Well it took me 33 hours (some 40 or so hours) of door to door travel to get here, but we all made it! Our hotel is great - it is right at the base of an alpine area. Fairly big rooms, great buffet 3 times a day to keep everyone fueled. It is wide ope...
Since I have a free afternoon in Turkey, and this is what it looks like outside (the wind is whistling on my window, snow is coming down sideways):I think I’ll do a Scando cup update before dinner.Estonia was fun as usual. We stayed in a hostel near...
Thanks to Tyler Foulkes for making this video from our 2011 BKL Summer Camp! Watch and see if you're in it!
Kikkan, Jessie, me, Ida and Holly after the relay on Sunday. My face hurt from smiling so much. What fun to be on such an inspiring team.Me, Holly and Ida after my leg. It's one of the best parts about a relay, having your team there when you finish ...
We had a really fun afternoon with the West River BKL Club! We had a bigger turnout than we've had for the past two weeks which was awesome - lots of energetic kids zipping around on skis. : ) We started off with some no pole skiing & balance dri...
It’s only mid February, but most of the season’s biathlon races are over. 8 World Cups are already done. Most recently, we were racing in Kontiolahti, Finland. In spite of the brutal cold, the team had some of its best results ever with a 6th place mixed relay and 5 athletes in [...]
Julia and Sloan wait for ski bags in Tallinn"mini wieners" breakfast of champions.Headed out for a jog.LunchKyle's dessert: pink frozen yogurt and 1/2 breaded banana in fruity liquid?Lunch!The stadiumWax roomsAdam and the ski jumpWe made it!...
Recall that at the start of the season, I considered this question with a bit of skepticism. I was definitely more skeptical about her prospects than some others. Hopeful, but skeptical. My skepticism stemmed from the fact that while Kikkan is arguably the best freestyle sprinter in the world right now, her classic skiing has traditionally lagged a [...] Related posts:
I arrived back to Antholz, Italy last night after spending the previous two weeks racing in Norway and Finland. It feels great to get back down South, see some sunshine and eat something besides fish and potatoes! The past … Continue rea...
I'm really excited to now be sponsored by Smith Optics, a company that's born-and-raised in the good ole' US of A. Their new model of the Pivlock performance glass, the V2, looks to be a real winner with the upgraded adjustable nosepiece. A big thanks ...
It's been a busy two weeks since I returned home from the Twin Cities and my five-week racing trip in January. Alison picked me up at the airport in Seattle on a Monday evening, we drove home the next morning, and two days later turned around and drove...
It was a green jacket day at Trapps, and we took our poles off to get in some drill work before heading off on our distance ski. We are always working on balance and weight transfer, and practicing the classic stride with no poles is just about th...
Cyclova XC can help you take the stress out of waxing and ski selection for the Birkie!If you've been around the Birkie enough (or XC ski racing in general), you know that a lot of people get stressed out about waxing and other details around the big d...
Today we went to Grafton Ponds for a classic ski and got a hard workout in by simulating a sprint relay (3 x 3 x 1k). We started practice off with some easy skiing and a few technique drills before jumping into our relay race. It was a tight battle a...
View of our hotel in Joensuu, Finland. (photo: Susan Dunklee)Hello outside world! After a week of basically non-existent internet, I'm back online! I did, however, use my internet-free time in Finland to pick up some Finnish. For example, the above,...
Thank you to the IBU film crew for putting together this film! Besides the guitar/singer, it’s pretty good! I would say this is my first music video, but who could forget my rousing 2010 version of “Jingle Bells” as seen by tens of ...
After the Milano World Cup it was time to head up north to race the Otepää World Cup races in Estonia. Luckily a big snow storm was dumping lots of fresh snow on the race trails. Winter hadn't arrived yet to Estonia, so this storm brought enoug...
If you didn't get a chance to watch this on sportlemon.com the other day, here is is. Pretty awesome to be on a team with such momentum. Wow. So fun.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEZ5tDkAfj4