Whoops…little delayed on this one. Got lazy messing around with the boys. I would say I was busy with school but that was done like 2 weeks ago.
The truck in Lillehammer.
We raced on the biathlon courses in Lillehammer because they didn’t have enough snow for the regular courses. The pictures look nice, but all of that snow came right before we arrived. Before that they couldn’t even make much snow. Climate change sucks, contact those representatives when bills come up!
It was a bummer to not race on those iconic Lillehammer courses (4 min uphill anyone?), but the other courses were also fun skiing.
About as Norwegian as food can get. Heart-shaped waffles and brown cheese.
Men’s relays!
Highlight of Lillehammer was the relay day! So fun to race a relay and be in the mix for most of it. That relay spark is real, and we felt it that day even if we fell off the pace near the end. We were close enough to that gap to make real moves with a little better speed in the future. Really looking forward to more relays with this crew.
Making use of a nice (vacant) hotel gym after the races. One of the hardest parts of being on the road is getting good gym access to keep that strength up. Gotta capitalize when you get it!
First ski in Davos
Stepping out for sprint race prep
The Davos races weren’t that sick for me; I was about the same time back both days as I’ve been this season, but slightly better than last year. Bright spot for me was better pacing and technique in the distance race (compared to last year). I skied more smoothly and with more power, and felt like I started at a better pace. I still pushed a little hard in the middle and wasn’t able to finish as fast as I needed to. Bright spot for the team was a sick semifinal performance by Ben, and amazing show of depth by our women in the 10k with 5 in the top 30!
I had made the call to not go to Dresden before these races because I felt like I wasn’t moving quickly enough to race well there, and not going gave me a less-interrupted training block to prepare for the tour de ski.
Boys ski after the races. (L to R: Me, Luke, JC)
Twilight team sledding
Lil look inside the wax truck
Evening jog
Pretty!
Pretty Logs!
Some boys after intervals. Fear the deer.
Schoon
Some skiing with the Canadian boys Graham and Russell
Cheers to sun
Cozy
Moonlight sled
Solar drying of the laundry
took a lil outside nap
Dematone necessary
POWER BEEF
Americano
Tree shopping. Gotta make sure it’s the right size
Sweater shopping. Included because funny Luke hair
Peace! Thanks for reading/looking. Tour up next! Enjoy the holidays!