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.

Stockholm Sprint

Focused on racing as fast as I can, +16 seconds out today.   My goal was to be ahead of some of the ‘distance’ skiers so I am a bit disappointed.   Still, I minimized the damage today and I am looking forward to the next few races, especially the 20km and 15km.

The remaining races are all in Falun and I caught the early bus to the hotel there.  I google mapped the route, but it took us even longer than estimated.  The Bus drivers in Sweeden are very ’safe.’  The Itallians put in a movie in english and we did get a tasty snack so things were still pretty good.

The Castle and The Race Course

Beautiful Day in Stockholm

We have 25min to test skis on the course before the women's race. The rest of our warm up is done running in the street.

The Finish