Yesterday my little sister, Mackenzie, did the 35km Mora Vasaloppet. What a badass. THIRTY-FIVE KILOMETERS!!! I myself have never, ever raced that far. I’m so impressed and proud of her! The fact that she won her age class and was 24th overall, and won a sweet dala horse is definitely…
I’m knocking on wood as I write this, because I’m scared to jinx this beautiful sunny streak we’ve been having lately! Today was another blue sky, bright sun, and crisp trails type of day. We had the final race of our “mini-tour” today; a 10km skate for the women and…
Tomorrow will be the third day of the Scandinavian Cup races here in Beitostølen. And I couldn’t be more excited! Originally, we had thought the skate sprint, classic 5/10km and skate 15/30km (which has since been shortened to 10/15km) was a mini-tour, but it turns out they’re separate races. No…
The last week or so has been absolutely crazy (and I say that in a good way!) We pack our bags, drive a few hours into a completely new country, unpack, race, and two days later we’re off to the next country! I’m learning a lot about…well, a lot of…
Holy cow, today’s been an absolutely huge day! With 4 races going on I have no idea how the coaches and wax techs kept up with it all! First we had the junior women’s 4×3.3km relay, in which we finished 7th. I’m so totally excited because we moved up a…
Today was a solid day for the US junior women. We had a 12th (me), 24th (Reid), 40th (Glen), and 50th (Mooney)! With 78 girls racing, I’m proud to have all our girls in the top 50. The guys finished 35th (Patterson), 43rd (Cartwright), 51st (Dougherty), and 56th (Kornfield). Kornfield…