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  • quick update

    I’ve been back in Minnesota since nationals. I was exausted after the week of racing up in Alaska, so it was great to come back and relax and recover at home.
    Now I’m chomping at the bit and ready to do some more racing! So this weekend I will be braving the freezing rain for the races at Theodore Wirth!!!

    P.S. after my last blog post I had many many people who wrote to me saying how proud they are of me. Thank you for all those emails, it has meant alot to me. And I just wanted to say thanks again to everyone who has supported me. My memories I’ve made are priceless… but they came with a price tag. So thank you to everyone who has helped me financially, donated miles so I could fly to a training camp, and thank you to everyone who has believed in me.

  • Greatest Snow on Earth

    That’s Utah’s claim. . .and this morning, it would be hard to argue.  Northern Michigan gets some deep lake effect snow off of Lake Superior.  The Wasatch Mountains in Utah get their lake effect off the Great Salt Lake.  When the system hits the range, it dumps powder across the Wasatch and make for some of the best skiing in the world.

    For the past week, all the locals have been complaining about their lack of snow.  Personally, I’ve been on race skis everyday and have been very impressed by the conditions.  This morning, however, I got my first true taste of Utah powder.

    Leif Zimmermann - in deep

    Leif Zimmermann – in deep

    Park City is the place to be this week.  Leif Zimmermann, Caitlin Compton, Billy Demong (Nordic Combined World Champion), and I all got out for a ski at White Pine in Park City this morning.  Having so many skiers in town this week has been great for getting out to train.  We almost took a powder day today, but opted for a classic ski instead.  Still, we couldn’t resist the waist deep powder on the golf course.

    Compton demonstrating her new type of resistance training

    Compton demonstrating her new type of resistance training

    Billy D, Zimmermeister, and Comp-town

    Billy D, Zimmermeister, and Comp-town

    Caitlin & I enjoyed talking about the big Mayors Challenge SuperTour on our home course coming up this weekend.  Bummed I won’t be able to compete.  If you’re in Minneapolis this weekend, be sure to check it out!

    Wirth Park Warriors - Compton and Kuzzy

    Wirth Park Warriors – Compton and Kuzzy

    Thanks to everyone who has been following along for your overwhelming support, both this week and throughout my ski career.  Now get outside and play!

  • Finland!

    We made it to Finland and we all got our bags. We flew into Helsinki and drove to Lahti. For dinner we walked down to the mall and went to a Thai Restaurant, it was delicious! We felt out of place in the mall because all of the Finnish girls have dyed hair and wear fancy clothes. Tomorrow we are going to go ski the World Cup trails at Lahti, it should be pretty awesome. But for now we are all very tired and ready for bed!br /Isabeldiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-4624098554116562454?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

  • Finland!

    We made it to Finland and we all got our bags. We flew into Helsinki and drove to Lahti. For dinner we walked down to the mall and went to a Thai Restaurant, it was delicious! We felt out of place in the mall because all of the Finnish girls have dyed hair and wear fancy clothes. Tomorrow we are going to go ski the World Cup trails at Lahti, it should be pretty awesome. But for now we are all very tired and ready for bed!br /Isabeldiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-4624098554116562454?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

  • Germany: Day 2

  • My snazzy New Toshiba Satellite with crazy cool features!

    As my friends at Best Buy like to say about the new laptops they are rockin’: “You spoke. We listened. Laptops with the features you asked for.”

    What a great idea!

    Best Buy surveyed consumers to find out the features they most want in their computing experience. Then they partnered with top laptop manufacturers to create laptops with all these requested features and the result is a Best Buy exclusive program called Blue Label.

    The features on this thing are bananas. Aside from the aesthetics of the backlit keyboard and sleek blue design and weighing under 5lbs it has everything you want in a laptop. I just enjoyed my unboxing and with my first training session already done for today it’s time to wirelessly stream ski technique videos to my HDTV. Sweet!

    Check it out for yourself.

    Thanks for stopping by,

    Chandra

  • My snazzy New Toshiba Satellite with crazy cool features!

    As my friends at Best Buy like to say about the new laptops they are rockin’: “You spoke. We listened. Laptops with the features you asked for.”

    What a great idea!

    Best Buy surveyed consumers to find out the features they most want in their computing experience. Then they partnered with top laptop manufacturers to create laptops with all these requested features and the result is a Best Buy exclusive program called Blue Label.

    The features on this thing are bananas. Aside from the aesthetics of the backlit keyboard and sleek blue design and weighing under 5lbs it has everything you want in a laptop. I just enjoyed my unboxing and with my first training session already done for today it’s time to wirelessly stream ski technique videos to my HDTV. Sweet!

