Stockholm is my favorite European city right now. Partially because I got to sprint around the royal palace, but also because after running around the old part of town on twisty cobblestone streets seeing so much history and cool old buildings, I realized I was super sad that we only…

I’ve always heard of how famous the 30/50km Holmenkollen World Cup race is, but never got to start in it till last Sunday. And wow, it was crazy! The pace was unreal, as Marit, Johaug and Justyna opened up a gap before the first 1km marker. (?!?!? Someday I’d love…

We took a day trip to go hammer our brains out today in Drammen, Norway! The weather was less than ideal, since we got the full spectrum of “wintery mix” ranging from hail-type snow early on our morning run to straight up rain. However, a ton of really awesome things happened…

Lahti has been so fun! It’s been cool living right in the city, and getting to explore the mall and see just how behind I usually am on fashion. Kidding. Well, half joke. Sometimes you buy new clothes because washing your old t-shirts in the sink makes them fall apart…

The Turkey World Junior/U23 trip has been a really great experience, despite my personal hiccups in the week. It’s been so cool to see international racing through the eyes of junior racers who are here for the first time, and it’s also really cool to continue to meet people from the other…

Here’s a little update on what’s going on – there’s definitely been some awesome times in Poland, and some rough travel getting to Turkey! Poland was really fun – the fans there were nuts over Kowalczyk, and were singing and hiking around the course to cover all the tough hills,…