Equal Distance Racing is Here

Equal Distance Racing is Here

I have been asked over the years about why men and women race different distances, but being in the thick of it, doesn’t provide great perspective so I always just accepted that was the way it was and I would do my best to prepare for the races on the calendar...
Why Skiing Age is More Important than my Biological Age

Why Skiing Age is More Important than my Biological Age

My skiing age is not the same as my biological age and while I wouldn’t have complained had I took the world by storm, made an Olympic fresh out of college and then been fighting for medals from that point on, that’s not what happened, and I think that’s the more...
“Why did you keep coming back?”

“Why did you keep coming back?”

I have been admittedly slow to write anything post-Davos…It’s been hard to know what to say after a weekend like that and I needed the time to process. Let’s start with a big Thank You to all who cheered, reached out, and made that weekend so special...

Ruka 10k Skate Pursuit Start

It was another chilly one today. We had to be flexible as the race kept getting delayed and finally rescheduled for the afternoon. It’s always hard to warm-up, have to stop, go back home and then start over again and in the dark….I am happy I managed to...

Ruka 10k

We had a frigid and dark 10k today in Ruka. We had a solid morning of worrying about what layers to wear and how dark it’s going to be. All worked out in the end and I stayed warm out there and only had a few moments where it was truly too dark to see where I...

Ruka Sprint

Ruka is such a unique course and being the first race of the season, it’s always hard to know what to expect. My goal was to be in the mix and skiing well. I am happy with my effort and really happy to be under way racing. I think this was my best result in Ruka...