I have received a complaint about this post potentially advocating drug use- to be very clear, I am not. Norwegians call a hard training session a “syrefest”, directly translating to “acid party”, which of course has connotations in english that are so far from the eat, train,sleep lifestyle of an elite endurance athlete that I…
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End of season update (worst title yet?)
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…
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…
Callum Smith 