Canadian Cross Country Skier
It is the day before Christmas and all through the plane, there were Canadian athletes excited to return home. Our flight from Munich was filled with Bobsleigh, Ski Cross and other Canadian athletes who have been racing internationally in Europe before Christmas like us. Everyone dispersing upon arrival in Toronto to catch their respective flights …
The countdown to the start of my race season is on! Emily and I arrived in Europe a few days ago and we are adjusting to the time change and getting reacquainted with central Europe before our first races get underway Saturday. The next 3 weeks will be full of some exciting racing in Slovenia …
In early July, after the National Team training camp in Canmore, I went home to Whitehorse to rest and recharge before the next training block skiing on the Haig glacier and an intensity focused period back in Canmore. After an unusually cold spring in Canmore, it was great to head north for some heat and …
Another whirlwind winter in the books, 9 countries, 31 races and 15 flights later, I was ready for some rest. During April, I was able to spending some quality time at home in Whitehorse as well as take a spring road trip down the Washington and Oregon coast. As May approached and it was time …
Another season has come to an end, a season filled with highs, some lows, new adventures and lots of things to work on in order to come back stronger next year. The second half of the season has gone by like a whirlwind. It’s hard to believe that April is already upon us. Now that …
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. …
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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 …
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