From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.

My Sanctuary

My favorite place on Earth is “flat, desolate, and muddy as sin” -JCL. The mudflats used to be my summer infatuation, but I have discovered they can be a playground in the winter months as well. Mom running out to the ocean to try a few yoga moves. Mt. Redoubt– the volcano that’s been in the news lately for its seismic activity– is to the right of my right leg. I guess it runs in the family. I