First of all, please think back to the longest workout of your life. How many kilometers did you ski? Run? Bike? Why did you do it? On Suday, September 2nd the SMS T2 team will be doing a 100 kilometer ski on the backroads of Southern Vermont. Of course, I will…

This is going to be a super short and sweet update since we’re leaving this morning for the drive up to New Gloucester, Maine, where we’ll be doing a 5 day mini-camp on the coast. I can’t wait to get in the water! Yesterday was my 21st Birthday and it…

The last half of the camp in Torsby was truly amazing. In between skiing laps..and laps…and a couple more laps…in the tunnel, we spent our rest time chilling in the sun, exploring the town, taking a FIKA (yummy afternoon snack), swimming, and playing guitar. It’s funny how tackling something truly hard…

I think maybe today we’ll go rollerskiing up a mountain. Ja?!? Jättebra! (means very good in Swedish) We finished up our dryland part of the camp and drove down to Torsby yesterday for 4 days of tunnel skiing. After four days of so much volume (18 hours! With 2 strength…

Day one of the Swedish National Team/US Ski Team training camp in Salen, Sweden: a 3 hour adventure run through mud, rocks, streams and a bog, followed by a 2 hour classic with speed work in the afternoon! YAHTZEE! This camp is so totally awesome. Not only are all the…

While shaking off the jet-lag, Matt, Holly, Ida, Chandra, Kikkan and I stayed in Sunne, just outside of Torsby, and checked out the ski tunnel. It’s SO COOL! And I do mean that literally, since it’s basically this underground freezer. While driving to training each day I’ve been impressed by…