    Check it out for yourself.

    Thanks for stopping by,

    Chandra

  • My snazzy New Toshiba Satellite with crazy cool features!

    As my friends at Best Buy like to say about the new laptops they are rockin’: “You spoke. We listened. Laptops with the features you asked for.”

    What a great idea!

    Best Buy surveyed consumers to find out the features they most want in their computing experience. Then they partnered with top laptop manufacturers to create laptops with all these requested features and the result is a Best Buy exclusive program called Blue Label.

    The features on this thing are bananas. Aside from the aesthetics of the backlit keyboard and sleek blue design and weighing under 5lbs it has everything you want in a laptop. I just enjoyed my unboxing and with my first training session already done for today it’s time to wirelessly stream ski technique videos to my HDTV. Sweet!

    Check it out for yourself.

    Thanks for stopping by,

    Chandra

  • My snazzy New Toshiba Satellite with crazy cool features!

    As my friends at Best Buy like to say about the new laptops they are rockin’: “You spoke. We listened. Laptops with the features you asked for.”

    What a great idea!

    Best Buy surveyed consumers to find out the features they most want in their computing experience. Then they partnered with top laptop manufacturers to create laptops with all these requested features and the result is a Best Buy exclusive program called Blue Label.

    The features on this thing are bananas. Aside from the aesthetics of the backlit keyboard and sleek blue design and weighing under 5lbs it has everything you want in a laptop. I just enjoyed my unboxing and with my first training session already done for today it’s time to wirelessly stream ski technique videos to my HDTV. Sweet!

    Check it out for yourself.

    Thanks for stopping by,

    Chandra

  • Germany Update for Thursday

    As always, you can click on any picture to enlarge it.a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iEqj-yjWI/AAAAAAAACBw/WwvEG48K20k/s1600-h/IMG_2435.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iEqj-yjWI/AAAAAAAACBw/WwvEG48K20k/s400/IMG_2435.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429235217543105890″ //aSince it is a half hour drive to the race site and the trails will be closed on race days, we found a nice place to train for off days and easy afternoons. The skiing is very nice and it is quite scenic. The trails loop through the fields with vistas in most directions. These four pictures are from yesterday’s afternoon ski.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iEYDjhVrI/AAAAAAAACBo/hQHFjH-nqNA/s1600-h/IMG_2440.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iEYDjhVrI/AAAAAAAACBo/hQHFjH-nqNA/s400/IMG_2440.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429234899601151666″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iEI6UAdiI/AAAAAAAACBg/1q8hGQCE1lM/s1600-h/IMG_2443.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iEI6UAdiI/AAAAAAAACBg/1q8hGQCE1lM/s400/IMG_2443.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429234639422125602″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iD34UY8MI/AAAAAAAACBY/pI4jyKO9uPI/s1600-h/IMG_2437.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 170px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iD34UY8MI/AAAAAAAACBY/pI4jyKO9uPI/s400/IMG_2437.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429234346829082818″ //abr /Last night we got about 3″ of fresh, moist powder at the race site. It makes the skiing slower,softer and a little slick, but it sure looks nice! This tunnel leads from the wax room to the stadium.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iDLyLrBBI/AAAAAAAACBQ/0e0jEHqa8sU/s1600-h/IMG_2446.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iDLyLrBBI/AAAAAAAACBQ/0e0jEHqa8sU/s400/IMG_2446.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429233589267661842″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iC9d1RtKI/AAAAAAAACBI/dLzf8TwuYQQ/s1600-h/IMG_2447.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iC9d1RtKI/AAAAAAAACBI/dLzf8TwuYQQ/s400/IMG_2447.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429233343286850722″ //aTrails are still wide, eh?br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iCrITNd5I/AAAAAAAACBA/W0KuUdEzov0/s1600-h/IMG_2448.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 255px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iCrITNd5I/AAAAAAAACBA/W0KuUdEzov0/s400/IMG_2448.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429233028269176722″ //abr /After lunch we went into town to get our credentials, then some skied and some took the train down to Freiburg. There is a very nice “old city” and it was fun to walk around and check out the Euro scene.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iCcQycsgI/AAAAAAAACA4/hWfkiei60bg/s1600-h/IMG_2456.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iCcQycsgI/AAAAAAAACA4/hWfkiei60bg/s400/IMG_2456.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429232772849644034″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iCLJXUaLI/AAAAAAAACAw/vBDPMEc6JPI/s1600-h/IMG_2452.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iCLJXUaLI/AAAAAAAACAw/vBDPMEc6JPI/s400/IMG_2452.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429232478799030450″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iB2upr4mI/AAAAAAAACAo/qTk48GQAYbU/s1600-h/IMG_2462.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S1iB2upr4mI/AAAAAAAACAo/qTk48GQAYbU/s400/IMG_2462.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429232128030925410″ //abr /Tomorrow, most of the athletes will be doing some intensity to get a feel for racing on the courses. It should be fun!div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-3675439566859269918?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

  • Rybother?

