Canada Games 8 – Relays

Yesterday was another (beauty) training day for cross country skiing. We went up to the nordic centre midmorning to test skis and re-inspect the courses. The final day of competition was today (Saturday) and was the relay event! The relay consisted of 4×3.75k legs, the first two in classic technique and the second two in…

Canada Games 5/6 – training day & mass start

After writing my last post yesterday morning I had a few hours to work through some school, get pumped about Olsson winning the 15k, and video chat Andy who has been racing in Europe for the past couple weeks. He, along with several National Development Team and top NorAm skiers have been competing in Scandinavian Cup races…

Canada Games 4 – Sprint Gold

Well, as things would have it, I broke my pledge to blog daily on what was will probably be the most exciting day of the Games (for me). Rather than writing this post yesterday I tried to mellow myself out by doing schoolwork. But I’m sure there are very few people interested in hearing me…

Canada Games 3 – First classic race of the season

After writing my post yesterday I spent another few hours in the library working on a lab for my Measurement, Instrumentation, and Controls class. The class is about as boring as the name suggests, and the lab reports are very hefty. I’d pin them down as at least 20hrs of writing, once you’ve figured out…

Canada Games 2 – Arriving in Prince George

Wow power blog post day! We arrived at our hotel in Prince George this morning after a trying 24hour travel day. Everyone was pretty exhausted by the time we finally got here, but also in good spirits and excited for the week ahead! Athletes are all staying in hotels in downtown Prince George. Our hotel…

Canada Games 1 – travel day

Apologies if this post lacks any (or all) of my usual energy, creativity, or enthusiasm (I think I usually have some of those things)… As I write this, I am onboard the Team Ontario charter flight from Toronto to Prince George. It’s 2:11am (EST) right now. We were supposed to arrive in Prince George at…

Birthday intensity and sushi

The Canada Winter Games have arrived! Well, they actually started last week… but cross country skiing competitions take place in the second week of the Games – which we head out for tomorrow. The CWG only take place every four years, and is restricted to Under23 athletes for cross country skiing, so this is my…