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This evening I went to Bonnie Raitt at Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City with my sister and Toni and Greg Adams. Red Butte is a beautiful place to see a concert. Bonnie Raitt was fantastic. I know her … Continue reading →

On Saturday, I joined the National Elite Training Group camp that was happening here in Park City for a classic sprint race on the roller ski track at Soldier Hollow, the 2002 Olympic Venue for cross country. The race was … Continue reading →

Today was supposed to be a recovery day, but I’m not sure it counts because I had so much going on. I’m looking forward to New Zealand where there is nothing to do but eat, sleep, and ski. I started … Continue reading →

This morning I raced in a roller ski classic sprint race with the National Training Group that is in town this week. I’ll post more on that tomorrow. Hopefully I will have the video by then. After the race, Toni … Continue reading →

Here is the video (courtesy of U.S. Ski Team coach Jason Cork) of my bounding session yesterday: The session was a 25 minute running warm-up, then one hour of bounding the uphills and running the downhills around a twelve minute … Continue reading →

Two years ago, my strength coach Alex Moore and family gave me a tennis lesson for my birthday. Today, Alex and I finally got around to using it. It was really fun and good for my tennis game. It was … Continue reading →

I had a good day off of training today. After a totally relaxing morning I headed to Solitude Ski Area to play a new disc golf course. On the hike in we saw a couple of moose. It is not … Continue reading →

I had a tough workout this morning; I skate roller skied for four and a half hours by myself. U.S. Ski Team coach Jason Cork dropped me off down by Heber City, Utah. I then met him after three hours … Continue reading →

My good friend Zeke Tiernan took second place on Saturday in the Leadville Trail 100 Mile Running Race. I ran with Zeke last Monday. I am super impressed and excited for him. The three times he has run the race, … Continue reading →

Last night, after arriving back in Park City and going for a mountain bike ride, I headed down to Salt Lake to see the new Bourne movie with my friend Graham Watanabe and a couple of his friends. We went … Continue reading →

Tad Elliott and I packed up the car this morning to head back to Park City. It was a tight fit. We were planning on stopping in Vernal, Utah to go mountain biking. Neither one of us has ever ridden … Continue reading →

Tad Elliott fell asleep lying on a floating bed in Cal Deline’s pool. He got sun burnt. We took several photos of it. My friend and supporter Jon Schafer, otherwise known as Fast Big Dog, bought a new pair of … Continue reading →

I had a great two and a half hour run this morning with a big crew from Ski and Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV). This afternoon, Ryan Scott and I did a two hour double pole with Eric Pepper supporting us … Continue reading →

Early this morning I drove to Vail for a three day training camp with my Team Homegrown/Ski and Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV) Team. It’s great to be here with a bunch of great up-and-coming athletes. This morning we did 4 … Continue reading →

I went on a fun 3.5 hour mountain bike ride this morning with Keegan Swirbul. Keegan is a young Nordic skier and mountain bike racer from Aspen. He’s had some great junior results on the national level, and I’m looking … Continue reading →

I went for a run this morning with my friend Zeke Tiernan. Zeke is an ultra-marathoner. On Saturday he is running the Leadville Trail 100. Today was his last real training run, and he wanted to get up high in … Continue reading →

For the first time in awhile, I got to spend the day with my parents. We went hiking up to American Lake, just outside of Aspen. It was really nice for the three of us to spend some quality time … Continue reading →

It was fantastic to wake up in beautiful Aspen, Colorado yesterday. Tad Elliott and I went for a fun two hour mountain bike ride in the Smuggler/Hunter Creek/Sunnyside area. It was really fun for us to be back on the … Continue reading →

Tad Elliott and I traveled together yesterday from Munich to Aspen. It didn’t all go smoothly, but at least we got to start with the fantastic breakfast at the Movenpick Hotel. We always try to fast for a couple of meals beforehand … Continue reading →