Canadian Cross Country Skier
This weekend was my first time back racing in Germany since my international racing career began at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Hinterzarten, Germany. My memories of racing in Germany and that feeling I had, the thrill of representing your country and giving your all, still motivates me to work hard to this day. …
Continue reading "Dresden City Sprint, Tour de Ski and Pre-Christmas NorAm’s"
When October arrived, instead of heading to Park City like the team has the past 5 years, we travelled to Mammoth Lakes, California for our fall National team altitude camp. It is always exciting to have a camp in a new location. The workouts passed quickly as we explored new roads and trails. The camped …
The first snowfall of the year has come and gone and with that the anticipation that the race season will soon be upon us. In just under a month we will start racing in Canmore which doesn’t seem that far away especially considering I was skiing on the Haig glacier just last month. August brought …
Mid July has hit and so has the first hard intensity block of the year. The base fitness has been built up in the first two months of general volume training and spring testing markers have been recorded. This spring didn’t just mark the start of a new season but the start of a new …
My last period of World Cup racing I have dubbed “the Tour of the Nordic Nations”. The final 3 weekends of World Cups took us to Finland, Norway and Sweden where I raced the famed Oslo Holmenkollen 30km for the first time and got the chance to experience Sweden south of the arctic circle. Lahti …
Continue reading "Season Wrap-up: Holmenkollen, World Cup Finals & the Arctic Circle Race"
After a couple weeks of reflection, I have put together the highlights of my first Olympic Winter Games. A truly amazing, and at times overwhelming, experience I have decided to share my top 10 Olympic moments from my three weeks in PyeongChang. 10. Closing Ceremonies- Walking into the stadium with Team Canada as part of the …
The journey to the Olympics is one with a blurry start date and a definitive end date. Some might say my journey started when I put on my first pair of skis in my backyard at 3 years old, others might say it was when I represented the Yukon at my first Arctic Winter Games …
Sometimes things just don’t go according to plan and you have to adjust your course of action. December has been one of those months for me. I have just finished the first period of World Cup racing in Europe, which started November 24th in Ruka, Finland and ended this past weekend in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy. …
Tomorrow marks one month until the first World Cup race of the season and only 3 weeks until we will be racing our season opener in Gallivare Sweden. Yesterday we finished our final camp of the training season in Park City, Utah. The 3 weeks we spent in Utah were altitude focused and we were …
Training down under in New Zealand last summer was such a great experience, we decided to go back again this summer. Emily and I rounded up a few more friends plus coach Chris for a 3 week on snow training camp at the Snow Farm in New Zealand. After the spring and early summer, I …
