Our team traveled to Davos, Switzerland immediately after finishing up the Ruka weekend. We’ve been here for about 9 days now, and it’s been amazing! I didn’t update earlier because I had some finals early in the week. I still have one more after writing this but I’m giving myself a break from all the engineering stuff. Here’s the last 9 days in pictures!
Arrival at the Kulm
Followed by a starry shakeout jog
Moonlight!! also take note of how dry it is…that’s not going to last
Waking up to some amazing views!
…and a greeeaaat breakfast. The highlight for me is the honey here.
Arriving to the first ski.
Day 1: 4km man-made loop
Day 2: Snow!
Snow makes things better
Look good feel good?
Nighttime run + cool train
3rd or 4th morning? Some sun :)
When in Rome
Day 4 our coaches organized an international time trial on the same courses we’ll do for the race next weekend. Apparently a lot of people were interested, because we had some awesome competition! The guys got to race with Pellegrino, Bolshunov, Hediger, and lots of the best skiers from the Italian, Russian, Swiss, and German teams! It made for a super competitive race atmosphere, and helped teach us how these courses feel during a race, especially for those of us that haven’t raced here before.
faster skier write-up of the time trials:
https://fasterskier.com/2020/12/international-time-trial-in-davos-sharpens-american-world-cup-squad/
Starting the qualifier ahead of JC
Pellegrino checking to see if the serial numbers on our ski are close and they’re “brothers”. We skied on the same grind and flex for that day. We also tested one of each of our skis to see if anyone was breaking the no fluoro rule—good practice for next year.
Sprint Final! Ended up 3rd behind Pellegrino and Bolshy which made me feel really good about where I’m at in training.
Feeling friendly after a good day
Big fan of the hair on their heads
Tired boys after a sprint morning
The next day we did a 15km skate time trial with a lot fewer racers. That helped make it lower-key, which was good for me because I wasn’t looking for a maximum distance race effort. I also didn’t feel the best, so it felt good that there wasn’t much stress. Must’ve worked too hard the day before!
Doing some skiing with Francesco DeFabiani
& Jonas Baumann. Shoutout Matt Whitcomb for the sick pics both days
Unwinding with some FIFA while the snow comes
Day 6 (off day) sledding in a ton of new snow
can’t do anything in public but don’t want to spend a whole off day inside
being a good teammate and breaking trail. That’s a lot of snow in 2 days!
Morning 7: clear, cold, and snowy
Made for a perfect easy ski!
Postcard place- feeling very lucky to be here
Too much snow?
Jogging with Ian Torchia and Adam Martin
Thanks for checking in! I’ll post again after the races, maybe with more words next time. :) Everybody likes pictures, right?