After a good holiday break I headed out to Jericho Vermont on December 26th for Junior World Championship Trials. I was originally supposed to fly into Portland and meet some of my teammates and drive to Vermont, but a huge snowstorm in the Eastern half of the country was causing considerable travel chaos, so at the last minute I switched my flight to avoid all of the eastern seaboard airports and fly directly into Burlington Vermont. I wasn’t satisfied with my performances at Trials. My shooting was downright awful and skiing wasn’t what it was earlier in the month, however I am very happy to have made the World Team, and I look forward to training and performing at my best level at World Juniors. My training partner and good friend Ben Greenwald also qualified for the Junior Team. It will be great to have him along. Right now I am in Andover Maine preparing for US XC Ski Nationals in nearby Rumford. Being a XC skier for a week will be a good change, and will allow me to get in some great physical training. I am racing the classic and skate distance races this week, unfortunately the ski conditions here are very poor due to rain and unseasonably warm weather. After this week I will return to Fort Kent for about a week long training block, and then depart for Europe on January 19th. I apologize for the lack of pictures lately. I’m working on it. The picture is of some less than stellar skiing in Rumford.
