails from far away. It was such an incredible day…

I’m kicking off this short update with this awesome cartoon, drawn by the FIS carticature guy Thomas Zipfel: We just arrived in Quebec City, Canada last night after a long day of travel from Ruka, Finland. Whew! But traveling back West is always so much easier on the body than going…

Right now I’m chilling on the couch in Liz, Kikkan and Tara’s cabin, stealing Kikk’s computer to post an update. Tara’s working out knots on Andy, Liz is hammering away at the keyboard next to me, and the room smells like massage lotion, shampoo and bananas. The banana part is…

Wow, that sure was an awesome way to start off the World Cup season!!! Not that I expect every weekend to be as wildly exciting with multiple historical US podium results, but geez that was cool. Our Women’s 4x5km relay placed 3rd, which was the first time ever in US…

WOW! I am so psyched and proud of our team’s efforts today. And by team, I mean the WHOLE team – all the girls and guys trained extremely hard and smart all summer, and the coaches and wax techs nailed it today in changing conditions! Kikkan busted out a 3rd,…

Happy Turkey Day everybody! Here’s a link to a video the US Women’s Cross Country Team just made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udBnwhK9Iv0&feature=youtu.be This is the first year I’ve been out of the US on Thanksgiving, and I realized how extremely thankful I am for skype and other forms of staying connected so I can…