13 02, 2024

Season-ending Injuries on the World Cup are Alarming (and How to Prevent Them)

By | February 13th, 2024|Categories: Ski Racing, Sports|Tags: , |0 Comments

What do Mikaela Shiffrin, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Petra Vlhova, Alexis Pinturalt, Sofia Goggia, Corinne Sutter, Marco Schwartz, and several other World Cup ski racers have in common? They all sustained serious injuries that ended their seasons prematurely (except Mikaela who has missed several races so far due to a knee injury). As my title suggests, [...]

31 01, 2024

Meet My Partners for 2024: SYNC Performance Ski Apparel

By | January 31st, 2024|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , |0 Comments

In today’s installment of Meet My Partners for 2024, I introduce you to SYNC performance ski apparel. SYNC manufactures the highest-quality performance ski clothing for alpine skiers. It clears the bar of what I'm looking for when I'm skiing: performance, comfort, style, and function. SYNC is also committed to supporting ski racing and helping young [...]

26 01, 2024

Meet My Partners for 2024: Atomic Ski Equipment

By | January 26th, 2024|Categories: Ski Racing, Sports|Tags: , , |0 Comments

In today’s installment of Meet My Partners for 2024, I introduce you to Atomic ski equipment. For anyone who is involved in skiing, Atomic is a brand that is well known as a world leader in our sport with a stable of some of the best skiers in the world including Mikaela Shiffrin (alpine ski racing), David Magnini [...]

16 01, 2024

I Practice What I Preach: How to Deal with Minor Injuries

By | January 16th, 2024|Categories: Cycling, Ski Racing, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

An unfortunate reality of being a committed triathlete is that you will likely experience minor, yet nagging, injuries with some frequency during the course of  your triathlon career. You know what I’m talking about. Those little injuries that don’t involve serious physical trauma to muscles, tendons, or bones (usually just a pull rather than a [...]

11 01, 2024

Are Your Expectations Helping or Hurting Your Young Ski Racer?

By | January 11th, 2024|Categories: Ski Racing, Sports|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Setting expectations for your children is an essential responsibility of being a ski racing parent. Expectations communicate messages to your children about what’s important to you and establish a standard toward which they can strive. But expectations can be double-edged swords. They can be a tremendous benefit to your children’s ski racing and personal development, [...]

8 01, 2024

Meet My Partners for 2024: POC Skiing & Cycling Helmets & Eyewear

By | January 8th, 2024|Categories: Cycling, Ski Racing, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

In today’s installment of Meet My Partners for 2024, I introduce you to POC ski and bike helmets and eyewear. My family is fully outfitted with POC ski helmets and goggles. I’ve also been using POC helmets and eyewear for my triathlon, road cycling, and mountain biking for some time now as well. POC is one [...]

27 12, 2023

Meet My Partners for 2024: Coming Soon!

By | December 27th, 2023|Categories: Ski Racing, Sports, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

I'm contacted frequently by sports and technology companies asking me to promote their products. In every single case, I have declined their invitations. I have only ever partnered with a company when I reached out to the company because I discovered their products, bought them, used them, and loved them. When I partner with a [...]

11 12, 2023

Shift from Training Mode to Race Mode in Your Ski Racing

By | December 11th, 2023|Categories: Ski Racing, Sports|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

The 2023-24 alpine race season is now underway. From St. Moritz to Copper to Edouard to many other race venues in between and beyond, it’s “go time” for racers from juniors up to the World Cup.  So, now is the time to shift from training mode to race mode. This transition requires several important changes [...]

30 11, 2023

Mikaela Shiffrin has Raised the Bar for Everyone

By | November 30th, 2023|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Over the last few weeks, I’ve noticed quite a bit of concern expressed in the ski racing community about whether Mikaela Shiffrin, the G.O.A.T. of alpine ski racing, still “has it.” She was beaten in two of the first four World Cup events this year (including an uncharacteristic 6th in the opening GS in Soelden [...]

14 11, 2023

Race Like You Train or Train Like You Race?

By | November 14th, 2023|Categories: Ski Racing, Sports|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

One of the first questions that I ask racers and coaches I work with is: Should you race like you train or train like you race? By far, the most frequent response is: You should race like you train. This answer seems perfectly reasonable if you think about it. When you train, you’re relaxed, feel [...]