Wow, where to start…this past spring was a crazy one. As it is with the conclusion of any four year Olympic cycle, the 2009/10 season ended with a lot of uncertainty. Many athletes contemplate retirement and have to decide if they have the drive to get back in the saddle for yet another season of [...]
As I write this update, I’m sitting in the airport waiting for my flight to West Yellowstone and the official start to the North American racing season. For those of us in the Canmore area, it has been a very good start to the winter as far as skiing opportunity goes. Thanks to some cold [...]
As you can imagine, this time of year is crazy for us so it’s been a while since my last update. The team is currently in Lake Louise for an on snow training camp. The skiing has been outstanding and with more snow in the forecast, things should only get better! More on that to [...]
Our final dryland camp of the year is under way in Mammoth Lakes, California. Mammoth is a grueling three week camp spent living and training at high altitude. This is the fifth year in Mammoth for us and this year the Canadian team has been joined by Swedish sprint star Peter Larsson who has been [...]
October 2, 2009 (Mammoth, CA) – The Canadian XC Ski Team is completing their first week of a 3-week high altitude training camp in Mammoth, California. So far the training has been outstanding, we’re getting some great exposure to altitude living at around 2600m and training at over 3,000m! World Cup sprint star and the “King of Duesseldorf”, Peter Larsson, from Sweden, has also joined the Canadian Team for the camp. Check out this short video update…
-Drew
With jet lag and the long travel behind us, the team settled into our regular camp routine…training and lots of it! The only change from our ordinary camp environment would be the addition of a few races as part of the New Zealand Winter games. The races were by no means a focus for the [...]
August 28, 2009 – Last week the team and I departed for our biggest and possibly most important camp of the season; three weeks of training on snow in New Zealand. The trip to New Zealand is not a short one by any means…it’s approximately 17 hours total flying time from Calgary to Queenstown and [...]
August 15, 2009 – Wow, it’s been quite a while since my last update but to be honest it was a pretty slow spring/summer of training for me so there hasn’t been a whole lot to report on. The majority of my spring was spent recovering from surgery on my left ankle/foot (see my previous [...]
March 1, 2009 (Canmore, AB) – Next week I will be going under the knife to fix what has turned out to be the most serious injury of my career. A lot has changed since my last Skier Diary report. In my last report I was optimistic that one final cortisone injection was the best [...]
