Frozen Thunder!

Since arriving back from a great camp in Park City with CXC and the US National Team, I have had the privilege of skiing on snow here in Canmore. In the spring of 2011 the Canmore Nordic Centre pilled a ton of snow and covered to with saw dust, insulating it throughout the summer. “Frozen Thunder” was then unveiled on October 15th and spread out along the ski trails to create a 2km loop. And its been awesome! Here are some photos:





Here is also a video on the loop:
CBC Frozen Thunder

Happy Thanksgiving!

Earlier this year I was a little disappointed to here that the CXC fall camp in Park city was taking place the same time as Canadian Thanksgiving… I love thanksgiving and normally celebrate it at home feasting on turkey and freshly harvested vegetables from my Mom’s garden. But luckily the CXC team along with a couple other fellow Canadians who came down for the camp, decided we would all get together and make our own Thanksgiving dinner here at Dave Knoop’s house in Park City.

So this past Sunday, my teammates and I spent our rest day preparing a huge feast, with turkey, stuffing, potatoes, Carolyn’s delicious pecan yams, carrots and parsnips followed by apple and pumpkin pie made by Andrea Dupont and Dasha Giasova.

The dinner turned out great! Thanks to everyone for making this happen. ☺

Photo Update

Its coming! Winter is on its way!



Right now I am halfway through a training camp in Park City with the CXC, and US National Ski Team. We arrived here a week ago to sun and temperatures in the mid twenties. Since then there has been rain, frost, and snow. I guess this time of year you have to be prepared for anything. But for skiers, I think it’s a good thing. It keeps you on your toes. Race season is almost here, and the attitude during training sessions is a little bit more focused, the butterflies start to creep up during intensity, and everyone starts to wonder how they will perform in the up coming race season.

Here are some photos so far from the camp:

Roller Skiing at Soldier Hollow, sight of 2002 Olympis

Out on a run one afternoon through the hills and valleys around Park CIty



The last couple months have been packed full of training. For most of September I was training down in Wisconsin. I trained hard, and accomplished a lot. Here are some photos from that camp:

Doing some speed work on roller skis
Jason Cork working with Jessie on technique

VO2 MAx Testing
Leading a Mobility Warm Up during a session with the local "Ski and Tea" woman's group

Unfortunately I caught a cold my last week there which meant that I was unable to race the Birkie Trail Run, but ran it as an easy workout instead, and took some photos along the way... :)

Teammates Santi and Carolyn warming up for the race