Canmore
Tue Nov 17 04:25:00 -0500 2009
My travels to get on snow began Sunday when I met up with Tracy Barnes-Colliander in the Calgary airport just past midday, giving us plenty of time to drive to Canmore, visit the Nordic Centre and buy groceries. Our team camp doesn’t begin until next Sunday, but we decided to come out a… Read More
Finding the right balance
Sun Jul 19 03:10:00 -0400 2009
We just finished an intensity week, but I feel unusually fresh. It’s not an easy thing to have a new coach every year because that means a new and different training plan. Luckily, our coaches are constantly in contact, sharing ideas so that most of us are on a similar schedule.… Read More
June Camp in Lake Placid
Tue Jun 16 04:26:00 -0400 2009
After I finished my final exams I packed up and went home to Lenox, MA for a few days. The time at home was just enough to drop off my school accessories and make sure I had everything I needed for summer training in Lake Placid, where I’m now a resident athlete at the OTC. I spent only a… Read More
A “High” week, in many respects
Wed Jun 03 06:53:00 -0400 2009
I'm within the second high volume week of the period. I completed 22 hours last week and will do about the same this week. I started off this week with the infamous 15sec on/15sec off hill bounding workout. It always takes some getting used to, especially for the first time of the year. Instead… Read More
Back to basics
Sun May 24 05:07:00 -0400 2009
It’s at about this point in the year when we work on the technical aspects of skiing and shooting that are put to the side during the competition season. We do our best throughout the season to keep on top of it, don’t get me wrong, with video analysis of every race and slowfire… Read More
Ski to Callaghan Lake (…and Vancouver World Cup)
Sat Mar 14 19:28:00 -0400 2009
I arrived in Squamish, B.C. just a few days before the Individual race of World Cup 7. To be honest, I felt like I hadn’t completely recovered from the prior week of training. The overall training load wasn’t high but the combination of months of constant travel and busy… Read More
World Champs Recap
Fri Mar 13 06:11:00 -0400 2009
Placing tenth in the relay in Korea was a satisfying way to finish up World Championships. Overall, Korea was a positive experience for me. My 58th place in the sprint was rewarding because I qualified for the pursuit and was finally able to experience the heightened mental pressures of a pursuit… Read More
World Championships Sprint Race
Sat Feb 14 22:56:00 -0500 2009
Ahh…hard work pays off. I qualified for the pursuit at world champs in 58th place. It is the first pursuit that I’ve qualified for on the World Cup and I’m pleased and excited to have a go at this different race… Read More
Pre-World Champs Camp
Sun Feb 01 11:50:00 -0500 2009
We arrived in Ruhpolding, Germany yesterday to kick off our pre-World Championships training camp. This is a first for me, since I spent this time last year competing at Junior World Championships, also in Ruhpolding, so I missed the majority of the pre-World… Read More
One Goal Attained
Sun Jan 18 14:58:00 -0500 2009
Last night I was informed of my qualification to the 2009 Senior World Championship Team. It was a restless two weeks of waiting and nervous racing that I think disrupted my normally settled demeanor on the shooting range. Luckily, in every… Read More
Altenberg to Nove Mesto na Morave
Thu Jan 15 07:03:04 -0500 2009
The second race in Altenberg was a 7.5k sprint. By the time we arrived at the venue, the sun was up and temperatures were relatively warm in the stadium but the snow was still cold and fast. My legs were feeling a little tired from the 15km race the day before… Read MoreDecember World-Cup Wrapup
Mon Dec 29 15:46:52 -0500 2008
I know it has been quite some time since I last posted, partially due to an inability to get online for long enough while in Hochfilzen…so here’s a recap of December including what worked well for me and what didn’t:
