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…
Tag: Lillehammer
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…
Coffee, reindeer meat and the big freezer
As everyone is likely far too well aware, what with my recent shameless social media plugs, I’ve been running a crowdfunding campaign in order to raise money for new skis which will hopefully be competitive with those under the feet of the World’s best skiers. This has had a fantastic response and I’m overwhelmed by…
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…
Callum Smith 