With the snow rapidly disappearing in Lillehammer it’s getting pretty difficult to pretend spring isn’t well underway, so it’s time for a new blog before it all seems too distant a memory! I wrote my last blog from Livigno, on a precamp for two prior to the World champs. The banter got pretty weird but…
Tag: cross country skiing
Into thin air
A lot has happened since my last blog, probably because I’ve totally neglected my hardly ambitious target of one blog a month! In August I packed my poor car to capacity and began the LONG drive to Lillehammer, stopping off first in Lancaster to visit my pal Sam and secondly for a longer stop…
Skiing in June!
June has been a fun month so far! Having completed my exams by the end of May I got stuck straight into a more intensive training regime. On the 6th of June I took part in Ming the merciless, a fundraising event for the British team. Ming comprises of a 14 mile off road run…
May 1st, a fresh start.
May 1st marks the start of a new training year for cross country skiers. Usually racing finishes in March and April is a month of rest and recuperation, still active but not structured training. This year has been very different for me in that I have had to take a break from racing on account…
Last 2 weeks of skiing for the season.
After flying out to Oslo and onto Drammen I soon realised racing on the Wednesday in the city sprint Worldcup just wasn’t a good idea, I was feeling ok but my throat still was still pretty swollen. I did a short ski session the day before then tested waxes for the team on the day…
U23’s and onto Sochi
After the excitement of Olympic selection and kitting out we settled down to some serious training in Misurina, a picturesque area in the Italian Dolomites. Reading about training isn’t so exciting so I’ll skip to World U23’s The less aged athletes on the team (myself and Andrew Young) moved, along with the juniors to Val…
First blog – Livigno and Chamonix
Here is my first blog… Following a month and a half of racing throughout Europe, chasing the required standards to qualify for the Olympic Games in Sochi it was time for a period R&R (well kind of). I, along with several other members of the national team headed for the remote Italian ski resort of…
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