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It’s been really nice being here in Norway – after the Drammen sprint races we moved into the Rica Park hotel which is right next to the venue. It’s so convenient to be able to just walk to training whenever you want! Kikkan and I took a couple pictures with…

After our last race in Lahti, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (we call her Aikku) from the Finnish team had the girls over to her new house to hang out and relax. It was so awesome! She came to one of our training camps last summer and we got to know her really…

Brrr! Lahti was a bit of a slap to the face after being in a t-shirt and warm sunshine last week. But that doesn’t mean it didn’t get nice and sunny by noon today for the skate sprint. It was a fast course out there, with lots of turns and…

Well, that’s it! World Championships are over, with the 30km classic and yesterday’s men’s 50km. I went up to the far end of the course to cheer in the sun with Liz and Ida, and we had a really good time getting our cheer on. Watching Johan Olsson of Sweden ski…

Right now I’m sitting on Ida’s bed, and we’re busy watching the dude’s 4x10km relay race. I’m so excited for them – they’re right in the lead pack and Andy just tagged off to Bird man in a great spot. They’re skiing their hearts out, all while wearing the USA…

As promised, here is the update with all the details from last weekend’s team sprint race at World Champs that Kikkan and I won! It was a historic win and the first Gold medal US Cross Country skiing has ever won. And it took such a big team of people…

Today was the individual start 10km skate race, and something awesome happened – Liz got 5th place!!!!! I couldn’t be happier or more psyched for her. She is such a hard worker, and I was so darn excited to see this breakthrough and get to cheer for her at the…

Hey everybody, I just wanted to say THANKS SO MUCH for all the kind words, especially the congrats from those of you who have believed in me and cheered for our team before the results came in. It means so much to me! I really appreciate all the emails, facebook and twitter posts coming in…

Alrighty people…for those of you who haven’t yet heard, Sarah Hendrickson won the Gold yesterday in women’s ski jumping!!! She is now the World Champion, and everyone on the team is so excited for her, proud of her, pumped for the jumpers team, thrilled that their coach, Paolo Bernardi, is…

Today is the first day of the World Championships here in Val di Fiemme, Italy! The excitement in the air is so thick you can feel it. Everyone has so much excess energy from tapering training and resting up. I’m not racing the classic sprint today (or Saturday’s skiathalon, either,…