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So this post is going to be a little random and rambling, but will give you a look into what a typical week might look like when we DON’T have different camps going on. Today the East Coast finally lived up to it’s streotype, and it poured cats and dogs…

On Sunday, my SMS T2 teammates and I finished our longest rollerski workout…ever! We skied 100 kilometers, and it took us 6 hours and (approximately, by our math) 15,000 pole plants, 3 jugs of gatorade, and at least 50 Powerbars. And the fundraiser was a success! Thanks to everyone who…

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…

We’ve had a good solid week of training here at SMS! But unlike some other hard training weeks when you feel bogged down and it’s tough to get through the workout, Sverre, Gus and the other coaches have done a great job of keeping it fun and entertaining with some…

Here’s the video that News 12 from Brooklyn put together on the YMCA clinic Andy and I did in New York last week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SzOh78STJRA