Beito
Seven months is a long time. It’s also almost exactly how long there was between my final race of the 2014/15 season and last weekend’s races in Beito. I must admit, I was a bit nervous going into the...
View ArticleKuusamo- highs and lows.
After a long off-season I was finally back to World-Cup racing last weekend. Things kicked off with a three day stage race in Kuusamo, in Finnish Lapland. Stage one was a classic sprint; stage two a...
View ArticleScandinavia —> Central Europe
It’s already two weeks since the World Cup season kicked off in Kuusamo. Three weekends of racing have flown by, but even so I’m looking forward to getting home for Christmas and having a weekend off,...
View Article2015 Highs and Lows
2016 is now upon us, and 2015 is history. I thought I’d take the opportunity to look back at my skiing highs and lows of 2015. Highs: 1- Fastest stage time on stage 5 of the 2015 Tour de Ski 2- Finally...
View ArticleTour de Ski
December wasn’t a great month for me in terms of skiing results. After a strong start in November in Kuusamo everything was suddenly a bit more of an effort. Instead of fighting for a place in the top...
View ArticleInjured… Almost
After the Tour I went back home to Trondheim and promptly got ill. I was pretty knackered after 10 hard days of racing and a bit demoralised after not performing as well as hoped- so having a few days...
View ArticleNorwegian Nationals
Norwegian Nationals seem to be a bit of a lucky charm for me. I can spend the rest of the season skiing like an an obese walrus stranded on dry-land, but when “NM” comes around everything seems to...
View ArticleIndecisive!
I pretty much always feel like I have a plan and know what to do when it comes to training. The last few weeks though, for pretty much the first time ever, I have been at a complete loss. I felt like...
View ArticlePoor timing
A string of 4-letter words was the first thing that came to mind when I woke up in the middle of last night with what felt like a bunch of broken razor-blades digging into the inside of my throat. This...
View ArticleEnd of Season
It’s been a long time since my last blog! Since then I’ve been pretty busy- both with racing and fitting in as much as I can into the off-season. When I last wrote I had just headed over the Altantic...
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