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.

First Ski!

Yep! We are officially skiing in Ketchum, Idaho…well, technically we are skiing about 15 miles north of Ketchum. This morning I enjoyed a distance skate ski on well groomed trails with beautiful sunshine and a teamperature of 11 degrees, bbrrrr! There is about 8-10 inches of fresh snow with more to come in the forecast. I am hoping I can put the rollerskis in the closet for good!br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/Sv3ZvFC6tYI/AAAAAAAAAgM/xlmXTOB61gs/s1600-h/fall+09+041.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/Sv3ZvFC6tYI/AAAAAAAAAgM/xlmXTOB61gs/s320/fall+09+041.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403714530745955714″ border=”0″ //abr /br /We are headed to West Yellowstone in a week to kick off the first races of the season. From there we will travel to Bozeman, Silver Star, Canmore and then up to Anchorage for U.S. Nationals! Cheers!div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5903545846797966075-7680801618121003188?l=in-the-arena-nicole.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div