  • “My issue is with the content of the (Fasterskier) blogs. In particular, Patrick Stinson’s blog. …”

    “My issue is with the content of the (Fasterskier) blogs. In particular, Patrickbr/
    Stinson’s blog. Mr. Stinson seems to rarely post anything aboutbr/
    skiing, mostly it is about partying, drinking and dreaming about sex.br/
    I’m sure that this is great reading for your college age and older webbr/
    visitors. But I am uneasy about my younger children reading thebr/
    travails of this quite bizarre train wreck of a person. I imaginebr/
    there are other parents that probably think the same way as me onbr/
    this.”br/br/ – em from an angry letter to Fasterskier, via that huge train wreck of a person himself./em

  • SOS from Norway?

  • Greenlaces.org

    divHello friends,divbr //divdivAs many of you have read, I have teamed up with

  • Congrats to my fellow Nordic Olympic Teammates! – UPDATED

    This week the majority of our

  • Antholz-Anterselva WC 6 = one of the most beautiful places we get to race!

    a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/S1i414Te2sI/AAAAAAAAAyU/tFELkiVKjKQ/s1600-h/IMG_0203.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/S1i414Te2sI/AAAAAAAAAyU/tFELkiVKjKQ/s320/IMG_0203.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429292586581809858″ //aI am in between races at the moment and am preparing for the Sprint race tomorrow. I enjoy racing here, especially after having had the chance to train here for a week after Christmas this year. Besides, it is just a beautiful place; mountains, snow, sun, and great food!divbr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/S1i41i78w4I/AAAAAAAAAyM/-rycdh7nvX8/s1600-h/IMG_0204.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/S1i41i78w4I/AAAAAAAAAyM/-rycdh7nvX8/s320/IMG_0204.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429292580845962114″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/S1i41I7p9xI/AAAAAAAAAyE/aFXq87mJUVM/s1600-h/IMG_0207.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/S1i41I7p9xI/AAAAAAAAAyE/aFXq87mJUVM/s320/IMG_0207.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429292573865408274″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/S1i408XDq1I/AAAAAAAAAx8/5OR1TEaozM0/s1600-h/IMG_0199.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/S1i408XDq1I/AAAAAAAAAx8/5OR1TEaozM0/s320/IMG_0199.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429292570490678098″ //abr /div style=”text-align: center;”br //divbr //divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1362992899157556571-8056703490554090179?l=comeskiwithme.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

  • Skate Sprint tomorrow (Friday).  The conditions are perfect but…

    img src=”http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwlhux1Roa1qzvvqho1_500.jpg”/br/br/pSkate Sprint tomorrow (Friday).  The conditions are perfect but the expected high is -18C/p

  • Russia Day 1

    img src=”http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwlhnpq0PQ1qzvvqho1_500.jpg”/br/ br/img src=”http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwlhnpq0PQ1qzvvqho2_500.jpg”/br/ br/img src=”http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwlhnpq0PQ1qzvvqho4_500.jpg”/br/ br/img src=”http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwlhnpq0PQ1qzvvqho5_r1_500.jpg”/br/ br/img src=”http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwlhnpq0PQ1qzvvqho6_500.jpg”/br/ Our housebr/br/ img src=”http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwlhnpq0PQ1qzvvqho7_500.jpg”/br/ br/img src=”http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwlhnpq0PQ1qzvvqho9_500.jpg”/br/ Dining Roombr/br/ img src=”http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwlhnpq0PQ1qzvvqho10_500.jpg”/br/ br/pRussia Day 1/p

  • Greenlaces on Fasterskier

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  • Safe in Finland

    Just a quick update to announce that we made it to our hotel in Lahti around 4pm local time. All our travel was on schedule, and without any major mishaps. We arrived at the hotel just before dark, and the temperature was already down to -21* C. Our hotel is within 5-10 minutes walk of the city center, and only a few KM from the ski trails. Tomorrow morning we will await the sunrise, and then check out the venue and do a classic ski.br /br /I’ve got to say, we must have some future NASA scientists in this group, because we managed to defy physics with our ability to fit 15 people, 14 ski bags, 15 duffels, and countless backpacks, into 2 Ford 9-passenger vans. It was a miracle to accomplish, without putting any gear on the roof!br /br /Over and out from Finland, //Timdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8099746996508773021-404776880204360488?l=usaj1team.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div