Canadian Cross Country Skier
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 …
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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 …
After a busy winter with the most travel I have ever done, my spring was also full of adventure. I have enjoyed every minute of the adventure but staying put in Canmore this past month has given me a much needed chance to come up for air and mentally reset for the upcoming camps and …
Race season is winding down quickly, Wednesday I raced the Drammen World Cup sprint and now I am back in Canada. There is only the World Cup finals left next weekend then a few races at Nationals. It’s crazy how quickly the season passes by. It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was boarding a …
Continue reading "Double World Championships and making Olympic criteria"
Next week marks the end of a generation for me. It has been eight years since I first put on the Canadian suit to represent my country against the best cross-country skiers my age in the world. This was at the 2010 World Junior/ U23 Championships in Hinterzarten, Germany. Now 7 years and hundreds of …
Continue reading "Getting ready for my final Junior/U23 World Champs"
