Today was our third day of skiing here and Heather and Paddy did some classic intensity to wake up their bodies. They looked good and felt good. We stayed up in Seefeld for a 2nd ski and they got to test their skate skis in the afternoon. Now they are ...
We had a great morning in Farmington - three skiers (Hamish, Katharine, Issy) qualified for the open heats, two boys (Nick & Gino) in the junior heats, and two girls (Tess & Pip) in the J2 heats! Everyone skied well and looked strong on a two ...
Way back in 1998, I ran at the U.S. short course national cross country championships. There, I got to meet Mr. Mills. It was like meeting royalty. Watch, and maybe see why.
Really good to be back in our Minnesota house after being on the road for almost 60 days. We forgot how good our new windows looked. Off to the 42 k Seeley Hills Classic this week end. It is a major fundraiser for the Seeley Hills Ski Club and the revenue generated has allowed the club to [...]
Really good to be back in our Minnesota house after being on the road for almost 60 days. We forgot how good our new windows looked. Off to the 42 k Seeley Hills Classic this week end. It is a major fundraiser for the Seeley Hills Ski Club and the revenue generated has allowed the club to [...]
Last weekend I was exhausted, slept most of it, and had trouble getting myself motivated all week. I was not looking forward to an appointment I had today to get my radiation treatments set up. I’ll have to have treatments 5 days a week for 7 weeks. ...
This is what I had to ask myself on Wednesday night when I was contemplating starting the 30km pursuit yesterday. If you look at the results from the race you will see that I started, skied 3.75km, and then pulled out. It was pretty clear that my body ...
This will be a recap of my Christmas mostly through pictures!Sunrise in Vernon! Our coaches are incredibly efficient waxers. Imagine having to race wax this many skis?!The travel gnome at Valleyview Cabin in Rossland. It has been signed by many s...
We had the Opening Ceremonies this evening at the Olympic jump complex. Here is part of the crowd.Team USA heads in. If you click on the picture to make it larger AND if you have really good eyes, maybe you'll see Paddy and Heather.Becky Scott (Wadswor...
Sitting in Kaladi Brothers Coffee, using their superior internet and getting a few things done, I have just begun to experience the dreaded free-refill-rabies. Fitz has told me of such things before, but I am sure she drinks about a gallon of coffee b...
You’ll recall that recently this rivalry has been fairly one sided, no matter how much Justyna’s fans want to believe otherwise. The previous two season simply saw Marit winning far more of their head to head match-ups. At the start of the season, things looked even worse for the Justyna camp, as she struggled quite [...] Related posts:
This morning we took an easy distance ski which included skiing up to the next town and dropping off Opening Ceremony tickets for Heather's family. We found the correct hotel and had a nice ski so all was good. Along the way we say a horse with its dra...
I MADE IT!I made it to the top of the Alpes Cermis! Yehaw! Ten years from now I can just picture myself laughing, in reflection: "Remember the time when I race the entire Tour de Ski with a broken wrist after falling on Christmas Day?!" I ca...
It was a glorious day for classic skiing at Trapps, and with it came the first real signs of winter: a classic heavy eastern snow storm made things dreamlike out on the trails today.We had a small group today, but we worked on sprint starts, cornering,...
The second race of the weekend went well for me. It was a rare chance for me to race in a distance race that really didn't matter. I was able to experiment with some new tactics during the race. In all of the distance races that I've done this year I h...
Post Tour de Ski SmilesRamsau=SmilesSunset in Seiser Alm = SmilesFast and Female buffs+mountains and sun = smilesFriends = SmilesSpa + relax = smilesLounge chairs in Italy=SmilesLife with mountains, good friends, sun, support, travel, racing, resting =...
You'll have to get used to this picture; it's what I see every morning when I wake up. Innsbruck is in a long valley with impressive mountains on either side. These are the mountains more to the south west. The morning sun is just hitting the peaks.Thi...
It was a beautiful cold day at Trapps, and we got in some great skating yesterday in the sunshine. It's nice to start getting back in a rhythm of training after the week of racing at nationals... and great to be on real snow and a trail netw...
We just wrapped up a successful trip to US Nationals in Rumford, and are back in Waitsfield recovering and preparing for the next thing coming down the pike. But before we put Nationals in the rearview we should recap the week that was. And what a week...
We made it to Munich this morning. Here are Paddy and Heather in their USST gear. We had a large group of US athletes and coaches on the same flight from Chicago and they were waiting for us with 2 big buses to drive us down to Innsbruck.This is the fi...