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"
This weekend marked week three of the World Cup race season. Now that we are seven races into the season things are starting to feel a bit more routine. This past weekend was the most successful yet. I cracked the top 30 for the second time in my life with a 25th place finish in …
Continue reading "The building blocks: taking on the World Cup"
Snow is in the air. Our September intensity block is far behind us and the colourful leaves have been replaced by frosty mornings. After a solid block of time trails and multiple intensity session a week, the team switched gears to long slow distance and lots of it. My past few weeks have been spent …
The Destination: Snow Farm, Cardrona, New ZealandThe Camp Plan: Ski, ski and ski some more from July 31st-August 21st 2016The Travel: Canmore ->fly from Calgary->San Francisco->Auckland->Queenstown->Rent a car-> drive on the left side of the road to the Snow FarmThe Team: Emily, Maya and Dahria A typical day at the Snow FarmThe Story: As athletes we dedicate …
Summer Solstice was a few days ago, the days are getting shorter again, my roller skis are finding a more permanent home under my feet and the thought that I will be back on snow in just over a month is starting to flicker at the edge of my thoughts more frequently. My past two …
Continue reading "Spring update: Sand, Snow and Northern Adventures"
My season has now wrapped up with the Canadian National Championships in Whitehorse. With Nationals ending and all the teams leaving town, so has the snow. I have managed to get in a few more great skis higher up on our trail system but it is definitely the warmest spring I've ever seen in the …
These past two weeks weren’t technically my first World Cup races, but they were the first ones where I really felt I could compete, not just participate. Over the past two weekends I races two individual and two team World Cup races, a mixed bag of highs and lows, feeling fast and slow. Although I …
Continue reading "Europe Race Journal Part II: My Best World Cup Result Ever!"
