Becca Rorabaugh

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/CE018C18-71A2-46CC-9D86-96BC7828AFA1_files/IMG_3285.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/IMG_3285.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aI think I am incredibly lucky this weekend, I am in beautiful Canmore (exhibit A above), I am at a World Cup (exhibit B, bottom left), and I am racing tomorrow!

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/2F137E4E-1C72-4727-99EA-9EBD4611FC16_files/IMG_3273_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/IMG_3273.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aNow I am in the airport in Chicago after thoroughly enjoying the US version of customs (which took twice as long as Zurich’s customs). After paying $7 for 2 hours of internet (another great thing abo

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/0BBB1573-0C74-44AA-AD9C-4C3F99FD1626_files/IMG_3272_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/IMG_3272.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aThe conditions for the classic race were not the bomber binder type things that were so enticing to me the day before. The tracks were just a little messy and it was definitely snowing. The softer t

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/845D144F-27AB-40E2-964A-9EB25C8D946C_files/IMG_3256_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/IMG_3256.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aWell the first race is done for me. Simi was amazing in the qualifier, and was felled by an equipment malfunction in his quarter. Ida kicked some serious butt, getting fourth overall, and the rest o

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/F67B4F6D-AC53-4EC7-90B3-035674935F65_files/IMG_3194_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/IMG_3194.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aWell, I got to ski twice today, so that was good. And I am still awake at 8:00pm here (10:11am in AK), so that’s another good thing. I just have one hour to go until I am allowed to go to sleep, so

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/27E319FB-CA48-4A7E-AAEA-A114F3EF84F9_files/IMG_3188_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/IMG_3188.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aI have successfully arrived in Europe. I was actually surprised at the ease with which I did two redeyes to cross a couple of continents and ten time-zones. I think that a wall will probably hit me

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/BD2D0E33-FA74-4413-8764-5EB01281F627_files/IMG_3090_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/IMG_3090.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aThis picture is of me happily being on the road enjoying Silver Star resort in Canada. Unfortunately this is relevant because I am being delayed in my return to the road by a set of piffling sniffles

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/EBF934B8-B3B0-4154-B28F-44093AFD96BC_files/IMG_3151_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/IMG_3151.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aNow I get some good down time in Anchorage to get ready to head over to Germany for U23 World Championships. I am doing a medium amount of hours, and am still recovering from Nationals. Some speedwo

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/67975F9F-3A61-4C60-BD17-1823B4ECFBB5_files/_H4K0318-789939_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/_H4K0318-789939.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aNationals are over. For me, it wasn’t the most excellent of weeks. I think that my body may have still been recovering a bit from being on the SuperTour for so long. I spent about six weeks only ra

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/4D1C5BB9-962E-4A08-8DB9-793EDB7F5884_files/Becca_2_2_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/Becca_2_2.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aI still need to write a good blog bringing people up to date, but I just wanted to share this photo by Bert Boyer. I can’t look at it without laughing because I look so possessed. I wish I would hav

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/BDB182DF-2C0B-4BF0-B512-D4BD1AA351E6_files/IMG_3096_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/IMG_3096.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aDay one of the Canmore sprints is done. I had a decent race, but it was just an off day for me. I felt like I was missing a gear that would kick in when I really go for it and make a move or somethi

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/E44D2333-2BF5-4012-9930-B3C467B8801D_files/IMG_6130_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/IMG_6130.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aWe are here in Canmore, and have skied the race course which is awesome. It’s got some good striding and after some light intensity today I am looking forward to really hammering it on Saturday. Thi

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/4617D712-AD94-4ED0-9B42-DEB079FF4501_files/IMG_5951_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/IMG_5951.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aI have been writing some of the posts on the APU blog this trip, so if you have not checked that out yet you can find it on the fasterskier website or a href="http://blogs.fasterskier.com/apu/"here./a

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/6F48B24F-4975-4401-B36D-346FF58F1A15_files/IMG_3077_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/IMG_3077.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aSoverign Lake Nordic Center: the sprints today were great for APU. In the A finals, 4 of the 6 women were APU and if I had gotten my butt in gear for the final sprint we would have been 2,3,4,5. Bu

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/5DCF720D-2498-4063-B618-E97996C6CCF1_files/IMG_3055.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/IMG_3055.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aWell the 10k skate is done. Results can be found on Zone 4’s website a href="http://www.zone4.ca/results.asp?ID=2515cat=3449"here/a. I had a solid race. It was really hard, and I thought that because I got caught by Nicole DeYoung who started 30 seconds b

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/01BF895D-FB32-461C-B0AE-E01D11484A0C_files/popup_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/popup.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aThis is a good story, and it’s really cool that cross country skiing has a two page article on NYtimes.com! a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/sports/olympics/11ski.html?ref=sports"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/sports/olympics/11ski.html?ref=sports/a Congratulations Kikk

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/01BF895D-FB32-461C-B0AE-E01D11484A0C_files/popup_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/popup.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aThis is a good story, and it’s really cool that cross country skiing has a two page article on NYtimes.com! a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/sports/olympics/11ski.html?ref=sports"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/sports/olympics/11ski.html?ref=sports/a Congratulations Kikk

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/1572CD2D-725A-4B0C-8C30-3D4A127EBE87_files/IMG_3033_1.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/IMG_3033.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aWe are settled down in Silver Star, and after a relaxing recovery day today we’re headed into race prep tomorrow. I was supposed to ski one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon today.

a href="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/EE3764B1-1BA1-48F7-B990-B9933C6001DE_files/mikey%20classic.jpg"img src="http://web.me.com/brorabaugh/iWeb/Becca%27s%20site/Blog/Images/mikey%20classic.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:130px; height:130px;"//aGood classic results from APU yesterday: Holly 1st, Becca 4th, Valaas 7th, Mannix 10th, Kate Fitz 11th, Arduser 13th and Ronsse 15th. For the boys James was 1st, and Mike Hinckley 7th, Iverson 9th, Br