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.

NORGE!

Last night we arrived in Oslo and were greeted this morning with sunny skies which was a great change after a couple weeks in the grey Baltic countries.  This morning I skied from our hotel in town up to the Holmenkollen stadium which was a solid 40 minute uphill.  It was hard to curb my excitement and I found myself hammering around the trails and loving life!

holm2The trails were packed with skiers of all ages and abilities but I did manage to find some fresh corduroy on some of the Holmenkollen trails.

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The Holmenkollen was way bigger than I imagined

Looking out into the sun over Oslooslo