I left Anchorage on November 17th, and if everything goes well I won’t be back until late March or early April. It’s a big winter ahead, but I know I put in good work this summer, and I’m excited to see how it’ll go!!

Last sunrise over the Chugach. Cold last days at home!

Leaving seattle, 8 hours since leaving my house.

Keeping the blood flowing a little on the place with the Lyric massage gun

24 hours into the travel, bus ride to Ruka. Watched skyfall

First ski tests of the season with Karel. Day 2

Hunter and Luke on a cold day. A little sunlight though!

One of the biggest differences this year from last year is the big crew of younger guys we have over here. Last year was awesome, but it’s so much fun to have the guys here that I’ve trained and gone to camps with since I was really young. We’ve got a really good energy and team atmosphere, and I’m so excited to see how we can put that chemistry to use.

Ben and JC doing some classic intervals. Low point of the sprint course looking up towards the finish.

Repping my new headgear sponsor on my second interval day. Did some short skate L4.

This summer, NeverSecond reached out to help me with sports nutrition, and if you read https://fasterskier.com/2021/09/dialing-in-performance-fueling-gus-schumacher-explores-continuous-glucose-monitoring/ , you can kinda learn more about how I changed my fueling during my training. Our collaboration went really well, and this fall we started up an actual partnership, and I’m very excited to continue working on and improving my performance nutrition. NeverSecond makes great carbohydrate products, and they’re 30% off through 11/29 if you use code BlackFriday30 at checkout. Give it a shot!!

We had a great team race prep workout today on a super busy sprint course. Tons of energy out there and I can’t wait to get this season started!!!