Scott and I went running at Symphony Lakes over Labor Day weekend and saw some great colors.

A quick overnight trip from Whitter. We would like to do a longer trip further from port, but since we don’t have a boat and the shuttles are expensive, that will have to wait a while.

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A four-day bike trip along the 140 mile (or so) Denali Highway from July 31 to August 3, 2003 with our friends Scott and Jessica. Scott and Jess planned this trip and were nice enough to invite us along.

March 1
I was determined to not let the fact that this weekend’s Tour Of Anchorage was canceled ruin my weekend. I had to develop a plan to break the downward spiral that was my emotional state. Linda and I thought about heading north into the mountains for a couple days of skiing, while staying at a rustic mountain lodge. Sounds great, doesn’t it? But our other option was to stay in town and watch the ceremonial start of the Iditarod.
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February 1
It has been many months since I last wrote a journal entry. It seems that when my dream of making the 2002 Olympic Team ended, I felt like there was no reason to keep sharing my story with everyone. But after quite a few months away, I am now in the middle of another winter and I have the urge to write again. Actually, I’ve had the urge all along - just look at all my work on my new general ski racing site, FasterSkier.com. But FasterSkier, as well as my job as a website designer and maintainer, meant that this site suffered from neglect. But I now realize that all those other sites are for, and about, other skiers. This site is simply about me, with no ads to sell or website sponsors to please or censures to tell me what I can and can’t say, and there is something very rewarding and therapeutic in that. (more…)

I have been writing a new column on FasterSkier.com about my search for a new home.  Chances are, if you are reading this blog, you already know where I ended up.  But it was a fun and enlightening journey.  You can read the whole The Search For XC Town USA series on FasterSkier.com.