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The past week in Finland has been great; good snow, good trails, good lodging…but now it’s time to get to Estonia, where the races are! After driving down to Helsinki, we boarded a ferry that took us across the Baltic Sea and docked in Tallinn, Estonia. I’m actually pretty disappointed…

I realize I haven’t updated in a while (sorry about that); so here’s what’s been going on. After Nationals in Maine, I flew home for a quality 6 days in which I hung out with my little sister, got caught up on work and laundry, and then packed up to…

At the moment, I’m sitting on my hotel room bed in Vierumaki, Finland (pronounced vee-roo-mah-kee…I think!). But before leaving home I got the awesome opportunity to visit the 3-5th graders at Pleasantview Elementary School, up in Sauk Rapids, MN. It was so much fun to be able to share pictures,…

I’m so psyched on today! Not only did my little sister Mackenzie get to race her first Mesabi invite race (the biggest high school race in the US – Go Stillwater!!!), I got to experience the best sprint race of my life! (pictures from Erik Fagerstrom, Ian Harvey, and Fasterskier)….

It’s truly amazing what a few days of colder weather, a couple snow guns, and a lot of hardworking volunteers can do to a racecourse! I’m super impressed with how we now have a 2.5 km loop that’s well covered and groomed, and every day I’ve seen people out shoveling…

Hello from Rumford, Maine! Where the smokestacks create a truly interesting smell throughout town, where the restaurants kick butt and where Mother Nature kicks our butt. We’ve been challenged by a lack of snow and extremely warm temperatures which melted a lot of the existing snow. There were some volunteers…

Before flying out to Rumford, I got to get together with all my friends from High School and go sledding! It was awesome and all these pictures are from Anna’s camera. It was so much fun to see what everyone’s been up to and how college is going for everyone….

Thought I’d post a quick recap of last weekend’s shenanigans at the Rossland NORAM mini-tour: The CXC team rocked it!!! We put a lot of athletes up on the boxes and I couldn’t be more proud of our coaches for the fantastic job they’ve done the last 6 weeks on…

Holy Moly, today’s been one crazy morning! (crazy in a good way, of course…) Despite me being a bit of a disorganized mess, I got a ton of help from my teammates and coaches and learned how to just roll with what happens. Funny how NOBODY was surprised at all…

Today we wrapped up a good weekend of Noram racing. Saturday we had the classic sprints, and today was the 10km skate (15km for men), with results to both linked here. Click on the Haywood Noram’s in Sovereign Lake, B.C. The women’s podium from the skate race – Compton in…