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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Ski North Ultra
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I was carpooling to the start of the Black River Trail Classic in 2023 when Allie Rykken first told me about a ski race she was working on o...
Saturday, March 22, 2025
The Birkie, Sleeping Giant Loppet, and Great Bear Chase
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First, the Birkie in bullet points: My goal was to start fast and double pole hard in all the double pole sections. This plan was quickly t...
Sunday, February 16, 2025
A Perfect Race
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Way back in high school I realized I was good at double poling. It quickly became my favorite technique. It didn’t require balance and I cou...
Friday, February 7, 2025
On Skiing in Circles, Becoming a Cold Baby, and a Couple Races
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The lack of snow continued in January and so we skied round and round on the manufactured snow loops. The 5 km loop at Hyland takes me 20 mi...
Monday, January 6, 2025
Still On The Chase
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I haven’t been posting much in the past couple years. Partly this is because I’ve already written a lot of my thoughts about being an endura...
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