Today was the official start of my racing season! This morning I woke up early, ate my oatmeal, and then pulled on the bright red racing suit… I was super excited to be racing again and I wanted to start off the season with an awesome race! My training has been going great, and [...]
I spent last week in Park City, acclimating to the thin mountain air. I also had a trip to the doctors last Thursday because a few weeks ago I had a pretty bad rollerski crash that dislocated both of my thumbs in the distal joint. I didn’t think it was such a big [...]
I’m back in Park City, getting used to the altitude before we head to West Yellowstone this Friday… for the first races of the season!!! I’m feeling good, and getting really excited to start skiing on snow and racing! It snowed here the other day, but not really enough to ski on… just enough to [...]
I arrived in Park City, Utah this evening… its time for me to get acclimated to the altitude before we start our race season really soon!!!! During my last week in Hastings I had the oppurtunity to visit some schools, and talk about what I do for a living (how cool is that)???? Hopefully [...]
signing a cutting board at the Taste of Training for my Cousin Tara and her husband Larry! I don’t think my face gets much redder. after a week’s worth of cooking… this is the end result! and at the end of the day, I get to hang out with my sister and my hairy nephews (Dwight and [...]
The Taste of Training fundraiser went wonderfully last night! A huge thank you to everyone who made this event possible, and to everyone who showed up and had a good time! It was definately a ton of work to get ready for this event! The last week has been absolutely crazy… My life has [...]
Twas the night before the fundraiser and all through the inn Everyone rests up because tomorrow the fun will begin Lindsay has been busy making good food. Muffins and hummus and chili galore! Coconut soup and granola! Who could ask for more? I know you didn’t ask, but more there is! There is the silent auction! Oh gee wiz! So thank you to all that [...]
A benefit from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Country Inn and Suites in Hastings will help raise funds to send Hastings’ champion skier to the 2010 Olympics. By: Bonnie St. James, The Hastings Star-Gazette http://www.hastingsstargazette.com/event/article/id/20953/ Lindsay Williams is a great cook. The meal she served at the interview was roasted vegetables – [...]
check out this article in the Hastings Star Gazette
oday was the infamous ‘Climb to the Castle’ here in Lake Placid. Its a nice 5 mile race straight up to the top of Whiteface mountain! The forcast called for 90 percent chance of rain, and the weatherman was not wrong on his call, but that didn’t keep all the excited rollerskiers away [...]
oday is my last day in Utah for a while… Tomorrow extremely early in the morning I am flying to Minnesota and will spend the night at my mom’s house. Then I will get up bright and early the next day to catch a flight out to New York for the training camp [...]
After a couple workouts on the double pole machine, my leg has been feeling much better. It just needed a few days to heal up, and now its doing great! It has been absolutely beautiful here the last several days… warm, sunny, the trees are starting to change colors… so on Friday morning when I [...]
Sometimes you have great days. Sometimes you have days that could have been better. And then there are those days where you wonder what you did to piss off your guardian angel. Today was one of those days… It started with a early morning trip down to the hospital in Salt Lake City [...]
If you are looking for a good time, and you happen to be in Park City… take a trip down the alpine coaster! My dad was in town last week for buisness, and we took a ride down the alpine coaster. Its a combination of an alpine slide and a roller coaster, and [...]
The Whistler Training camp is now over, and it finished up just as great as it started. We finished our stay in Whister with a 10 kilometer time trial up the access road to the Olympic Park. It was definatley a hard workout to wrap up a hard training camp! Then we headed to [...]
We have been in Whistler for a week now, and its flown by! On Monday we did an extremely hard rollerski sprint race around the Olympic course. Between the rounds I closed my eyes and pictured snow, packed stadiums, racers from all over the world, and I could feel the Olympic fever burning inside me! [...]
I am at the U.S. Ski Team training camp in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. (Also known as the home of the 2010 Olympic Games!!!) We are training hard and sharpening our skills for this upcoming season. With the Olympics less than 6 months away, its impossible to ignore the excitement that is [...]
Yesterday I hopped onto a plane and flew to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to meet up with my teammates and coaches for an offical US ski team training camp. We loaded up the van and made the drive up to Whister (the home of the 2010 Olympics, which is just a few short months [...]
Sorry about the technical difficulties I was having with my website. It should be all fixed now, and I will do my best to get you up to speed… I spent 5 weeks training out in Park City, Utah with the U.S. Ski Team Coaches earlier this summer. Training was going awesome out here, [...]
Now that I’ve been in Park City for over 2 weeks, I am feeling acclimated to the altitude and it feels great!!! I have been working with the coaches almost every day (sometimes more than once a day) and I have definately made improvements in my technique. I’m feeling stronger, faster and more efficient than [...]